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00HARARE3941	FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON DRC WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA AGREED WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S ASSESSMENT THAT NOTHING WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LUSAKA PROCESS THAN ACQUIESCENCE TO KABILA'S REJECTION OF DRC FACILITATOR SIR KETUMILE MASIRE. ZUMA REVIEWED KABILA' [...]	2000-07-18 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CF SF

00PRETORIA3416	PRESIDENT MBEKI "SEIZES THE MOMENT" IN STATE VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR LEWIS, PRESIDENT MBEKI DESCRIBED HIS UPCOMING STATE VISIT TO THE U.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO TACKLE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THAT PLAGUE SOUTH AFRICA. HE SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS A MEANS TO POVERTY AL [...]	2000-05-04 09:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF
00STATE228767	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228772	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE). [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-01 20:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229567	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS - OUT-YEAR WORLD LANGUAGE [...] THIS CABLE UPDATES THE LIST OF POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THE OUT YEAR WORLD LANGUAGE PILOT PROGRAM. SOME POSITIONS WERE DELETED DUE TO EXTENSIONS, CURTAILMENTS OR ASSIGNMENTS MADE. OTHER POSITIONS WERE SUBSTITUTED WHERE POSSIBLE. 2. PLEASE REFER TO REFTEL A WHICH PROVIDES COMPLETE INFORMATION [...]	2000-12-04 15:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
02ABUJA496	PROFILE OF A NIGERIAN SEX TRAFFICKING RING [...] No summary [...]	2002-02-14 10:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NI GN
02ADDISABABA2418	(C) COUNTER-TERRORISM: COOPERATING WITH AFRICAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST - SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) REF A SOLICITED IDEAS ON HOW TO PROMOTE COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. LAST NOVEMBER, REF B FORWARDED AN INFORMAL PROPOSAL BY OAU ASST. SECGEN FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAID DJINNIT TO CONVENE A MEETING OF OFFICIALS FRO [...]	2002-07-12 11:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL OAU XA
02ADDISABABA3801	ETHIOPIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ETHIOPIA IS A CONFIRMED AND COMMITTED PARTNER IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) AT ALL LEVELS. ALTHOUGH OFTEN LACKING IN CAPACITY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) HAS RESPONDED PRO-ACTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL THREAT. EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO FORE [...]	2002-11-25 04:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS ET
02ALGIERS2423	AU COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-21 09:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG
02MAPUTO76	SADC DECLARATION ON TERRORISM [...] ACCEDE OR RATIFY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON COMBATING TERRORISM, ADOPTED BY THE OAU AND THE UNITED NATIONS AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO DOMESTIC LAWS; 2. FIGHT WITH ALL MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM THAT ENDANGER THE LIVES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, DISRUPT REGIONAL SECURITY, ST [...]	2002-01-16 17:01:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PTER SADC MZ
02ROME2648	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...]	2002-05-31 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME3328	ITALY NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE RAVALOMANANA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN RESPONSE TO OUR JUNE 27 DEMARCHE ASKING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03328 090150Z THAT ITALY ACCEPT RAVALOMANANA AS PRESIDENT OF MADAGASCAR, THE GOI PROVIDED A NUANCED STATEMENT INDICATING THAT IT IS NOT YET CONVINCED THAT RAVALOMANANA CAN BE [...]	2002-07-08 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MA IT UN
02ROME5337	ITALY-LIBYA: PM BERLUSCONI'S OCT. 28 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALIAN MFA SAYS THAT PM BERLUSCONI CONVEYED TO QADHAFI, AT OUR REQUEST, A STRONG MESSAGE ON THE NEED FOR LIBYA TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS REGARDING LOCKERBIE. THE TWO SIDES FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A "COMPENSATION" PACKAGE THAT WOULD MAKE LIBYA DROP [...]	2002-10-31 08:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IT LY PREL UN
02ROME5360	WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...]	2002-10-31 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
03ABUJA515	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...]	2003-03-18 16:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
03AMMAN5798	ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS NETWORK: READY FOR PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) hosted the first preparatory meeting for the Arab Telecommunications Regulators Network (ATRN) on August 28-29 in Amman, Jordan. Delegates from twelve countries created a permanent Secretariat and produced a series [...]	2003-09-10 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECPS KMPI JO
03FRANKFURT2405	VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]	2003-03-20 11:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03ROME1887	ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND [...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...]	2003-05-02 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO
03ROME2737	FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...]	2003-06-17 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN
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
04BRUSSELS3989	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues),Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...]	2004-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4418	EU VIEWS ON NORTH AFRICA AND THE GULF: NEA DAS [...] (C) Summary. In US-EU discussions on the Maghreb and Gulf on October 5-6, EU officials said that in lifting the arms embargo on Libya they would urge Tripoli to resolve the Bulgarian medics issue. Discussion of the Western Sahara focused on the hardening of Moroccan and, to a lesser extent, [...]	2004-10-14 15:19:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04MADRID1871	NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID [...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...]	2004-05-24 11:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ
04MADRID1997	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]	2004-05-28 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2689	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]	2004-07-15 07:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4080	SPAIN ON POLISARIO RHETORIC, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary. Spain will convey a message to the Madrid Polisario representative calling on the Polisario to cease threats to resume armed conflict with Morocco. MFA Maghreb Office Director Carlos Fernandez Arias also shared Spain's views on the state of play in Western Morocco, including GOS [...]	2004-10-20 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MO AG SP
04MADRID4110	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]	2004-10-22 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4265	JAILED ETA LEADERS CALL FOR END TO ARMED STRUGGLE [...] (U) Summary. Six jailed ETA members signed a letter addressed to the ETA leadership calling for an end to the armed struggle in favor of political action in cooperation with leftist parties. The letter, which was evidently not intended for public release but found its way to a regional newsp [...]	2004-11-04 16:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV SP
04MADRID4387	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]	2004-11-16 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]	2004-11-16 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4748	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...]	2004-12-17 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MANAMA227	BAHRAINI MFA WITH US ON IRAQ RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (C) BAHRAINI MFA DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS TOLD POL/ECON CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 17 THAT BAHRAIN AND SEVERAL OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE ALGERIAN RESOLUTION ABOUT IRAQ BEFORE THE UNCHR. (HE CITED KUWAIT AS ANOTHER ARAB COUNTRY TAKING THIS STANCE. [...]	2004-02-17 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA IZ PHUM PREL
04ROME2442	LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF, DATED JUNE 23, 2004, FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: "MS. CAROL BELLAMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF UNICEF HOUSE 3 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA NEW YORK CITY, NEW YO [...]	2004-06-23 11:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR WI AG WFP UNICEF
04ROME876	WFP BOARD APPROVES SUDAN (ERITREAN REFUGEES) [...] (SBU) The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Sudan (Eritrean refugees). The project 10122.1, entitled Food Assistance for Eritrean Refugees, is for two years (April 2004 - March 2006) with a total cost to [...]	2004-03-05 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04SANAA506	FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle East Initiative upon the FM's return from the Cairo AL ministerial. Qirbi highlighted the drafting of a charter committing the Arab League to political and econo [...]	2004-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04TELAVIV1621	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...]	2004-03-16 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE798	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...]	2004-03-29 13:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04TRIPOLI31	(C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...]	2004-12-16 10:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER FR LY VE
05ABUDHABI1333	LABOR UNION RIGHTS A LENGTHY AND COMPLICATED TASK [...] (U) This is a joint Abu Dhabi and Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary: DoL D/US Levine held labor consultations March 19-21 with a wide range of senior UAE officials, professional associations, and businesspeople. The labor delegation discussed current labor laws and practices and workers right [...]	2005-03-26 03:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3829	MEDIA REACTION:UAE DENIAL, WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA, KATRINA [...] SUMMARY: UAE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS TO SEND URGENT RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS OF KATRINA AND UAE'S OFFICIAL DENIAL OF REPORTS IN THE ISRAELI PRESS REGARDING THE OPENING OF A REPRESENTATIONAL OFFICE IN DUBAI RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DAILY URGED [...]	2005-09-07 15:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ADDISABABA3657	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: UNMEE FEARS MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: UNMEE officials told Charge on October 20 that they fear the Eritrean Government will continue to impose new restrictions on its operations in order to increase pressure on the international community to force Ethiopian compliance with the EEBC border decision. UNMEE warned of th [...]	2005-10-21 09:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PINS MARR MOPS KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3725	UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...]	2005-10-28 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3747	ETHIOPIA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE PEACE-ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ERITREA [...] (C) On November 1, Mr. Grum Abay, the MFA's Director General for Europe and America, presented Charge and P/E Counselor with the text of a letter dated October 31, addressed by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin to the members of the UN Security Council and to UN SYG Annan. Grum underscored the n [...]	2005-11-01 14:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3837	UNSC MISSION TO ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BREAKS NO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's UN PermRep Amb. Kenzio Oshima told UN Security Council members and troop-contributing countries in Addis that his November 7-8 trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea on behalf of the Council was "technical" in nature, and did not aim at promoting political dialogue. Providing a re [...]	2005-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3844	ENGAGING THE AU - THOUGHTS AHEAD OF THE AF COM [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is displaying tremendous political will to address the continent's problems, which differentiates it from the OAU, its defunct predecessor organization. The AU is also serving as the coordinating body for positive change in Africa by playing a more proac [...]	2005-11-14 13:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3911	MELES MORE UPBEAT ON INTERNAL SITUATION AND E/E BORDER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: I met with Prime Minister Meles Saturday afternoon on internal and border issues. Meles rejected the possiblity of CUDP jailed leaders being released, but promised that the democratic process would proceed with a review of Parliamentary rules, NEB -- National E [...]	2005-11-22 11:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ET EE BORDER UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3998	AF DAS YAMAMOTO AND AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary: During a November 28 meeting with AF DAS Donald Yamamoto, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare voiced concern that lack of progress on the internal political crisis in Ethiopia could push the country to war with Eritrea over the unresolved border issue. H [...]	2005-12-01 13:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SO ET AF UNION EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4046	UNMEE OFFICIALS AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ERITREA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's demand that American, Canadian, and European (including Russian) UNMEE staff depart within 10 days could affect Ethiopia's previous commitment to withdraw troops from the border, senior UNMEE officials say. UNMEE is awaiting guidance from New York on whether to comply w [...]	2005-12-08 06:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA4223	AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]	2005-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05ALGIERS1003	MORE ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON [...] Fouad Boughanem and Reda Belhadjouja have been found guilty of defamation for an article that appeared in 2003 in Le Soir d'Algerie. Each was sentenced to two months in jail and 250,000DA fine (US$3,427). In addition, the newspaper has been fined 250,000DA (US$3,427). Boughamen is the publ [...]	2005-05-18 16:16:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1011	POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" DELIVERS ABDELAZIZ LETTER [...] (C) DCM met with Polisario "Ambassador" to Algiers Mohammed Beissat May 19 at Beissat's request to accept a letter from Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz to Secretary Rice (original faxed to NEA/MAG) and for a readout SIPDIS on Abdelaziz's May 10-13 visit to the U.S. Abdelaziz's lette [...]	2005-05-20 15:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM OPDC WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1013	AMBASSADOR RAISES EXERCISE-SPECIFIC SOFA WITH [...] (C) During Ambassador's May 21 call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui (other issues reported septel),Ambassador noted the June 6-18 Flintlock '05 special forces exercise, adding that the exercise would provide an opportunity to advance counterterrorism capabilities in the [...]	2005-05-21 15:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1016	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador conducted his first official call May 21 on Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui, who was appointed May 1 in place of former Fonmin Belkhadem (septel reports their discussion of an exercise-specific SOFA). The conversation covered U.S.-Algerian relations and a possible Bedjaoui v [...]	2005-05-22 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ABLD AG IR IS US SOFA
05ALGIERS1027	BOUTEFLIKA MESSAGE TO POLISARIO MENTIONS SUPPORT [...] (U) In a written message to Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the formation of the Polisario Front and published in the Algerian press May 22, President Bouteflika has raised eyebrows and Moroccan ire by mentioning independence for the Sahrawi pe [...]	2005-05-23 10:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1030	POTENTIAL FOR GREATER U.S. ACTIVITY IN ALGERIA'S [...] (U) The first half of 2005 has witnessed a small boom in U.S. interest in the Algerian domestic energy supply sector, with one U.S. firm, General Electric, pressing for participation in a new power plant and two other firms looking for opportunities in the market. According to GOA officials, [...]	2005-05-23 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET BEXP AG
05ALGIERS1049	SENHADJI POSITIVELY ASSESSES INAUGURAL JOINT [...] (C) Over May 24 lunch with Ambassador, MOD Secretary General Senhadji expressed great satisfaction with his Washington visit and the inaugural session of the Joint Military Dialogue. He also indicated Algeria would approve a SOFA for the June Flintlock exercises; reaffirmed Algerian interest [...]	2005-05-25 16:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV AG MO WI SOFA
05ALGIERS1050	AMBASSADOR PRESSES BELKHEIR ON DEFAMATION [...] (C) During May 24 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir on other issues, Ambassador took the occasion to underscore our serious concerns about the mounting number of Algerian journalists who are either in jail or condemned to prison terms on charges of defamation. (At the time of t [...]	2005-05-25 21:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO AG
05ALGIERS1149	STATUS ON JAIL SENTENCES FOR JOURNALISTS [...] There are currently two Algerian journalists in prison, nine sentenced to prison terms and awaiting appeal, and two on trial for defamation. It is perhaps worth noting that all the defamation cases stem from articles written in 2003 or earlier. TWO JOURNALISTS IN PRISON ---------------- [...]	2005-06-05 16:19:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1159	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN-MOROCCAN [...] (C) During June 5 meeting on other issues (septel),Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir said both Morocco and Algeria were making efforts to send positive signals to the other, proceeding with plans for Prime Ministers Ouyahia and Jettou to meet in Rabat June 21-22, and hoping to re-energize [...]	2005-06-06 13:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1163	GSPC COMMUNIQUE EXTOLS ATTACK IN MAURITANIA, LINKS [...] (C) The Algerian terrorist organization GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) issued a communique dated June 5 in which the GSPC claimed responsibility for the June 4 attack on a Mauritanian military outpost near the Malian border (reftel) in which at least 15 Mauritanian soldiers and [...]	2005-06-07 14:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG
05ALGIERS1164	ALGERIAN BANKS WILL FINANCE DESALINIZATION PLANTS [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Khelil made clear in a June 6 meeting with Ambassador that the GOA had given careful consideration to its plans to finance future desalinization plants. While Algerian state banks did not have much experience in project financing, they had to start somewhere. [...]	2005-06-07 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AG OPIC
05ALGIERS1175	FM BEDJAOUI PROVIDES ORAL SOFA ASSURANCES, [...] (C) FM Bedjaoui told Ambassador June 8 that Algeria could not accept our proposed exchange of notes for a Flintlock exercise SOFA because of domestic legal constraints. However, he repeatedly reaffirmed the importance Algeria attached to these exercises; said Algeria was considering possible a [...]	2005-06-08 15:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1199	POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT [...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]	2005-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1211	SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Spanish Ambassador Lena called on Ambassador June 13 to offer GOS views on the need to calm tensions in the region and brief on Spanish State Minister for External Relations Leon's June trip to the region. Lena also shared a copy of Spanish FM Moratinos' letter to Algerian FM Bedjaoui. M [...]	2005-06-15 09:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1233	NEW PRO-REFORM FINANCE MINISTER MOVING QUICKLY ON [...] Ambassador called on Finance Minister Mourad Medelci to extend congratulations and discuss the Minister's financial and economic vision for the country after his first five weeks in office. Medelci was bullish on the need for reform; announced the imminent privatization of three state-owned b [...]	2005-06-15 18:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV AG
05ALGIERS1242	MORE JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN NEW "BLACK [...] Three journalists were sentenced June 14 for defamation in separate cases before the local Algiers tribunal. The cartoonist Ali Dilem of Liberte newspaper was sentenced to six months in prison and a DA 250,000 ($3,400) fine, while the journalist Kamel Amarni and the publication director Fouad [...]	2005-06-19 14:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1243	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO MOROCCAN STATEMENT CANCELING [...] (C) Initial Algerian government reaction to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 meeting of the Algerian and Moroccan prime ministers in Rabat has taken the form of comments to the press by unidentified "diplomatic sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." These sources, whose c [...]	2005-06-19 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1251	ALGERIAN CRITICISM OF MOROCCO SHARPENS [...] (C) While there has still been no official public response to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 Prime Ministers' meeting in Rabat, an unidentified diplomatic source, clearly reflecting GOA views, has sharpened Algerian criticism of Morocco's move. The official, whom we believe was Min [...]	2005-06-20 18:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1278	ALGERIA TAKING MORE CONCILIATORY TONE TOWARD [...] (C) Algerian FM Bedjaoui, in the GOA's first public remarks concerning Moroccan-Algerian relations since Morocco's cancellation of the prime ministers' meeting in Rabat, has struck a conciliatory tone. Alongside visiting Dutch FM Bot June 22, Bedjaoui called for "cooling things down" and not [...]	2005-06-26 12:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1287	RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (U) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, in [...]	2005-06-27 16:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1289	UTILITY PRICES RISING AS THE GOA BEGINS TO [...] Parliament passed June 16 a revised Water Code allowing public water and sanitation services to take on private partners and to adjust the sliding water tariff schedule, which will likely lead to more price increases. (Minimum per cubic meter water prices for typical consumers already increa [...]	2005-06-27 17:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS1291	RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, [...]	2005-06-28 07:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1302	THE KHALIFA LEGACY: BAD HABITS PERSIST AS ALGERIA [...] (C) At least one bank in Algeria's public-dominated banking industry appears to have retained some of the bad habits that caused the collapse of the entire sector in 2003. Ambassador and Econoff learned May 24 from the president of a large western bank in Algeria that the specialized Algerian [...]	2005-06-28 17:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1304	AMARI SAIFI AKA ABDERREZAK AL-PARA SENTENCED IN [...] (U) According to Algerian press reports June 25, 2005, the Algerian militant and former number two of the al-Qaida linked Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC),Amari Saifi aka Abderrazak Al-Para, was sentenced in abstentia to life in prison for organizing a terrorist group and for sp [...]	2005-06-29 12:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1325	KHELIL SAYS OIL PRICES TO STAY HIGH AS ALGERIA [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Chakib Khelil in recent comments expressed confidence that oil prices would not drop below $50 per barrel, and he did not rule out barrel prices of $80 or even higher, which he said the international economy could withstand. Algeria's windfall oil revenue topped $17 billi [...]	2005-07-01 14:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON AG
05ALGIERS1328	ALGERIA SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER PROJECT FINANCE DEAL [...] (U) Hamma desalination plant negotiators signed contracts June 25 committing to a loan for the first reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Algeria, one of the largest such plants in the world. OPIC is loaning up to $200 million for the plant, which is expected to be completed in 2007, 24 mont [...]	2005-07-02 08:45:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV AG OPIC
05ALGIERS1358	JULY 3 DISCUSSION OF MOROCCAN-ALGERIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) In an extended exchange July 3 with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir, Ambassador reviewed reftel talking points, expressing strong U.S. disappointment over recent setbacks in Moroccan-Algerian relations, noting that provocative actions from both sides had contributed to the current seri [...]	2005-07-05 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1366	JUDICIARY REFORM ON THE FRONT BURNER, AND THE [...] (U) Portions of this text are sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (SBU) A major human rights seminar presently held in Algiers in early July, coming on the heels of a highly publicized visit by Human Rights Watch, has serv [...]	2005-07-06 18:39:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI AG
05ALGIERS1379	PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S INTERVIEW IN THE TUNISIAN [...] (C) Part of the continuing problem between Morocco and Algeria stems from their habit of protesting their own side's innocence while giving highly colored and exaggerated accounts of the other side's actions and statements. To take but one example, Algerian protestations that Bouteflika's let [...]	2005-07-09 16:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1381	BOUTEFLIKA STILL INTERESTED IN POW RELEASE [...] (C) Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir telephoned Ambassador July 9 at the instruction of President Bouteflika to signal the latter's continuing interest in a Lugar mission to secure the release of all Moroccan prisoners held by the Polisario. Specifically, he asked if Washington had reacted [...]	2005-07-09 17:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1402	BOUTEFLIKA'S STRATEGIC MANEUVERING ON THE [...] (C) President Bouteflika has spoken out twice in the last ten days against the French law passed by the French Parliament in February citing the positive achievements of the French colonial period. Prior to Bouteflika's comments, however, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui spoke of a n [...]	2005-07-12 06:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD FR AG
05ALGIERS1408	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH VISIT [...] (U) In back to back visits, Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent delegations to Algeria, signaling the GOA's greater openness toward international NGOs and open discussion of human rights issues. AI's delegation visited Algeria May 6-25 and HRW's delegation visited J [...]	2005-07-12 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1410	ALGERIAN VIEWS ON LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) Algerians, judging from comments made to Embassy staff, press commentaries and other press reporting since the London bombings of July 7, have drawn three main conclusions about these terrorist attacks. First, the bombings should come as no surprise and were a natural consequence of the [...]	2005-07-12 16:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL AG
05ALGIERS1422	BELKHADEM REBUKES FRANCE ON RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO [...] (U) During a visit to Casablanca on July 12, French Foreign Minister Phillipe Douste-Blazy gave an interview to the Moroccan daily Le Matin Du Sahara commenting on the need for resolution of the Western Sahara dispute. Douste-Blazy stated that France, like Spain and its other partners, was [...]	2005-07-14 08:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO FR AG
05ALGIERS1426	POLISARIO LEADER IS WORKING TO RELEASE MOROCCAN [...] (U) On July 16 Algerian French-language newspapers El Watan, Liberte and Expression, as well as the leading Arabic-language newspaper El Khabar quoted a July 14 article from French newspaper Le Monde stating that Polisario "President" Abdelaziz, on a diplomatic mission to Spain, announced hi [...]	2005-07-16 15:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PBTS AG
05ALGIERS1508	BELKHEIR RAISES MOROCCAN REQUEST TO DESIGNATE [...] (C) During a July 18 meeting with Charge on other issues, Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir raised reports that Morocco has requested the U.S. to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. Belkheir asserted that an American organization called The Institute for the Preventi [...]	2005-07-18 12:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1525	GSPC ANNOUNCES 'NAMES' OF FIVE MEMBERS KILLED IN [...] The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) issued a communiqu on their website July 15 stating that five GSPC members were killed during the June 4 attack in Mauritania. - Ibrahim Abu Ishak; Ghardaia, Algeria. Ishak also fought in Afghanistan, according to the website. - Yahia; R [...]	2005-07-19 15:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR AG
05ALGIERS1534	ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST [...] (C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a regular basis. As part of our engagement, we actively encourage public denunciations of terrorist violence in general, and of attacks on Iraqi civilians specif [...]	2005-07-20 17:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KISL PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1539	ALGERIAN REACTION TO KIDNAPPING OF ALGERIAN [...] (U) Algerian political parties, including the moderate Islamist MSP party represented in Parliament, joined the government in condemning the July 21 kidnapping of two Algerian diplomats in Baghdad. An MFA source, speaking on background to the media, said the kidnapping "brought about enormou [...]	2005-07-23 16:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG IZ
05ALGIERS1542	(S) BELKHEIR STRESSES NEED FOR MOROCCO TO MOVE ON [...] (C) Charge delivered ref (a) points confirming that the USG has no intention at this time of designating the Polisario as a terrorist organization to Presidential Chief of Staff Larbi Belkheir July 23. Noting that U.S. policy toward the Polisario remained unchanged, Charge also stressed our [...]	2005-07-24 13:56:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1550	BOUTEFLIKA CONDEMNS SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 11:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG AG
05ALGIERS1554	GSPC STATEMENT OF CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ABDUCTION [...] (U) The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC),an Algerian terrorist group with links to al-Qaida, published July 23 a statement congratulating Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Al-Qaida in Iraq on the recent kidnapping in Iraq of two Algerian diplomats. The text of the statement is as follow [...]	2005-07-26 06:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG IZ
05ALGIERS1560	MINISTER DELEGATE MESSAHEL CONFIRMS ALGERIAN [...] (S) Summary and Comment. Minister of State Abdelkader Messahel confirmed to Charge and UK Ambassador Tesoriere July 26, in a meeting held at our request, that the Algerian Embassy in Baghdad remained open officially. Messahel said there had only been three Algerian diplomatic staff in Baghd [...]	2005-07-26 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL AG IZ
05ALGIERS1571	NEW TRAFFIC PLAN IN ALGIERS CAUSES DISCONTENT, [...] The Ministry of Transportation began enforcing a new traffic plan June 1 in Algiers to reduce daytime traffic congestion throughout the capital. The new measure restricts the movement of trucks of more than 2.5 tons inside the capital to nighttime hours only. Truck drivers, dock workers, and [...]	2005-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EWWT PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1575	ALGERIANS OUTRAGED BY MURDER OF TWO DIPLOMATS IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Algerians reacted with shock and outrage to the announcement July 27 by Al-Qaida in Iraq that it had executed the two kidnapped Algerian diplomats, Ali Belaroussi and Azzedine Belkadi. Within two hours of the posting of the Al-Qaida announcement on a jihadist website [...]	2005-07-28 15:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG IZ
05ALGIERS1590	BOUTEFLIKA CONGRATULATES KING MOHAMMED [...] The Algerian media reported July 31 the text of President Bouteflika's July 30 message to Moroccan King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the Throne Day holiday. Bouteflika expressed "his warmest congratulations and dearest wishes" to the king, praying that God protect him and grant him health a [...]	2005-08-01 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AG MO
05ALGIERS1591	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-ALGERIAN COOPERATION, [...] (C) Ambassador was the first official caller on newly appointed MFA Secretary General Ramdane Lamamra July 31. Lamamra, a former Ambassador to Washington from 1996-99 and to the UN from 1993-96, was recalled from Lisbon last week to replace a colleague (former Secretary General Hocine Meghlao [...]	2005-08-01 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD MARR AG MO WI IZ US SOFA
05ALGIERS1593	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Air Algerie General Manager Tayeb Benouis has been summoned by the prosecutor in charge of the ongoing Khalifa Airways case. The prosecutor will question Benouis about the relationship between the state airline company and Khalifa Group CEO Abdelmoumen Khalifa. The Khalifa Group and various go [...]	2005-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV BEXP PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1604	NEW ALGERIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL BIO INFORMATION [...] (C) On July 23, Ambassador Ramdane Lamamra was named as the new MFA Secretary General, replacing Hocine Maghlaoui. Lamamra began his career in 1976 and his notable tours include posts as Algerian Ambassador to the UN, Ambassador to the U.S. and most recently Ambassador to Portugal. Lamamra ap [...]	2005-08-03 16:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AG

05ALGIERS1606	COMMERCE MINISTER SEEKS CONTINUED US SUPPORT ON [...] (C) In a July 30 courtesy call with Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaaboub, Ambassador delivered USTR talking points (ref) that underscored USG support for Algeria's WTO accession and raised issues for Algeria to address more thoroughly in both bilateral market access and multilateral negotiati [...]	2005-08-06 06:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON AG WTRO USTR WTO
05ALGIERS1619	LIBYAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. Over lunch at the Residence August 6, newly arrived Libyan Ambassador Abdel Moula El-Ghadbane described to Ambassador and DCM his views on President Bouteflika's role in stabilizing Algeria's internal political situation, as well as his critique of Islamic extremism in Algeria an [...]	2005-08-07 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL PGOV AG LY
05ALGIERS1624	ALGERIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 08:24:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB AG OPIC USTR
05ALGIERS1628	ALGERIAN TERRORISM EXPERT COMMENTS ON MURDER OF [...] (C) Summary. Algerian journalist and terrorism expert Mounir Boudjemaa told DCM August 6 that the GOA had deliberately avoided mobilizing popular support for the release of the two diplomats kidnapped in Baghdad July 21 because the government expected them to be killed. Boudjemaa was uncert [...]	2005-08-08 16:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS AG IZ
05ALGIERS1652	GOA MOVES TO STOP CORRUPTION [...] (C) A growing realization of the economic and development costs of pervasive corruption in Algeria, coupled with reported pressure from some key senior military figures, is prompting increased government efforts against corruption. Over the past several months, President Bouteflika has made a [...]	2005-08-10 15:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV EPET AG
05ALGIERS1661	ALGERIA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Algeria is emerging from a decade of terrorist violence and massive bloodshed beginning in the early 1990's and is now looking to take necessary steps to allow the country to heal its wounds. Much like his 1999 platform of Civil Concord, President Bouteflika's 2004 presidential campaign w [...]	2005-08-10 16:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1674	UPCOMING SIGNING OF THE U.S.-ALGERIA S&T AGREEMENT [...] Econoff notified MFA Deputy Director of the Americas August 11 of USG agreement to the Algerian proposed changes to the Science and Technology Agreement (preamble paragraph 3) and informed him that we understood U/S for Global Affairs Dobriansky was prepared to come to Algiers for the signing [...]	2005-08-13 18:14:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TSPL AG US
05ALGIERS1677	EQUIPMENT LICENSES TO ALGERIA SUSPENDED [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-14 09:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MASS AG US
05ALGIERS1702	HIGHLIGHTS OF BOUTEFLIKA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] In President Bouteflika's address to the nation August 14, he outlined his vision of national reconciliation and announced that the national reconciliation referendum will take place September 29. National reconciliation will, if the referendum passes, halt legal proceedings and commute sente [...]	2005-08-15 18:06:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1753	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA, [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1765	LUGAR VISIT AFTERMATH [...] (C) Despite some scattered grumbling in the media and elsewhere about U.S. "pressure" and unaddressed humanitarian concerns vis-a-vis the Sahrawis, press coverage of Senator Lugar's humanitarian mission and the unconditional release of all remaining Moroccan prisoners by the Polisario has been [...]	2005-08-21 15:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1766	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN [...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...]	2005-08-21 16:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AG UNSC US
05ALGIERS1768	SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 18 meeting with Senator Lugar, Polisario leader Abdelaziz thanked him, the U.S., and President Bush for their help in releasing to the International Red Cross the final 404 Polisario-held prisoners scheduled to return to their families in Morocco. Abdelaziz hoped th [...]	2005-08-22 05:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1771	RETIRED CHOD COMMENTS ON MOROCCAN BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) At a dinner hosted by the Saudi Defense Attache August 20, DCM was seated facing former Algerian CHOD General Mohammed Lamari, who retired one year ago. The Tunisian and Moroccan attaches were seated at the same table. Lamari began reminiscing about the war of independence from France, [...]	2005-08-22 12:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR
05ALGIERS1810	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: DO ALGERIANS SUPPORT [...] (C) President Bouteflika is poised to win a strong majority in the September 29 referendum on his proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Through a carefully crafted political and media strategy, he has framed the proposal in a way that makes it hard to oppose; orchestrated a [...]	2005-08-27 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1811	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO INTERPOL'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-27 12:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER AG
05ALGIERS1836	DESPITE SOME EARLIER CONCERNS, GOA TAKING POSITIVE [...] (C) Ambassador separately called on Minister-Delegate Messahel and Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir August 27 to express appreciation for Algeria's role in the Moroccan POW release, take a temperature reading, and discuss the way ahead. Both men expressed satisfaction over the success of [...]	2005-08-29 10:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1853	ALGERIA DECLINES OFFER OF DELEGATION TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on MFA Americas Director Chikhi August 30 to press the need for SOFA protections for U.S. personnel involved in exercises in Algeria and to seek clarification on the issue of a SOFA team visit in September. Chikhi doggedly adhered to the la [...]	2005-08-31 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1861	BLUE LANTERN UPDATE [...] (C) In an August 30 meeting dealing with a number of issues, Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, raised the suspension of equipment licenses to Algeria under the Blue Lantern program with MFA Director General for the Americas Chikhi. Ambassador said we were perplexed by Algeria's recent [...]	2005-08-31 17:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALGIERS1866	ALGERIAN POLICY ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador briefed on U.S. policy approach toward Mauritania Ref A),emphasizing that the United States wanted to see an early return to constitutional order (6-12 months) and to keep the African Union (AU) in the lead as our princi [...]	2005-09-04 13:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER MR AG
05ALGIERS1867	UPDATE ON ALGERIANS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE FROM [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on other issues, Ambassador pressed FM Bedjaoui for an early, favorable response conveying Algeria's readiness to accept the return of Algerian nationals scheduled for release from Guantanamo. Ambassador explained that the Embassy had raised this issue with the Mini [...]	2005-09-04 13:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC AG
05ALGIERS1875	PRESENTATION OF DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION AND [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Bedjaoui August 31 to deliver reftel demarche urging strong support for the Iraqi people, the democratic process in Iraq, and the October 15 referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution. Ambassador reviewed the talking points in some d [...]	2005-09-06 10:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AG
05ALGIERS1876	AMBASSADOR RAISES ALGERIAN DEPORTEE ISSUE WITH [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador (accompanied by PolEcon Chief) pressed the GOA to communicate quickly its willingness to accept the return of twelve Algerian deportees and issue them travel documents. Ambassador said that we had raised these cases [...]	2005-09-06 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS CASC CFED ASEC AG
05ALGIERS1877	ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GOA READINESS [...] (S) FM Bedjaoui told Ambassador August 31 that political sensitivities over the fact or appearance of a permanent U.S. troop presence or basing arrangements precluded Algeria from agreeing to a public, formal SOFA agreement. That said, Algeria understood the importance and mutual benefit of ou [...]	2005-09-06 10:54:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1878	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM [...] (C) Due to absence abroad of both Foreign Minister Bedjaoui and Secretary General Lamamra, Ambassador delivered Secretary's letter urging conclusion of the Comprehensive SIPDIS Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) without delay to MFA Mulilateral Relations Director General Belhimeur [...]	2005-09-06 13:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER
05ALGIERS1897	UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Belhimeur September 5 per reftel demarche, underscoring U.S. good faith efforts to reach agreement on a strong, meaningful, and detailed outcome document, urging that the Algerian delegation be instructed to work in the same f [...]	2005-09-07 17:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG
