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00STATE229054	JUNIOR OFFICER (SUMMER AND NOW) OPEN [...] THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF UNASSIGNED OVERSEAS FO-04 AND FO-05 ADMINISTRATIVE, CONSULAR, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, INTERFUNCTIONAL AND ROTATIONAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE THROUGH APRIL 2002. IT INCLUDES POSITIONS REQUIRING SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF LANGUAGE TRAINING (FOR ELIGIBLE OFFICERS),AS WELL [...]	2000-12-01 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER

01BEIRUT758	HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...]	2001-03-22 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IR LE
02ABUJA1816	COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...]	2002-06-19 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA2739	NIGERIA: INEC CLOSES REGISTRATION; MANY UNABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: INEC wrapped up the ten-day (plus one) voter registration period without resolving the most important complaint against the exercise: an inadequate supply of registration materials resulting in the disenfranchisement of roughly half of Nigeria's eligible voters. On September 21, [...]	2002-09-25 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02AMMAN3621	POINTS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY DELIVERED [...] (U) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF NON-PAPER TO ALI AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2. AL-AYAD HAD NO INITIAL REACTION TO THE NON-PAPER BUT PROMISED TO REVIEW IT FURTHER. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-03 06:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM OSCE
02AMMAN3642	TALKING POINTS ON ANTHRAX IMMUNIZATIONS DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF POINTS TO ALI AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2. AL-AYAD PROMISED TO FORWARD THE POINTS TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-03 13:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PTER
02AMMAN6610	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...]	2002-11-12 11:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER JO LE SY IR
02AMMAN6990	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in reftel regarding a possible forthcoming Hizballah resupply flight to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns urged Jordan to inform the USG if it receives such an overflight request, and to deny the [...]	2002-12-01 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY IR JO
02AMMAN6993	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOJ ON POSSIBLE TERRORIST [...] (SBU) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered the message in reftel concerning the possibility of forthcoming terrorist attacks in Kenya, Yemen and/or Djibouti to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayad noted that Royal Jordanian flies to Yemen and said the [...]	2002-12-02 04:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL EAIR DJ YM KE JO
02ANKARA8304	Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SOME DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TURKISH PRODUCERS AGAINST IMPORTS. THESE SAME OFFICIALS STATED THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN A [...]	2002-11-15 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
02ANKARA9084	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-23 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ABUDHABI3709	MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN WEST BANK LEBANON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ISRAELI INCURSIONS INTO THE WEST BANK AND LEBANON AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" CLAIMED THAT THE REGION NEEDS TO BE SAVED FROM "SHARON'S FIRES." AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED TERRORISM AS A [...]	2003-08-11 09:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3973	MEDIA REACTION: ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH MUHAMAD [...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH MUHAMAD BAQR AL HAKIM IN NAJAF, IRAQ, THE UAE'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE ASSASSINATION, AND THE SITUATION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ," "AL ITTIHAD," AND "AKHBAR AL ARAB" COMMENT [...]	2003-09-01 11:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3976	INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO NAJAF TERRORIST ATTACK - [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 31, Charge delivered ref A points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi urging a strong statement of condemnation for the terrorist attack in [...]	2003-09-01 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4012	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT WELCOMING THE FORMATION OF THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" WROTE THAT THE FORMATION OF THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS [...]	2003-09-03 08:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4314	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE for your full introductory visit. You will be calling on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and have an opportunity for f [...]	2003-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5133	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier a [...]	2003-12-01 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5138	SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP VISITS TO [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) I would like to welcome you to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air industr [...]	2003-12-01 15:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5295	SCENESETTER FOR CSAF VISIT TO THE UAE, DECEMBER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Jumper: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE has been the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air indus [...]	2003-12-15 13:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ADANA83	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Cumhuriyet/Evrensel/Dunya/Tercuman/Sabah/ Hurriyet: Havin [...]	2003-03-24 16:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN3173	PRINCE HASSAN HOSTS CONFERENCE OF IRAQI RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN AMMAN MAY 27-28 [...] (U) Former Crown Prince Hassan hosted a conference in Amman May 27-28 attended by 20 representatives of Iraqi religious communities and 40 international religious figures. Organized by the "World Conference on Religion and Peace," (WCRP) participants included Iraqi Shi'ite leaders Ayatollah M [...]	2003-05-30 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4689	DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON 58TH UNGA, GOJ UNGA DELEGATION, [...] Per ref A, Pol Intern discussed renewal of UNOMIG mandate with Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the director of the MFA,s Office of International Organizations Department, on 24 July. Al-Ameri made no substantive comment, but took note of Syria,s decision to follow P-5 cons [...]	2003-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO UNGA UNOMIG
03AMMAN5532	JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours after the blast on August 29. In the name of the GOJ, Sharif denounced the bombing and assassination of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim as "a hideous crime," saying that the "horrid a [...]	2003-09-01 16:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN5699	JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SURPRISED BY ABU MAZEN'S [...] (C) Jordanian officials publicly and privately expressed their concern about the fate of the roadmap after the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen and subsequent Israeli assassination attempt against senior HAMAS leaders in Gaza on Saturday. MFA officials appealed to the Unit [...]	2003-09-07 16:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER JO