05ALGIERS1910	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR URGES U.S. "GESTURE" [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Beissat told DCM September 6 that there was considerable internal criticism of Polisario leader Abdelaziz following the Lugar mission due to the impression that the Polisario had received nothing in return for releasing the Moroccan prisoners. Beissat urg [...]	2005-09-11 11:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1911	POST LUGAR MISSION: ALGERIAN FM BEDJAOUI ON [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on several topics with FM Bedjaoui, Ambassador reaffirmed President Bush's appreciation for Algeria's help in facilitating the release of the final 404 Moroccan prisoners previously held by the Polisario. Making reference to President Bush's letter to President Bou [...]	2005-09-11 12:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1912	CHILD LABOR MANDATORY REPORTING RESPONSE FOR [...] Child labor is not pervasive in Algeria. Most of the instances where it does occur are in the agricultural sector where there is either a shortage of labor, few educational opportunities, or a combination of both. Algeria has established ages for compulsory education (six to sixteen years o [...]	2005-09-11 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD AG
05ALGIERS1914	BELKHEIR ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of a September 10 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir on other issues to ask about the September 29 referendum on national peace and reconciliation. Without detectable enthusiasm, Belkheir said the goal of the referendum was to move beyond the diviso [...]	2005-09-12 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1917	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 15:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AG
05ALGIERS1918	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RESPONDING TO ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning post-Katrina energy supply disruptions, as well as longer term conservation measures, to Minister of Energy and Mines Khelil September 11. Khelil said the shortage of refining capacity was a large contributing factor to current petroleum sh [...]	2005-09-12 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET AG
05ALGIERS1920	ALGERIAN FM'S READOUT ON IRANIAN ENVOY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting devoted to a number of issues, FM Bedjaoui gave Ambassador a readout of Iranian envoy Alaadine Broujardi's August 29 meeting with President Bouteflika in Algiers. Bedjaoui, who attended the meeting, said Broujardi had given many facts and arguments to bolster Iran [...]	2005-09-12 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER IR AG
05ALGIERS1942	NEW GSPC COMMUNIQUE WARNS OF FAKES [...] (U) The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) issued a statement September 10 warning against faked communiques issued by Abu Turab al-Jaza'iri in the name of the GSPC. The communique said al-Jaza'iri has no direct or indirect connection to the GSPC and that his communiques are not o [...]	2005-09-18 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL AG
05ALGIERS1952	ALGERIAN EFFORTS AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Department of Justice money laundering expert Suzanne Hayden, the head of Algeria's inter-ministerial financial action task force, Mohamed Benamar Aid, briefed on the group's activities since the adoption of new national money-laundering legislation in Februa [...]	2005-09-20 16:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1956	ALGERIA TO CONTRIBUTE $5 MILLION TO KATRINA RELIEF [...] (SBU) MFA SYG Lamamra told Ambassador, during telephone discussion of other issues late September 21, that Algeria would shortly be contributing $5 million to the relief funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Lamamra said it was the President's intention to inform the U.S. of this contributio [...]	2005-09-21 16:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1957	DISCUSSION WITH FORMER ALGERIAN PM GHOZALI [...] (C) Over coffee September 13, former Algerian Head of Government Sid Ahmed Ghozali told PolEc Chief that he opposed President Bouteflika's plan for National Reconciliation in its current form because there could be no forgiveness without a sincere effort to establish the truth, and without fo [...]	2005-09-21 17:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AG INRB
05ALGIERS1958	NEWSPAPER EDITOR COMMENTS ON BENCHICHOU CASE, [...] (C) During a September 19 visit to Oran, DCM and PD staff visited the offices of the high-brow, French-language daily Le Quotidien d'Oran. Le Quotidien's editor in chief, Mohammed Abdou Benabou (strictly protect),offered his views on President Bouteflika's efforts to rein-in the independent [...]	2005-09-21 17:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR AG
05ALGIERS1971	ALGERIA TO ATTEND RABAT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] DCM participated in a joint demarche with UK Charge Nick Low and Italian DCM Antonio Bellavia on MFA Director General for the Americas Cherif Chikhi September 26 to encourage high level GOA participation at the October 1-3 BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue meeting in Rabat. Chikhi, who will [...]	2005-09-26 16:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI AG
05ALGIERS1973	ALGERIA POISED FOR POSITIVE REFERENDUM VOTE ON [...] (C) In the leadup to the September 29 referendum on President Bouteflika's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, the GOA has pulled out all the stops to assure a sizable turnout and overwhelming "yes" vote. From Bouteflika on down, the entire senior leadership has barnstormed [...]	2005-09-27 14:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1975	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA [...] (C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in combating extremism. Algerian military and political leaders openly admit now that at the time of the army's intervention to prevent the election of an Islamis [...]	2005-09-27 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG
05ALGIERS2037	ALGERIANS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE NATIONAL [...] (C) According to the Ministry of Interior, about 97 percent of Algerians who voted September 29 approved President Bouteflika's proposal for national reconciliation. Of eligible voters, nearly 80 percent officially went to the polls nationwide. While officials and citizens alike took for gra [...]	2005-10-03 14:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM AG
05ALGIERS2042	DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT'S LETTER ON WESTERN [...] (C) Responding to delivery of the President's letter, Algerian Presidential Adviser Rahal agreed with the President's message and the desirability of improved Algerian-Moroccan relations but did not demonstrate any flexibility or imagination as to how Algeria might contribute to such a process [...]	2005-10-03 17:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO WI AG
05ALGIERS2045	ALGERIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA IN [...] DCM represented the Embassy at a meeting October 3 convoked by MFA with the ambassadors of North and South American states. MFA Acting Director General for the Americas Abderrahmane Benmokhtar explained that Algeria is about to introduce a draft resolution on the Western Sahara in the UNGA's [...]	2005-10-04 15:46:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL WI MO AG UNGA
05ALGIERS2047	FRENCH EMBASSY COUNSELOR COMMENTS ON REFERENDUM, [...] (C) At the German national day reception October 3, French Embassy Second Counselor Alexandre Garcia told DCM that the French Embassy was convinced that the official vote participation figures released by Minister of Interior Zerhouni September 30 were fraudulent, at least for the city of Algi [...]	2005-10-04 17:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG FR
05ALGIERS2048	MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SKEPTICAL ABOUT IMPROVING [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Lamamra, in the context of Ambassador's delivery of the President's September 30 letter urging improved Moroccan-Algerian relations, showed little flexibility vis a vis Morocco, reinforcing our impression that the Algerian leadership has given up hope of any near-term [...]	2005-10-04 17:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MO AG UN
05ALGIERS2055	SKIKDA REFINERY FIRE EXPECTED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON [...] (U) This cable has been sent sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Algeria's second largest crude oil refinery at Skikda experienced a fire October 4 that burned through the night and into today. Early morning reports to us from local industry officials said the [...]	2005-10-05 14:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2057	AMBASSADOR RAISES GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA [...] (C) During an October 3 meeting on other issues, Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief raised with MFA Secretary General Lamamra the U.S. desire to repatriate some Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. Ambassador, noting an earlier conversation with FM Bedjaoui on the same subject (Ref A) and expressing [...]	2005-10-05 14:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2058	AMBASSADOR RAISES BLUE LANTERN IMPASSE WITH MFA [...] (S) In an October 4 meeting with MFA Secretary General Lamamra on other issues, Ambassador pushed hard on the Blue Lantern impasse, frankly cautioning that this issue was damaging perceptions of Algeria in Washington and jeopardizing possibilities for increased military cooperation. Ambassado [...]	2005-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	ETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALGIERS2059	UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BASTAGLI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for the Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli briefed Ambassador October 1 on his meetings in the region since taking up his new duties. He expressed appreciation for the U.S. contribution to resolving Western Sahara issues; spoke of the nee [...]	2005-10-05 15:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER AG MO WI UN
05ALGIERS2082	GOA RESPONDS TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS ON [...] (U) In recent days, Algerian media have devoted much coverage to the plight of African migrants attempting to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are located in northern Morocco. The coverage has focused primarily on the allegedly dire humanitarian situation of the migrant [...]	2005-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG AG MO XA
05ALGIERS2086	BELKHADEM TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER? [...] (C) According to press reports in recent days, FLN Party Leader and former Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem, who is also Minister of State and Bouteflika's Personal Representative, will be named Prime Minister, replacing Ahmed Ouyahia. These rumors have circulated for about a month but a [...]	2005-10-11 09:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
05ALGIERS2091	VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...]	2005-10-12 09:31:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	KHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC
05ALGIERS2114	REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES SOUNDS ALARM ON [...] Portions of this cable are sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The health condition of Mohamed Benchicou, editor-in-chief of the now-defunct French-language daily Le Matin, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment June 14, 2004 for having illegally transferre [...]	2005-10-16 08:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI AG
05ALGIERS2116	DISCUSSING ZAWAHIRI-ZARQAWI LETTER WITH HIGH [...] (C) Charge took advantage of an October 15 meeting on other issues with the President of the High Islamic Council, Cheikh Bouamrane, to provide him a copy of the Arabic text, downloaded from the DNI website, of Ayman al-Zawahiri's letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Charge stressed that the lett [...]	2005-10-16 10:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL IZ AG
05ALGIERS2132	MFA RESPONDS SHARPLY TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS OF [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an unusually sharply worded official response October 17 to the October 16 comments of Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou that "strongly condemned Algeria and the Polisario's exploitation of the very complex immigration issue to achieve cheap propaganda [...]	2005-10-18 15:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG AG MO
05ALGIERS2138	POLISARIO ASSERTS THREATENING STATEMENT WAS "NOT [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Polisario "Ambassador" Mohammed Beissat October 19, stressing the total inacceptability of threats to American citizens and interests such as those contained in a Polisario press release October 12, and called for the Polisario to issue a statement retract [...]	2005-10-19 15:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER AG MO WI
05ALGIERS2145	IMF Recommendations for Algeria [...] Summary: In an October 16 press conference following a two-week visit to Algeria, Mr. Erik De Vrijer, Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia at the IMF declared that Algeria showed favorable economic development in 2005. De Vrijer highlighted the "significant" structural reforms under [...]	2005-10-22 13:03:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2147	POLISARIO REMOVES OCTOBER 12 PRESS RELEASE AND [...] (C) DCM followed up the evening of October 19 with Polisario "Ambassador" Mohammed Beissat on Beissat's assertion (ref A) that the Polisario's press service, SPS, had not officially released the threatening statement of October 12. DCM noted that the statement continued to appear on the SPS [...]	2005-10-22 13:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG MO WI
05ALGIERS2149	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON ADJUSTING FOOD AID FOR [...] PolEc Chief delivered points requested reftel October 22 to UNDP Resident Representative Marc Destanne de Bernis (in the absence of an available UNHCR representative) and to WFP Representative and Country Director Marius de Gaay Fortman. PolEc Chief stressed that we stood behind efforts to pro [...]	2005-10-22 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM AG WI
05ALGIERS2155	MEETINGS IN ALGIERS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Ron Miller, Senior Adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, held meetings with officials from the MFA, Ministry of Justice, and Presidency officials October 18 on issues related to the detention and repatriation of detainees held at Guantanamo who claim to be Algerian. Mi [...]	2005-10-23 05:33:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER KAWC PINR PREL AG
05ALGIERS2162	INFORMATION PASSED TO GOA ON TRANSFER AND RELEASE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, delivered reftel talking points October 24 to MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane. Ambassador also passed the proposed diplomatic notes that would be required in advance of the transfer of Algerian detainees from U.S. to Algerian co [...]	2005-10-25 15:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2165	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MFA DIRECTOR [...] (C) During an October 24 courtesy call, Ambassador briefed new MFA Americas Director General Fatiha Selmane on bilateral issues. Selmane, up until a year ago Algeria's ambassador to South Africa, agreed bilateral relations were good and growing; noted our excellent post-9/11 counter-terrorism [...]	2005-10-26 10:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS TSPL EAIR SCUL KMPI AG INRB
05ALGIERS2168	SUBJECT: ALGERIA PREPARED TO COOPERATE ON CHAPTER [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with the U.S., French, and British ambassadors, FM Bedjaoui confirmed he would participate in the October 31 UNSC ministerial, said he would immediately instruct their New York delegation to engage in resolution consultations later today, and indicated Algeria was [...]	2005-10-26 18:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IO LY SY AG
05ALGIERS2194	DESPITE PROBLEMS, ALGERIAN REFORM PROCESS MOVING [...] (C) Under the leadership of President Bouteflika, Algeria has embarked on a process of serious and sweeping reform. The process has been uneven, to be sure, and Algeria has a long way to go before it achieves real democracy, rule of law, habits of transparency, and open markets. Executive pow [...]	2005-10-30 14:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON KWMN AG
05ALGIERS2213	Algeria Economic Highlights: [...] Spanish Group to Build Desalination Plant 2. $15 Billion Trade Balance Surplus 3. New Payment System Combats Money Laundering 4. Draft Law on Nuclear Energy 5. Sonatrach to Supply LNG to U.S. firm Sampra SPANISH GROUP GEIDA SELECTED FOR DESALINATION PLANT --------------------- [...]	2005-10-31 13:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2222	STATUS OF TERRORISM ONE MONTH AFTER PASSAGE OF [...] (C) One month after the favorable September 29 referendum on the Charter for National Peace and National Reconciliation -- which offered a broad but partial amnesty for those involved in the violence of the 1990s -- monthly civilian deaths, military deaths and causalities, and terrorist surren [...]	2005-10-31 15:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AG
05ALGIERS2225	FORCE STATUS PROTECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Ambassador delivered to FM Bedjaoui on October 26 Ref A demarche on securing protections for personnel engaged in the U.S.-Algerian military exercise this November, leaving behind proposed draft language for an exchange of diplomatic notes. Ambassador stressed our need for written assuranc [...]	2005-10-31 16:57:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS2228	Algeria Economic Highlights [...] Oil Export Revenues expected to hit $40 Billion 2. French Interest in Bank Privatization 3. Booming Mobile Phone Sector 4. Spanish Aquatia Selected for Desalination Plant 5. Algeria Among Least Transparent Countries 6. $51 Billion Foreign Exchange Reserve 7. Algerian Purchasing Power Do [...]	2005-11-02 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2230	BRIEF DISCUSSION OF BLUE LANTERN WITH SENIOR [...] (C) At President Bouteflika's annual November 1 reception commemorating the declaration of the War of Liberation, Ambassador had an opportunity to raise the Blue Lantern issue with both Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gait-Salah and Ministry of Defense Secretary General Senhadji. With both, Ambass [...]	2005-11-02 15:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALGIERS2245	POTENTIAL NEXT GENERATION ALGERIAN LEADER COMMENTS [...] (C) Arslan Chikhaoui (strictly protect),a private consultant in his late thirties or early forties, has close ties to the Algerian military and intelligence communities, the business world, and the political leadership. A strong advocate of Algerian reform and modernization, Chikhaoui is a t [...]	2005-11-07 12:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR AG
05ALGIERS2247	IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] (S) Ambassador called on Energy Minister Chakib Khelil November 7 to deliver reftel talking points and introduce SIMO, who presented a sensitive briefing on Iranian nuclear weaponization efforts. (Reaction to the SIMO brief will be reported in separate channels.) Khelil heads Algeria's interm [...]	2005-11-07 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU AG
05ALGIERS2256	POLICE TO LOSE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND GAIN [...] (U) Head of the National Police Ali Tounsi announced November 5 the next phase of the National Program for Police Development, which aims at improving the work conditions and overall situation of police. The Program, originally envisioned as necessary to bolstering recruitment, which was in [...]	2005-11-08 15:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2264	ALGERIAN MOD AGREES TO COOPERATE ON BLUE LANTERN [...] (SBU) On November 8 the Ministry of National Defense sent DATT a letter whose bottom line, after four paragraphs of venting over the freeze on license authorizations, was that the Ministry has agreed to provide &certifications of receipt for all materials of American origin.8 Prefatory lang [...]	2005-11-09 15:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AG
05ALGIERS2270	ALGERIA CIVAIR -- OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 15:26:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA AG
05ALGIERS2272	ALGERIANS RIOT IN FRANCE: A REMINDER OF [...] (C) The ongoing rioting in France, which Algerians have followed on French television, Algerian television, and in their press, has produced a mixture of smugness and concern in Algeria. On the one hand, the leadership is not displeased to show the Algerian youth, who have left in droves foll [...]	2005-11-09 16:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON AG
05ALGIERS2289	FAREWELL LUNCH WITH BELKHEIR ON EVE OF HIS TAKING [...] (C) Over a one-on-one lunch November 6, Ambassador and departing presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir discussed the latter's November 9 departure to Rabat as Algeria' new ambassador, the challenges that awaited, and the personal factors that made him well-suited for the difficult task of build [...]	2005-11-14 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO AG WI
05ALGIERS2292	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ARGUES RUSSIA CAN'T SUPPORT [...] (S) We do not follow Moscow reporting on the Iran nuclear issue but report the following November 7 conversation between Russian Ambassador Vladimir Titorenko and Ambassador in case it sheds additional light on Russian thinking and actions in the leadup to the IAEA board meetings later this mo [...]	2005-11-14 15:37:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PINS PARM MARR MNUC AG
05ALGIERS2293	ALGERIA BANKING SECTOR SUFFERS ANOTHER SETBACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Algerian banking system was recently hit by another scandal of fund embezzlement at the state- owned National Bank of Algeria (BNA). This comes at a time when the GoA is making a big push to privatize and reform the banking sector. According to media sources, between 2002 and [...]	2005-11-14 16:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD EFIN AG
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
05ALGIERS2299	NEA/MAG ACTING DIRECTOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During her familiarization visit to Algeria, NEA/MAG Acting Director Ellen Germain called November 15 on Presidential Counselor for Counter-terrorism issues Rezag Bara. After thanking each other's countries for their cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts, Rezag Bara singled out the Tr [...]	2005-11-16 12:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS2309	FOLLOW UP ON ASSURANCES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-19 14:55:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AG
05ALGIERS2317	IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED TO MFA SECRETARY [...] (S) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLEC CHIEF AND ACTING SIMO, CALLED NOVEMBER 16 ON MFA SECRETARY GENERAL LAMAMRA TO DELIVER REF A TALKING POINTS AND INTRODUCE SENSITIVE SIMO BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONIZATION EFFORTS. AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT DUE TO LAMAMRA'S ABSENCE ABROAD THE PREVIOUS WE [...]	2005-11-20 14:12:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP IR EU AG
05ALGIERS2321	UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE KABYLIE REGION [...] (U) IN APRIL 2001, VIOLENCE ERUPTED IN THE MAINLY BERBER KABYLIE REGIONS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD BERBER MALE TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY. THE ENSUING CLASHES BETWEEN THE LOCAL KABYLIE POPULATION AND ALGERIAN SECURITY FORCES, WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS THE BERBER OR BLACK SPRING INCIDEN [...]	2005-11-21 07:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
05ALGIERS692	BOUTEFLIKA URGES IRANIAN COOPERATION ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of April 5 meeting on other issues with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir to inquire about the April 2-4 visit to Algeria of Iranian Defense Minister Shamkhani. Belkheir said the visit was part of a programmed exchange of bilateral visits, reciprocated the v [...]	2005-04-06 15:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP AG IR IAEA
05ALGIERS839	MG SENHADJI SEES JOINT MILITARY DIALOGUE AS STEP [...] (C) MOD Secretary General Senhadji discussed with Ambassador April 25 the upcoming Joint Military Dialogue talks in Washington (May 10-11),expressing appreciation for the excellent program that has been arranged and exchanging views on what to expect from these talks. He agreed with Ambassad [...]	2005-04-26 15:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS AG SOFA
05ALGIERS868	BIOGRAPHY OF MOHAMED BEDJAOUI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Following is a biographical summary of the Algeria's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Bedjaoui, the former President of the Constitutional Council from May 2002 until the announcement of his new appointment on May 1: Mohamed Bedjaoui was born in Sidi-Bel Abbes (Algeria) on Septem [...]	2005-05-02 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AG
05ALGIERS877	LONG-AWAITED PARTIAL ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE [...] (U) On May 1, President Bouteflika announced "a partial reshuffle" of the Algerian government. Six ministers changed portfolios; four ministers left the cabinet; and six new ministers were appointed to the GoA. Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia remains as Prime Minister. The Cabinet contains 16 [...]	2005-05-03 11:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AG
05ALGIERS883	TEMMAR: MUCH WORK REMAINS ON WTO ACCESSION; [...] (C) Ambassador called on Presidential Economic Advisor Temmar April 30 to conduct an informal discussion, based on guidance from USTR, on Algeria's WTO accession progress, as well as to follow up with the status of banking reform, GOA's internal IPR reform, and movement on the east-west highway [...]	2005-05-03 18:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV AORC AG USTR WTRO WTO
05AMMAN1829	DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-06 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE JO
05AMMAN2091	FOREIGN MINISTER ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki convoked the entire diplomatic corps on March 13 for what he billed as the first in a regular series of group briefings. Highlights of the hour-plus session follow. 2. (C) Peace Process: Mulki reviewed Jordan's efforts to help reactivate the [...]	2005-03-13 16:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI LE SY IS KPAL
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
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
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
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
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
05ANKARA2191	TURKISH MFA, NGOS PLAN ISTANBUL DEMOCRACY [...] This is a joint Embassy Ankara/ConGen Istanbul message. 2. Summary: Turkish MFA officials, its lead NGO partner in the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) TESEV, and Turkish women's NGO representatives met on April 10 to begin planning for a June DAD conference in Istanbul focusing on wome [...]	2005-04-18 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU KDEM
05BAGHDAD3137	IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari told Ambassador on July 28 that MFA plans to open 30 new embassies and train 500 new diplomats who represent a broad cross-section of Iraqi society. Ambassador told Zebari a more assertive Iraqi diplomacy is needed. The Iraqi Foreign Minister said the Ir [...]	2005-07-29 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4963	INFORMATION UPDATE ON ALGERIAN DETAINEE [...] (SBU) Post passed Embassy Algiers' request for information (see Reftel) to Coalition Forces, and has been informed that Mohmad Ahmed Mohamed Waber (DPOB 27 SEP 1975, Al Shalaf, Algeria) was detained on 21 May 2005 inside a targeted terrorist safe house. Mr. Waber has been referred to the Cen [...]	2005-12-13 03:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ AG XA
05CAIRO2514	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, [...] (C) During a March 30 meeting with the Foreign Minister regarding the induction of Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (septel),the Charge requested a readout on the latest Arab League summit in Algiers, as well as updates on a prospective Iraq Neighbors [...]	2005-03-30 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG IS IZ

05CAIRO2552	MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...]	2005-04-03 14:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE
05CAIRO5542	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 4:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Kamal Shazly, Minister for Peop [...]	2005-07-20 11:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OVIP EG
05CAIRO7889	SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to 90,000 WFP's assessment of refugees requiring food aid in the Tindouf camps. Despite WFP's announcement that the cutback would take effect from October 1, t [...]	2005-10-13 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AL EG
05DJIBOUTI289	SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN AND DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Ref Message reached post after the departure of the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Arab League Summit in Algiers. In his absence, Ambassador presented the demarche March 20 to Ahmed Ali Bogoreh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and highest ranking official [...]	2005-03-22 09:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO DJ
05DOHA1268	QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...]	2005-07-12 14:43:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER QA
05DOHA1593	9/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...]	2005-09-18 13:08:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA
05GENEVA1052	UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...]	2005-04-26 03:16:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR
05KUWAIT1131	KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...]	2005-03-19 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU
05KUWAIT1286	SENATOR REED THANKS KUWAIT FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT; [...] (C) Summary: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),accompanied by the Ambassador, OMC-K Chief and Poloff, met Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah March 27 at the Minister's home. The Senator expressed appreciation to Kuwait for assistance with U.S. [...]	2005-03-29 16:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV KWMN ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT1777	FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...]	2005-05-01 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT2229	KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]	2005-05-24 16:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2732	MEPI KUWAIT: QUARTERLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Post's MEPI committee -- comprising representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Diplomacy sections -- convened June 12 to review the current quarter's accomplishments and discuss potential projects for the upcoming period. During the April- [...]	2005-06-21 08:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI ECON KDEM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3585	KUWAIT RESPONSE: ARAB COUNTRY ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah on August 9 and asked for reftel data on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority. The FM promised to provide the figures, but said that any future aid would have to be taken up by the Council of Ministers. (The [...]	2005-08-10 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KU WE GZ
05MADRID1139	ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ON SPAIN-ISRAEL RELATIONS [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Alona Fisher met with poloff on March 22 to discuss Israeli views on recent efforts by Foreign Minister Moratinos to improve Spanish relations with Israel. Fisher said bilateral relations have improved markedly in the last few months, after a "very diff [...]	2005-03-23 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SP
05MADRID1353	MFA OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE PROGRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) MFA DAS for Maghreb Affairs Carlos Fernandez Arias told poloff on March 31 that Spain sees few signs of progress in negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute and only limited indications of improved Moroccan-Algerian relations. Arias (protect) said FM Moratinos and other GOS poli [...]	2005-04-07 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MO SP
05MADRID1456	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG POSITION ON [...] (C) On April 13, Poloff delivered demarche as per instructions in reftel A to MFA Maghreb office director Carlos Fernandez Arias. Arias said that he was aware that the Department had shared a similar message with the Spanish Embassy in an April 12th meeting. He appreciated the USG's detailed [...]	2005-04-14 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO WI SP
05MADRID1584	MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...]	2005-04-22 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID2209	OPPOSITION HITS MORATINOS ON WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary. FM Moratinos faced vigorous opposition criticism this week for declining to condemn Morocco's refusal to admit two Spanish political delegations seeking to visit Laayoun as a demonstration of support for the Sahrawis. The opposition Popular Party has been the most vocal critic, [...]	2005-06-08 15:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO WS SP
05MADRID2442	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ARRESTED OR BEING SOUGHT FOR THEIR ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE "ANSAR AL ISLAM" [...]	2005-06-24 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2594	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE FOR THEIR LINKS WITH THE SPAIN-BASED JIHADIST FACILITATOR NETWORK, "ANSAR AL [...]	2005-07-11 14:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SAAD
05MADRID3201	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM LEON: [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon Sept. 7 to review key issues in the US-Spain agenda in the coming months, including BMENA and Latin American issues. He thanked the GOS for its sincere and concrete support for the victims of Hurricane [...]	2005-09-08 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP XF XM XL XG
05MADRID4353	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR LINKS TO TERRORISM. 3. NAME: [...]	2005-12-30 11:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MANAMA340	SHAIKH MOHAMMED PRAISES LONDON MEETING, ABU [...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that the March 1 London conference for assistance to the Palestinians was a great success. In a meeting covering several topics (septels),Shaikh Mohammed said that the focus of the [...]	2005-03-08 13:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL BA
05MANAMA397	BAHRAIN: MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) The Ambassador March 15 delivered Ref A demarche concerning U.S. views in advance of the Arab League summit to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/Information Minister Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar took note of the demarche but had to depart the meeting before he had a chance t [...]	2005-03-16 15:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA
05MANAMA475	BAHRAIN'S REACTION TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN ALGIERS [...] (C) MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told PolEcon chief March 28 that the two main topics of the summit were the Palestinians and Arab League reform. (Note: Shaikh Abdul Aziz did not attend the summit but received a readout [...]	2005-03-29 12:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA531	FM DISCUSSES GCC-EU FTA, FORUM FOR FUTURE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed told the Ambassador April 6 that both sides at the recent GCC-EU Ministerial were committed to try to conclude an FTA by the end of the year; local EU and GCC diplomats, conceding that serious issues remain, are skeptical. The EU reiterated concerns about th [...]	2005-04-11 05:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA553	SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE SALMAN'S APRIL 19-22 [...] (C) The primary reason for the Crown Prince's April 19-22 visit to Washington is to advocate for expeditious Congressional ratification of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With the launch of U.S. FTA negotiations with the United Arab Emirates and Oman, Bahrain knows it has a limi [...]	2005-04-14 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD KDEM PTER ASEC OVIP BA
05MANAMA574	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON G8-BMENA LITERACY WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 15:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO BA
05OTTAWA1636	CORRECTION: FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05OTTAWA1701	FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Ahmed Mahidjiba [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 16:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05PARIS1612	FRENCH RESPONSE TO ALGERIAN UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR AG MO WS UN
05PARIS2039	FRANCE ON VARIOUS UN/HR/CHR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met March 23 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau, to discuss several UN, human rights, and CHR-related issues. End Summary. Cuba ---- 2. (C) In discussing the proposed [...]	2005-03-25 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS2041	MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syrian Presiden [...]	2005-03-25 18:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2052	MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris March 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining firm pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syr [...]	2005-03-29 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2468	GOF CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN G8-BMENA LITERACY [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI AG FR
05PARIS2660	SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...]	2005-04-19 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS3187	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3766	MFA ON ALGERIAN RELATIONS WITH FRANCE AND MOROCCO, [...] Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Anne Mohsen, during a recent meeting with us, described French relations with Algeria as unaffected by controversy over the 1945 Setif massacre, with progress on track towards conclusion of a bilateral friendship treaty by year-end. Mohsen suggested [...]	2005-06-01 10:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG WS MO TS FR
05PARIS3924	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher discussed developments in Ethiopia with MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Christophe Belliard June 6. Belliard recounted that he had recently discussed Ethiopia with NSC Africa Advisor Courville and UK FCO AF A/S-equivalent in London. During that meeting, he said, there w [...]	2005-06-06 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET FR
05PARIS4192	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4217	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 10:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS5241	FRENCH MFA UPDATE ON MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting NEA/MAG Acting Director William Jordan, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reported continued difficulties with the Algerian government over a February 2005 French law lauding achievements from the French colonial period, with Algeria [...]	2005-07-29 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO TS LY FR
05PARIS7715	USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB [...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...]	2005-11-14 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SU UNESCO
05PARIS7737	PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...]	2005-11-14 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL HA FR
05PARIS8483	GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S [...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...]	2005-12-16 07:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG FR
05RABAT1162	US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS [...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...]	2005-06-03 17:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT1767	SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH KING MOHAMMED [...] (C) Summary: Senator Lugar met for 40 minutes with King Mohammed the afternoon of August 19 in Tetouan, northern Morocco. The King thanked Senator Lugar for US intervention in freeing the remaining POWs from Tindouf. Lugar encouraged the King to use the release as an opportunity to make pr [...]	2005-08-23 07:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MAS
05RABAT2008	WESTERN SAHARA: EMBASSY RABAT VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The August 18 release of the remaining 404 Moroccan POWs from Tindouf closed an important humanitarian file in the Western Sahara conflict. In Morocco, the United States gained considerable goodwill from our involvement in the effort; in fact, we believe this is certainly one of the most [...]	2005-09-23 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2475	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEFENDS ITS ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy FM Fassi Fihri defended recent Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara, stressing that the GOM was responding appropriately to violent acts by demonstrators. He fended off any suggestion that demonstrators were rounded up me [...]	2005-12-13 10:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT458	NEXT SIX MONTHS IN MOROCCO [...] (C) The last half of 2004 brought to fruition in several important ways the Principals, Committee decisions to intensify U.S. relations with Morocco and enhance Morocco,s ability to counter terrorism and extremism following the May 2003 terrorist bombings in Casablanca. This cable reviews pr [...]	2005-03-03 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS ASEC AMGT MO PDIP
05ROME764	FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]	2005-03-08 06:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05SANAA2781	IMI: INVITATION FOR BIDS - IFB#30/05 FOR THE [...] The Rural Access Program of the Ministry of Public Works and Highway is inviting international companies to bid to construct Al Ashmour - Maswar District RR (22.33 KM) & Bait Salah (8.30 KM) in Amran Province. The Construction period is 16 months. 2. Bidding will be conducted through the I [...]	2005-09-19 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON YM COM
05SANAA577	YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...]	2005-03-13 15:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA695	SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (C) Summary: Many small business owners across Yemen closed their shops and took to the streets, March 13-18, in protest of ROYG plans to implement a general sales tax as part of its economic reform package. Demonstrations occurred in the cities of Hodeidah, Taiz, Sanaa and Aden, with a few d [...]	2005-03-23 13:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM YM ECON COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05STATE107000	NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY DEPLOYS TO 50 MORE POSTS [...] During the remainder of the 2005 calendar year, up to 50 more posts will be provided assistance to add content to their classified homepages on SIPRNet through the Net- Centric Diplomacy program. Assistance to selected posts will include a scanner, software, training, and temporary staff augme [...]	2005-06-08 20:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT AINF PREL ECON CMGT ACOA KPAO OIIP
05TELAVIV1319	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]	2005-03-07 13:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1720	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported, and most of them bannered, disengagement-related political moves. In yet another apparent defeat for PM Sharon, the Likud faction Monday adopted a comp [...]	2005-03-22 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1759	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and West Bank Disengagement Plan 2. Global War On Terrorism 3. Israel-China Arms Deals ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night the state budget bill passed the hurdle of the Knesset's Finance Comm [...]	2005-03-23 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1805	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1844	(C) OTTE LAMENTS WEAK PA COORDINATION ON [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, NEA A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte recounted that President Abbas had been vague in describing his next steps in discussions with EU officials at the Arab League summit in Algiers. Otte said Solana pressed Abbas [...]	2005-03-25 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EU GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TUNIS2807	TUNISIA: UPDATE FROM MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) The Ambassador December 27 reviewed a number of bilateral defense-related issues with Tunisian Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, and briefed him on the November EUCOM Mediterranean Ambassador's conference in Stuttgart. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of linking Tunisian funding [...]	2005-12-27 15:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TS
05TUNIS894	ICRC REACHES AGREEMENT ON PRISON VISITS WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: After a year of negotiations, the GOT signed an agreement with the ICRC to allow prison visits. This is a highly significant development for the human rights situation in this country. End Summary ICRC Announces Final Agreement On Tunisian Prison Visits --------------------- [...]	2005-04-29 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS TS ICRC
06ABUDHABI4432	MFA INQUIRIES ABOUT USG IRAN-WATCHING FUNCTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) have had several conversations regarding the functions of the USG's Dubai Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO),most recently on December 5. On December 6, at AbZ's request, Ambassador met with Acting MFA number two Tariq [...]	2006-12-06 15:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AE
06ADDISABABA1284	DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING, [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]	2006-05-09 17:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1464	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes at a critical time for Ethiopia as the country works to strengthen democracy, promote economic reforms, and reduce poverty. Ethiopia is a strong partner in the global war on terrorism. The USG is currently leading diplomatic efforts to implement the lon [...]	2006-05-25 05:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA1600	ETHIOPIA: GOE CONSIDERS JUNE 15 EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda told Charge June 12 that the GOE did not understand why the June 15 EEBC meeting was being held, and predicted that the likely outcome would be conflict, if not a total breakdown in the current EEBC process. He asked that the USG consider p [...]	2006-06-12 15:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1612	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions, resume progress on economic reforms and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the glob [...]	2006-06-13 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR ECON ER ET
06ADDISABABA2504	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE PUSHES FOR CONTINUATION OF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar briefed representatives of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council September 12 on the status of the mission's downsizing efforts and recommended an [...]	2006-09-14 11:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER
06ADDISABABA2810	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ACTION NECESSARY TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar invited representatives of the United Nations Security Council permanent members to a briefing October 17 to discuss Eritrea's movement into the temporary security zon [...]	2006-10-17 15:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2818	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...]	2006-10-18 14:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA3012	ETHIOPIA: FM SEYOUM ASKS WITNESSES TO STOP EEBC [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOE Foreign Minister Seyoum summoned representatives from the permanent five members (P-5) of the UN Security Council and Witnesses to the Algiers Accords to a meeting Nov. 14 to denounce the plans of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Boundary Commission (EEBC) to complete demarcation the b [...]	2006-11-14 17:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS UNSC ET ER
06ADDISABABA323	AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]	2006-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06ADDISABABA385	A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following her visit to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, AF A/S Frazer told UNMEE SRSG Legwaila that current residents of the disputed town of Badme oppose the 2002 boundary commission decision awarding the town to Eritrea. Badme was administered by Ethiopia, but the EEBC places it [...]	2006-02-08 05:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA615	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TEKEDA ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Ethiopia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda and Charge had a good exchange on the question of Ethiopia's attendance at the March 10 EEBC meeting with Tekeda promising to consider responding favorably to the EEBC invitation but with a caveat that the fi [...]	2006-03-01 10:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA941	ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin hailed the importance of U.S. engagement in addressing Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions, but voiced continued concern about Eritrean intentions and the presence of Eritrean troops in the Temporary Security Zone, where UNMEE had become "a hostage." FM Seyou [...]	2006-04-07 09:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA945	DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING, [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]	2006-04-11 08:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ALGIERS1002	POLISARIO DENIES MOROCCAN ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (U) The Algerian press June 4 ran a statement issued by the Polisario flatly denying Moroccan reports that "pro-Moroccan" demonstrations had been forcibly suppressed in the Tindouf camps (ref B). The Polisario statement included an invitation to the UN High Commission for Human Rights to vis [...]	2006-06-04 14:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG MO
06ALGIERS1006	ALGERIA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Given the absence abroad of Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Iran to MFA Americas Director General Selmane May 31, underscoring the major policy importance of the Secretary's announcement and our strong hope that Algeria would publicly support our initiative and [...]	2006-06-04 15:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG IR
06ALGIERS1026	ALGERIA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Given the absence abroad of Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Iran to MFA Americas Director General Selmane May 31, underscoring the major policy importance of the Secretary's announcement and our strong hope that Algeria would publicly support our initiative and [...]	2006-06-07 07:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG IR
06ALGIERS1075	IMPRISONED ALGERIAN JOURNALIST MOHAMED BENCHICOU [...] Mohamed Benchicou, former publisher of the now defunct French-language daily Le Matin, is set to be released from prison June 14 according to press reports. Benchicou served a two year prison term for illegal transfer of funds related to the operation of his newspaper, though many believe the [...]	2006-06-13 16:46:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
06ALGIERS1080	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 14:06:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
06ALGIERS1112	ALGERIA AMBIVALENT AS CHINESE LABOR AND GOODS, NOT [...] Chinese workers, who first flocked to Algeria in the late 1990s to meet the country's steep labor demand for construction projects, today number around eight thousand at any given time. While they are still most prevalent in the construction sector, many moonlight as traders of Chinese wares. [...]	2006-06-19 14:51:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV CH AG
06ALGIERS1120	ICRC PENDING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES IN THE WESTERN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 14:03:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS1184	UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IN ALGERIAN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) Since late April, GSPC terrorists have intensified their attacks against both traditional military and government targets and civilians in areas to the east and west of Algiers. The GSPC has changed tactics and increased the lethality of its attacks. The Algerian Army for its part has [...]	2006-06-27 17:32:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1209	BOUTEFLIKA URGES WALIS TO TAKE GREATER STAKE IN [...] In a two-hour televised speech June 25 before Algeria's 48 walis (presidentially-appointed provincial governors),President Bouteflika vociferously criticized his government for allowing red tape, corruption, and nepotism to impede plans to meet the basic needs of its citizens, particularly Al [...]	2006-06-28 17:15:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON AG
06ALGIERS1219	BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA, RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 11:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1221	BOUTEFLIKA ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) During Adviser to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend's June 18 meeting with President Bouteflika, Bouteflika said the U.S. and Algerian positions on Iraq overlapped. Algeria recognized the new Iraqi government, backed it, and wanted to assist [...]	2006-07-01 11:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL IZ AG
06ALGIERS1243	MALI PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS JULY 4 [...] (SBU) With considerable fanfare, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of the Algerian and international media to witness the signing July 4 at the El Mithaq state guest house in Algiers of a peace agreement between the Malian government and the Touareg r [...]	2006-07-06 12:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ML AG
06ALGIERS1249	PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA PARDONS JOURNALISTS, SEEKS [...] (U) On the occasion of Algerian National Day (July 5),President Bouteflika announced July 3 the unconditional pardon of all journalists in Algeria convicted of or facing charges of defamation. The announcement followed the "definitive convictions" of several journalists in previous days so [...]	2006-07-09 11:16:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AG
06ALGIERS1259	FLN PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES WOULD [...] (C) Post received an advance copy of proposed constitutional changes made by Algeria's predominant political party, the National Liberation Front (FLN). The document was recently submitted to President Bouteflika, who announced his intention July 5 to hold a national referendum on proposed ame [...]	2006-07-10 09:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS1278	ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...]	2006-07-11 05:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU
06ALGIERS1290	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 11:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS KPAL LE
06ALGIERS1299	DEMARCHE ON ALGERIA'S WTO ACCESSION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador, accompanied by PolEC Chief, delivered reftel demarche July 11 to MFA Americas Director General Selmane. Reviewing reftel points and leaving a non-paper in French and English at the end of the discussion, Ambassador highlighted strong U.S. support for Algerian WTO accession, [...]	2006-07-15 12:25:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO AG
06ALGIERS1305	ALGERIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON [...] (U) In an apparent effort to get out in front of an Algerian public furious over Israeli actions in Lebanon, the GOA adopted an unusually high-profile posture the past few days. The MFA issued a statement July 13 denouncing "the flagrant aggressions" perpetrated by Israeli military forces ag [...]	2006-07-15 15:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS LE AG
06ALGIERS1308	INTERIOR MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR ALGERIAN [...] (C) True to his hard-liner reputation, Interior Minister Zerhouni told Ambassador during his July 10 farewell call that Algerians supported reform but needed time to absorb and adapt to economic and political change. Forcing the pace could cause problems and set back the entire process. Zerho [...]	2006-07-16 05:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1311	MFA JOINS CALL FOR EMERGENCY UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] In conjunction with the meeting of the Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo, MFA issued a statement July 15 calling on the UN Security Council to "hold an emergency meeting to put an end to the criminal Israeli aggressions" and "assure the protection of the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. [...]	2006-07-16 16:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS LE AG
06ALGIERS1315	BOUTEFLIKA MULLS CHANGES TO 2005 HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (SBU) President Bouteflika is reviewing proposed changes to Algeria's 2005 hydrocarbon law, touted at the time as a major step toward greater openness. The proposed changes would slow down current rates of oil and gas exploitation while limiting the expanded role for foreign energy companies e [...]	2006-07-17 12:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1331	DEMARCHE ON WTO ACCESSION DELIVERED TO ALGERIAN [...] (SBU) PolEC Chief delivered Ref A demarche July 17 to Ministry of Commerce Director General for Foreign Trade Cherif Zaaf, who serves concurrently as Algeria's WTO coordinator. Ambassador previously delivered the same demarche to MFA Americas Director General Selmane (Ref B). Leaving behind n [...]	2006-07-18 09:59:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO AG
06ALGIERS1360	POLICE BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION IN ALGIERS; OTHERS [...] (SBU) The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),a moderate Islamist party belonging to the presidential coalition, attempted to organize a peaceful march July 20 from the First of May shopping area to the UN offices in Algiers to protest Israeli military operations in Lebanon and express sol [...]	2006-07-22 14:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1364	LIBYAN, ALGERIAN MINISTERS OF INTERIOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) General Salah Rajab El-Mismari, Libyan Secretary General of the Popular Committee and de facto Libyan Minister of the Interior, visited Algiers July 17-19, holding talks on border and security issues with Algerian Minister of the Interior Nouredine Yazid Zerhouni. The official visit, a [...]	2006-07-22 16:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS AG LY

06ALGIERS1373	LEBANESE FIGURE VISITS ALGIERS, THANKS GOA FOR ITS [...] (U) Saad Hariri, the leader of the largest political party represented in the Lebanese parliament and son of the slain Lebanese prime minister, visited Algiers July 23. In public remarks reported by the press, he thanked "Algeria, its president and head of government fo their support" and und [...]	2006-07-24 14:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AG IS LE
06ALGIERS1376	ALGERIAN COMMITTEE OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR [...] Vice President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) Zohra Bitat; Senator Saida Benhabyles; Female Executives NGO President Aicha Kouadri; and General Union of Students President Nabil Yahoui called July 24 on the Charge d'Affaires to present a petition calling on the United States to take ste [...]	2006-07-24 16:24:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LE IS AG
06ALGIERS1401	ABBAS RECEIVED BY PRIME MINISTER IN ALGIERS [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas followed in the footsteps of Lebanese party leader Saad Hariri (see reftel) and made a stop in Algiers July 26 as part of what Abbas described as a tour of Arab capitals devoted to "bilateral discussions on next steps" to address the situati [...]	2006-07-29 16:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LE IS AG
06ALGIERS1403	ALI BELHADJ PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS IN LEBANON IN [...] (U) In a deliberate challenge to the authority of the GOA, which released him from prison March 6 under the terms of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Ali Belhadj demonstrated in front of Embassy Algiers July 31, carr [...]	2006-07-31 16:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1414	GOA COORDINATES PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Religious Affairs over the past couple of weeks has continued to provide imams with points on the ongoing violence in Lebanon from which to draw for Friday sermons (reftel). Imams have confirmed to post that July 28 sermons were required to contain a reference to "the l [...]	2006-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS1418	GOA AND POLISARIO STATEMENTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) President Bouteflika's statement of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the seventh anniversary of the King's enthronement (Ref A) was widely reported in the Algerian press July 30. In his message, Bouteflika reiterated his steadfast determination to work with the Moroccan [...]	2006-08-02 16:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1504	BOUTEFLIKA SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO KING [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 06:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AG MO
06ALGIERS1514	TO POSTPONE OR NOT TO POSTPONE: AMNESTY DEADLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian terrorists seeking amnesty under the Peace and National Reconciliation process (reftels) have until August 28 to surrender to the authorities. In mid-August the military and police began ostentatious preparations to conduct what they assert will be a final mopping-up of [...]	2006-08-23 15:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KISL AG
06ALGIERS1516	PARTIES PREPARE TO RESPOND TO BOUTEFLIKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the vacationing President Bouteflika ponders what constitutional changes he will propose to voters in the fall, Algerian opposition parties (and the lone Islamist party in the presidential coalition) are preparing their reaction. The opposition Islah Party believes that any [...]	2006-08-23 17:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1518	USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) Marius Fortman, World Food Program (WFP) Country Director for Algeria, briefed us August 23 on the current state of food stocks for the Sahrawi refugees. Fortman said Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf would run out of food by the end of September absent additional donations. Fortman m [...]	2006-08-26 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PBTS WFP AG
06ALGIERS1535	AN UNFINISHED JOB: ACCOUNTING FOR THE DISAPPEARED [...] (SBU) As the deadline for terrorists to lay down their arms under the National Charter for Peace and Reconciliation (reftel) arrived August 28, SOS Disparus, an Algerian NGO that advocates on behalf of victims of the civil strife of the 1990s, was still maintaining that the Charter had not gon [...]	2006-08-28 17:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AG
06ALGIERS1545	FLN OFFICIALS STATE THEIR PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two senior officials in the National Liberation Front (FLN),Algeria's predominant political party, reviewed the party's near-term priorities for us on August 29. Their top goal is implementation of President Bouteflika's Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Second is [...]	2006-08-30 14:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1572	FORMER FIS LEADERS QUESTION IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) Former Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders Rabeh Kebir and Anwar Haddam and former Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) emir Madani Mezrag gave interviews that appeared August 27 in the Arabic-language daily El Chourouk El Youmi. The interview of Haddam, who currently resides in the U.S., was t [...]	2006-09-06 06:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1595	GROWING ANGST OVER CHANGES TO ALGERIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algeria country director of a major U.S. oil servicing company (strictly protect) told us September 3 of the growing concerns among expatriate oil servicing companies in Algeria related to the proposed changes to the 2005 hydrocarbon law. Sharing the minutes of a meeting rece [...]	2006-09-06 16:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1703	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PRAISES ONE MEPI PROGRAM, [...] (U) The work of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has provided a valuable model for Algeria as it builds on its democratic foundation, according to Speaker of the National People's Assembly Amar Saadani. Saadani maintained that the apolitical approach of NCSL was an importan [...]	2006-09-21 13:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
06ALGIERS1769	FORMER SONATRACH COUNSEL CRITIQUES CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A former Sonatrach counsel provided us with a detailed briefing on the changes to Algeria's hydrocarbon legislation over the last 20 years and his views on the impact of the recent hydrocarbon amendments. He clarified that while the new amendments obligate the Algerian petrole [...]	2006-10-04 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1789	JUSTICE MINISTER INDICATES DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) Minister of Justice Tayeb Belaiz, in a brief October 7 introductory call by the Ambassador, placed considerable emphasis on concluding a bilateral extradition treaty with the U.S., called it a logical outcome of the joint U.S.-Algeria fight against terrorism, and linked it to mutual legal [...]	2006-10-09 16:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
06ALGIERS1816	ALGERIA'S DEMOCRACY REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political contacts from two moderate Islamist parties believe Algeria's democracy is a work in progress and that civil liberties are overly restricted. Both parties cite difficulty in organizing civic groups as a notable problem. The contacts also believe that the Islamic Salvat [...]	2006-10-15 17:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KISL AG
06ALGIERS1828	TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT REACHED TO PROMOTE PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY: Tripartite discussions among representatives of Algerian government, labor, and employers have concluded with an unprecedented "pact" to promote economic development and diversification of Algeria's economy while "aiming to guarantee social stability." Parallel negotiations led to [...]	2006-10-17 06:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EINV AG
06ALGIERS1835	MP'S SPECULATE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM, [...] (C) We met separately October 16 with three respected members of parliament who are also heavyweights in their parties: Nourredine Benbraham (RND),Houria Bouhired (FLN),and Lakhdar Benkhellaf (Islah). Benbraham and Bouhired belong to the two largest parties in the presidential coalition; B [...]	2006-10-17 17:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1844	KHELIL ON PROGRESS IN ALGERIAN ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Energy Chakib Khelil gave a public overview October 8 of the Algerian energy and mining sector's successes over the last five years. He probably underestimated the true long-term impact, given the long gestation period of energy exploration projects. According to K [...]	2006-10-18 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1912	BOUTEFLIKA MAKES A SHOW OF FIRING GOVERNOR FOR [...] (U) In an October 28 communique read on national television and covered widely in the press, President Bouteflika fired Djillali Araar, the wali (governor) of El-Tarf province in northeastern Algeria. While the communique did not indicate the reason for Araar's dismissal, he was recently char [...]	2006-10-30 16:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV AG
06ALGIERS1961	SKIKDA RAMPING UP REFINING, LNG CAPACITY WITH EYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Skikda industrial zone, some 300 kilometers east of Algiers, boasts Africa's largest oil refinery and what was the country's second most important LNG terminal until half of it was destroyed in an industrial accident in 2004. Officials of the Algerian pertroleum parastatal S [...]	2006-11-12 06:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AG
06ALGIERS1978	BOUTEFLIKA'S HEALTH BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF OPEN [...] (C) Summary: President Bouteflika's remark to the media on November 13 that his health has improved has not stopped speculation about his medical situation. Many of our political contacts speculate that the President's physical condition is behind the delay in a referendum on constitutiona [...]	2006-11-15 16:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS2019	SUB-MEDITERRANEAN GAS DEALS ARE UNDERCURRENT OF [...] (U) Speculation about the details of future energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy swirled in Algerian business circles following the November 14-15 visit to Algiers by Italian Prime Minister Romani Prodi. The state-owned French-language daily El Moudjahid focused on Prodi's discussions [...]	2006-11-21 14:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL EINV IT AG
06ALGIERS2025	POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY [...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...]	2006-11-22 11:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG
06ALGIERS2047	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES INFORMATION ON TIP [...] (C) Ambassador raised in a November 25 meeting with MFA Director General for the Americas Selmane the lack of Algerian responsiveness on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues (reftel) and emphasized our need for maximum information on investigations, prosecutions and penalties for TIP. Ambassad [...]	2006-11-28 14:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG AG
06ALGIERS2050	FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SAHRAWI REFUGEE CAMPS: A [...] (C) During a November 16-17 trip to the Tindouf region of Algeria, visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer and poloff met with Sahrawi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) President Yahia Bohubaini and with UN World Food Program (WFP) representative Keddi Abdellah to discuss the status of food distributio [...]	2006-11-28 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PBTS PREL AG
06ALGIERS2067	SENATE PRESIDENCY THE PRIZE OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) The Ministry of Interior announced last month that the wilaya councils (roughly equivalent to U.S. state legislatures) will elect 48 senators December 28 to the Conseil de la Nation (the national upper house, usually referred to as the Senate). In addition to these contested seats, Presid [...]	2006-12-05 07:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS2071	MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CREATIVE SOLUTION [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting devoted to several issues, the Ambassador reviewed for MFA Secretary General Ramtane Lamamra U.S. views on the Western Sahara. The Ambassador noted that Washington would look favorably on a serious Moroccan autonomy proposal for the disputed area, provided that it h [...]	2006-12-05 15:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS2082	INTERNAL CHALLENGES TO BELKHADEM'S FLN LEADERSHIP [...] (C) A number of political party contacts tell us that rivals of Prime Minister Belkhadem are increasingly seeking to thwart his presidential ambitions by painting a picture of a prime minister who is so consumed by in-fighting within his own party that he is unable to govern effectively. Party [...]	2006-12-06 11:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS2087	HOW FREE IS ALGERIA'S PRINTED PRESS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian government exerts pressure on Algeria's independent printed media with the aim of encouraging self-censorship. Government tactics have included using the state advertising agency to reward or punish papers financially; miring journalists in lengthy legal proceedings [...]	2006-12-09 06:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG
06ALGIERS2108	MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...]	2006-12-11 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG
06ALGIERS2162	DETAINED JOURNALIST RELEASED, TRIES TO KEEP LOW [...] (SBU) On December 18 Algerian authorities released the director of the low-circulation Arabic-language daily "El Fedjr" following her incarceration December 7 on year-old charges of bouncing a check for USD 21,400 to a government-owned printing company. Hadda Hazzam's lawyer refused to commen [...]	2006-12-19 16:51:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS2189	GOVERNMENT ISLAMIST PARTY SEES CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) Summary: A top official in the moderate Islamist Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) party, a member of the governing coalition, told us Algeria did not yet have the same societal consensus to support WTO accession and other economic reforms aimed at attracting investment as it did on [...]	2006-12-26 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETRD KDEM KISL AG
06ALGIERS246	GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN AOMAR [...] (U) Wednesday's edition of "Le Soir d'Algerie" reported that GSPC member Mohamed Keraouni, also known as Emir Kezouit, used a homemade bomb to destroy a portion of the Hassi R'mel-Cap Dijnet gas pipeline on February 6 in Aomar, approximately 100 kilometers southeast of Algiers. The article p [...]	2006-02-12 05:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PTER ENRG AG
06ALGIERS336	MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]	2006-02-28 12:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS338	IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCES FOR NATIONAL [...] (SBU) The ordinances implementing the provisions of National Reconciliation as approved by voters in September 2005, made public February 22, are expected to be implemented by presidential decree by the end of the current month. While several organizations representing victims of terrorism cr [...]	2006-02-28 12:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS339	ALGERIA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PEACE BUILDING [...] (U) Post received February 26 an English-language diplomatic note announcing Algeria's candidacy for the Peace Building Commission in 2006-07, the text of which follows with Embassy minor grammatical edits. Separately, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Bouguerra asked Ambassador [...]	2006-02-28 13:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AG
06ALGIERS340	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S DISCUSSION OF SAHRAWI REFUGEES [...] (C) During visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan's February 26 courtesy call on MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Bouguerra, the latter engaged in spirited discussion of UNHCR's unilateral decision to cut food assistance to Sahrawi refugees and argued that a new census could not be carrie [...]	2006-02-28 14:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM AG WI UN
06ALGIERS341	GOA STATEMENT PRAISES ALGERIAN PUBLIC'S CALM [...] (SBU) The Algerian Council of Ministers issued February 27 a declaration on the Danish cartoon controversy praising the Algerian public's calm reaction and calling for tolerance, mutual understanding, and the avoidance of both violence and provocations. The declaration is a textbook case of [...]	2006-02-28 14:50:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS342	THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SAHRAWI REPUBLIC OBSERVED [...] According to Algerian press reports confirmed by Embassy Rabat (reftels),the Polisario peacefully marked February 27 the 30th anniversary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Unlike May 2005 statements from Polisario leader Abdelaziz and President Bouteflika, the statements this ye [...]	2006-02-28 15:44:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
06ALGIERS365	UNOFFICIAL, EMBASSY-EDITED TEXT OF IMPLEMENTING [...] The opening chapter lauds the sovereignty of the people who overwhelmingly voted for the Charter and implements the legal provisions of the approved charter in their name. CHAPTER TWO: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ------------------------------ 2. In brief, this chapter deals with legal proceeding [...]	2006-03-05 08:54:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS367	TALLY OF ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS IN JAIL [...] (SBU) There are currently three Algerian journalists in prison. Eighteen other journalists have been sentenced to prison terms but are free pending appellate court rulings on their appeals. In prison the longest is Mohamed Benchicou, former publisher of the now-defunct Le Matin newspaper, wh [...]	2006-03-05 09:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AG
06ALGIERS392	FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI ON POLISARIO-MOROCCO [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador and DCM covering a range of issues, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui raised the Western Sahara, asking Ambassador for U.S. views about Morocco's anticipated autonomy proposal. Ambassador noted that the U.S. has been encouraging Morocco to develop its ide [...]	2006-03-07 13:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS399	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, delivered reftel demarche during a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, leaving points in French translation as non-paper. Ambassador stressed that IAEA DG ElBaradei's report had confirmed U.S. concerns; Iran has not taken any of the steps called [...]	2006-03-08 10:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IAEA UNSC IR AG
06ALGIERS401	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...]	2006-03-09 18:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS408	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador drew on reftel points on the Israeli-Palestinian situation in a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui (discussion of Sudan, Western Sahara, NDI visas reported septel). Ambassador stressed the importance of the international community maintaining a common position towa [...]	2006-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS AG
06ALGIERS409	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel points for participants in the Arab League preparatory ministerial (discussion of Hamas reported septel). After reviewing points on Iraq and Syria, Ambassador turned to Sudan, noting that [...]	2006-03-12 18:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AG
06ALGIERS451	PUTIN VISIT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL DEBT [...] (C) Russian President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria, the first by a Russian president, has produced a substantial debt forgiveness package, some commercial and investment agreements, and talk about a possible energy clearing house deal. But the details of the debt forgiveness package and [...]	2006-03-15 18:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS AG
06ALGIERS454	NEA A/S WELCH AND PM OUYAHIA'S DISCUSSION OF WTO [...] (SBU) During a March 14 meeting with Prime Minister Ouyahia on other issues (septel),NEA A/S Welch affirmed U.S. support for Algeria's reform process and WTO accession bid. Ouyahia expressed appreciation for U.S. support of its economic modernization efforts, including U.S. technical support [...]	2006-03-18 06:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV AG
06ALGIERS455	BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...]	2006-03-18 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG
06ALGIERS456	DARFUR: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS NEA A/S WELCH ALGERIA [...] (C) Darfur was one of the main subjects covered in a two-hour meeting March 14 between NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and President Bouteflika (other subjects reported septels). A/S Welch stressed President Bush's personal interest in Darfur and U.S. concern at the continued violence an [...]	2006-03-18 08:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU AG
06ALGIERS490	QUESTIONABLE DEATH SPARKS DEMONSTRATIONS IN ZERALDA [...] (U) The questionable death of Faycal Akbichi on March 5 in a police station in Zeralda, a city 30 kilometers west of Algiers, created a furor for local citizens and resulted in 18 injuries, cars and tires burned, and damage to the city hall and a local bank headquarters. The police reacted q [...]	2006-03-19 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AG
06ALGIERS496	ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING [...] Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel presented to journalists March 18 "an African Road Map" for addressing migration issues. He confirmed that further discussions on migration within the African continent and between Europe and Africa would be on the agenda [...]	2006-03-20 17:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
06ALGIERS498	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF WESTERN [...] (C) In his March 14 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, PM Ouyahia said principles mattered in the world, and Algeria looked to the UN to stick by its principles on the Western Sahara, whose situation was a result of decolonization. Welch said the U.S. did not want to discard the UN process, bu [...]	2006-03-21 07:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EINV ETRD AG WI
06ALGIERS499	NEA A/S WELCH TELLS MFA SECRETARY GENERAL WE STILL [...] (C) In a March 14 discussion with MFA Secretary General Lamamra on other issues, NEA A/S Welch raised continuing U.S. interest in concluding a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Algeria. Such a step made sense in the context of our growing bilateral cooperation and would enable the further [...]	2006-03-21 07:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL AG
06ALGIERS500	HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]	2006-03-21 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06ALGIERS501	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF HAMAS, [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, PM Ouyahia and NEA A/S Welch primarily focused on the Palestinian issue and dealings with Hamas. A/S Welch stressed that U.S. assistance to the Palestinians would continue but not through government channels so long as Hamas was in government and failed to reco [...]	2006-03-21 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR IZ IS PA SU AG
06ALGIERS502	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH FM BEDJAOUI [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, A/S Welch told FM Bedjaoui we would welcome his visiting Washington in April; expressed U.S. concerns about Sudan and urged Arab League support for bringing African Union forces in Darfur under a UN umbrella; and hoped Algeria would press Hamas to recognize Israel [...]	2006-03-21 07:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS PA SU AG
06ALGIERS503	(C) WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH [...] (C) President Bouteflika reviewed for NEA A/S Welch March 14 Algeria's views on the Western Sahara. Covering largely familiar ground, Bouteflika stressed that resolving the Western Sahara conflict is the UN's responsibility; that Algeria will never negotiate with Morocco on the Sahrawis' beh [...]	2006-03-21 07:42:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS548	NEW ALGERIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL RULES FAVOR [...] (U) President Abdelaziz Bouteflika signed into law February 28 a general statute on military personnel that replaces a previous law dating to 1969. The explanatory preface of the new statute explained that the old law no longer responded to the current military requirements of Algerian socie [...]	2006-03-27 14:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AG
06ALGIERS554	UPDATE ON ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS FIRED/JAILED OVER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 16:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AG
06ALGIERS556	GOA AND POLISARIO REACT TO MOROCCAN KING'S VISIT [...] In reaction to the visit last week of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI to the western side of the berm in the Western Sahara, the GOA and Polisario made public statements. Abdelaziz Belkhadem, former Foreign Minister and currently Minister of State and Personal Representative to President Boutef [...]	2006-03-27 17:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
06ALGIERS565	REALITIES OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Influential segments of the Algerian public, assured by President Bouteflika last fall that voters were not approving a general amnesty for terrorists, are expressing serious reservations on its implementation after seeing prominent terrorists and FIS leaders returned to the streets and ma [...]	2006-03-29 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS570	BECHTEL POISED TO PREVAIL IN BID PROCESS FOR [...] (U) This cable contains proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. BIDS UNSEALED IN FULLY TRANSPARENT PROCESS ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In full view of the Algerian media, public and diplomats representing the home countries of firms bidding to build [...]	2006-03-29 17:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP ELTN ETRD AG
06ALGIERS576	EL KHABAR JOURNALIST INTERROGATED ABOUT THE [...] (U) Algeria's leading Arabic-language daily, El Khabar, claimed in April 1 that its reporter Mohamed Mourad, the author of two articles published March 27 and 29 on the dissemination of leaflets by the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC),was questioned March 30 at an Algerian police st [...]	2006-04-01 16:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDEM PHUM AG
06ALGIERS605	ALGERIA ACTIVELY SEEKING TO PREVENT TRAVEL OF [...] (S/NF) The GOA is committed to preventing Algerian would-be foreign fighters from traveling to Iraq and to breaking up networks recruiting foreign fighters of various nationalities. Algeria continues to arrest persons traveling with this intent and has won U.S. Government recognition for bei [...]	2006-04-03 14:54:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV CG IZ AG
06ALGIERS606	NEW ALGERIAN LEGISLATION A STEP BACK FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) The Algerian parliament quietly passed legislation February 28 that, among other things, confines non-Muslim worship to church buildings approved by the state, imposes penalties for proselytizing, and treats these as criminal rather than civil offenses. The new law, which clearly impact [...]	2006-04-03 15:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS622	ALGERIA REPORTEDLY RE-ARRESTS THREE TERRORISTS [...] (U) The leading Arabic-language daily newspaper El Khabar reported April 4 on its front page the re-arrest of Abdelmadjid Dahoumen, Mourad Yakhlaf, and Adel Boumazber. According to El Khabar, the three individuals were released from prison last month in accordance with the Charter on Peace an [...]	2006-04-04 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER PGOV AG
06ALGIERS623	POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" COMMENTS ON NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Mohammed Beissat discussed his views on possible negotiations with Morocco over King Mohammed VI's autonomy plan in a prolonged April 1 conversation with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief. Reviewing the history of Polisario-Moroccan direct negotiations since 1979, [...]	2006-04-04 17:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV WI MO AG
06ALGIERS629	NEW LAW DENOTES ALGERIAN PROGRESS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: A new anti-corruption law, which took effect March 8, aims to bring Algeria in line with the U.N. Convention Against Corruption. The law is an important step in establishing an institutional framework to combat corruption and comes at a time the GoA has been actively pursuing cr [...]	2006-04-06 06:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV AG
06ALGIERS657	MEETING OF AU EXPERTS ON MIGRATION HELD IN ALGIERS [...] Mandated by the January Arab League Summit in Khartoum, the Commission of the African Union (AU) convened a meeting of migration and development experts in Algiers April 3-5. The participants addressed the major themes of security and stability, human rights, development, human resources, the [...]	2006-04-10 16:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
06ALGIERS662	RELEASED ISLAMIC LEADER ATTACKS GOA LEGITIMACY, [...] (C) Since his March 6 release from prison pursuant to the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, Ali Belhadj, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has blatantly defied the Charter's ban on those released engaging in political activity. Belhadj's most direct ch [...]	2006-04-12 13:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS686	ALGERIA NOT FAVORABLE TO PSI [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 12 to MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Briza, seeking support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and for Algerian attendance at the upcoming PSI high-level meeting scheduled to take place in Poland in June. [...]	2006-04-15 16:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AG
06ALGIERS694	PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 30-stop visit to government-sponsored development projects around Algiers April 8 and 9, President Bouteflika publicly rebuked several of his ministers for Algeria's slow progress in infrastructure development, educational advancement, and openness to foreign investment. [...]	2006-04-16 13:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ECON AG
06ALGIERS722	ATTACK ON CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SPARKS MAJOR OFFENSIVE [...] (U) According to an April 10 article in the official French daily El Moudjahid, corroborated by an announcement from the Ministry of the Interior, an orchestrated terrorist attack on Algerian Customs officials by the Group Salafist for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) on April 7 sparked a major off [...]	2006-04-18 16:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AG
06ALGIERS727	MESSAHEL TELLS AMBASSADOR MIGRATION PRIMARILY AN [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with MFA Minister-Delegate Messahel, Ambassador pressed again for an inclusive regional approach to the migration problem that included Morocco and urged Algeria to reconsider participation in the Rabat-hosted conference on migration. Messahel termed the recent AU ex [...]	2006-04-19 13:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
06ALGIERS734	AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION OF NEW RELIGIOUS LAW WITH [...] (SBU) During an April 15 meeting with Religious Affairs Minister Ghlamallah, Ambassador discussed U.S. concerns about Algeria's new law regulating non-Muslim worship, noting that it opened the door to arbitrary interpretations and restrictions, had been adopted without any consultation with a [...]	2006-04-22 06:28:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF KISL AG
06ALGIERS747	EXCHANGE OF HARSH WORDS BETWEEN ALGERIA AND FRANCE [...] (C) Algerian Foreign Minister Bedjaoui's successful April 12-13 visit to Washington, on the heels of what has been widely viewed as the French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's disastrous April 9-10 visit to Algiers, has underscored the dynamic nature of Algeria's growing relationship with the [...]	2006-04-24 09:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG FR
06ALGIERS751	GOA OUTLINES STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE CHARTER [...] (U) The Government of Algeria released April 23 a communique outlining the steps taken by the GOA in implementing the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Among the more important points of the communique were: -- Nearly 2200 detainees have been freed, which is almost the total n [...]	2006-04-25 08:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS757	GOA REJECTS SYG'S REPORT ON WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C) MFA Counselor and former UN Ambassador Abdallah Baali convoked Ambassador April 25 to explain Algeria's rejection of the recommendations in the UNSYG's report on the Western Sahara, which Baali claimed "ignored the achievements of the past" by abandoning the Baker Plan and the principle of [...]	2006-04-25 18:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06ALGIERS781	HEAD OF SHELL ALGERIA OFFERS VIEWS ON ALGERIAN [...] Summary: The head of Shell Algeria, Michael Blaha, described to Econoff April 24 his perspective on Sonatrach and the impact of the 2005 hydrocarbon law. Blaha noted the difficulties the Algerians were having in finding experienced workers for Algeria's new energy regulatory agencies that wer [...]	2006-04-29 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET AG
06ALGIERS817	IRAN OPENS FIRST-ANNUAL TRADE PAVILION IN ALGIERS [...] The Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Mining (CCIMI) opened May 2 its first-annual industrial and technology show in Algiers. The show, entitled IranExpo 2006, comes on the heels of an agreement signed in January 2005 between CCIMI and the Algerian Chamber of Commerce to expand trade [...]	2006-05-06 14:04:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON IR AG
06ALGIERS848	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT HAS "NO PRACTICAL APPLICATION" [...] Algerian law does not contain specific codifications or references to the Arab League Boycott and post is not aware of any GoA communiques on the issue. While the primary boycott is informally recognized by virtue of Algeria's membership in the Arab League and the stigma still attached to doi [...]	2006-05-10 16:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AG
06ALGIERS850	ALGERIAN PRESIDENT PARDONS JOURNALISTS [...] (C) On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, President Bouteflika issued a communique May 2 pardoning Algerian journalists found "definitively" guilty of "insults against civil servants, offense against the President of the Republic, and insults against corporate bodies." The announcement [...]	2006-05-10 18:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS851	ALGERIAN PRESIDENT PARDONS JOURNALISTS [...] (C) On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, President Bouteflika issued a communique May 2 pardoning Algerian journalists found "definitively" guilty of "insults against civil servants, offense against the President of the Republic, and insults against corporate bodies." The announcement [...]	2006-05-10 19:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS854	ALGERIA PLEASED WITH DARFUR AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-14 13:50:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SU AG
06ALGIERS855	ALGERIA PLEASED WITH DARFUR AGREEMENT [...] In a May 7 communique issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Government of Algeria expressed its "satisfaction" with the conclusion of a peace agreement to resolve the Darfur crisis. Algeria "rejoices in this positive development" and wishes that the "parties who are not yet si [...]	2006-05-14 13:56:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SU AG
06ALGIERS887	OPEN SKIES: ALGERIA OFFERS REDUCED WEIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy received May 13 an MFA diplomatic note (Ref B) providing Algeria's response to our Open Skies proposals of March 11 concerning exchange rates, intermodal transport, and transition period start date. The latest proposals (faxed to NEA/MAG) overtake Ref A instructions, which had no [...]	2006-05-17 15:47:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRA EBEXP KTIA ECON AG
06ALGIERS891	VISIT TO ALGERIA OF MAURITANIAN LEADER CONFERS [...] (C) The May 6-7 visit of Mauritanian Military Council President Val to Algeria has given Val a strong seal of regime approval, bilateral ties a boost in a number of areas, and the Algerians an IOU of sorts on issues of concern. We believe the visit falls in the context of Algerian efforts to [...]	2006-05-17 17:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MR
06ALGIERS916	CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE AIR [...] (C) Efforts for revising the 1996 Algerian Constitution, are now are now well-advanced, with a series of concrete proposals/options that have been put forward for consideration to the highest levels. Any revision supported by the President will ultimately require a popular referendum or a fav [...]	2006-05-22 17:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS935	IMMINENT CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) A Counselor to the Prime Minister phoned our senior political FSN May 21 and informed her that President Bouteflika had decided not to wait until August to reshuffle ministerial portfolios. (Note: August marks the end of the period under National Peace and Reconciliation during which te [...]	2006-05-23 19:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS936	MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...]	2006-05-23 19:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA
06ALGIERS950	BOUTEFLIKA CHANGES PRIME MINISTERS, CABINET [...] (U) The Algerian press agency announced at 1800 hours local on May 24 that Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia had submitted his resignation and President Bouteflika had accepted it. This news was followed five minutes later by a second announcement that Bouteflika had appointed Minister of State a [...]	2006-05-25 11:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS953	NO CABINET SHAKEUP AS RESULT OF CHANGE IN PRIME [...] (U) Algerian media announced the evening of May 25 the only change in the cabinet, the appointment of former Presidential counselor Hachemi Djiar as Minister of Communication; other than the replacement of Ahmed Ouyahia as Prime Minister by Abdelaziz Belkhadem, there reportedly will be no fur [...]	2006-05-27 10:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ANKARA1957	TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...]	2006-04-11 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU
06ASMARA355	INFORMATION MINISTER FIRES LATEST SALVO IN GSE ANTI-USG [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. THE UNITED STATES IS "DEMONIZING" PRESIDENT ISAIAS AFWERKI AND TRYING TO DESTABILIZE ERITREA, THE ERITREAN MINISTER FOR INFORMATION ALI ABDU TOLD THE ACTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DURING RARE MEETING WITH AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL. THE MINISTER RULED OUT COOPERATION ON ANY PUB [...]	2006-04-19 12:44:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL ER
06ASMARA861	ERITREA MOVES TROOPS AND ARMOR INTO THE TSZ [...] (C) On the morning of October 16, the GSE moved troops, tanks and heavy equipment transporters into the Western Sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). UNMEE reported at a meeting of the P5 representatives that approximately 1000 troops with 10 tanks had crossed the TSZ checkpoint at Mael [...]	2006-10-17 14:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KPKO UNSC MOPS ER
06ASMARA866	ISAIAS: WE COULD WAIT NO LONGER; ERITREA,S TROOPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 14:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS PINR UNSC ER

06BAMAKO1237	MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 14:06:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1243	SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 07:40:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1244	TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 08:20:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1290	SCENESETTER FOR ATT'S TRIP TO U.S. TO WITNESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 17:29:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
06BAMAKO1348	MINISTER KONE REVISES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 11:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1359	MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO914	AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 16:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML
06BEIRUT3060	LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]	2006-09-20 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BRUSSELS508	EUROPEAN COMMISION AND U.S. WORK TOWARD PROGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Fraser met in Brussels on January 26 with European Commission (EC) Director General for DG Development Stefano Manservisi to discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Sudan, Chad and the Horn of Africa. Mutual perspectives and targeted assist [...]	2006-02-15 07:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS509	EUROPEAN COUNCIL AFRICA TASK FORCE COMMITS TO [...] (C) Vervaeke initiated the discussion by noting the European Union (EU) had received a letter from the UN, requesting EU support for a flexible "rapid reaction" force to assist, if needed, to ensure electoral stability in DRC. Vervaeke indicated the UN request lacked specificity, but that the [...]	2006-02-15 07:33:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06CAIRO1367	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...]	2006-03-06 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC
06CAIRO2021	ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...]	2006-04-03 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU
06CAIRO4676	SAHRAWIS: ANOTHER FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Algiers. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne met separately with WFP representative Marius de Gaay Fortman, and UNHCR Representative Peter van der Vaart, in Algiers July 27. WFP is concerned that a [...]	2006-07-31 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AL EG
06CARACAS1449	BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...]	2006-05-21 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT
06DAMASCUS3711	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 12 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: An Israeli missile strike on July 29 destroyed the road serving a main Lebanese border crossing between Damascus and Beirut about five miles west of the official Syrian border crossing, effectively closing the crossing, according to contacts and press reports. Several hundred p [...]	2006-07-30 12:44:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3754	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 14 FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST [...] (U) Summary: Syrian President Asad asked the Syrian military to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for the Lebanese "resistance" against Israel, according to reports of Asad's July 31 annual address commemorating the foundation of the Syria Arab Army. Israel launched its t [...]	2006-08-01 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3806	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 15 FOR WEDNESDAY, [...] (U) Summary: Syria's President Asad was expected to meet visiting Spanish FM Moratinos August 2 in Damascus, according to Arabic regional media. Germany's FM linked Syrian cooperation in ending fighting between Israel and Hizballah to closer relations with the European Union, including impr [...]	2006-08-02 13:41:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3835	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 16 FOR THURSDAY, [...] (U) Summary: Visiting Spanish FM Moratinos was scheduled to meet Syrian President Asad and VP Shara'a on August 3 in Damascus. Moratinos arrived in Damascus August 2 and met with Syrian FM Mu'allim, discussing the need for an immediate cease-fire, according to the official Syrian Arab News A [...]	2006-08-03 14:33:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06GENEVA1673	HRC: SPECIAL SESSION ON PALESTINE \ [...] (U) Summary: The Human Rights Council concluded its first \ Special Session on July 6 with the passage of a resolution \ entitled "Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian \ Territory" by a vote of 29-11-5. The resolution demands that \ Israel end its military operations in the OPT, abi [...]	2006-07-07 09:27:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06KHARTOUM2371	SUDAN HAS MUTED REACTION TO POPE'S REMARKS, SAYS [...] (C) Sudan's reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's controversial remarks on Islam has been muted, Papal Nuncio to Sudan--and the Vatican's new Secretary for Relations with States--Dominique Mamberti told CDA Hume on September 26. Mamberti had returned from Rome on September 16, and promptly called on [...]	2006-09-26 16:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL PHUM KIRF PREL SU VT
06KHARTOUM467	Sudan: Full Court Press Against UN [...] The Government of Sudan is continuing its intensive public and diplomatic efforts to oppose UN intervention in Darfur. In addition to a significant media blitz, and the public chastising of SRSG Jan Pronk, the government has pushed in the National Assembly. Foreign Minister Lam Akol address [...]	2006-02-23 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KIRKUK104	KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...]	2006-04-29 16:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK136	(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...]	2006-08-02 17:27:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK83	ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06MADRID2996	WESTERN SAHARA: SPAIN WARY OF UNILATERAL MOROCCAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed Western Sahara with Spanish Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo and Assistant Subdirector General Javier Garcia-Larrache on December 1. Poloff thanked Spain for their white paper on Western Sahara and emphasized that the U.S. wished to put the onus o [...]	2006-12-05 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI SP
06MOSCOW3345	THE RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL WITH ALGERIA: A MODEL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria demonstrated that Russia is actively working to expand into new arms markets to sustain the Russian military-industrial complex. Russia reportedly will sell Algeria 70 combat and trainer jet aircraft, 300 T-90S tanks, air defense syste [...]	2006-03-31 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MOPS RS AG
06NDJAMENA57	PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...]	2006-01-18 07:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06PARIS1370	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...]	2006-03-03 19:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR
06PARIS466	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR ON FRANCO-ALGERIAN TREATY, [...] (C) During a January 19 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Algerian Ambassador to France Missoum Sbih confirmed that the long-sought Franco-Algerian friendship treaty remains stalled over differences over historical issues, namely how to address French colonization of Algeria. Original [...]	2006-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO FR
06PARIS4963	UNESCO: FIRST INTANGIBLE HERITAGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the first General Assembly (GA) of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Convention from June 27-29. The GA's most important accomplishment was the election, on the final day, of the meeting of 18 Convention S [...]	2006-07-21 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS6177	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]	2006-09-14 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6199	FRENCH OFFICIALS WARN OF INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the anniversary of September 11 as a backdrop, the threat of terrorism is once again on the minds of the French public. Though not the leading story in most print or television media, a dramatic front page article on September 14 in the widely circulated French daily, Le Fig [...]	2006-09-15 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR ASEC
06PARIS6230	FY 2007-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 09:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS7461	UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...]	2006-11-20 14:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7553	UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE [...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...]	2006-11-28 06:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06RABAT1081	GOM REGISTERS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On June 2, the Mission received the following diplomatic note from the MFA, which was delivered to all diplomatic missions and international organizations in Rabat. Enclosed with the note was a copy of the official statement issued by the MFA registering the Government of Morocco's conce [...]	2006-06-05 22:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT1137	WESTERN SAHARA: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TINDOUF? [...] (SBU) Two Sahrawi tribal leaders, Sheikh Abdi Salama Nafaa of Laayoune and Idrissi Belali from Smara, previously unknown to the embassy, called on Polcouns June 9 to seek US support for what they alleged were injustices being committed against members of the Rgiubat tribe, subgroup Layeshi (p [...]	2006-06-12 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1373	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA/GSFC: DAVILA, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Drs. Joseph Davila and Barbara Thompson from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Umran Inan from Stanford University to travel to Rabat, Morocco between July 26 and July 29, for the purpose of installing very low fr [...]	2006-07-20 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC MO OTRA SENV TSPA
06RABAT197	WESTERN SAHARA: MFA REVIEWS PARTY LINE, COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 23, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Morocco Desk Officer Robert Ewing and Poloff paid a courtesy call on MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita said he had to "correct some misunderstandings" concerning the Western Sahara and undertook a long argument ba [...]	2006-02-07 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT29	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...]	2006-01-06 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT316	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BELKHEIR'S VIEWS ON WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted Algerian Ambassador Larbi Belkheir for an informal tea and conversation on the Western Sahara and Morocco-Algeria relations the afternoon of February 16. Belkheir had just returned from Algiers the previous day. Present were Algerian DCM Ginad Boumedienne, NE [...]	2006-02-23 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT326	WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCO SEEKS US INTERVENTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has asked at the highest levels that the U.S. demarche Algeria to help prevent a march of Sahrawi and European civilians across the berm in the Western Sahara, and the heavily land-mined area adjacent to the berm, reportedly planned by the Polisario to occur in conjuncti [...]	2006-02-24 14:53:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT330	DELIVERY OF MESSAGE TO GOM ON TSCTI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan delivered reftel message on Morocco's inability to participate in a seminar on terrorism in the trans-Sahara region cosponsored by the African Center for Strategic Studies (part of NDU) and the African Union (AU) to MF [...]	2006-02-24 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG WI AU MO
06RABAT341	WESTERN SAHARA: US INTERVENTIONS CONCERNING [...] (C) Ambassador Thomas T. Riley called Foreign Minister Benaissa to update him on the steps taken by the USG (reftel) regarding a potential Polisario organized march on the berm in the Western Sahara on February 27. The Ambassador informed the Foreign Minister that the Department of State, E [...]	2006-02-24 19:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT344	WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO UPDATE AS OF MORNING OF [...] (C) Following up on reftels, Polcouns called MINURSO political officer Alexandyr Sporys the morning of February 27 for an update on weekend activity in Tifariti and a status report on expected activity in Tifariti and Tindouf on February 27 and 28 to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the foun [...]	2006-02-27 12:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT505	STAFFDEL PHELAN AT MOROCCAN MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: Staffdel Phelan met senior Moroccan MFA officials, including Bilateral Affairs Director Amrani, to discuss Western Sahara, reform, FTA, MCA and other issues of mutual interest. Phelan emphasized the need for a concrete, practical Western Sahara autonomy proposal that could se [...]	2006-03-21 17:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP MO
06RABAT561	WESTERN SAHARA: INFORMAL MINURSO VIEWS ON CURRENT [...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexander Sporys (please protect) visited Rabat March 22-24 for consultations with the P-5, Spanish, and South Africans at the request of SRSG Bastagli. Sporys called on Polcouns March 23. SRSG Bastagli is expected in Rabat for follow-on discussions in early Apr [...]	2006-03-29 18:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT606	DEMARCHE ON ALGERIAN/MOROCCAN MIGRATION CONFERENCES [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 4, DCM met with Ambassador Youssef Amrani, MFA Director-General of Bilateral Relations, to deliver reftel demarche. Amrani's immediate response to the demarche was that the USG's position on the conf [...]	2006-04-05 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SMIG AG WI MO
06RABAT637	WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI MAKES THE CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, SRSG Bastagli argued that tighter and more robust operations over the last six months had made MINURSO a more effective force. Violations of the ceasefire were down 50 percent. Confidence-building measures remained essential to UN [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT671	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM CLAIMS IT'S NOT STALLING ON [...] (C) Following up on SRSG Bastagli's April 6 comment that Morocco had turned off a third attempted visit to the Western Sahara by the UN High Commission for Human Rights (reftel),Polcouns called MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita the afternoon of April 13 to get the official Moroccan [...]	2006-04-14 15:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT722	WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri for two hours the afternoon of April 17 to deliver points on the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Mishal (Refs A and B). Most of the meeting was consumed by a discussion on the Western Sahara, however, as Fassi Fihri recapped his re [...]	2006-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT728	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARAB MAGHREB UNION SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 19 with Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Ben Yahia to discuss the AMU's role in regional integration, the Western Sahara, counterterrorism and human rights. Ben Yahia explained that the AMU works well at the ministerial and technical levels wh [...]	2006-04-20 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT729	SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is engaging in a disingenuous process to delay movement toward a negotiated settlement of the Western Sahara conflict. Its domestic consultations on autonomy for the Western Sahara cannot be taken seriously, and have thus far excluded those who might offer differing p [...]	2006-04-20 18:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KPKO UNUS MO AG
06ROME374	ITALY AGREES ON SOMALIA, REQUESTS USG CONTACT ON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 1 expressed his complete agreement with Reftel A points urging support for a meeting of Somalia's parliament, and briefed DCM Anna Borg on his recent trip to Asmara. Sanguini suggested more regular contact betw [...]	2006-02-08 13:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XW IT
06THEHAGUE1431	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...]	2006-06-27 12:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2186	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...]	2006-10-06 09:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2299	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Marten Lak (Netherlands) held two consultations on his draft EC-47 report language. The first session on October 5 introduced the draft and invited general comments. Other than Sudan, all delegations that spoke supported the basic thrust of the draft. Sudan asked that the f [...]	2006-10-24 14:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06TRIPOLI498	U.S./UK/LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST 8-10, [...] (U) Summary. The TSCC Biological Subcommittee met in Tripoli August 8-10, 2006. The two and one half day meeting included: a general discussion of progress made to date in implementing the "Roadmap for the Way Forward in Cooperative Engagement in the Life Sciences;" an update of the Roadmap [...]	2006-09-14 13:01:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	CW PARM PREL AF LY
06TUNIS252	BEN ALI'S NEW YEAR'S SPEECH TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador, along with the entire resident and non-resident Diplomatic Corps, was invited to present New Year's greetings to President Ben Ali. In addition to personally greeting all ambassadors, Ben Ali delivered a speech outlining GOT political priorities. The [...]	2006-02-06 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PINR TS
06TUNIS2693	PRODI VISIT REINFORCES ITALY-TUNISIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Tunis on October 30 for meetings with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. According to Italian embassy contacts, Prodi's visit is part of a regional tour that includes Rabat and Algiers. While focusing on bilateral cooperation, [...]	2006-11-02 12:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS392	ARAB MAGHREB UNION LABOR OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] SUMMARY. (C) During a February 17 meeting, officials of the Labor Union of Arab Maghreb Workers (USTMA),the labor entity of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),expressed pessimism about the AMU's ability to revitalize itself. Officials said the recent appointment of a former Tunisian foreign minist [...]	2006-02-23 10:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS647	A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...]	2006-03-21 09:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06USUNNEWYORK1039	COUNCIL APPEARS READY TO DOWNSIZE UNMEE, BUT SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acknowledging the failure of the May 17 meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) to produce a breakthrough in the border standoff between Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members finally expressed their readiness to downsize the UN M [...]	2006-05-23 13:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1142	LESSONS LEARNED FROM UNMEE'S 'RIGHTSIZING' [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, after almost seven hours of continuous, mostly ambassadorial-level negotiations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted as a Presidential text resolution 1681, which reduced the military component of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) [...]	2006-06-05 21:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1440	USUN/NEA MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 26 meeting at USUN with Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, NEA/DAS Gordon Gray explained current U.S. thinking on Western Sahara: encouragement of the submission of a robust Moroccan autonomy plan before the October expiration of the MINURSO mandate and [...]	2006-08-01 19:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06USUNNEWYORK1998	UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREAN TSZ INCURSION [...] (SBU) UN DPKO Deputy Hedi Annabi briefed the UNSC on the unprecedented incursion of Eritrean military forces into the UN Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) (reftel). Following a brief discussion of a draft press statement presented by the Permanent Mission of Greece, the UNSC unanimously adopted th [...]	2006-10-18 14:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ER ET
06USUNNEWYORK800	UNSC/SUDAN: CHAD INSTABILITY IS REGIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 13 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov gave the Security Council an overview of the current situation in Chad and its potential consequences for regional stability, calling for a strengthening of the African Un [...]	2006-04-17 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK801	UNSC EXTENDS UNMEE MANDATE UNTIL MAY 15 [...] (U) In a formal meeting of the United Nations Security Council on April 13, members voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea until May 15, leaving open the possibility of converting UNMEE into an observer mission by that time. The resolution was adopted [...]	2006-04-17 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK857	UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL ADOPTS PRST ON CHAD/SUDAN [...] (U) In an April 25 formal meeting, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a Congolese-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) addressing the situation between Chad and Sudan. Last-minute edits to the text resulted in deletion of our proposed reference to a pending European Union Mis [...]	2006-04-26 18:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07ABUDHABI1177	FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH ON GCC +2, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on July 14 evening to discuss the planned GCC 2 meeting (Ref A),his upcoming trip to Syria with UAE President Khalifa, and Pakistan. END SUMMARY. GCC 2; Israeli-Palestinian Issue ----------------------- [...]	2007-07-16 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IS SY PK AE
07ACCRA731	FOREIGN MINISTER ON GHANA AS AFRICAN UNION (AU) [...] (U) Summary: In a March 23 speech to parliament Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo noted President Kufuor's busy agenda of upcoming meetings in his capacity as AU Chair. The centerpiece is the AU Summit in Accra on June 25-July 3, which he said would focus on how the Union should be [...]	2007-04-02 17:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECON GH IV PREL SO SU ZI
07ADDISABABA1275	ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA [...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]	2007-04-24 12:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1309	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USARCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]	2007-04-27 12:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1365	ETHIOPIA: PM AND FM ON SOMALIA, WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Meles and Foreign Minister Seyoum on May 3, Somalia and follow-up to the Foreign Minister,s recent trip to Washington were key discussion topics with the Ambassador. The Prime Minister was concerned about the porous and open Kenyan-Soma [...]	2007-05-04 11:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CASC ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1406	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCENTCOM CDR [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]	2007-05-08 15:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1510	ETHIOPIA: POSITIVE MESSAGE ON THE EEBC PROCESS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles and other senior officials expressed their deep concern to the Ambassador over the November 30 deadline set by the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) for final demarcation of the border by "coordinates." The GOE wants to avoid anther border war wi [...]	2007-05-18 13:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA1535	ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS -- [...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]	2007-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA2863	ETHIOPIA: MOVING FORWARD ON BORDER IMPASSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action request message see para 8. On September 17 Ambassador and Poloff attended a Friends of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) meeting at UNMEE HQ. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar reported there had been no [...]	2007-09-20 06:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2864	ETHIOPIA PRESSURING ERITREA ON BORDER IMPASSE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu privately informed the Ambassador September 19 that Ethiopia will shortly send a letter to Eritrean President Isaias, with copies to the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, calling on Eritrea to abide by the [...]	2007-09-20 08:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PTER MOPS ER ET
07ADDISABABA2952	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE AND EPRDF OFFICIAL COMMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with poloffs, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides said that Eritrea's "fear" of being designated by the USG as a state sponsor of terror had prompted President Isaias to meet recently with [...]	2007-10-02 07:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA2958	ETHIOPIA SEEKS THIRD PARTY FACILITATION ON THE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu told P-5 Ambassadors and UNMEE chief on October 1 that Ethiopia will abide fully with the Algiers Accord, accepts the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delimitation decision as final and binding, seeks to avoid war and c [...]	2007-10-02 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA3016	ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP SEEKING NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 3, Polcouns and Poloffs met with Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) Chairman Amb. Abdella Adem and ENSF Foreign Relations Director Dr. Beyene Kidane to discuss issues related to the Eritrean political opposition. Both leaders emphasized that their priority was [...]	2007-10-10 10:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA3197	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: "A SENSITIVE AND DANGEROUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia faces a "sensitive and dangerous time" with Eritrea, Tigray Regional President Tsegay Berhe told Ethiopia Desk Officer John Wysham, Deputy Political Counselor and Political Assistant (collectively, PolOffs) on October 24 in Mekele. Tsegay affirmed that Ethiopia will not [...]	2007-10-30 10:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PINR PHUM
07ADDISABABA3198	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE OFFICIAL SPECULATES THAT ETHIOPIA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 23 PolOffs and visiting Desk Officer met with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides who expressed his private views on the border issue. Stephanides said he believes that Ethiopia would use Article 60 [...]	2007-10-30 10:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3290	ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN, [...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]	2007-11-09 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3430	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S [...] (S) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when Ethiopia faces security concerns from extremists based in Somalia, saber-rattling by Eritrea over the border demarcation impasse, and an increase in domestic insurgent activity. Ethiopia's excessive response to Ogaden National Liberation Front (O [...]	2007-11-30 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA721	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: NORWEGIAN PERSPECTIVE ON A WAY [...] (S) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Jens-Peter Kjemprud and the Norwegian Charge in Asmara, Arman Aardal, told Ambassador that they still hold out hope for moving forward on resolution of the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute, but that relations must improve between Eritrea and the U.S. before th [...]	2007-03-07 15:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA770	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: STATE MINISTER'S CONCERNS ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu raised two concerns with Ambassador on U.S. discussions at the U.N. on March 6 on a new approach on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict. First, Tekeda said the U.S. should not seek other countries which are friendly to Eritrea, [...]	2007-03-13 14:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA874	TRYING TO CORRECT ETHIOPIA'S COURSE AWAY FROM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 20 that increased tensions with Eritrea poses serious security challenges for Ethiopia and for stability in Somalia. Takeda has argued for a strong statement condemning Eritrea as a terrorist state, [...]	2007-03-21 15:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PBTS ER ET SO AU
07ADDISABABA908	UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA-ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Azouz Ennifar told Ambassador that he sought to continue serving as head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),despite Eritrea's continued refusal to recognize his official status. Ennifar said Eritrea's protests arose from difficulties in its relationshi [...]	2007-03-26 09:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PBTS KPKO MOPS MARR ET ER
07ALGIERS1	BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE [...] (C) In a speech entitled, "Assessments and Perspectives," President Bouteflika December 26 surprised the nation by not outlining his proposed amendments to the constitution which must be adopted by referendum. Nor did he, as some media had speculated, reshuffle his cabinet. Instead, Boutefli [...]	2007-01-03 08:47:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV ECON KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1000	ANSAR AL-ISLAM IN THE MUSLIM SAHARA: NEW TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Algerian contacts are witholding their final judgment about a new, little-known terrorist group that calls itself Ansar al-Islam in the Muslim Sahara (AIMS). The group publicly professed its allegiance to Algeria's premier terrorist group, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQ [...]	2007-07-12 14:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PINR AG
07ALGIERS1001	AQIM FUNDING SOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to European and Maghreb press reports, criminal activity if the traditional funding source for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). It is widely reported in the Algerian press that AQIM smuggles contraband to and from neighboring countries. In addition, AQIM extort [...]	2007-07-12 14:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PINR AG
07ALGIERS1016	PERSPECTIVES ON NDI IN ALGERIA [...] (C) In conversations June 9 and 10 with DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, a cross-section of Algerian officials and civil society discussed the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and its work in Algeria. Farouk Ksentini, president of the Algerian government's National Commission for the Promotion [...]	2007-07-16 16:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1035	PRICE HIKE FEARS LEAD TO DIESEL SHORTAGES [...] Rumors that private gas distributors would strike in response to an expected cut in state subsidies of diesel prices led to fuel shortages and long lines at filling stations throughout Algiers beginning July 11. Private distributorships have accounted for roughly half of the filling stations [...]	2007-07-21 06:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET KNRG AG
07ALGIERS1057	LABOR MINISTER'S COMMENTS REVEAL TRUE COST OF LIVING HIKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister of Labor and Social Security Tayeb Louh's July 21 announcement that Algerian purchasing power had increased by 66 percent since 1999 came in sharp contrast to official government figures and public sentiment showing the opposite. In the last year alone, prices [...]	2007-07-24 17:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1078	TO BE ALGERIAN AND IN A WHEELCHAIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Algerian government does not adequately respond to the needs of the country's 3 million handicapped people, according to the officially recognized Algerian Federation of Wheelchair Associations. The group's president describes Algeria's handicapped as "living in isolation" at [...]	2007-07-29 06:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI AG
07ALGIERS109	OPPOSITION MP DETAILS OBJECTIONS TO ALGERIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22 Lakhdar Benkhellaf, a senior MP from the moderate Islamist opposition party Islah ("Reform"),outlined for PolEc Chief four technical elements of the Algerian electoral process that his party believes must be changed to bring about transparent, fair elections in Alg [...]	2007-01-30 16:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1096	SONATRACH GOES GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As speculation mounts regarding the date of the next international licensing round for Algerian exploration blocks, Sonatrach has signaled that either downstream market access or partnership in foreign projects will be a precondition for foreign firms wishing to partake in Algeri [...]	2007-08-01 18:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL AG
07ALGIERS1099	CONTINUING TO ENGAGE GOA, MEDIA AND NGOS ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 12 release of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, we are continuing to engage the Algerian government and the media on TIP. The GOA still maintains that Algeria has been maligned and says that the government is addressing the TIP issue. The differenc [...]	2007-08-04 10:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL AG

07ALGIERS1114	CONTINUING TO ENGAGE GOA ON LEGAL REFORM AND TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of GOA efforts on legal reform, Justice Minister Belaiz supports ABA's work in Algeria, stressing the need to train judges. Further, the justice and foreign ministries, along with the Ministry of National Solidarity, now appear to be working on TIP-related issues, includ [...]	2007-08-07 11:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN KCRM PREL AG
07ALGIERS1115	LONGSTANDING ACTIVIST'S VIEW ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A societal respect for human rights is lacking in Algeria, according to prominent human rights activist and lawyer Ali Yahia Abdenour. Looking back over decades of his work, he commented that while some progress has been made in comparison to the low point of the 1990s, signific [...]	2007-08-07 12:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1118	AUGUST STARTS OUT BADLY FOR AQIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local newspapers reported August 2 that two Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) figures, Ali Dix and Haroun Ashashi, were killed in an ambush by security forces in the mountains around Djurdjura (Tizi Ouzou province) east of Algiers. Indications are that the two were close to [...]	2007-08-07 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MOPS KISL AG
07ALGIERS1123	ALGERIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR EMERGING FROM THE DARK AGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has billions of dollars in excess liquidity from hydrocarbon sales that its archaic banking system is incapable of absorbing and using to fuel economic growth and reduce unemployment. Unproductive state-run banks dominate the financial landscape despite the arrival on th [...]	2007-08-08 13:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1140	AHMADINEJAD VISITS ALGIERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad's August 6-7 visit to Algiers generated significant noise, but apparently little of substance. The press, responding to a pre-visit public relations effort by the Iranian embassy here, obligingly described the Ahmadinejad visit as part the "r [...]	2007-08-13 08:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OPEC ENRG ETRD KISL KNNP IR AG
07ALGIERS1181	ALGERIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda has been an ongoing effort by Embassy Algiers since the arrival of the Ambassador in August 2006. The Ambassador and Embassy officers routinely meet with democracy and human rights activists, political parties, journalists, and other me [...]	2007-08-21 14:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPOA PHUM PREL AG
07ALGIERS1182	STEEL STRIKE AVERTED BUT POST-PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Workers at the Al Hadjar steel plant in the eastern Algerian city of Annaba called off plans for an indefinite strike August 20 after reaching an agreement with the plant's management that forestalled layoffs slated for September. Luxembourg-based Arcelor-Mittal, which owns a controlling i [...]	2007-08-21 16:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ELAB WTO AG
07ALGIERS129	SKEPTICISM HAILS BEGINNING OF KHALIFA BANK TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial stemming from the collapse of the Khalifa Bank empire started January 8 without the key defendant, bank founder Abdelmoumen Khalifa, who remains in exile in London. Some of Algeria's most powerful ministers and other economic luminaries have been called as witnesses, b [...]	2007-02-04 13:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1323	FFS: THE SECULAR OPPOSITION STIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian media has been buzzing with the return from Switzerland of liberation hero Hocine Ait Ahmed, founder of the opposition Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS),and his alliance with former FLN Secretary General Abdelhamid Mehri and former Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche. [...]	2007-09-17 17:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1326	HOPEFUL WESTERN ALGERIA LOOKS TO THE U.S. [...] SUMMARY: The northwestern Algerian town of Sig and the neighboring city of Mascara are well established migrant-sending communities that produce a disproportionately large number of visa applicants. A strong migration relationship with immigrant communities in the U.S., combined with the lac [...]	2007-09-18 06:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SOCI KFRD ASEC CVIS AG
07ALGIERS1330	GOA EAGER BUT CAUTIOUS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: The Algerian Ministry of Finance leadership recognizes it should foster predictability for foreign investors, diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons and reform its financial sector. It is eager for U.S. assistance to meet these goals, but fearful of any sudden shock to its fin [...]	2007-09-18 11:25:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL AG
07ALGIERS1336	ALGERIAN MFA: WE ARE WAITING FOR TOURE TO KEEP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for African Affairs Chergui told Ambassador on 9/17 that Malian President Toure must pull troops out of Kidal and take steps to start reintegrating Tuareg fighters back into their communities in order to end the fighting in northern Mali. [...]	2007-09-19 08:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	REL MARR AG ML
07ALGIERS1344	ALGIERS IN RAMADAN 2007: RICH BUT NOT HEALTHY [...] (C) Summary: Normally Ramadan is a festive time for Muslim communities but Algiers, at least, is grumpy. There is a prevailing sense that government economic policy is adrift and unable to cope even with relatively simple issues like food supplies. Bigger issues like pervasive unemployment [...]	2007-09-20 10:32:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON AG
07ALGIERS1350	ALGIERS: SUMMARY OF RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since September 19, Algerian security and intelligence services have responded to the planned kidnapping of two French citizens in Algiers and the bombing of a joint French/Italian construction company convoy south of Lahkdaria, approximately 60km from Algiers. The bombing of t [...]	2007-09-24 10:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER OSAC AG
07ALGIERS1352	EVOLVING AQIM TERROR HAS ALGERIANS CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with GOA contacts following a recent bombing uptick in the Kabylie region reveal a government concerned and sober about its ability to keep up with an adaptive and increasingly sophisticated enemy. By reaching out for more technology and information, the GOA has demonstr [...]	2007-09-24 11:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PINS CASC AG
07ALGIERS1394	DEMARCHE ON UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] Ambassador October 2 asked MFA acting Director General for International Organizations Tafiane for Algerian support for the candidacy of Felice Gaer to the UN Committee Against Torture. Tafiane was uninformed about the upcoming election and said he did not know of any particular candidate who [...]	2007-10-03 15:54:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	AG PHUM AORC UN
07ALGIERS1468	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT SCORE SHORT TERM VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian press buzzed the past two days with news of the death of key AQIM emir Sofiane Fassila, proclaiming Fassila's killing at the hands of the security services as a major government victory against terrorism. Fassila was the commander of the most active and organized AQIM [...]	2007-10-10 11:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AG
07ALGIERS1471	INVESTING IN ALGERIA NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A soon-to-be-released report by the World Bank uses polling data to rank the main challenges facing the private sector in Algeria. Among the key obstacles detailed in the study were credit access and cost, the role of the informal market, access to land, and taxation. The br [...]	2007-10-10 13:15:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EIND AG
07ALGIERS1472	ALGERIA ANTI-EXTREMIST MESSAGING: BIG GOA ROLE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian communication efforts to counter Al-Qaeda and religious extremism are serious and based on the premise that greater state involvement in religious life will prevent a return to the turmoil of 1990s. GOA messaging tactics are focused primarily through the Ministry of Reli [...]	2007-10-10 13:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PTER PREL AG
07ALGIERS1475	ALGERIA WRITES OFF TEXTILE INDUSTRY [...] SUMMARY: An estimated 95 percent of apparel in Algeria is imported and the remaining few home-grown firms in this sector are nearing extinction in the face of cheaper imports, both legitimate and counterfeit. As Algerians' cost of living rises faster than wages, consumers have flocked to inex [...]	2007-10-10 14:32:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX AG
07ALGIERS1527	LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007: A CONFUSED AND UNEVEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The road to the November 29 elections for Algeria's city councils and provincial (state) legislatures is fraught with confusion, a lack of transparency and allegations of injustice surrounding the candidate lists proposed by the competing parties. Senior political leaders echo th [...]	2007-10-19 12:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1550	ALGERIANS GRUMP AT U.S. DRAFT WESTERN SAHARA TEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian MFA summoned Ambassador on the afternoon of October 23 to receive a blunt message that paragraph 7 of the draft U.S. text on the MINURSO renewal resolution was "unacceptable," "unbalanced," and "unhelpful." Ambassador responded that describing the Moroccan plan as a ser [...]	2007-10-23 17:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AG PREL UNSC WI
07ALGIERS1558	ANOTHER ALGERIAN FACES PRISON OVER DEFAMATION [...] (U) According to press reports on October 18, a local journalist for the Arabic paper el-Fadjr in Djelfa, Tallal Dhif, received a six-month prison sentence from a Djelfa court on defamation charges stemming from articles he wrote about corruption in Djelfa in 2004. Algerian press reports note [...]	2007-10-24 18:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1559	LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007: THE HEAVY HAND OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the same time as Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni is making public statements about the government's commitment to a fair and neutral electoral process to urge greater turnout, the role of his ministry in micro-managing slates of candidates from all parties has been significant. [...]	2007-10-25 10:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1560	UPDATED ALGERIA DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Securing a wider democratic opening in Algeria is a challenge. Many Algerian young people call the political leadership the "Jurassics" because so many leaders from the President down are entrenched politicos from the same generation that took over after independence in 1962. We [...]	2007-10-25 11:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI KPAO PGOV PREL AG
07ALGIERS1581	(MICRO)SOFT DIPLOMACY, VERSION 1.0 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer paid a brief visit to Algeria in a trip touted as an opportunity for Microsoft to help the GOA expand Algeria's information and communications technology (ICT) sector and enhance its education system. Ballmer said he was inspired by the GOA's commitmen [...]	2007-10-30 06:07:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR AG
07ALGIERS1585	OPPOSITION PARTY ALLEGES INTIMIDATION, CONTAINMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what he describes as an effort to confine his party's influence to its historical base in the Kabylie region, Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) leader Said Sadi alleged privately to us that RCD activists have been intimidated, kidnapped and, in some cases, tortured. In the [...]	2007-10-30 10:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1599	IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND FATF STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 15:26:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC ECON AG
07ALGIERS1617	ALGERIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE IMPLODING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH),the country's best-known independent human rights organization, is in turmoil. Two camps have emerged and are struggling for control, one headed by Hocine Zehouane, LADDH president since 2005, and the other by Ali Yahi [...]	2007-11-05 17:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1618	HATTAB CASE SHOWS RECONCILIATION STILL AN OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hassan Hattab, notorious for helping create the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in 1998, has become a symbol of the unresolved debate over national reconciliation in Algeria. Although the details of his situation are shrouded in mystery, a disproportionate amount [...]	2007-11-06 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL AG
07ALGIERS1629	OPEN TALK OF BOUTEFLIKA RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM [...] (C) More Algerian politicos and officials anticipate that the Algerian constitution will be amended to enable President Bouteflika to run for a third term in 2009. Mohamed Afif, a well-connected senior official in the predominant National Liberation Front (FLN) told Ambassador November 5 tha [...]	2007-11-07 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PGOV PINS AG
07ALGIERS1633	ALGIERS BOOK FAIR: GRAPPLING WITH FREEDOM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a very visible way, Algeria is wrestling with the parameters of its political space, attempting to find the balance between freedom of expression and protecting against extremist ideology. At this year's annual international book fair in Algiers, the government banned over a [...]	2007-11-07 16:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1634	REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO COMBAT BULK CASH SMUGGLING AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria criminalized bulk cash smuggling in 1996 and maintains strict reporting requirements and a non-convertible currency that limit most Algerians' access to foreign exchange. The value and frequency of smuggled cash interdictions dropped from 2005 to 2006, although this may [...]	2007-11-07 19:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER AG
07ALGIERS1638	THE HIGH STAKES OF CITIBANK'S CPA BID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Citibank is the sole American bank bidding on the privatization of the state-owned bank Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA). Competition is considered stiffest from the two leading French banks, Societe General and BNP. Citibank may find itself disadvantaged by its recent announc [...]	2007-11-11 11:33:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PREL AG
07ALGIERS1648	LATEST AQIM VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS DROUKDAL AND A [...] (C) Summary: Although the latest AQIM web video, "The Battle of Akroun," displays use of some new tactics by the terrorist organization, the underlying message remains the same. Higher-quality video than in previous postings features the late AQIM field commander Sofiane Fassila and AQIM lea [...]	2007-11-12 10:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS ASEC AG
07ALGIERS1658	FLAGSHIP NATIONAL PARTY IN TURMOIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the November 29 local elections, the National Liberation Front (FLN) is wrestling with a crisis of leadership and direction, as party national leaders battle for control over local candidate slates. Daily press reports feature repeated calls for Prime Minister Bel [...]	2007-11-14 09:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1662	ELECTION MONITORING COMMISSION AWOL FOR LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign process for the November 29 local elections is well underway in Algeria, but without the official election monitoring commission that has been present in past elections. Newspaper accounts report both coalition and opposition political party discontent with Interior [...]	2007-11-14 14:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1680	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S ALGERIA VISIT [...] (U) Ambasssador Schulte, we are delighted you can visit Algiers this month. Algeria is a committed partner of the U.S. in the war on terrorism and the GoA has actively helped shut down ratlines funneling foreign fighters to Iraq. We also have big commercial interests in Algeria's energy sect [...]	2007-11-20 12:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PTER ECON AG
07ALGIERS1694	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ALGERIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian official behavior since 2005, in terms of the country's hydrocarbons law, tax systems, contracting policies and customs enforcement, strongly suggests a growing sentiment of resource nationalism. Government actions indicate a conscious effort to gain greater control of h [...]	2007-11-21 10:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1695	POLITICAL PARTIES CITE PROBLEMS WITH ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign process for the November 29 local elections is in full swing, but the process is not fully transparent. In a series of meetings November 7-14, we met to discuss the election process with representatives of major coalition and opposition political parties, including [...]	2007-11-21 11:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1700	AMBASSADOR PUSHES ON ELECTION IRREGULARITIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: We got mixed reactions from Algerian government interlocutors when the Ambassador raised questions about the transparency of the local election process with the MFA Director General for the Americas and with the (government) human rights commission. The MFA official bristled and [...]	2007-11-21 16:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1704	THE HARRAGA - NOT JUST FOR KIDS ANYMORE [...] SUMMARY: Over the past year, the problem of "harraga" -- desperate young Algerians setting out for Spain and Italy on makeshift boats -- has grown notably worse. The phenomenon is no longer limited to underprivileged youth, but now includes older and wealthier individuals otherwise able to s [...]	2007-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI AG
07ALGIERS171	FAMILIES OF ALGIRIA'S DISAPPEARED NOT YET RECONCILED [...] (C) In an animated January 27 meeting, members of the NGO community representing families of the disappeared and victims of terrorism spoke freely with the Ambassador about President Bouteflika's national reconciliation process and Algeria's need for greater political space. Attendees from D [...]	2007-02-07 12:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AG
07ALGIERS1724	ALGERIAN MFA PRAISES NEGROPONTE REMARKS IN MALI, [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 12:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AG MA PREL PTER
07ALGIERS1727	ALGERIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 29: WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local elections will be held in Algeria on November 29, but the big question is whether many Algerians will actually vote. Throughout the campaign season, elections' transparency and fairness have been called into repeated question because of irregularities in the pre-campaign p [...]	2007-11-28 14:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1741	WORLD BANK OFFICE CHIEF LEAVING ALGERIA CITING [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank is withdrawing its resident office director (resrep) here, since the Algerian government appears uninterested in implementing new reform strategies. The resrep, a long-time observer of Algerian economic issues, told the Ambassador November 21, that President Boutef [...]	2007-12-04 11:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IBRD AG
07ALGIERS1742	ALGERIAN MFA HAS NO INITIAL RESPONSE ON IRAN NIE [...] (C) As the two top officials of the Algerian MFA are consumed with the ongoing visit of French President Sarkozy to Algeria, Director General for Multilateral Affairs Bladehane received ref demarche on December 4. Ambassador highlighted that the NIE suggested Iran does respond to internationa [...]	2007-12-04 14:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR PARM AG
07ALGIERS1747	PUSHING ALGERIAN MFA ON RETURN OF GUANTANAMO [...] (S) DCM met December 5 with Seddik Saoudi, Deputy Director in the MFA Consular Affairs division, to discuss the Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. The meeting was offered after we had attempted unsuccessfully for six weeks to meet with Hassane Rabehi, MFA Director General for Consular Affairs a [...]	2007-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM PINS KDRG AG
07ALGIERS1748	MAJOR ALGERIAN BANK PRIVATIZATION SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the last moment, Algeria suspended indefinitely the privatization of Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA),which was to have been the flagship privatization exercise for the Algerian banking sector. Three of the six foreign banks bidding on the Algerian state bank withdrew their [...]	2007-12-06 10:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PREL AG
07ALGIERS1749	LOCAL ELECTIONS MARRED BY IRREGULARITIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 29 local elections in Algeria, while publicly hailed by the Ministry of Interior and Prime Minister as a success, were marred by accusations of irregularities, fraud, controlled media access and charges of intimidation of opposition parties. The results were notewort [...]	2007-12-06 11:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1763	ALGIERS MEPI UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Progress continued slowly but steadily in MEPI programs and initiatives in Algeria during the period of July 1 through October 31. MEPI programs remain a key element of our effort to fulfill the political, economic and education reform goals in our Mission Strategic Plan. During thi [...]	2007-12-09 15:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1764	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN AND NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian officials told visiting UNVIE Amb. Schulte that they have encouraged Iran to cooperate with the international community regarding its nuclear programs, but they stopped short of agreeing to make a public statement that Iran has violated its commitments under the Non-Prol [...]	2007-12-09 15:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP PGOV IR AG
07ALGIERS1772	TRANSPORT OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ON OPEN SKIES, [...] SUMMARY: Although the main impasse to an Open Skies agreement remains unchanged, the Algerian transport ministry is optimistic about progress in 2008. Meanwhile, despite American firm FSI losing a Boeing 737 flight simulator contract to Canadian firm CAE, Algeria seems committed to continue s [...]	2007-12-11 10:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD ECON AG
07ALGIERS1773	GOVERNMENT BLASTS INTERNATIONAL NGOS, DEFENDS [...] (U) The Algerian government used the occasion of World Human Rights Day on December 10 to justify President Bouteflika's National Reconciliation program while slamming international NGOs and domestic opponents for hiding behind victims of government abuses to launch political attacks against t [...]	2007-12-11 10:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AG
07ALGIERS1775	CAR BOMBS IN ALGIERS TARGET U.N. AND SUPREME COURT [...] (U) On December 11, for the first time in exactly eight months, car bombs hit Algiers. The first explosion occurred near the building housing UN offices in the Algiers neighborhood of Hydra, and the second in front of the Algerian Supreme Court building in Ben Aknoun at or around 0945. Each [...]	2007-12-11 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AG
07ALGIERS1777	POSITIVE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT MOVEMENT ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of engaging the Algerian government and civil society on TIP, we are seeing evidence of incremental improvement. NGO SOS Femmes en Detresse reports that some illegal immigrants are now receiving medical care, with no harassment from authorities, although it is uncle [...]	2007-12-12 11:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL AG
07ALGIERS1782	AL-QAEDA IN THE MAGHREB CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) officially claimed responsibility for the December 11 bombings of the UN and Supreme Court buildings in Algiers in a communique posted on its official website titled "Conquest for martyr Sufiane Abi Hydra". One expert on Islamist issues here [...]	2007-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KISL AG
07ALGIERS1783	COMING UP SHORT: ALGERIA'S GLOOMY GAS OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria will likely be unable to meet its natural gas production goals or fulfill its contract supply obligations in the coming years. Expansion of Algeria's gas production has been hampered by delays in high-profile projects like the Medgaz undersea pipeline and the Gassi Touil [...]	2007-12-12 15:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1784	ALGERIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of reliable statistics makes it difficult to assess the extent of child labor in Algeria, especially the worst forms of child labor. The information provided in this cable is drawn from the Algerian labor code, the Algerian constitution and press reports. Post was un [...]	2007-12-12 15:12:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AG
07ALGIERS1794	POSITIVE JUSTICE MINISTRY FEEDBACK ON MLAT [...] (SBU) In a December 9 meeting Mohamed Amara, Director General of Judicial and Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, was enthusiastic about the November 19-21 expert-level discussions in Washington on a possible Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) (ref A). DCM delivered the points contai [...]	2007-12-16 10:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA KCRM CJAN AG
07ALGIERS1804	U.S. OIL WONDERS ABOUT ITS FUTURE IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several U.S. companies have signaled their growing dissatisfaction with Algeria's oil sector. Windfall profit taxes, burdensome customs fines and practices, hiring difficulties and a general lack of cooperation by the Algerians have caused several large American oil producers [...]	2007-12-19 10:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1806	AN AILING AND FRAGILE ALGERIAN REGIME DRIFTS INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with former government officials, long-term opposition leaders and journalists paint a picture of an Algerian regime that is fragile in ways it has not been before, plagued by a lack of vision, unprecedented levels of corruption and rumblings of division within [...]	2007-12-19 12:06:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PINS PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1809	AFTER THE LATEST ALGIERS BOMBINGS: THIS WILL BE A [...] (S) SUMMARY: The December 11 bombings in Algiers demonstrate that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) can adapt its tactics to discredit the Algerian government even if it cannot destabilize the state. Its tactics have evolved and it is more frequently targeting foreigners. AQIM seeks to copy ta [...]	2007-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PINS ASEC AG
07ALGIERS1810	WHERE HAVE ALL THE ISLAMISTS GONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many observers here think Islamist parties suffered a significant defeat in the November 29 local elections (ref A). The moderate Islamist MSP, a member of the presidential coalition, received an official total of just 10.69 percent of the vote, while the opposition Islah party [...]	2007-12-21 10:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL AG
07ALGIERS1823	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] On 23 December 2007 we met with Saadi Saib, Assistant to the Provisioning Manager for Air Algerie, to conduct the post shipment end use check on license 050036215. Saib attended the meeting in place of Mr. Zaoeali, the Provisioning Manager listed as the contact on reftel. While we were not a [...]	2007-12-26 16:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PM AG
07ALGIERS1825	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT BRISTLES AT WARDEN MESSAGE ... [...] (C) Ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 26 to meet with Fatiha Selmane, Director General of the MFA's Americas Division. Selmane said that she was instructed by her superiors to express Algerian "displeasure" with the latest warden message sent out by the Em [...]	2007-12-26 16:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER ASEC PREL AG
07ALGIERS185	MIXED SIGNALS ON RIGHTS OF FAMILIES OF THE [...] (U) In Paris on February 6, Algerian FM Bedjaoui signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which was adopted in December by the UN General Assembly. According to Algerian press reports, one of the aims of the convention is to provide a [...]	2007-02-11 08:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA AG
07ALGIERS206	COMBINED ELECTIONS AND VOTER TURNOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The heads of two parties in the ruling coalition have publicly opposed Prime Minister Belkhadem's plan to hold simultaneous local and parliamentary elections. One opposition party told us Belkhadem's plan was aimed at maximizing the electoral success of his party, the FLN. No da [...]	2007-02-14 14:42:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS234	"FINAL" ADC AND MALI AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS [...] (U) On February 20 in Algiers, the government of Mali and the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC) signed a "final" agreement on the disarmament and reintegration of the Tuareg rebels in northern Mali. Malian Minister of Territorial Administration Kone Kafougouna and ADC Secretary General Iyad [...]	2007-02-21 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML AG
07ALGIERS247	MAY 17 ELECTION TIMETABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 15 President Bouteflika decreed that national elections will be held May 17 to replace the lower house of parliament, the National Popular Assembly. In doing so, Bouteflika pointedly did not take the public advice of his prime minister and schedule concurrent elections [...]	2007-02-27 09:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS249	ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI CRITICIZES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Bedjaoui and U/S Hughes agreed February 24 on the need to work in partnership with the U.S. in finding solutions to the problems of the region. While agreeing on the importance of fighting terrorism across borders, Bedjaoui and Hughes parted ways on how best to bring about vi [...]	2007-02-27 10:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL KDEM AG
07ALGIERS252	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO [...] (C) NEA/MAG Director Elizabeth Hopkins, accompanied by DCM and PolEc Chief, met February 24 with Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Mohamed Beissat. Beissat opened by expressing the Polisario's disappointment that it had not see any momentum generated out of its release of Moroccan prisoners as p [...]	2007-02-28 14:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PREF WI AG
07ALGIERS259	COPS AND ROBBERS: ALGERIA COPES WITH MOUNTING CRIME [...] SUMMARY: The recent robbery of Algiers' consular chief at knifepoint typifies the rising crime rate in Algeria. Aggressive, violent and often armed theft has spiked even as insurgent violence has generally diminished over the last four years. Public perception, media coverage and police admi [...]	2007-03-01 09:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ASEC ECON SOCI CASC AG
07ALGIERS282	LARGEST ALGERIAN OPPOSITION PARTY FACES EXCLUSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Algerian Ministry of Interior has disqualified the opposition Islamist party Islah ("Reform") from participating in the May 17 parliamentary elections on the ground that its leader was not elected in a recent party congress. Islah, which has the largest number of [...]	2007-03-07 06:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS30	FLN WINS SENATE IN CLOSER-THAN-EXPECTED ELECTION [...] (U) As expected (ref A),the National Liberation Front (FLN) wrested control of the Senate from the RND party in December 28 indirect elections. What was not expected was its slender margin of victory: the FLN took only 28 seats out of a possible 48. Since the majority of eligible electors in [...]	2007-01-09 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS330	OUYAHIA INCREASINGLY SEEN AS BOUTEFLIKA'S LIKELY SUCCESSOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Three reliable observers of Algerian politics have told us recently that Major General Mohamed Mediene, the powerful head of the intelligence and security services, is working to favor former Prime Minister Ouyahia as the eventual successor to President Bouteflika. Their opinions [...]	2007-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS331	OUYAHIA INCREASINGLY SEEN AS BOUTEFLIKA'S LIKELY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Three reliable observers of Algerian politics have told us recently that Major General Mohamed Mediene, the powerful head of the intelligence and security services, is working to favor former Prime Minister Ouyahia as the eventual successor to President Bouteflika. Their opinions [...]	2007-03-14 08:39:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS338	MECHANICS OF ELECTIONS: ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (U) Under the February 28 decree that set in motion the May 17 legislative election process, four Algerian government agencies play some role in the preparations. The Ministry of Finance controls the budget for the elections; the Ministry of Information is responsible for scheduling free media [...]	2007-03-14 11:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS367	RISING WORLD PRICES DRY UP PRIVATE ALGERIAN MILK [...] (U) Recent milk shortages in Algeria are likely to continue in the coming weeks as domestic producers shut down in response to the rising world price of milk powder. The state-run Algerian firm GIPLAIT (Groupe Industriel des Productions Laitieres) controls approximately 38 percent of Algeria' [...]	2007-03-19 15:30:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS410	OPPOSITION PARTIES TAKING DIFFERENT PATHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The four major Algerian opposition parties -- the Socialist Workers' Party, the moderate Islamist Movement for National Reform (Islah),the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD),and the Front of Socialist Forces (FFS) -- are taking very different approaches in the lead up to May [...]	2007-03-27 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS45	SENATE PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED [...] (C) Abdelkader Bensalah was re-elected, 129-0, as the President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) on January 12. Bensalah remains first in line to succeed President Bouteflika in the event that he is unable to complete his current term. Bensalah's re-election became a foregone conclusion wh [...]	2007-01-16 17:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS46	ALGERIA UNYIELDING ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) A top Algerian MFA official was adamant that the Human Rights Council (HRC) should send a mission composed of ambassadors to study the situation in Darfur during his January 15 meeting with Ambassador. Ambassador reviewed with MFA Director General for International Organizations Bouguerra [...]	2007-01-16 17:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU AG
07ALGIERS465	ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS GUILTY OF DEFAMING QADHAFI [...] (U) Ruling after a rehearing of the case, on April 4 an Algiers court found editor Ali Fodil and reporter Naila Berahal of the Arabic-language daily Echourouk El-Youmi guilty of defaming Libyan President Moammar Qadhafi and gave each a six-month suspended sentence. The court also fined the ne [...]	2007-04-04 17:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG LY
07ALGIERS47	NEA DAS CARPENTER'S REVIEW OF MEPI PROGRAMS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with MFA Director General for the Americas Selmane, NEA DAS Carpenter expressed satisfaction with the interest of various ministries in expanding MEPI programming in Algeria. Selmane undertook to coordinate the prioritization of the various requests and [...]	2007-01-17 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM AG
07ALGIERS52	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR HOSTILE TO AUTONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario Ambassador Beissat told us January 14 that the Polisario had perceived a marked recent shift in U.S. policy on the Western Sahara. The Polisario now viewed the U.S. as doing France's bidding and supporting the Moroccan position. Beissat insisted that any discussions w [...]	2007-01-17 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
07ALGIERS526	ALGERIAN ELECTION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's major political parties, except Islah, have submitted voter lists in all 48 wilayas for the May 17 national parliamentary elections. According to FLN sources, its candidates are older and more conservative than expected, and the number of women figuring on its lists bas [...]	2007-04-17 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS568	FM BEDJAOUI CAUTIONS ON CONSULAR WARDEN MESSAGES, [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with S/WCI Ambassador at Large J. Clint Williamson in which Guantanamo detainee issues were discussed (septel),FM Bedjaoui said the U.S. and Algeria were "in the same boat" with respect to global terrorism and that it was important to work together on Iraq policy an [...]	2007-04-25 10:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC MARR AG
07ALGIERS618	THE RISE OF THE FLN OLD GUARD AND FALL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The old guard of the ruling National Liberation Front (FLN),based on a report from a well respected parliamentarian, overruled local FLN officials and stacked FLN party lists with their friends and associates in advance of the May 17 legislative elections. One result is that on [...]	2007-05-03 09:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS619	OFFICIAL ELECTION PERIOD UNDERWAY BUT DOES ANYONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of the May 17 legislative elections, free electronic media access is now available to qualified Algerian political parties and independent candidates, signaling that the official national legislative election has begun. The parties generally express satisfaction with [...]	2007-05-03 11:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS628	FOREIGN COMPANIES LAMENT IMPEDIMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of foreign oil companies operating in Algeria are increasingly voicing concern about the ambiguously worded -- and apparently hastily drafted -- amendments to Algeria's hydrocarbon legislation in effect since the beginning of the year. Although Sonatrach has begu [...]	2007-05-07 08:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ECON AG
07ALGIERS637	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR ON TALKS WITH MOROCCO [...] (C) The Polisario was generally satisfied with UNSCR 1754, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Mohamed Beissat told DCM May 7, but took issue with the resolution's praise for Morocco's "serious and credible" autonomy proposal. Such language would embolden Morocco, Beissat said, to approach the ne [...]	2007-05-08 16:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
07ALGIERS647	BEYOND POLITICAL PARTIES, LITTLE INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Going into the last week before the May 17 Algerian legislative elections, our sense is that political parties are flailing amidst widespread public disinterest. The head of the national election commission here told a government newspaper on May 9 that his commission is neither [...]	2007-05-10 12:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS652	ALGERIANS OFFER NEARLY ALL ASSURANCES NEEDED FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In April 21-22 discussions led on the Algerian side by Counselor to the President for Counterterrorism Issues Kamel Rezag Bara, the government of Algeria gave oral assurances to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson and an interagency delegation to establish the terms for the transfer of Al [...]	2007-05-13 09:41:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KAWC PHUM AG
07ALGIERS66	FRIENDSHIP TREATY WITH FRANCE ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (C) French Political Counselor Francois Penguilly told PolEc Chief over lunch January 19 that it was doubtful France and Algeria would agree to sign the long-pending Friendship Treaty between them any time soon. Penguilly said the first obstacle to overcome was the French presidential election [...]	2007-01-23 11:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AG
07ALGIERS666	ALGERIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN TRAIL: INFORMATION IN [...] (C) Summary: The Algerian legislative election, which will conclude with nationwide voting on May 17, has not been much focused on issues. The two major Algerian political parties, FLN and RND, form a presidential coalition with the Islamist MSP party. All three parties in their campaignin [...]	2007-05-15 12:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON AG
07ALGIERS678	ON THE EVE OF ALGERIA'S ELECTIONS: WILL THEY VOTE? [...] (C) The period of free media access for political parties qualified to participate in the May 17 national parliamentary elections has ended. On the eve of the elections, media reports indicated that two bombs (one carried out by a suicide bomber) exploded in Constantine on May 16, killing on [...]	2007-05-16 16:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS680	GOVERNMENT COALITION PARTIES RETURN IN LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerians went to the polls in low numbers under heavy security Thursday to elect representatives to Algeria's largely powerless 389-seat parliament for five-year terms. The parties of the current government coalition claimed the day, led by President Bouteflika's FLN, the secu [...]	2007-05-19 09:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS708	ENERGY MINISTER UNMOVED BY CRITICISM OF CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil told Ambassador May 19 that the new hydrocarbon amendments were intended to slow oil development to maintain natural resources for future generations while redressing "unfair gains" made by foreign partners on certain contracts. He si [...]	2007-05-23 08:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS710	ENERGY MINISTER DETAILS DIFFICULTIES WITH SPAIN [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil told the Ambassador May 21 about the difficulties Algeria was experiencing with Spain regarding European market access. He described how the Spanish gas authority CNE (Comision Nacional de Energia) had decided to limit the amount of gas Sonatrach [...]	2007-05-23 09:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON AG
07ALGIERS716	CONTROVERSY ON VOTE COUNT LINGERS FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Said Bouchair, the president of the independent election commission, and Noureddine Zerhouni, the minister of interior, are engaged in a very public battle on the transparency of the May 17 vote for national parliament. After Zerhouni said Bouchair's letter to President Bouteflika [...]	2007-05-24 11:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG

07ALGIERS746	SMALL SECULAR OPPOSITION BLOC SAYS 2007 ELECTION [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Reda Malek, now head of the small secular opposition party the National Republican Alliance (ANR) political party, and his director of communications, Lakhdar Neddaf, invited us May 28 to ANR party headquarters for a discussion of the May 17 legislative elections and [...]	2007-05-30 09:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS747	FLN LOYALIST SELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL [...] (U) PM Abdelaziz Belkhadem announced May 28 that the National Liberation Front (FLN),National Rally for Democracy (RND),and Movement for a Society at Peace (MSP) had agreed to support FLN MP-elect Abdelaziz Ziari in the balloting for president of the national assembly. MSP leader Bouguerra [...]	2007-05-30 09:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM INRB AG
07ALGIERS789	ALGERIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER SHARE VIEWS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on June 3, Prime Minister Belkhadem and President Bouteflika made remarks on Iran, primarily in the context of Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's June 2 visit to Algiers. Belkhadem observed with respect to Iranian involvement in Iraq tha [...]	2007-06-05 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC IR AG IZ
07ALGIERS790	BOUTEFLIKA ANNOUNCES MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) President Bouteflika made minor changes to the cabinet on June 4 as a culmination of the May 17 national elections and the May 31 installation of the new parliament. The six ministerial changes did not live up to public speculation about a major reshuffle. As was widely expected by the pr [...]	2007-06-05 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM INRB AG
07ALGIERS791	SENATOR NELSON HEARS ALGERIAN VIEWS ON IRAQ AND [...] (C) In separate June 3 meetings with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL),Prime Minister Belkhadem and President Bouteflika reviewed Algerian thinking on Iran (septel),Iraq, and bilateral relations. Belkhadem encouraged Nelson to spread the word that U.S. non-hydrocarbon investment in Algeria was wel [...]	2007-06-05 16:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM AG
07ALGIERS829	ALGERIAN NEGOTIATOR SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (C) Abdallah Bali, former Algerian ambassador to the UN and now counselor to the Foreign Minister, told Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS Gray on June 10 that he would be part of the Algerian delegation attending the June 18-19 talks on the Western Sahara organized by UN Special Representative Va [...]	2007-06-12 10:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO WS
07ALGIERS842	ALGERIANS CAUTIOUSLY WELCOME AFRICOM BRIEFING [...] (C) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry, accompanied by his delegation, consulted with newly installed Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, Minister Delegate for National Defense Abdelmalek Guenaizia and senior representatives of the foreign and defense ministries and intellige [...]	2007-06-13 10:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL AG
07ALGIERS859	MFA REACTION TO TIP TIER 3 RATING [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche June 16 to MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane, who expressed surprise and discomfort that the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report placed Algeria in Tier 3 status. Selmane complained that Algeria had been pooled with countries that did [...]	2007-06-18 09:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL AG
07ALGIERS861	MFA'S BOUGUERRA DISCUSSES HRC BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 9 visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met with the MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Madjid Bouguerra to discuss special procedures used by the Human Rights Council (HRC) to monitor and publicly report on human rights situations. Bouguerra indicated that Alg [...]	2007-06-18 12:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV UNHRC AG
07ALGIERS877	GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RETURN STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY AMD COMMENT: On June 19, Algeria's major newspaper El Watan ran a story about the April 2007 discussions between the U.S. and Algeria that cited alleged American conditions for the release of Guantanamo detainees. The El Watan story also bitterly criticized the U.S. conditions as [...]	2007-06-20 11:19:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PHUM PINR PTER ICRC KAWC AG
07ALGIERS892	LAWYERS' SIT-IN PAYS OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After organizing a 400-lawyer sit-in at the National Courts on June 18, the Algerian National Bar Association (BNA) was able to secure a meeting with the justice ministry to air its grievances. On June 20, BNA President Abdelmajid Sellini met with the ministry's secretary genera [...]	2007-06-25 09:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV AG
07ALGIERS896	AL-QAEDA IN THE MAGHREB IS NOT MUCH UNITED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Algerian contacts who closely follow Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) sense the organization is grappling with ideological splits and command problems in the wake of the spectacular April 11 bombings in Algiers. On June 10, well-connected Echourouk el-Youmi editor Mohammed [...]	2007-06-26 12:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER AG
07ALGIERS9	ALGERIA 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-06 15:15:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KPAO AEMR KCRM AG
07ALGIERS904	MOKHTAR BELMOKHTAR AND AQIM: IS ONE-EYE ON HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combats (GSPC) transition to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) aggravated existing leadership splits within the organization (ref). Recent Algerian press reports claimed that GSPC southern region leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was seeking a dea [...]	2007-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER AG
07ALGIERS910	ALGERIAN SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON WESTERN [...] (C) MFA Secretary General (number two) Lamamra told Ambassador June 27 that he was hopeful the nascent UN-sponsored talks between Morocco and the Polisario might actually lead to real progress. Ambassador underlined that we hoped both Morocco and the Polisario would be realistic in the Augu [...]	2007-06-28 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO WI
07ALGIERS912	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS AND GOA DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, four prominent human rights lawyers and Messaoud Boufercha, Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),discussed legal issues and opportunities for increased bilateral cooperation. Lawyers, who were coincidentally i [...]	2007-06-28 09:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI AG
07ALGIERS913	MEDIA, POLITICAL PARTIES, LAWYERS AND OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings June 9-10 with DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles, Algerian media, government and political party representatives and members of the legal community gave their views on press freedom and Algeria's defamation laws. Journalists and lawyers said freedom of expression in Al [...]	2007-06-28 09:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI AG
07ALGIERS929	MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COUNTERS EXTREMISM [...] (C) Algeria's Religious Affairs ministry has mounted a campaign to reign in extremist imams. The campaign promotes a unified, anti-violence version of Islam and will result in important staffing changes in schools and mosques. On June 23, Minister of Religious Affairs M. Boualem Ghoulamallah [...]	2007-07-02 06:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KISL SCUL SOCI AG
07ALGIERS930	ALGERIAN MFA COUNSELOR URGES U.S. WALK FINE LINE [...] (C) Algerian MFA Counselor Baali cautioned that outside pressure on the Polisario to accept even a modified Moroccan autonomy plan would likely lead the Polisario to quit the nascent negotiation process started in New York. Baali, who was part of the Algerian delegation in New York, opined th [...]	2007-07-02 07:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG WI
07ALGIERS931	CONTINUING TO ENGAGE NGOS AND MFA ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 12 release of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report, we are continuing to engage NGOs and the Algerian government on TIP. The GOA feels it has been unfairly lumped into Tier 3 status with countries whose TIP problem it considers to be more severe. The GOA in [...]	2007-07-02 08:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL AG
07ALGIERS944	RIOTS BREAK OUT IN ORAN AND BOUSSAADA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Riots erupted in recent days in two parts of Algeria for two very different reasons. In response to the downgrading of a local soccer team, two days of riots broke out in the desert city of Boussaada. Four days of rioting broke out in the westerm port city of Oran after the GOA [...]	2007-07-02 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AG
07ALGIERS950	AQIM SEEKING RECRUITS IN ALGERIA AND BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) incorporates several recruiting methods that include imams trawling prisons, upscale internet videos and capitalizing on festering local resentment of America and the West. Over a period of four weeks, AQIM's newly launched website has rece [...]	2007-07-03 10:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER AG
07ALGIERS958	TO BE ALGERIAN AND GAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Articles 333 and 338 of Algeria's penal code criminalize public homosexual behavior and there is no specific legal protection of homosexuals in the country. In a July 2 meeting held at the headquarters of Algerian NGO AIDS Algerie, five young members of Algeria's male homosexual [...]	2007-07-05 13:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI SCUL AG
07ALGIERS966	FORWARD WITH MEPI IN ALGERIA: FEWER BUT DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative programming is the best tool we have to undermine support for extremism in Algeria. We reported in ref A the activities and progress we are making on the education, media, political and economic tracks. It is an uneven picture. Understanding [...]	2007-07-07 16:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS AG
07ALGIERS992	JUST PASSING THROUGH? NIGERIA, ALGERIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Nigerian diplomat in Algiers confirms that Nigerians are being trafficked through Algeria, with Europe their expected final destination. The diplomat says that traffickers in Nigeria convince fellow citizens to make the journey, luring them with promises of a brighter future in [...]	2007-07-10 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF SMIG AG
07ALGIERS997	AQIM WEBSITE UPDATE - SHADOWS OF THE SWORD SERIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, AQIM released a new video on its website www.qmaghreb.org. Entitled "Shadows of the Sword, Part II," the video features AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdal calling on viewers to repent and support AQIM with money, weapons and by spreading the word. The video shows a Januar [...]	2007-07-11 16:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER AG
07ANKARA2805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2953	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ASMARA874	PFDJ CHIEF VIEWS ON SUDAN, THE BORDER AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, CDA met at her request with Yemane Ghebreab, Head of the Office of Political Affairs for Eritrea's sole political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Discussion topics included the recent UN/AU Darfur meetings in Libya, the Eritrean-Ethiopia [...]	2007-11-14 10:17:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PTER SO SU ER
07BAGHDAD1539	IRAQ-IRAN - THE SHATT AL ARAB BORDER DISPUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran's detention of 15 British naval personnel in March highlighted long-standing tensions along the Iraq-Iran maritime boundary and the importance of helping Iraq develop the diplomatic and military tools necessary to defend its frontiers against intrusion and infiltration. The d [...]	2007-05-09 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IR IZ
07BAGHDAD257	ZEBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MFA STEPS TO FORMALIZE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshayr Zebari told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 18 that he had discussed with the Iranian Ambassador three steps for solving the diplomatic status issue: eliminating liaison offices, reducing and formalizing border entry points, and revamping the [...]	2007-01-24 19:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BAGHDAD3159	MEETING WITH MFA ON IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a meeting with Deputy PolMil Counselor, Ambassador Taha Al-Abassi, head of the Neighboring Countries Department of the Iraqi MFA, made it clear that Iraq did not recognize the validity of the Algiers Accord with respect to the Iran-Iraq border, and that Iraq had refused to di [...]	2007-09-20 06:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PGOV PREL IR IZ
07BAGHDAD3481	IRAQ-IRAN RESUMING BORDER NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) At the Deputy Ministerial Council for National Security (DMCNS) on October 8, Deputy FonMin Abbawi reported that Iraq would resume border negotiations with Iran in November. Abbawi said he hoped the outcome would be a clearly-defined demarcation of the border based on previously negotiated [...]	2007-10-21 03:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PTER IR IZ
07BAGHDAD3617	KURDS: PKK IS PRETEXT FOR DEEPER TURKISH AIMS [...] (S) Conversations with senior Kurdish leaders indicate that they view Turkey's recent public statements and military action against the PKK as a pretext to forward Turkey's "true" strategic goals of undermining the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),delaying a referendum vote on Article 140, [...]	2007-10-31 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3630	BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with RRT officers, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani's Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein emphasized "dialogue, dialogue, dialogue" to solve the crisis over the PKK. He asserted that Turkey's refusal to negotiate with the Iraqi delegation in Ankara o [...]	2007-11-01 20:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER TU IZ
07BAMAKO1029	WAITING FOR ALGERIA: MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane asked to see the Ambassador on September 18 to discuss the situation in northern Mali, and to underline Mali's appreciation for U.S. diplomatic and material support, particularly the recent airlift of food supplies to its besieged garrison at Tinzawaten. The [...]	2007-09-18 17:13:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL ASEC PINS ML
07BAMAKO1196	SITUATION OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN BAMAKO [...] Mamadou Sidibe, the acting director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee's (UNHCR) office in Mali, told the Embassy on October 10 that UNHCR was unable to provide further assistance to the 27 Congolese refugees now in Bamako, effectively abandoning the Congolese to their fate on [...]	2007-10-18 12:36:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM ML
07BAMAKO1222	TUAREG LEADERS STILL WAITING FOR BAHANGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 16:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS PREL ML
07BAMAKO1356	POLICE IN GAO FOIL ALLEGED ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 16:22:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR ML
07BAMAKO1361	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN MALI - MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 10:52:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ASEC ML
07BAMAKO1364	ATT: HOSTAGES WILL BE RELEASED IN TWO, THREE OR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 09:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PREL ML AG
07BAMAKO1365	READOUT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS TOURE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 15:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PREL PINS AL
07BAMAKO1389	HOSTAGE RELEASE RUMORED FOR DECEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 14:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS PREL ML
07BAMAKO167	ALGERIAN OIL COMPANY LANDS EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 15:54:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EPET ETRD ML
07BAMAKO505	ALL IS NOT QUIET ON THE NORTHERN FRONT [...] (C) A flurry of press releases and internet blogs indicating that the Tuareg militant group ADC (Alliance Democratique du Mai 23 pour le Changement),frustrated over the slow implementation of the Algiers Accords, has returned to the hills is likely limited to only to Ibrahim Bahanga and a fe [...]	2007-05-10 17:05:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO554	UPDATE ON MAY 11 ATTACK AT TINZAWATENE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 17:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO559	MALIAN MILITARY LOOKING FOR 3000 NEW RECRUITS [...] (U) Col. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, the Malian military's Director of Information and Public Relations, told the Embassy on May 23 that the Malian military hoped to enlist 3000 new soldiers during the 2007 recruiting drive that ended last week. Local newspapers reported that many potential recrui [...]	2007-05-24 11:41:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR ASEC MCAP ML
07BAMAKO587	REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI ON BAHANGA, ALGIERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 16:34:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ML
07BAMAKO931	FIFTEEN MALIAN SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED EAST OF KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 15:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ML
07BERN881	FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...]	2007-09-11 09:44:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ
07BUCHAREST622	ROMANIAN CANDIDATE FOR UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) At the request of outgoing MFA Director for UN Issues Petru Dumitriu, Polmiloff joined Dumitru's replacement, Gabriela Constantinescu, UK Poloff, and Iraqi Ambassador Murad to receive a diplomatic note (with CV copied below) expressing Romania's interest in advancing the candidacy of Am [...]	2007-05-30 06:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC PINR UN
07CASABLANCA118	ALGERIA WEEK IN CASABLANCA PROMOTES ECONOMIC EXCHANGE, HOPE [...] (SBU) Summary: June 26 to July 1 marks Algeria Week in Casablanca, where Algeria is staging a week-long exhibition to promote business and investment opportunities between Morocco and Algeria. While the attendance of key royal family members and senior GOM officials at a lavish kick-off event [...]	2007-06-29 15:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN KDEM AG MO
07CASABLANCA85	Varied Reactions to Bombings in Casablanca [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly six weeks after the first in a series of suicide bombings that shook Casablanca, residents of the city are still grasping for explanations. Finding themselves at a loss for answers, many citizens are reacting to the recent explosions at the U.S. Consulate and privately-ru [...]	2007-04-27 13:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR PREL
07CONAKRY1336	GUINEAN SUPREME COURT BUSY WITH LAND DISPUTES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Lamine Sidime, President of Guinea,s Supreme Court, on December 13 for his initial courtesy call. The meeting was friendly, but formal, and did not delve into key substantive issues. Sidime said that the Supreme Court currently spends over 80 percent o [...]	2007-12-17 14:44:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
07DAKAR547	SENEGAL: REFLECTIONS ON THE THREAT AND THE [...] (S/NF) With a population of approximately 12 million, democratic, pro-Western Senegal should remain stable for the foreseeable future. Despite its predominately Islamic population and high levels of unemployment, there is no evidence, and indeed little chance, that Jihadist ideologies have t [...]	2007-03-08 12:54:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC EAID PREL KISL SG
07DAKAR608	COUNTER-NARCOTICS STRATEGY FOR GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (S) Embassy, press and intelligence reporting over the past year have highlighted the growing problem of drug trafficking in Guinea-Bissau (see refs). The international community watched and took no significant action as the GOGB lost sovereignty to drug traffickers. Now Guinea-Bissau is a h [...]	2007-03-16 12:08:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL EAIR PU
07DAKAR777	TSCTP/RSI CONFERENCE: LESS COUNTERTERRORISM, MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: To succeed in the medium- and long-term against terrorism in the Trans-Sahara region, the USG must help countries address fundamental social, economic, and political problems that undermine their stability, concluded Ambassadors at the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership ( [...]	2007-04-10 11:51:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PTER EAID MASS PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SG
07DAMASCUS363	Syria/Israel, Syria/Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 15 featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry on Apr. 14 that statements by US national of Syrian origin, Ibrahim Suleiman, who visited Israel and met with the Israeli Knesset Foreign and Security Committee, do not reflect the Syrian viewpoint, adding [...]	2007-04-16 09:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07KUWAIT868	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-03 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07LISBON3114	NOVEMBER US-EU COTER MEETING ENHANCES DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and EU counterterrorism (CT) experts shared their assessments, concerns, and cooperation agendas at the November 29 working group meeting on terrorism (COTER). In response to the U.S. briefing on the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TS/CTP),the Portuguese presid [...]	2007-12-07 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN PO
07MADRID173	SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: JUDGE ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. National Court Examining Magistrate Ismael Moreno requested on January 31 that the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the National Intelligence Center (CNI) declassify any information related to the transit of CIA aircraft through Spanish territory, as well as any information indicating w [...]	2007-02-01 17:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR SP
07MADRID1914	SPAIN/CT: PROPOSAL TO CREATE A SOUTHERN EUROPEAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In order to confront the sustained terrorist threat to the United States and our European allies, we must find innovative, flexible and proactive approaches to strengthen the effectiveness of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. My Mission inter-agency team has [...]	2007-10-02 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER SNAR SP
07MADRID340	INFORMING SPAIN ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on February 21 to discuss recent developments on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Gomez-Acebo noted that he recently had spoken with NEA DAS Gordon Gray about the visit to Washington of a [...]	2007-02-23 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SP UNSC WI
07MADRID482	PROGRESS MINGLED WITH COMPLACENCY: MUSLIM [...] (U) Senior Advisor to A/S Fried Farah Pandith did not have the opportunity to clear this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In her March 4-7 visit to Madrid, Senior Advisor to A/S Fried for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith met with a broad variety of concerned parties, including represe [...]	2007-03-14 17:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID753	SPANISH ENCOURAGE LONGER MINURSO RENEWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed the Western Sahara over lunch with a team of high-level MFA officials April 19 in Madrid. Alvaro Iranzo, the Spanish DG for North Africa, told Gray that the Spanish want a UNSCR which impels the two sides to negotiate without preconditions. While favoring [...]	2007-04-26 07:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS SP MO AG WI
07MOSCOW5474	RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...]	2007-11-21 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS
07NEWDELHI5118	NEW INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that Jayant Prasad, presently serving as India's PermRep in Geneva, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, succeeding Rakesh Sood. 2. (SBU) COMMENT: U.S. diplomats who worked with him say Prasad is an ent [...]	2007-11-28 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR IN AF
07OSLO1113	NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]	2007-11-19 11:13:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07PARIS3237	FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...]	2007-07-31 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO
07PARIS3336	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...]	2007-08-07 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS343	OFFICIAL - INFORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	AMGT FR
07PARIS4455	ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: FRANCE CONCURS ON APPROACH FOR [...] (C) Africa Watcher conveyed reftel demarche to MFA AF DAS for East Africa Helene Le Gal on November 8. Le Gal commented that France agreed on the need to support U/SYG Pascoe's efforts and to allow space for the parties alone, as signatories of the Algiers Agreements, to decide the effect o [...]	2007-11-09 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PINR ET ER FR
07PARIS4533	FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...]	2007-11-20 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY
07PARIS4619	A "FURIOUS" SARKOZY DECIDES TO PROCEED WITH HIS [...] (U) Just as the French government was on the verge of cancelling President Sarkozy,s state visit to Algeria next week (see refs),Algerian President Bouteflika phoned Sarkozy November 29 to calm things down. He reportedly assured Sarkozy that the minister who was publicly quoted making anti [...]	2007-11-30 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AG
07RABAT1229	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco, Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs of Morocco's intelligence service, the internal security service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of Interior [...]	2007-07-31 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL MO IZ XF XA
07RABAT1433	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRAN/IAEA; THE LATEST FROM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley conveyed ref. B ministerial demarche to MFA Min-Del Fassi Fihri, who accepted the point but would not commit to a statement. Fassi Fihri had benefited from the receipt of the substance of ref. A from his I/O Chief, Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who had just returned [...]	2007-09-11 07:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAEA IR MO
07RABAT1812	AMU SYG INSISTS ECONOMIC COOPERATION KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: AMU Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya recently outlined for the Ambassador his view that economic cooperation was the most promising driver for unity and integration in the Maghreb. The agenda for a December 10 economic ministerial in Tripoli would include a draft regional free [...]	2007-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD ECON PREL XA
07RABAT1814	WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]	2007-12-05 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT1837	MOROCCO EXPRESSES SYMPATHY/SOLIDARITY WITH ALGERIA [...] (SBU) Widespread Moroccan media coverage of Tuesday's bombings in Algiers noted King Mohamed VI's telephone call to President Bouteflika, expressing personal condolence for the tragedy. The King also made a public statement condemning the bombings and expressing Morocco's sympathy and solida [...]	2007-12-13 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO
07RABAT275	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jettou told the Ambassador on February 7 the February 5-6 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was long on protocol but short on substance. Jettou said he pressed Iran to resolve its differences with the International Community. MFA DG Azeroual ela [...]	2007-02-09 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNP MO IR
07RABAT362	AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...]	2007-02-26 09:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF
07RABAT493	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...]	2007-03-19 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT494	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...]	2007-03-19 08:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT565	MFA ON SAHARA: SEEKING ANOTHER WASHINGTON MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 17:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTBS MO FR AL
07RABAT704	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]	2007-04-23 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RABAT745	PJD LEADERS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development told the Ambassador on April 17 that all Moroccans condemned the recent terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities in Casablanca, but said that feelings of "injustice" prompted by U.S. policies in the region were [...]	2007-04-26 14:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER PREL MO
07RABAT890	S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...]	2007-05-18 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL ASEC MO
07RABAT912	CASABLANCANS REACT TO CONTINUED POST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In the more than five weeks since two suicide bombers detonated near the Consulate General, the atmosphere among the populace has gone from sympathetic concern to frustration and anger. Even many Moroccans who offered support immediately after the explosions now feel that the c [...]	2007-05-24 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV MO
07ROME779	KOSOVO: ITALIAN FM SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S CORE [...] (C/NF) I discussed the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo with FM D'Alema in an April 5 meeting (ref B.) He assured me of Italy's firm support for the plan's core status provisions. However, he made it clear Italy felt work needed to be done to strengthen the non-status aspects of the plan such as the [...]	2007-04-17 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT
07SANAA1837	EXTRANCHECK: D380495 PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ASHARQ [...] This is in response to USDOC Reftel Action Request for pre-license check for application D380495, Asharq Masaood International Co. Ltd. Post has no adverse information on the suitability of Asharq Masaood International Co, Ltd. as an end-user of the VAPORTRACER2. 2. ComOff conducted PLC [...]	2007-09-25 13:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC YM
07STATE145586	ALGERIA: PUSHING FOR THE RETURN OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph six. 2. (S) Summary: It is extremely unlikely that any third country would agree to accept the transfer of Algerian nationals detained at Guantanamo and to negotiate their return to Algeria, as proposed by the GOA (reftels). The USG, howeve [...]	2007-10-17 21:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM PINS AG
07TELAVIV1075	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1152	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In the June 5 WEOG meeting, the facilitator for consultations on this issue (Luis Garcia, Spain) announced that, in light of the May 25 Note by the DG on the Technical Secretariat's initiative in this area, he had asked the SIPDIS Vice-Chair for the Industry Cluster to cancel the June 13 [...]	2007-06-15 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1305	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 3, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK),the RevCon Working Group Chair, convened a meeting to discuss: the list of potential NGOs to be invited to a meeting with States Parties on 19 November; the final CWC clauses (Articles XII to XXIV); the protection of confidential information; and the functi [...]	2007-07-09 10:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1347	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 10, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, U.S.) chaired a consultation on late declarations, which was well-attended. The discussion centered around the latest facilitator's draft decision text, as well as the Technical Secretariat's supporting paper, both of which were SIPDIS distrib [...]	2007-07-16 10:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE284	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Amb. Javits and del rep met with DG Pfirter, at the DG's request. Pfirter said he had been contacted by "concerned delegations" (read: Germany) regarding the latest information on the U.S. destruction program. The DG's priority is, of course, to view this in terms of what it will mean f [...]	2007-02-14 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE357	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the open-ended working group for the Second Review Conference on February 20. The meeting covered the modalities for a possible meeting of States Parties and NGOs, as well as the implementation of the CWC relating to general obligations and dec [...]	2007-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE404	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On February 27, del rep met with Canadian delegation (Ian Mundell) regarding their Article VII outreach plans. Mundell said that Canada's efforts in the past have been reactive. Their biggest effort to date was to provide logistical support (i.e., security, transportation, meeting space) [...]	2007-03-06 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07TRIPOLI1066	QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SOUNDS WARNING ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 11:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI KPAO SCUL OEXC KISL LY

07TUNIS1263	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel),MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...]	2007-09-18 09:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID
07TUNIS225	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Jan. 16 - Jan. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Promotes Solar Energy B. Maghreb Ministers of Commerce Discuss FTA C. GOT To Tax Offshore Companies D. 6.5 Million Tourists in 2006 ------------------------- GOT Promotes Sol [...]	2007-02-14 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
07TUNIS83	LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Post welcomes reftel's request for input on labor programming needs in the region. Tunisia has a strong labor history pre-dating independence, and unions are active across all sectors and throughout Tunisia. The General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),the sole labor confederation, is [...]	2007-01-17 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON EIND ETRD TS
07TUNIS949	TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION, [...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...]	2007-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV TS
07USUNNEWYORK225	WESTERN SAHARA: INVITATIONS DELIVERED TO MOROCCO [...] (C) USUN delivered reftel invitation to the Moroccan Mission to the UN March 19 and are awaiting a response. We were unable to deliver the same invitation to Polisario Front Representative Ahmed Boukhari until March 20 as he would not accept the invitation without permission from Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-03-20 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK283	WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]	2007-04-11 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK311	ALGERIAN PERMREP CONFIRMS POLISARIO ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, Algerian PermRep Yousfi confirmed that the Polisario has agreed to enter into direct negotiations with Morocco provided the invitation to negotiations is couched in the language of paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's April 13 Rep [...]	2007-04-20 19:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK359	UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]	2007-05-09 16:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK469	ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...]	2007-06-11 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET
07USUNNEWYORK597	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-07-20 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PBTS PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK719	ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...]	2007-08-31 22:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNSC ET ER
07USUNNEWYORK839	AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...]	2007-10-09 23:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC UNGA
07VIENNA960	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 12, 2007 [...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats says the planned mid-year delivery of the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will be delayed "until November at best." He said the required software for the navigation system from the United States should arrive by then. [...]	2007-04-12 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08ABUDHABI1222	CIVIL SOCIETY AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS MEET AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SOM IN ABU DHABI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 14:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1237	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1247	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE FIFTH MINISTERIAL MEETING IN ABU DHABI OCTOBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ADDISABABA1001	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 8, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir Masadeh, and UNMEE Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides briefed the Ambassador on the [...]	2008-04-10 15:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1022	ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER TO CALL ON UN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu on April 11 made it clear to Ambassadors representing PermReps to the UN Security Council that Ethiopia was frustrated and dismayed with the April 8 Secretary General's report on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. SIPDIS [...]	2008-04-14 13:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA117	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR REPORTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 12, Ambassador and PolOff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting at United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters where acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar briefed the diplomatic community on the current state [...]	2008-01-15 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1198	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR PROVIDES UNMEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community SIPDIS on April 29 that the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was coming to an end and that all of the contingent owned equipment would be shipped out of Er [...]	2008-04-30 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1285	ETHIOPIAN FRUSTRATION WITH THE UNSC OVER THE BORDER [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles met with the UK, French and U.S. Ambassadors May 9 to state that Ethiopia would disengage and keep quiet on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute. Meles said the Ethiopian Government (GoE) had developed a set of new proposals to break the impasse and push forw [...]	2008-05-13 14:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO PBTS PREL MARR ET ER
08ADDISABABA1367	Ethiopia to ignore UNSC, for now, on the border [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador May 17 that Ethiopia was deeply frustrated that Eritrea was allowed to restrict UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) troop movement and end the UNMEE mission without consequence, thus negating the Cessation of Hostilities Agreeme [...]	2008-05-19 08:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PBTS PGOV ET ER
08ADDISABABA1427	ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIALS SAY ALGIERS AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. United Nations in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer on May 15 that Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Stephanides on May 15 that Ethiopia insists that Eritrea must demil [...]	2008-05-23 05:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA173	ETHIOPIA FIRM ON LEAVING ALGIERS PROCESS IF UN [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador January 19 to emphasize that the Ethiopian leadership had met January 18 and decided that if the UN Security Council should adopt this week to accept the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission's (EEBC) demarcation by map coordinates, or [...]	2008-01-23 04:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	KPKO PBTS PREL ET ER
08ADDISABABA174	ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER URGES AMBASSADORS FROM UN [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles called in the local Ambassadors from UN Security Council member states on January 21 to urge them to advise their respective representatives in New York to remain neutral during discussions by the UNSC on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border and extension of the mandate for the [...]	2008-01-23 12:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO PBTS PREL ER ET
08ADDISABABA1754	Ethiopia Supports United Nations Military Observer Mission [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called together the Ambassadors representing the Permanent Five (P5) UN Security Council (UNSC) countries to highlight Ethiopia's concerns regarding the current draft UNSC resolution on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. Seyoum cautioned that, if changes [...]	2008-06-27 08:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL UN ET
08ADDISABABA1856	ETHIOPIA EXPRESSES CHANGE OF HEART ON POST-UNMEE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador July 7 to seek United States' views and to inform the United States Government (USG) in advance that Ethiopia is now not/not in favor of a follow-on United Nations (UN) military observer mission upon the conclusion of United Nations Missi [...]	2008-07-08 12:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS UN ER ET
08ADDISABABA1918	Ethiopia Now Opposes UN Follow-on Mission, for Now [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador that Ethiopia now opposes any UN follow-on mission upon the conclusion of UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) operations on July 31. Meles echoed the Foreign Minister's position (reftel)that Eritrea had so completely undercut the Algie [...]	2008-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PBTS PGOV MOPS ET
08ADDISABABA286	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 31, Assistant Secretary Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a broad ranging 100 minute discussion on Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, and the Eritrean border. Also in attendance were Ambassador Yamamoto, Ambassador Courville, Sudan S/E Will [...]	2008-02-06 07:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PNAT MOPS KPKO ET ER SO SU KE
08ADDISABABA3450	USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TAKES STRONG STAND [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: At an African Union Peace and Security Council Ministerial meeting on December 22, the AU agreed to take concrete measures against the coup leaders who overthrew the legitimate government of Mauritania. Specific [...]	2008-12-24 16:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN MR AU
08ADDISABABA719	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: WITHOUT TSZ THERE IS NO ALGIERS [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told Ambassador Yamamoto in a March 11 meeting that the actions by the UN Security Council over the coming days and weeks with regard to the Ethiopia-Eritrea border conflict will dictate how Ethiopia responds. Seyoum described the UN Security Counc [...]	2008-03-13 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PREL ET ER
08ALGIERS1003	RESURGENCE OF "ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM" TARGETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Bouteflika's public blaming of foreign investors for Algeria's lagging economy outside of the hydrocarbons sector (ref A),the Algerian government has begun to impose new taxes and restrictions on foreign companies doing business here. Apparently sobered by t [...]	2008-09-16 16:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON AG
08ALGIERS1005	ALGERIA'S PARTICIPATION AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] Per reftel, we are transmitting the list of Algeria's delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly, which the MFA provided us via diplomatic note on September 17. A. Attendance of the Head of State: No plans to attend as of 09/17/08. B. Attendance of the Head of Government: No plans to at [...]	2008-09-17 17:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AG
08ALGIERS102	FOREIGN COMPANIES WARILY EYE NEW OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian oil parastatal Sonatrach announced belatedly on January 12 that fifteen new exploration blocks would be opened up to bidding by foreign hydrocarbon companies in 2008. Reactions from several U.S. and Italian firms indicate a wariness to pursue new investments given th [...]	2008-01-28 17:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG
08ALGIERS1022	GET RICH - BECOME A PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A September 17 decision to increase dramatically the salaries of members of both the lower and upper houses of parliament has been greeted by public criticism and newspaper headlines screaming "Shame on You" and "Become an MP and Get Rich". The decision, made through a presidenti [...]	2008-09-24 07:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON AG
08ALGIERS1024	INITIAL ALGERIAN REACTION TO IRFR MOSTLY NEGATIVE [...] (C) We delivered the 2008 International Religious Freedom Country Report (IRFR) on September 23 during a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director Rachid Ouali. Ouali gave no substantive comment on the IRFR, despite numerous critical official statements in the Algerian press in reaction t [...]	2008-09-24 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AG
08ALGIERS1052	ALGERIAN MFA OFFERS MEASURED CRITICISM OF 2008 IRFR [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas (A/S equivalent) Fatiha Selmane called in the Ambassador on September 28 to deliver an official reaction to the 2008 International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) (ref A). Selmane asserted that the IRFR's conclusions did not match Algerian reality. Sh [...]	2008-09-30 14:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AG
08ALGIERS1053	SENATE PRESIDENT ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, THIRD TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian Senate president said September 29 that, press reports notwithstanding, there had been no official movement on a constitutional revision paving the way for a third term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Senate President Abdelkader Bensalah [...]	2008-09-30 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1067	WATER: SECURITY THAT OIL CANNOT BUY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria faces urgent challenges in managing its water resources and huge opportunities exist for U.S. companies in the sector, Minister of Water Resources Abdelmalek Sellal told the Ambassador on September 29. Sellal said he was satisfied with equipment, such as pumps, purchase [...]	2008-10-05 14:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV AG
08ALGIERS1087	INTERIOR MINISTRY SNUFFS EBERT CENTER EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of October 4, the interior ministry quietly informed the Friedrich Ebert Center in Algiers that the political discussion it had organized for the following morning would not take place and "was not appreciated." The October 5 event, a debate on the 20th anniversa [...]	2008-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1088	GOVERNMENT SCRAMBLES TO REASSURE GHARDAIA FLOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frustration in Ghardaia province following severe October 1 floods led some 5000 people into the streets to protest what they perceived to be the government's sluggish response. The worst flooding the region has seen in over a century took the lives of 33 people, damaged 4000 h [...]	2008-10-06 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL AG
08ALGIERS1091	GOA RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 16:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR AG
08ALGIERS1092	GOA ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi was covering the Kosovo portfolio for a colleague who is currently in New York at the UNGA meetings, thus he said he was not able to respond substantively to our reque [...]	2008-10-07 16:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV AG
08ALGIERS1093	DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi, who usually covers human rights, was covering the sanctions portfolio and much of multilateral affairs for several colleagues who are currently in New York at the UN [...]	2008-10-07 16:46:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KKNP EUN EWWT PREL IR AG
08ALGIERS110	AUTONOMOUS UNIONS AND STUDENTS TEST THE LIMITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of middle and high school students across Algeria took to the streets in a nationwide strike starting on January 15, heeding the call of autonomous unions. The strike resulted in a near complete paralysis of the education system for more than five days across the enti [...]	2008-01-30 14:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KOCI AG
08ALGIERS1108	AIRBUS DETERMINED TO BREAK BOEING IN ALGERIA [...] (U) Airbus has dramatically increased pressure on Algeria to dump Boeing, going so far as to offer to buy Air Algerie's entire Boeing 737 fleet and replace it with Airbus aircraft, simulators and training. As reported in reftel, Airbus has been lobbying Air Algerie intensely for some time, but [...]	2008-10-14 07:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP AG
08ALGIERS111	POLITICAL ELITES LINING UP BEHIND THIRD TERM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of January 24, a series of high-profile political leaders came out publicly in support of constitutional change to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a third term. They included key members of the presidential coalition, the speaker of parliament and [...]	2008-01-30 14:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1119	TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: ALGERIA'S FRANCOPHONE [...] (SBU) Despite the lack of an official announcement by the Algerian government, MFA contacts tell us that President Bouteflika will attend and give a speech at the twelfth Summit of Heads of State of the International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF). The summit, to be held from Oct [...]	2008-10-15 17:11:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EDU FR AG
08ALGIERS1120	FINANCE MINISTER DETERMINED TO BUILD PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Karim Djoudi told the Ambassador that Algeria's economic situation is generally strong, and that Algeria will weather the current global economic crisis relatively unscathed. Djoudi shared his vision for the Algerian economy, and said that his priority now lie [...]	2008-10-15 17:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AG
08ALGIERS1121	TRILINGUAL ILLITERATES: ALGERIA'S LANGUAGE CRISIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Decades of government-imposed Arabization have produced an under-40 population that, in the words of frustrated Algerian business leaders, "is not fluent in anything" and therefore handicapped in the job market and more vulnerable to extremist influence. The Algerian school syste [...]	2008-10-16 12:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EDU AG
08ALGIERS1122	ALGERIAN MEDIA: AFRICOM TO COUNTER GROWING CHINESE [...] We delivered reftel demarche notifying the Algerian government of AFRICOM's official inception as a unified command to MFA North America Deputy Director Rachid Ouali on October 8. Ouali provided no substantive comment on AFRICOM. Meanwhile, Algeria's leading newspapers devoted measured cove [...]	2008-10-16 13:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL AG
08ALGIERS1123	ALGERIAN WESTERN SAHARA POSITION UNYIELDING [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel (U/S equivalent) asserted that Algeria's position on Western Sahara has not changed since 1965 and that Algeria continued to believe that the principle of se [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS1124	ALGERIAN MEDIA: AFRICOM TO COUNTER GROWING CHINESE [...] We delivered reftel demarche notifying the Algerian government of AFRICOM's official inception as a unified command to MFA North America Deputy Director Rachid Ouali on October 8. Ouali provided no substantive comment on AFRICOM. Meanwhile, Algeria's leading newspapers devoted measured cove [...]	2008-10-18 06:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL AG
08ALGIERS1145	FRUSTRATED HARRAGA PARENTS ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A demonstration outside the Tunisian consulate in Annaba led by parents of youths who disappeared while trying to flee Algeria in boats ("harraga"; reftel) turned violent on October 20. Police arrested 14 of the protesters and charged three with violating the laws controlling pub [...]	2008-10-22 14:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1147	NUCLEAR ENERGY IN ALGERIA: U.S. COOPERATION BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as countries such as France, Russia, China and Argentina have pursued nuclear cooperation agreements with Algeria, Algerian experts and French diplomats say Algeria is still 20 to 30 years away from developing nuclear power. A team of experts from Lawrence Livermore Nationa [...]	2008-10-22 15:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL IAEA AG
08ALGIERS1148	BLACK MARKET CURRENCY TRADE GAMES GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: While key members of the Algerian government feel immune to the global economic crisis (reftel),Algeria's currency black market is integrated into the world economy in ways the state never has been. On October 13, black market currency traders suspended transactions across the en [...]	2008-10-22 16:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV AG
08ALGIERS1163	BOUTEFLIKA LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced on October 29 that he will convene a special session of parliament in the coming weeks to effect a partial and limited revision of the Algerian constitution. The changes he outlined would open the way for him to seek a third term as presi [...]	2008-10-29 16:42:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1164	CULTURE MINISTER TOUMI'S 15 MINUTES OF FAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Culture Minister Khalida Toumi has emerged as the latest face on government efforts to implement conservative social policies and neutralize regime critics. In September, Toumi issued a directive to shut down bars and nightclubs located near cultural monuments in downtown Algiers [...]	2008-10-31 17:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI AG
08ALGIERS1171	EDUCATION MINISTER: GIVE US MORE ENGLISH, MORE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EDU AG
08ALGIERS1172	2009 GOVERNMENT BUDGET PAINTS ROSY PICTURE [...] SUMMARY. The Algerian parliament approved the government's 2009 budget with few amendments. Spending will increase six percent over 2008 levels, and the budget law estimates economic growth of 4.1 percent overall and 6.6 percent outside of the hydrocarbons sector. The budget uses an oil re [...]	2008-11-04 17:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV AG
08ALGIERS1181	ALGERIA REMAINS FIRM ON MAURITANIA, SEES SOME [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane told visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams November 3 that Algeria remains firmly opposed to the unconstitutional removal of Mauritanian President Abdallahi from power as a result of the August coup. Magrama [...]	2008-11-05 18:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ML MR AG
08ALGIERS1206	ALGERIA: BUREAUCRACY STIFLES GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Business leaders told Ambassador and visiting NEA/MAG Director that the government bureaucracy continues to stifle the Algerian economy. Contract tenders are slow to develop, forcing the government to accept bidders who promise speed but who often have cost overruns in the end [...]	2008-11-10 18:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS1208	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATE [...] (C) Algeria's new constitution was ratified in a special November 12 joint session of the Algerian parliament, during which senators and MPs voted overwhelmingly to approve the constitutional amendments proposed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (ref A). After an introduction by Senate Presid [...]	2008-11-12 17:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL AG
08ALGIERS1220	MYSTIC SUFI: BOUTEFLIKA'S ISLAMIC GAMBIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As he did prior to his 2004 reelection, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has begun raising the profile of Algeria's Sufi religious schools -- the zaouias -- both as a tool for political mobilization and to counter Islamic extremism with a moderate, homegrown alternative. Within Isl [...]	2008-11-17 11:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1231	INCLUSION OF BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 16:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER XA XI AG
08ALGIERS1232	CROSSING THE ALGERIAN BORDER: AVENUES FOR REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Economic integration in the Maghreb is effectively blocked by the physical border closure between Algeria and Morocco. While there may be hope for a "quiet" rapprochement on the Moroccan side (ref A),Algerian policy makers voice such ardent, public distrust of their Moroccan co [...]	2008-11-19 08:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ENRG ECON AG
08ALGIERS1233	IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 11:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IR AG
08ALGIERS1241	ALGERIA: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-23 14:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY AG
08ALGIERS1248	ALGERIA RESERVED ON IRAN AND SYRIA IAEA REPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 08:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY AG
08ALGIERS1254	VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SURGES AS SOCIETY SIMMERS [...] Even as the constitution was being revised on November 12 to guarantee greater political representation for women, violence against women in Algeria was on the rise. According to Farouk Ksentini, the chairman of the government's National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protectio [...]	2008-11-26 14:08:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL AG
08ALGIERS1267	THREE CENTIMETERS TALLER THAN NAPOLEON: BOUTEFLIKA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 16:32:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI AG
08ALGIERS1269	WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI YOUTH FRUSTRATION MOUNTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sahrawi youth are increasingly frustrated and speak of a return to armed conflict with Morocco, but there is no indication that they are preparing to do so, or that they are indeed capable. During a November 15 visit by poloff and visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer to a Sahraw [...]	2008-12-06 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
08ALGIERS1270	WESTERM SAHARA: SAHRAWI YOUTH FRUSTRATION MOUNTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-06 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
08ALGIERS1279	NEW TELECOM MINISTER IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Post and Telecommunications Hamid Bessalah laid out for us an ambitious internet and telecom agenda that includes requests for U.S. engagement and assistance as well as opportunities for U.S. investment. Bessalah is a first-time minister who assumed his post in the Jun [...]	2008-12-07 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD AG
08ALGIERS1280	CODEL HASTINGS PRESSES ALGERIA ON ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL) urged that Algeria invite international observers for the April 2009 presidential elections. He met with positive but carefully hedged responses from his Algerian government interlocutors. The parliamentarians he met were generally warm to t [...]	2008-12-07 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1282	UNDER THE TLEMCEN SUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fertile farming region that is home to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and a disproportionate number of his ministers and advisers, the western wilaya (province) of Tlemcen appears at first glance to be a step ahead of other Algerian cities in reviving its economy and education [...]	2008-12-09 12:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR MO CN AG
08ALGIERS1286	ALGIERS EAC: ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECEMBER 11 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 16:22:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
08ALGIERS1288	FLN LEADER SEES MORE REFORM, HOPE FOR CLOSER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Liberation Front (FLN) Secretary-General (and former Prime Minister) Abdelaziz Belkhadem, now the leader of the alliance pushing for a third term for President Bouteflika, believes there is a hope for closer economic and political relations with the U.S. He told the Amba [...]	2008-12-10 19:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1296	ALGERIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON BOUTEFLIKA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians told Codel Hastings on December 2 that they believed the international community must play a greater role in resolving the Western Sahara question and that a third term for President Bouteflika is necessary for the well-being of Algeria. The Minister of Parliame [...]	2008-12-15 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OREP PBTS MO AG
08ALGIERS1306	RIFTS WITHIN THE "POUVOIR" MAKE RARE HEADLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An extremely rare public and personal exchange between a former president and a retired general has broken the omerta code usually observed by Algeria's ruling elite, exposing divisions within the "Pouvoir" that have persisted since the struggle for independence. The bitter excha [...]	2008-12-18 08:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1307	CENTRAL BANK CHIEF STAYS THE REGULATORY COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bank of Algeria Governor Mohamed Laksaci told the Ambassador December 7 that he and his organization are focused almost to a fault on bank regulation rather than on financial system modernization. Laksaci has been with the central bank in various positions since 1990, and remain [...]	2008-12-18 08:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS1314	STOP THE PRESS: JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-20 11:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS1319	STOP THE PRESS: JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) marked its celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by voicing concern that basic freedoms in Algeria were slipping, not improving as Algeria's human rights ombudsman Farouk Ksent [...]	2008-12-20 17:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS1320	ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...]	2008-12-20 17:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG
08ALGIERS1324	ALGERIA: FAROUK HOSNI UNESCO CANDIDACY THE TIP OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Algeria will likely adhere to the position adopted in an October 25 Algiers meeting of pan-African culture ministers endorsing the candidacy of Egyptian Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Secretary General. Ambassador told MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelha [...]	2008-12-22 11:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1326	ALGERIA: FAROUK HOSNI UNESCO CANDIDACY THE TIP OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Algeria will likely adhere to the position adopted in an October 25 Algiers meeting of pan-African culture ministers endorsing the candidacy of Egyptian Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Secretary General. Ambassador told MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelh [...]	2008-12-22 16:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1327	ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the MFA Director General for Arab Affairs on the eve of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's expected visit. On foreign fighters, DG Abdelhamid Bouzaher said that the flow into Iraq had declined in recent years from a 2003-05 peak. He added [...]	2008-12-22 16:42:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG
08ALGIERS1328	ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 17:04:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG
08ALGIERS1329	POTENTIAL SVBIED ATTACK AGAINST U.S. OR FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian police have provided Embassy with specific and credible information concerning a possible imminent suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack against the U.S. or French embassies in Algiers. The EAC convened twice on December 22 to review the [...]	2008-12-22 17:23:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
08ALGIERS133	PROSELYTIZING IN ALGERIA: ONWARD CHRISTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: From June to December 2007, a steady trickle of reports surfaced in the Algerian press about Christians and alleged Christian proselytizing in Algeria. Since January 2008, the frequency and length of the reports have increased markedly, and parliamentarians from the Islamist pol [...]	2008-02-04 16:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF AG
08ALGIERS1336	TOUGH CROWD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHARDAIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Welcomed by a lively group of 250 students, the Ambassador spoke December 18 at the University of Ghardaia on the importance of youth participation in elections. His remarks were met with critical comments from faculty and students alike regarding U.S. policy on the Arab-Israeli [...]	2008-12-28 11:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EDU PGOV PREL IQ AG
08ALGIERS1338	ALGERIAN COMMITMENT TO AMISOM COMES FROM THE TOP [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Kamel Rezag-Bara, Counselor to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for Counter-terrorism. He thanked Rezag-Bara for Algeria's commitment to provide ten aircraft to transport African Union member troops into Somalia, and stressed the urge [...]	2008-12-28 15:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SO AG
08ALGIERS1350	ALGERIAN MFA: DANGEROUS SPLIT BETWEEN REGIMES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Madjid Bouguerra assured the Ambassador on December 31 that Algeria would continue to play a constructive role in formulating Arab League reactions to the situation in Gaza, avoiding inflammatory rhetoric. Bouguerra said that Algerians were shocked and traum [...]	2008-12-31 18:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG
08ALGIERS140	UNIONS PLAN NATIONWIDE PROTEST SURGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's autonomous unions are gearing up for two nationwide strikes in February as they continue to make demands on the state. While the unions largely agree among themselves on the issues underlying the strike calls, there is less agreement on who speaks for whom, with splinte [...]	2008-02-06 17:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AG
08ALGIERS141	SENIOR ALGERIAN MFA OFFICIAL DOWNBEAT ON LEBANON, [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher (A/S equivalent) told Ambassador February 6 that the political situation in Lebanon looked deadlocked and that the Algerian Government was not hopeful that the Arab League would succeed in paving the way for a presidential election. Bouzaher [...]	2008-02-07 08:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM LE AG
08ALGIERS143	STALE BUT NOT YET ROTTED: AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN [...] SUMMARY: Algeria's agriculture sector has been stagnant for years because of a combination of factors that includes decades of Soviet-style government agrarian policies, underdeveloped industrial transportation systems, drought, and terrorist activity that disrupted business and distracted g [...]	2008-02-09 06:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS157	ALGERIAN BUSINESS GROUP LOBBYING FOR MAGHREB [...] (SBU) Summary: The often outspoken head of a prominent Algerian business association told Ambassador January 13 that together with other North African business leaders he is lobbying for the Maghreb governments to take steps promptly to enable Maghreb economic integration. The business leade [...]	2008-02-11 16:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL AG MO TS
08ALGIERS168	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT EVOLVING ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received an immediate and unusually candid response on trafficking in persons (TIP) from the Algerian foreign ministry after delivering the UN.GIFT demarche (ref A). The MFA indicated that Algeria planned to participate in the forum. In addition, our interlocutor used the me [...]	2008-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG
08ALGIERS169	ALGERIA RESERVED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received a noncommittal response from Algerian government interlocutors when the Ambassador raised the issue of recognizing an independent Kosovo. The Algerian government prefers a "go slow" approach, even though a top MFA official readily agreed Kosovo could never be reinteg [...]	2008-02-17 06:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV AG
08ALGIERS182	URGING SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the MFA February 13, urging Algerian support for Ambassador William Swing's candidacy to be Director General of the International Organization for Migration. He also asked for a GoA contact person with whom Ambassador Swing could discuss his candidacy d [...]	2008-02-19 06:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG AG

08ALGIERS183	ALGERIA RESPONSE ON IRAN THIRD SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Director General for International and Economic Affairs Rachid Bladehane (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on February 16. Ambassador updated Bladehane on U.S. diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear challenges. Bladehane expressed Government of Algeria [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR AG
08ALGIERS184	ALGERIA RESPONSE ON 1267 COORDINATION SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC AG
08ALGIERS187	OSLO PROCESS AND BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche February 13, highlighting U.S. humanitarian concerns with the use of cluster munitions, and expressing U.S. support for the ongoing negotiations on ths issue within the Convention on Conventional Weapons. We urged Algeria not to adopt any language that would i [...]	2008-02-19 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AG
08ALGIERS190	MICROSOFT'S IPR WOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 19 meeting, Microsoft Algeria Director General Samir Said outlined Microsoft's priorities for Algeria and underscored the negative impact weak intellectual property rights (IPR) protection is having on Microsoft's financial bottom line and growth potential. Sai [...]	2008-02-19 17:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP KIPR ETRD AG
08ALGIERS191	ALGERIA GOES WTO SHOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 4 visit of European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to Algiers, EU diplomats told us the Algerians were "forthcoming and eager" on WTO accession, but the Europeans remain skeptical of rapid progress. They felt the Algerians were shopping for the ea [...]	2008-02-20 09:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTO ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS195	MGKV01: ALGERIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Bougerra told the Ambassador February 20 that Algeria would not recognize Kosovo in the foreseeable future at least. In response to ref A points, he said that it appeared to Algiers that UNSCR 1244 was explicit that Kosovo is a part of Serbia unless Serbs and Koso [...]	2008-02-20 15:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KVIR AG
08ALGIERS197	ANGRY YOUTHS STIR UP SLEEPY SAHARA TOWN [...] (U) Violent protests on February 16 by approximately 100 youths in Timimoun, a sleepy tourist town in the desert of southwest Algeria, raised eyebrows in Algiers, since the majority of socioeconmic protests in Algeria have been confined to the more populous northern strip of the country (refte [...]	2008-02-22 09:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KOCI AG
08ALGIERS198	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S WELCH VISIT TO ALGERIA [...] (C) We and the Algerians are looking forward to your visit next week. There was a prominent article about your visit, generated with help from our PAO, in best-selling el-Khabar newspaper on February 21. You will be visiting just as the government machine is gearing up to amend the Algerian constit [...]	2008-02-22 11:28:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AG
08ALGIERS199	NEW POLISARIO AMBASSADOR IN ALGIERS HEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting, new Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali and Polisario Minister-Delegate for African Affairs Mohammed Beissat told us that it was getting more difficult for the Polisario leadership to convince the Sahrawi people to be patient and respect the Man [...]	2008-02-22 11:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG
08ALGIERS205	TIP DVC DEEPENS DIALOGUE [...] (U) A digital video conference on February 19 between Department officials and Algerian counterparts was the latest step in our ongoing engagement with the Algerian government on trafficking in persons. Representing the Algerian government were MFA U.S. desk officer Rachid Ouali, MFA director [...]	2008-02-24 07:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF AG
08ALGIERS208	ALGERIA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the 2003 enactment of TRIPs-compliant legislation, Algeria has demonstrated it is capable of active and prompt attention to intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes (ref B),but progress has been sporadic and inconsistent rather than systematic. Although some Algerian [...]	2008-02-24 14:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AG
08ALGIERS21	SAHRAWI AMBASSADOR: POLISARIO ENERGIZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Polisario Ambassador to Algeria, the December 14-20 party congress in Tifariti has provided the Polisario with an injection of energy and confidence moving into the January 8-9 Manhasset negotiations. While the pledge to resume armed struggle against Morocco "has [...]	2008-01-07 14:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG
08ALGIERS220	ALGERIA FY 08 BFIF PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY AND JUSTIFICATION: Embassy Algiers submits the following request for FY 08 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) in support of commercial outreach outside of Algiers. The U.S.-Algeria commercial relationship has grown dramatically over the past 3 years -- from USD 11.5 billion [...]	2008-02-27 17:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP KIPR ETRD AG
08ALGIERS221	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...]	2008-02-27 17:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG
08ALGIERS223	BOUTEFLIKA LOOKS TO THE LEVANT WITH A/S WELCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a three-hour tour d'horizon with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika provided his candid opinions on a wide range of issues (septel),but spoke at length about the Levant. He revealed his personal views on Syrian interference in Lebanon, the [...]	2008-02-29 10:11:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS23	HUGE MOSQUE PROJECT FACES STIFF OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: For several months, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's vision of building the third largest mosque in the world has divided the government and broader public here, provoking opposition from all sectors of society. Given a potential price tag that runs in excess of USD one billion, [...]	2008-01-09 10:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL AG
08ALGIERS24	ALGERIA: PRIVATIZATION (SLOWLY) MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's head of financial reform told Ambassador January 7 that Algeria has not retreated from its plan to privatize the large CPA bank. Rather, the government is waiting for the right market conditions to guarantee maximum value for its flagship parastatal and to ensure a [...]	2008-01-09 12:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV AG
08ALGIERS248	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 13:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS251	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 13:21:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS252	BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika SIPDIS stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermo [...]	2008-03-03 13:23:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS253	OFFICIAL INFLATION STATS MASK STUNTED MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although official figures show a relatively modest inflation rate of 3.5 percent, Algerians are complaining loudly about the high and rising cost of living in Algeria. Economists and even Algerian government officials argue that official inflation calculations underestimate what [...]	2008-03-03 13:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR AG
08ALGIERS254	ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL: GOT GAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL TOLD OPIC CEO MOSBACHER FEBRUARY 23 THAT ALTHOUGH ALGERIA CAN MEET ITS CURRENT NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS AND INTERNAL CONSUMPTION DEMAND, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FIND MORE GAS. IN ORDER TO INCREASE GAS CAPACITY, KHELIL SAID THAT HYDROCARBON PARASTATAL SON [...]	2008-03-03 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD AG
08ALGIERS255	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS258	OFFICIAL INFLATION STATS MASK STUNTED MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although official figures show a relatively modest inflation rate of 3.5 percent, Algerians are complaining loudly about the high and rising cost of living in Algeria. Economists and even Algerian government officials argue that official inflation calculations underestimate what [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR AG
08ALGIERS259	BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermore, accor [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS261	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS262	ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL: GOT GAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL TOLD OPIC CEO MOSBACHER FEBRUARY 23 THAT ALTHOUGH ALGERIA CAN MEET ITS CURRENT NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS AND INTERNAL CONSUMPTION DEMAND, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FIND MORE GAS. IN ORDER TO INCREASE GAS CAPACITY, KHELIL SAID THAT HYDROCARBON PARASTATAL SON [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD AG
08ALGIERS27	THIRD TERM PUSH FOR BOUTEFLIKA STEAMROLLS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The move to amend the constitution to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for an unprecedented third term in 2009 is now gathering steam. Almost immediately after the November 29 local elections, Prime Minister Belkhadem began painting the elections as a clear popular cal [...]	2008-01-10 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS274	MFA OFFICIAL CALLS GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There was more media clamor on March 5 about the Algerian government accusations that the U.S. Embassy and the Ambassador of "interference" in internal Algerian affairs (ref A). Government spokesman Boukerzaza told the press March 4 that there was no diplomatic crisis with the Em [...]	2008-03-05 19:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS28	ALI BENFLIS: BOUTEFLIKA RIVAL STAYING OUT OF SIGHT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ali Benflis, the main challenger to President Bouteflika in the 2004 presidential election, told us that that the Algerian government is gradually throttling democracy and largely failing to address Algeria's other problems. He claimed that changes back and forth on policy iss [...]	2008-01-11 08:35:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PGOV PINR AG
08ALGIERS287	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY 2008 [...] This cable summarizes key economic developments in Algeria during February 2008, and includes: -- Motorola to Open Office in Algiers -- Bouteflika-Putin Meetings Stoke Fears of Gas Cartel -- U.S.-financed Desalination Plant Inaugurated in Algiers -- Bahraini Bank to Invest USD 3 billion in [...]	2008-03-10 07:11:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ENRG EPET ETRD AG
08ALGIERS291	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS PRESS DEFAMATION VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 4 an appellate court in Jijel upheld a May 27, 2007 verdict against the director of French-language daily El Watan and its lead columnist. The two were convicted of defaming Ahmed Maabed, the wali (governor) of Jijel. They were sentenced to two months in prison and ord [...]	2008-03-10 17:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG
08ALGIERS293	ALGERIAN OFFICIALS PRIVATELY BACKTRACK ON [...] (C) MFA Counselor Ambassador Abdallah Baali (protect) pulled Ambassador aside after a discussion about the Western Sahara (septel) to discuss privately the Algerian government's public criticism of the American Embassy (refs). Baali said he had asked the Director General (roughly equivalent [...]	2008-03-11 12:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG
08ALGIERS317	DESPERATION FUELS INCREASE IN SUICIDES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Suicide, though a significant sin in Islam, is on the rise in Algeria. Sociologist Nacer Djabi warned that socioeconomic discontent was creating a developing "suicide mentality" in Algeria (reftel) even among young Algerians, and official statistics indicate suicide was an increa [...]	2008-03-17 10:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON AG
08ALGIERS318	AQIM DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) On March 13 Al-Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net/vb/) with its conditions for the release of the two Austrian hostages Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber (ref A). AQIM demanded the release of some of its members he [...]	2008-03-17 11:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KISL AG
08ALGIERS319	NEW AIR ALGERIE LEADERSHIP READY FOR BOEING [...] (U) In a March 15 meeting with the Ambassador, new Air Algerie President Abdelwahid Bouabdallah and his assistant Amar Mahiout told us they intended to move quickly to replace part of Air Algerie's mid-range Boeing 737 fleet (ref A). Bouabdallah said that they would be looking for delivery of [...]	2008-03-17 11:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BEXP AG
08ALGIERS332	WOULD THE REAL AUTONOMOUS UNIONS PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first two months of 2008 have witnessed a coordinated level of independent labor union activity on a nationwide scale. The strikes of early 2008 appear to have been effective in mobilizing participants across the entire country. The three major nationwide strikes so far this [...]	2008-03-20 09:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI AG
08ALGIERS333	JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER: TROUBLE WITH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy surrounding Christians and alleged Evangelical Christian proselytizing in Algeria continues (refs A, B). In late February Hugh Johnson, a retired American Methodist minister who has lived and worked in Algeria for 45 years, was suddenly ordered to leave the count [...]	2008-03-20 09:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG
08ALGIERS334	MFA BLASE ABOUT MEDIA ATTACKS ON EMBASSY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period of relative calm, government use of the press to attack Embassy activities (refs A and B) heated up again on March 15 when Arabic-language daily El Khabar featured front page headlines proclaiming that the Interior ministry had issued an order forbidding NGOs to meet [...]	2008-03-20 09:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS335	NEW POLISARIO LEADERSHIP DEFIANT, SAHRAWIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12-14 visit to Tindouf by Emboff and visiting PRM officers, Polisario leaders expressed increasing frustration with the Manhasset negotiation process, consistent with recent public statements by Polisario officials in Algiers. Although the Polisario leadership was vagu [...]	2008-03-20 10:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS34	ALGERIAN SKEPTICISM AHEAD OF AFRICOM DVC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite our repeated attempts to explain and clarify U.S. plans for AFRICOM, Algerians remain critical and suspicious. Both journalists and government officials engage in heavy speculation, often making false claims and spouting baseless misinformation about the new U.S. African C [...]	2008-01-13 16:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO MARR AG
08ALGIERS357	DECODING PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS LEAKS ATTACKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of an Arabic-language daily told the Ambassador on March 24 that the paper's March 22 front page story alleging that the Ambassador had refused to appear at the MFA when convoked by the Foreign Minister was printed as a result of direct pressure from the Prime Minis [...]	2008-03-26 11:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS360	ALGERIA'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following: 2. Algeria has made progress since 2003 regarding fiscal transparency. Budget plans are unveiled each autumn for the following calendar year, and the Finance Law is officially published in the journal of record on December 31. A report [...]	2008-03-26 16:07:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS361	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO HUMAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane convoked Ambassador on March 26 to relay the GOA's dissatisfaction with the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report on Algeria. She complained that the report depicted the human rights scene in Algeria as "static" when it is, she claimed, [...]	2008-03-27 09:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS37	ALGERIAN MFA WELCOMES LIBYA IN TSCTP [...] (C) MFA Secretary General (number two) Bouguerra and MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for Africa Chergui told Ambassador on January 13 that Algeria would not object to the U.S. including Libyan officials in future TSCTP programming. He opined that Algeria thought integrating Libya more a [...]	2008-01-14 11:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG LY
08ALGIERS384	SCARRED BY SCANDAL AND INEXPERIENCE, CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Algeria, worried that it will be perceived as soft on corruption and banking irregularities, has been carrying out an increasingly aggressive oversight campaign whose intentions may be pure, but whose results have frustrated and suffocated banking reform. Our contacts [...]	2008-04-01 16:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS385	BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR: ALGERIA'S HOUSING CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A housing shortage across Algeria is one of the worst economic problems facing the country. To help ease the shortage, in 2004 President Bouteflika launched an ambitious plan to build more than one million new housing units by the end of 2009. The program has fallen far short [...]	2008-04-02 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AG
08ALGIERS388	ACCUSED JOURNALISTS SOBERED BUT UNBOWED BY [...] (C) On March 26 Pol/Econ Chief and PAO visited the Algiers offices of the French-language daily El Watan to discuss the press defamation case against El Watan Director Omar Belhouchet and columnist Chawki Amari (ref A). Editor-in Chief Zine Cherfaoui and Amari told us that the paper was able [...]	2008-04-02 15:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV AG
08ALGIERS396	HAMAS OFFICIAL ASKS BOUTEFLIKA'S HELP IN RESOLVING [...] (SBU) The Algerian Arabic-language newspaper Ennahar reported April 5 that a representative from the Palestinian Hamas movement in Lebanon, Usama Hamdan, said during an April 4 press conference at the Hamas office in Algiers that he had asked the Algerian authorities to mediate between Hamas an [...]	2008-04-07 13:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
08ALGIERS420	CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WRESTLE WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using a 2006 law, the Algerian government closed some Protestant churches in March amidst constant reporting by Algerian Arabic-language papers that was intensely hostile towards the Christian community in general and towards alleged Protestant proselytizing in particular. Our co [...]	2008-04-14 14:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG
08ALGIERS422	MFA OFFICIAL: SAHEL HEATS UP AS MALI PLAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui told Ambassador that Algeria perceives that the security situation in northern Mali and Niger is deteriorating. Chergui said Algeria was frustrated by the "unhelpful" [...]	2008-04-14 17:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
08ALGIERS427	CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WRESTLE WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using a 2006 law, the Algerian government closed some Protestant churches in March amidst constant reporting by Algerian Arabic-language papers that was intensely hostile towards the Christian community in general and towards alleged Protestant proselytizing in particular. The Al [...]	2008-04-15 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG
08ALGIERS434	INTERIOR MINISTER CRITICIZES NGOS AS UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Speaking during a parliamentary session held April 9, Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni stated that "international NGOs coming to Algeria are neither helping nor building the country." He asked MPs why they would work with such NGOs since they only came to Algeria for money. Zer [...]	2008-04-20 16:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS437	PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is scheduled to hold its next presidential election in April 2009. Parliamentary and local elections in 2007 saw very low turnout and our contacts warn us of broad disinterest in the political system. In order to help avoid radicalization of some elements of the disench [...]	2008-04-21 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AG
08ALGIERS439	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT URGES SIMPLE MINURSO ROLLOVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs abruptly convoked the Ambassador late afternoon on April 21 to discuss Western Sahara. Director General for African Affairs (Assistant Secretary level) Ismail Chergui asked for our help in securing a MINURSO renewal resolution that he called techni [...]	2008-04-22 10:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS448	NEW AQIM VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an absence of more than nine months, the AQIM video series "Shadows of the Sword" has made a return to the jihadi website community. On April 14, AQIM released a new video showing two attacks on Algerian targets in Dellys and Boumerdes (Kabylie region),demonstrating AQIM [...]	2008-04-23 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC AG
08ALGIERS449	SECURITY UPDATE: AQIM NOT GETTING STRONGER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to information collected from press reporting, the number of terrorist attacks remained approximately the same in March 2008 compared to previous months but there appear to have been fewer casualties. The majority of these March attacks have been attributed to Al-Qaeda [...]	2008-04-23 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	ASEC PTER AG
08ALGIERS458	"YEAR OF THE STRIKE" CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's autonomous unions staged another nationwide strike from April 13 to 15. Participation rates varied and the country did not grind to a halt. In an unusual development, riot police dispersed demonstrating strikers near the Central Post Office in Algiers. Although the [...]	2008-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI AG
08ALGIERS464	AFRICA UNION CENTER WANTS OUR HELP FOR ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since early 2008 a number of U.S. official delegations have visited the African Center for the Research and Study of Terrorism (CAERT) in Algiers, all of which have departed leaving the impression that U.S. assistance in the form of training or seminars would be forthcoming. [...]	2008-04-23 16:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC AG
08ALGIERS465	SLIPPING TOWARDS ADDICTION: ALGERIA'S EVOLVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is evolving from primarily a transit point for drugs entering Europe into a destination and producer of drugs. The first few months of 2008 have featured a wave of front-page press reports on domestic drug production, announcing that areas of the southern Sahel region ar [...]	2008-04-24 09:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAGR PREL PTER ECON AG
08ALGIERS466	MUSLIM PARTY TRIES NEW APPROACH TO DECRIMINALIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),the Muslim Brotherhood party that is one of the members of the ruling coalition in Algeria, proposed in parliament on April 22 to cancel a 2001 law that constitutes the basis for the criminalization of religious and journalistic speech. T [...]	2008-04-24 11:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS481	PACKAGING AND REPACKAGING ALGERIA'S WTO BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's chief WTO negotiators said in press interviews surrounding an Algerian Senate-sponsored conference about Algerian WTO membership negotiations that Algeria's WTO bid was in an "advanced state" and that they are preparing for a new round of talks that they expect to occur [...]	2008-04-28 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS483	ALGERIA AND POLISARIO SLAM WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings April 27 and 28, Ambassador and DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Polisario ambassador in Algiers. The two recipients shared the same reaction to the recent statement of UNSG Special Envoy Peter Van Walsum, s [...]	2008-04-28 12:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS490	RIOTING IN WESTERN ALGERIA - THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN [...] (U) Algerian independent newspapers reported on April 28-29 that the city of Chlef, the capital of the province in western Algeria with the same name, suffered from two days of major rioting on April 27-28. According to these press reports, the trial of a community activist who had been fig [...]	2008-04-30 08:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV AG
08ALGIERS491	GOA DENIES REPRESSING CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 29, Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to MFA Director General for American Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Fatiha Selmane, highlighting specific examples of Christian groups facing GoA obstacles as reported in refs b and c. We also delivered the demarche on Ap [...]	2008-04-30 14:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AG
08ALGIERS492	MORE GOVERNMENT VENOM DIRECTED AT NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algerian political figures continue to attack foreign NGOs working in Algeria. The April 27 press featured the head of the government's Human Rights Commission blaming Al-Jazeera TV and foreign NGOs for "threatening the country's national reconciliation program." Meanwhile, rh [...]	2008-05-01 06:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS493	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...]	2008-05-03 05:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD
08ALGIERS494	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...]	2008-05-03 05:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD
08ALGIERS501	ALGERIA STILL NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT PASSENGER LIST [...] (S) Ambassador pulled aside Presidency Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Kamel Rezak-Bara during an April 30 reception to remind him that we still await a response to our suggestion that Algeria enable us to screen passenger lists for flights between Damascus and Algiers. Rezak-Bara remembered our [...]	2008-05-04 16:27:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	EAIR PTER AG
08ALGIERS504	FORM OVER FUNCTION: SURVIVING AS A NEWSPAPER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking back on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's second term, many of our press contacts have told us of their concerns that press freedoms and competence are shrinking. At the time of Bouteflika's re-election in 2004, French-language daily Liberte was considered an aggressive re [...]	2008-05-05 10:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS509	THE RETURN OF AHMED OUYAHIA - FUTURE PRESIDENT ? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister and current head of the ruling coalition National Democratic Rally (RND) party, Ahmed Ouyahia has recently been tapped by President Bouteflika to represent him on several high-profile foreign trips and even representing Bouteflika at the party congress of one [...]	2008-05-06 11:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
08ALGIERS521	OUTREACH TO ALGERIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda has been an ongoing effort by Embassy Algiers since the arrival of the Ambassador in August 2006. The Ambassador and Embassy officers routinely meet with democracy and human rights activists, political parties, journalists, and other me [...]	2008-05-07 17:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AG
08ALGIERS522	EMBASSY URGES DECRIMINALIZATION OF PRESS DEFAMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day May 3, the Ambassador gave a major speech urging Algeria to decriminalize press defamation. The message received positive media coverage and was coupled with an emphasis on training to elevate the standards and ethics of responsible jou [...]	2008-05-08 10:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO SCUL AG
08ALGIERS523	PROFILES OF ALGERIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS [...] SUMMARY: Since April 11, 2007, eleven suicide bombers have carried out attacks across Algeria. Through press reports, we have been able to piece together biographical vignettes of most of the bombers, which offer an insight into their motivations and socioeconomic circumstances. What stands o [...]	2008-05-08 10:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL AG
08ALGIERS524	REQUEST FOR SPECIAL MILAIR MEDEVAC FOR SICK [...] A group of Algerians here in Algiers and in the USA has asked the Embassy for USG help airlifting a small child to the U.S. for medical treatment, and our doing so would be a terrific humanitarian gesture that the Algerian public would deeply appreciate. The two and one-half year old child na [...]	2008-05-09 10:43:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR AG
08ALGIERS537	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 2008 [...] The following is a summary of some economic developments in Algeria for April 2008: -- NEW SUBSIDIES TO STABILIZE FOOD PRICES -- NEW PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT OPENS IN ALGERIA -- FOREIGN INSURERS ENTER THE ALGERIAN MARKET -- SONATRACH COMMERCIALIZES GAS SALES TO EUROPE PRICE CHECK: ALGERIA [...]	2008-05-12 10:52:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EPET ETRD AG
08ALGIERS546	ALGERIANS DIGEST SPECIAL 301 REPORT WITH A HINT OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador visited MFA Director General for the Americas (A/S equivalent) Fatiha Selmane on April 29 to deliver reftel demarche and discuss broadly our objections to Algerian treatment of intellectual property issues. Separately, we delivered the same demarche to the Algerian Ministry of [...]	2008-05-13 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR AG
08ALGIERS551	ALGERIAN MFA PROFESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1803 IRAN [...] In response to ref A demarche, MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Abdelmalek Bouheddou told us on May 13 that Algeria was committed to playing its part in implementing the sanctions outlined in UNSCR 1803. He stressed that Algeria "takes UN resolutions very seriously" and appreciat [...]	2008-05-13 18:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AG
08ALGIERS555	ALGERIANS ON MOROCCAN RAPPROCHEMENT EFFORT: CURB [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing general support for dialogue and rapprochement in principle, Algerian officials from the Customs service to Prime Minister Belkhadem have voiced frustration at what they perceive as the unilateral and non-consultative manner in which Morocco launched its recent in [...]	2008-05-14 17:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN MO AG
08ALGIERS587	ALGERIA RESPONSE ON LEBANON BUILDING ON ARAB [...] (C) During a May 20 reception, Ambassador collared Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and relayed reftel demarche message. Ambassador said the U.S. strongly supports the Arab league mediation of the Lebanon crisis and the agreement announced in Beirut on May 15. Medelci said that Alg [...]	2008-05-21 12:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY AG
08ALGIERS589	MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...] (U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...]	2008-05-23 10:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG ML MR NG
08ALGIERS590	MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...] (U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...]	2008-05-23 10:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG ML MR NG
08ALGIERS617	CONTAINING POLITICAL ISLAM: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As its tumultuous three-day party congress drew to a close at the end of April, the (Muslim Brotherhood) Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),one of the three parties in the ruling coalition, re-elected Bouguerra Soltani as its leader after a power struggle between Soltani and hi [...]	2008-05-27 10:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS625	JUDGE DEFERS DECISION IN HIGH-PROFILE RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30 Habiba Kouider, an Algerian who converted to Christianity approximately four years ago, was charged in the western Algerian town of Tiaret with illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. On May 27 the Tiaret court delayed giving a final verdict in the case, choosing [...]	2008-05-30 17:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV AG
08ALGIERS626	OPEC CHIEF OPINES ON FUEL PRICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's Energy Minister and OPEC President Chakib Khelil told us May 28 that the high price of fuel in the United States has less to do with OPEC production caps than with the value of the dollar, oil speculation and refining techniques associated with bio-fuel additives. Kheli [...]	2008-05-30 17:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ETRD PREL AG
08ALGIERS660	IAEA/IRAN: ALGERIA WANTS TO AVOID THREATS [...] (SBU) On June 4, we delivered demarche (ref A) to Rabah Fasih, Deputy Director for disarmament issues at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). We had also previously delivered the demarche on June 2 to the North American desk officer, and sent a French version of the non-paper to M [...]	2008-06-04 20:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR AG
08ALGIERS661	MOUNTING SOCIAL DISCONTENT DRIVES LATE MAY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's two biggest cities, Algiers and Oran, suffered prolonged street violence in late May at the hands of angry youths for whom disappointing soccer results were the final straw that pushed them into the streets. Parts of Algiers had to shut down each night May 20-22 due to [...]	2008-06-05 08:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI AG
08ALGIERS662	ALGERIA STILL GUN-SHY ON BANK PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Algeria's privatization of the bank Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA) appears likely to remain on hold for the foreseeable future. According to public statements by the Minister of Finance and our conversation with the President of CPA, the Algerian government continues to view [...]	2008-06-05 08:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON AG
08ALGIERS663	ALGIERS CORE EAC REVIEWS LATEST BOMBINGS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Core EAC met on June 5, 2008 to discuss the double bombings that occurred on June 4 and to determine what implications, if any, this incident has on the upcoming International Trade Fair being held from June 7-13 at the SAFEX Exhibition Palace in Algiers. Present for the m [...]	2008-06-05 16:23:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	AG ASEC CASC PTER
08ALGIERS680	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE JUNE 17-19 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 11:29:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR OTRA AG IZ
08ALGIERS682	KING OF RAI LATEST WESTERN SAHARA CASUALTY [...] According to Algerian press reports and an Algerian concert goer in Morocco, Algerian pop star Cheb Khaled, known as the King of Rai music, was briefly assaulted on June 1 by a Moroccan concert audience angry at his known affection for the cause of Western Saharan independence. After a Spanish [...]	2008-06-11 08:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREF PREL SCUL KPAO WI MO AG
08ALGIERS683	ALGERIA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While official Algerian government reaction to the 2008 TIP report was negative, press coverage was surprisingly light, with much of it critical of Algeria's inability to get itself out of Tier 3 status. The Justice minister and our MFA interlocutor both rejected the report and [...]	2008-06-11 08:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG
08ALGIERS685	AQIM LEADER: DON'T TOUCH OUR WOMEN [...] (SBU) On June 5, Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net) entitled "in your honor, our sister." The communique, signed by AQIM leader Abdeloudoud Droukdal, referred to a Moroccan woman named "Fatiha" who was allegedly be [...]	2008-06-11 08:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL AG
08ALGIERS689	COMMERCE MINISTER NONCOMMITTAL ON WTO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a long-awaited meeting on June 8, Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaboub and his lead WTO negotiators offered us little in terms of concrete actions that the Algerians would take to accelerate their bid to join WTO. We received some indications of willingness to adjust Alge [...]	2008-06-12 08:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL AG
08ALGIERS690	COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS PRIVATIZATION WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaboub told the Ambassador that Algeria is determined to go forward with the privatization of public enterprises, but admitted that it has more parastatals than interested buyers. Djaboub said he noted a trend over the last decade within the govern [...]	2008-06-13 10:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV AG
08ALGIERS694	MFA ON ASAD'S TRAVELS, LEBANON [...] (C) The Algerian foreign ministry is not aware of any imminent visit to Algeria by Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, according to Counselor Nassima Baghli and North America Director Abdellah Laouari. Laouari told us on June 15 that the MFA was aware of Asad's recent visit to Tripoli, along wit [...]	2008-06-15 16:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE AG
08ALGIERS704	SAHEL SECURITY: MFA SAYS ALGERIA REENGAGING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 18 discussion with a visiting U.S. delegation led by Bureau of African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui highlighted Algeria's commitment to the Algiers Accords, but onl [...]	2008-06-19 11:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG ML NG
08ALGIERS721	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE WINS AT LEAST ONE [...] (C) On June 21, Ambassador met Ambassador Baali, Counselor to Foreign Minister Medelcito discuss the Friends of Iraq conference held in United Arab Emirates on June 17-19. Baali who led the Algerian delegation, said he met with MNFI Commander General Petraeus, Iraqi National Security Adviso [...]	2008-06-23 08:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG IZ
08ALGIERS724	FILLON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT FRANCO-ALGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 20-22 visit to Algiers, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon signed bilateral cooperation agreements with the Algerian government in civilian nuclear energy development, military cooperation and financial cooperation to facilitate French investment in Algeria. Symbo [...]	2008-06-24 07:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MARR FR AG
08ALGIERS728	CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS OUYAHIA BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The AlgeriantopkQ/2QW]Qz&p_QQUQJune 23 a long-rumored cabinet reshuffle that catapulted Ahmed Ouyahia back into the prime minister's chair for the third time. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was downgraded to minister of state without portfolio, a role unlikely to represent a [...]	2008-06-24 15:42:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON AG

08ALGIERS733	BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA: OUR BACKS ARE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 17:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO WI AG
08ALGIERS739	BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE WANTS BETTER U.S. TIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's farewell call June 24, a reasonably healthy-looking President Abdelaziz Bouteflika wistfully wondered why American relations with Algeria couldn't be more like those the U.S. enjoys with Morocco and Tunisia. The Ambassador noted that as Algeria opened up [...]	2008-06-28 17:35:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER MARR AG
08ALGIERS75	ALGERIANS VIEW POTUS TRIP WITH CAUTION, CYNICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bush's recent trip to the Middle East attracted considerable if mostly cynical press coverage in Algeria, though the government issued no official statement. In general, press coverage and our MFA contacts indicate that Algerian expectations for the trip were low, speci [...]	2008-01-22 16:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL AG
08ALGIERS750	KEY OFFICIALS SAY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Algerian press over the past nine months has regularly trumpeted that constitutional change was coming any day, June 30 conversations with new Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, parliamentary Speaker Abdelaziz Ziari and prominent senators and MPs suggested that the effort [...]	2008-07-02 10:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS76	CHRISTIAN LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT RELIGIOUS CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after a December 11 suicide bomb destroyed UN offices in Algiers, Christian leaders in the country told us that they had experienced no difficulties directly attributable to the attacks. They did express concern, however, that an intolerant climate against Christians i [...]	2008-01-22 17:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF AG
08ALGIERS762	ALGERIA REMAINS DISTANT ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with MFA's Director General for European Affairs (A/S equivalent) Mouloud Hamai and Deputy Director for Central Europe and the Balkans Abdelmadjid Amalou, Charge asked whether Algeria's thinking on Kosovo had evolved and urged the Algerians to participate in the July 11 [...]	2008-07-07 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV AG
08ALGIERS77	ALGERIAN SECURITY ROW WITH UN GETS PUBLIC AND NASTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dispute between the Algerian government and the UN over the investigation of the December 11 bombings has become public and bitter. The Algerians, in public and in private, claim they have been transparent and shared the results of their own investigation, while the senior UN [...]	2008-01-22 18:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PGOV UN AG
08ALGIERS772	TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE: CODEL GETS RARE MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 30, visiting Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) met with Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, an old ally of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who rarely meets with U.S. officials. The meeting steered clear of hot-button issues but did offer some insight into the way Zerhoun [...]	2008-07-08 15:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS773	ALGERIA FREES UP PUBLIC LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algeria has moved to free up industrial and commercial property for private development by auctioning parcels of land in the growing community of Blida, near Algiers, a move Industry Minister Abdelhamid Temmar called a "micro-revolution." The newly-formed National Agency for Lan [...]	2008-07-08 15:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON AG
08ALGIERS774	ENHANCING ALGERIA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Algeria's still nascent financial intelligence unit is ready to cooperate on a technical assistance program to be offered through the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist finance (AML/TF). Bo [...]	2008-07-08 15:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN KTFN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER ECON AG
08ALGIERS778	ALGERIA COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Messaoud Benziad, Deputy Director of MFA's office of Mashreq Affairs. We thanked Benziad for Algeria's support for the Palestinian Authority thus far, noting reftel points that Algeria is one of three Arab League countries that has pledged support this year [...]	2008-07-09 16:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PGOV ECON IS AG
08ALGIERS780	EVANGELICAL CONVERTS RECEIVE FINES, SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two Algerian Christians, Rachid Seghir and Djammal Dahmani, were convicted on July 2 of proselytizing and illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. The Algerian court fined the defendants 100,000 dinars (1,540 USD) and handed out six-month suspended prison sentences. Non-Mus [...]	2008-07-09 17:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF AG
08ALGIERS782	BOUTEFLIKA SEEKS TO RECONCILE THE UNRECONCILED [...] (U) During his July 5 Algerian independence day speech to the military leadership, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika revisited the theme of national reconciliation, calling on Algerians to unite against extremism and "to put down the fire of Fitna." He underscored the need to pursue security and [...]	2008-07-12 06:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM KISL AG
08ALGIERS787	THE HARRAGA: GIVE ME DIGNITY OR GIVE ME DEATH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the desolate beach of Sidi Salem, in the eastern suburbs of Annaba, a dozen young Algerian males alternate between kicking a soccer ball and working on several small, unmarked wooden boats. Each week, several boats leave from this beach, filled with a cross-section of frustrated you [...]	2008-07-13 07:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI AG
08ALGIERS793	FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...]	2008-07-14 16:59:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG
08ALGIERS797	ALGERIA NONCOMMITTAL ON INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 16:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AG
08ALGIERS798	MFA SAYS TRIPARTITE NORTHERN MALI SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for Africa Lounes Magramane told Charge on July 15 that although Algeria and the U.S. were on the same wavelength regarding the establishment of special security units in northern Mali, setting up a tripartite meeting in August involving Mali, Algeria [...]	2008-07-15 16:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ML AG
08ALGIERS800	CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...]	2008-07-16 14:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS825	ALGERIA ANNOUNCES NEW OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria announced its long-awaited oil and gas licensing round by inviting pre-qualified companies to an informational session in late July. The list of pre-qualified companies has not been made public, but Energy Minister Khelil told us in May that almost all companies that h [...]	2008-07-23 15:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON AG
08ALGIERS831	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIANS: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 06:50:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM IR AG
08ALGIERS837	MERKEL EXPLORES DEEPER ALGERIAN TIES - AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first visit to Algiers July 16-17 in an effort to boost natural gas supplies and promote stronger commercial ties between Germany and Algeria. Following on the heels of the Mediterranean Union Summit in Paris, Merkel's trip was also seen [...]	2008-07-28 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD MARR GM AG
08ALGIERS848	BOUTEFLIKA LASHES OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a speech to local officials on July 26, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stunned his audience by admitting that his government's economic policies have failed and blaming that failure on both foreign influence and mismanagement at all levels of government. The president scol [...]	2008-08-02 06:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON SOCI AG
08ALGIERS85	FRENCH AMBASSADOR: BOUTEFLIKA MAY NOT NEED TO [...] (C) French Ambassador Bajolet told the Ambassador on January 23 that he and the French government are worried that Algeria is gradually headed towards more instability, but they do not see an alternative to Bouteflika's remaining in power for a third term beginning in 2009. Bajolet, who served here [...]	2008-01-25 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR AG
08ALGIERS865	TEACHERS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN CONTRACT DISPUTE GET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian teachers hired on short-term, renewable contracts are locked in a stand-off with the education ministry over demands for improved compensation and preferred consideration for permanent appointments. The teachers' demands have received steadily increasing attention in the [...]	2008-08-04 16:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI AG
08ALGIERS891	NO BREAK IN THE CLOUDS FOR ALGERIAN OPEN SKIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chief of staff to the minister of post and telecommunications told Charge on August 9 she would re-examine the legal obstacles to an Open Skies agreement, but she believed that Algerian law would have to be changed to eliminate the fees charged to foreign carriers on intermoda [...]	2008-08-11 16:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN ECON AG
08ALGIERS892	HOTEL SHOOT-OUT SHOCKS ALGERIAN TOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of communal violence flared up in several regions recently as Algerians entered their August vacation season. In a grisly display of clan justice on August 6, a mob ransacked a private hotel in Sidi Aissa (Msila province),provoking a shooting spree that raged through [...]	2008-08-11 17:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOCI AG
08ALGIERS904	ALGERIA HAS NO GAS TO SPARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite speculation in the press and pleas from Moroccan officials regarding new sales of Algerian natural gas to Morocco (ref A),as we have previously reported (refs B, C),Algeria will likely have little or no excess gas export capacity starting in 2009, and might face an expo [...]	2008-08-13 17:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON PREL MO AG
08ALGIERS905	TEACHERS PRESS ON WITH HUNGER STRIKE AS UNION [...] (SBU) Algerian contract teachers on a hunger strike since July 15 (ref) are continuing their efforts to pressure the Ministry of National Education (MNE) into negotiations concerning unpaid salaries, recent lay-offs and appointments in Algeria's career teaching service. Relations between the [...]	2008-08-13 17:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI AG
08ALGIERS906	ALGERIA STANDS QUIETLY BEHIND AU AND ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge met with newly appointed MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane on August 13 to deliver reftel demarche and underscore the need for a constitutional resolution to the crisis in Mauritania. Magramane said that Algeria was closely monitoring events i [...]	2008-08-16 06:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR AG
08ALGIERS907	ALGERIA EXPRESSES PASSIVE SUPPORT FOR SADC TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 06:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC ZI BC
08ALGIERS913	ALGIERS EAC ON RECENT SUICIDE ATTACKS AND CURRENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Charge convened a full EAC July 17 to discuss recent Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacks and threat reports. In attendance were RSO, MGT, GRPO, PAO, CONS, DAO, LEGATT, MSG, POLEC, TREASURY and GSO. RSO and GRPO reviewed current AQIM threat reports. RSO provided s [...]	2008-08-17 17:39:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC PTER AG
08ALGIERS916	BOUTEFLIKA CAUTIOUSLY DEFENDS IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 11 speech at an official breakfast in Tehran, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika cautiously affirmed Iran's legal right under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to develop a peaceful civilian nuclear energy program, but urged Iran to continue negotiations with the We [...]	2008-08-19 06:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PINR IR AG
08ALGIERS921	ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...]	2008-08-20 10:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MG AG
08ALGIERS922	ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...]	2008-08-20 11:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MG AG
08ALGIERS925	SUICIDE CAR BOMB TARGETS FOREIGN COMPANY BUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twelve people were killed and at least 31 wounded in twin car bombings in Bouira (75 miles east of Algiers) the morning of August 20. The first bomb, which detonated at approximately 0545 hrs, targeted Bouira's regional military command and injured six soldiers. Minutes later, [...]	2008-08-20 17:30:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC AG
08ALGIERS926	THE TROUBLED MARRIAGE OF BOUTEFLIKA AND OUYAHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The initial fanfare surrounding the June 23 return of Ahmed Ouyahia to the prime minister's chair has given way to a period of uncertainty and rumored tension between Ouyahia and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The atmosphere has observers suggesting that Ouyahia was not Boutefl [...]	2008-08-21 10:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS930	NEW FINANCE LAW MIXES PROTECTIONISM AND FITFUL [...] SUMMARY: The 2008 supplemental finance law adopted on July 27 raised the per-barrel oil price used to calculate government revenue and included measures to stimulate business growth and develop the country's moribund agricultural sector. At the same time, the law alienated many with a contro [...]	2008-08-23 07:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD AG
08ALGIERS935	POLISARIO COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATE BUT WITHOUT VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali told us on August 24 that the Sahrawi leadership is firmly committed to continuing negotiations with Morocco in the near future but only if a new moderator approved by the United Nations Secretary Genera [...]	2008-08-25 10:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS942	ALGERIA UNLIKELY TO FOLLOW RUSSIA ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG AG
08ALGIERS947	WESTERN SAHARA: FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In their introductory meeting August 28, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci raised the Western Sahara briefly with the Ambassador and flagged it as an issue that the Algerians would be interested to discuss during the Secretary's proposed September 6 visit. Medelci described relations among [...]	2008-08-28 09:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS97	SUPPORT FOR AQIM MAKES ALI BENHADJ ONCE AGAIN A [...] (C) Ali Benhadj, the former leader of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has lent his name and support to the recruiting efforts of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Contacts tell us that the government views Benhadj as a threat to its anti-AQIM efforts, but believes putting him [...]	2008-01-28 06:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS KISL AG
08ALGIERS983	REGIONALISM TRIUMPHS OVER LOGIC IN CHOICE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 24 proclamation by Minister of Culture Khalida Toumi that Tlemcen will be the 2011 "Islamic Capital" was met with widespread cynicism, and appeared to continue a trend of western Algerian regionalism trumping common sense. Many were puzzled by the declaration, since al [...]	2008-09-12 10:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SOCI AG
08ALGIERS984	THE KABYLIE: RELUCTANT REFUGE FOR TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A string of suicide bombings just east of Algiers (ref A) has brought renewed focus on the Kabylie mountains and the disproportionate amount of terrorist activity occurring there. A fiercely independent center of Berber culture and tradition for centuries, the Kabylie region has [...]	2008-09-12 11:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL AG
08ALGIERS990	ALGERIA NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Central European Affairs Abdelmadjid Amalou on September 13 and outlined U.S. concerns about Serbia's proposal to seek an opinion from the ICJ on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. Amalou reiterated the GoA's positio [...]	2008-09-14 14:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV UN AG
08AMMAN486	IRAQI IN JORDAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR ramped up referrals to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in early 2007. UNHCR staff began pilot testing of a new database to link its assistance programs with those of partners and its resettlement efforts; if successful, UNHCR will go live with the system by l [...]	2008-02-14 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SOCI EAID JO IZ
08AMMAN99	INVITATION TO ATTEND MARCH BULK CASH SMUGGLING SEMINAR IN [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (DHS-ICE and CBP) will jointly deliver a [...]	2008-01-13 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08ASMARA223	MFA ASSERTS GSE WILLINGNESS FOR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Director of East African Affairs James Knight met on April 17 with Eritrea's Acting Foreign Minister, Fessehazion Petros, to discuss bilateral relations and regional dynamics. Knight emphasized the need for Eritrea to lift restrictions on Embassy Asmara and stressed the i [...]	2008-04-23 05:51:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KREC ER ET
08BAGHDAD1784	PM MALIKI RECOUNTS HIS JUNE 7-9 VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (S/NF) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's June 7-9 visit to Tehran featured meetings with all of Iran's senior leadership, but Maliki told S/I Ambassador Satterfield that he went to visit Supreme Leader Khamenei, agreeing to the other meetings solely out of protocol. The Ministers of Defe [...]	2008-06-14 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ IR PREL PGOV PINR
08BAGHDAD203	SRSG'S STRATEGY ON IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Iraq Staffan de Mistura met with the Ambassador to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) plan of action to fulfill its expanded mandate under Resolution 1770. Topics included i [...]	2008-01-25 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD295	IRAN-IRAQ BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME IN FEBRUARY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a January 28 meeting with Acting PolMil Counselor, Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Mohammad Hamoud discussed GOI preparations for a further round of bilateral talks with Iran regarding their shared border. He indicated talks would take place on February 19, since negotiations pla [...]	2008-02-01 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PBTS IR IZ KU
08BAGHDAD2981	IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO MOVE AHEAD - MAYBE [...] (C) Iraq and Iran appear ready to commence work soon to resolve outstanding border issues, assuming PM Maliki and other key GOI constituencies give the political green light and make available necessary funding. Senior MFA officials who participated in late-August bilateral talks in Tehran s [...]	2008-09-16 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3	AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...]	2008-01-02 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD456	TALABANI, SALIH AND SHAWAYS ON LTSR, GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with President Talabani, DPM Barham Salih and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) representative Rowsch Shaways in two separate meetings on February 12. All noted that the Prime Minister will oversee the technical team's negotia [...]	2008-02-17 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD486	ZEBARI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT KOSOVO RECOGNITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 16 meeting, Foreign Minster Zebari told Ambassador Crocker he pushed visiting UNHCR High Representative Guterres to expand UNHCR's Baghdad office and to stress positive developments in Iraq. The GOI/GOR MOU Zebari signed in Moscow provides no preferential treatment [...]	2008-02-20 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD87	TALABANI ON RESTARTING THE 3+1 AND MODERATING [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on January 9 met with the Ambassador on the occasion of Talabani,s return to Baghdad from the Kurdistan region. Talabani said he is ready to move forward on the 3 1 mechanism now that all the principals are bac [...]	2008-01-12 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAKU1018	HAIDAR ALIYEV'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON IRAN [...] (S) During a wide-ranging tour d'horizon with Embassy Iran watcher, former President Haidar Aliyev's chief foreign relations advisor, and regionally prominent international affairs commentator, Vafa Guluzadeh provided recommendations for USG Iran strategy and discussed Iran's economic "Achille [...]	2008-10-24 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV IR RU AJ
08BAMAKO217	GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 09:35:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR
08BAMAKO239	TRIBAL FAULT LINES WITHIN THE TUAREG OF NORTHERN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 14:21:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ML
08BAMAKO256	BAHANGA RELEASES PRISONERS AFTER QUIET NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 15:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ML
08BAMAKO290	AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO FOLLOW AQIM HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO295	MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 11:15:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO299	MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 11:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO339	TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 13:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO357	ENGAGING WITH MALI ON NORTHERN INSECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Concerned by continuing instability in the north and the absence of a clear path towards its resolution, the Ambassador called separately on President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) and Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane on April 8 and 9 to exchange views on the evolution of the situation [...]	2008-04-11 12:26:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ML
08BAMAKO364	AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 14:15:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO366	EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO375	UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 11:19:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO385	COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 16:03:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO415	UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO419	ADC ATTACKS MILITARY POST NORTH OF SEGOU [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 16:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO435	BANDITS ATTACK GENDARMARIE IN ANSONGO WHILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 17:00:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO446	TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO462	OF TUAREGS AND TERRORISTS: A REBEL'S VIEW OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO463	TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO482	MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO485	WORKING WITH THE MALIANS ON SAHEL SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 13:03:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PTER PREL ML AG
08BAMAKO491	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOSS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 10:54:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR ML
08BAMAKO507	A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 15:53:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL
08BAMAKO558	FOREIGN MINISTER OUANE SAYS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 10:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO567	TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 15:55:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML
08BAMAKO599	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON A DISCOURAGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's June 20 farewell call on the Minister of Territorial Administration found General Kafougouna Kone upbeat about the Mali-U.S. relationship, but discouraged on prospects for peace in northern Mali. Kone, who is extraordinarily close to President Amadou Toumani To [...]	2008-06-27 11:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
08BAMAKO606	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL O. LEAVITT'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ML
08BAMAKO624	NEGOTIATING THE NEGOTIATIONS: ALGERIA PRIMES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO627	TRIPARTITE MEETING ON ALGIERS ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 14:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AG ML
08BAMAKO636	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] (C) Summary: President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) effusively praised the state of U.S.-Malian relations during the Ambassador's July 3 farewell call, citing specifically the Millennium Challenge Compact and bilateral military cooperation. The president said he was reluctant to see an exchan [...]	2008-07-07 16:32:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID ML
08BAMAKO666	MALIANS AND TUAREG REBELS PREPARE FOR DIRECT TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 13:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO675	TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 15:03:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO684	FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 13:48:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO712	DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 15:50:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO721	TUAREG LEADERS TRY TO SECURE PRISONER RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 15:18:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO778	NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO779	MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO785	BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO800	POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO824	FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 10:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG
08BAMAKO867	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEW OF SECURITY SUMMIT AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:56:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BAMAKO901	NORTHERN MALI: ALGIERS ACCORDS OPTIMISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO918	TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 10:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML
08BAMAKO932	TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO960	ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 12:56:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML

08BAMAKO968	EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 16:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML

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