03ANKARA5930	IRAQ: TURKISH ENVOY KARAOSMANOGLU SHARES [...] (S) DCM met Sept. 17 with Turkish MFA Envoy Karaosmanoglu, who spent three weeks in Iraqi in August/Sept. on a fact finding mission to help the GOT determine whether to support a Turkish troop contribution to a stabilization force in Iraq. Karaosmanoglu said most Iraqis he met were opposed to [...]	2003-09-19 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03BEIRUT4562	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]	2003-10-28 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03DUBAI2696	IRANIANS EAGER TO JOIN THE INFORMATION AGE, BUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING CONSUL GENERAL JOHN LANCIA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN USE OF THE INTERNET AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND THE TREND LOOKS SET TO CONTINUE. CONOFF SPOKE WITH A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND AN INTERNET/TELECOM COMPANY OWNER IN MA [...]	2003-06-28 11:34:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR TC
03KUWAIT1848	(S/NF) IRANIAN PROTEST PLANNERS MEET WITH [...] (S/NF) Poloff spoke with Washington-based American-Iranian activist Mark Namdar (strictly protect) on May 3, 2003. Mr. Namdar serves as an unofficial spokesman and intermediary for U.S.-based Iranian student movement leader and political asylee Reza Mohajeri-Nejad. Mr. Namdar claims that th [...]	2003-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR
03KUWAIT2298	DART REPORT ON MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Muslim fundamentalists are among the groups maneuvering for power in southern Iraq, traditionally the most conservative region of the country. Some conservative Muslims are threatening and harassing the country's Christian minority and instigating reprisals against for [...]	2003-05-28 16:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2378	DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West participated in the daily Governorate Support Team meeting in Al Hillah on 25 May and offered updates of its governorate-level engagements, including support to rehabilitate a human-rights organization's new offices, the facilitation of Babil food distribution, coordinati [...]	2003-06-01 18:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT3619	(U) KUWAITI SHI'IS DESCRIBE TRIP TO NAJAF AND [...] (C) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti Shia businessmen recently briefed the Ambassador on their visit to the Shia spiritual centers of Najaf and Karbala. The group met with Shia leaders who shared their concerns that the security situation in the holy cities had still not been properly a [...]	2003-08-06 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT4078	(U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...]	2003-09-04 18:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA
03KUWAIT4709	(U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...]	2003-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ETTC KU
03KUWAIT5129	(C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...]	2003-11-10 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU
03KUWAIT5841	CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] Summary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regional political reform. During the two-day conference, entitled The Role of Islamic Groups in the Political Reform Process in the Middle East and sponsored by [...]	2003-12-29 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL KU
03LAGOS2193	NIGERIA: WARRI UPDATE 10/24/03 - ITSEKIRI WANT TO [...] (C) Summary. After more than a month of peace, clashes between ethnic groups in the Niger Delta appear on the rise, although less deadly than generally reported in the media. We have received reports of attacks and counter-attacks at multiple locations since Sunday, October 19. Chevron securit [...]	2003-10-24 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PINS PHUM ASEC NI
03OTTAWA2355	IRAN: CANADA WOULD SUPPORT IAEA NON-COMPLIANCE [...] (C) Canada's Foreign Ministry (DFAIT) informed us on August 15 that should the USG decide to press for a resolution of non-compliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Canada will "fully and actively" support us. Foreign Minister Graham has written to IAEA DG El Baradei, urgin [...]	2003-08-18 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KNNP PHUM IR CA IAEA
03ROME1168	CHR-59: ITALIANS SUPPORT VIRTUALLY ALL U.S. [...] (U) ITALY LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES AND PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT CHR-59, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US MARCH 19. RESPONDING TO OUR MARCH 13 DEMARCHE (CALVETTA WAS UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 19TH),CALVETTA SAID THE MFA WAS PLEASED WITH THE EXPANDED U. [...]	2003-03-20 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT UNHRC AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03VATICAN4689	HOLY SEE: UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON REVIEWS U.S. [...] (c) Under Secretary Bolton told Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin that the U.S. was making steady progress in Iraq, even though the security situation was not what we would like it to be. Bolton briefed Parolin on the President's meeting with Russian President Putin and the state of pla [...]	2003-10-15 05:57:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KN PARM PREL VT
04ABUDHABI211	UAEG urges U.S. to give UN greater [...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions this week with the Ambassador about current developments in Iraq, de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and DMI Director Brigadier Mohammed Saif Al Neyadi urged the United States to allow the UN to play a larger role in Iraq's political t [...]	2004-01-20 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2566	Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Visits UAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 29-31 visit to Abu Dhabi, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ),Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Allawi discussed police training and mili [...]	2004-08-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC PTER
04ABUDHABI277	Reassuring Gulf governments of U.S. [...] (S) On January 26 the Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (HbZ) who said the UAEG was comfortable with the U.S. approach for a sovereign and unified Iraq. HbZ also underscored the very important rol [...]	2004-01-27 13:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI4513	DAS DIBBLE'S MEETING WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, NEA DAS Philo Dibble, Ambassador, and Polchief met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid to discuss encouraging Sunni participation in the Iraqi elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi's recent visit to the UAE, and Iran's influence in Iraq. The UAEG wants to su [...]	2004-12-13 11:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR TC
04AMMAN1120	UN REP SAYS UN STAFF TO GO IN AND OUT OF IRAQ FOR [...] (C) Summary. Special Representative Ross Mountain said the UN would re-enter Iraq gradually with "in and out" trips from Amman and Kuwait. He confirmed that major UNAMI operations would be based in Amman, while HQ would remain in Cyprus. A February 10 UNAMI donor briefing, co-chaired by Mou [...]	2004-02-12 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN1665	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...]	2004-03-04 19:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN304	CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...]	2004-01-14 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO
04AMMAN3301	GOJ'S RESPONSE TO ALLEGATION OF 1000 MISSING OR [...] (C) A member of Parliament this week alleged that there are 1000 Jordanians who are either missing or detained in Iraq. The GOJ publicly refuted the number, but the MFA formally requested USG assistance in collecting a list of all Jordanians in CPA or Coalition military custody. End summary. [...]	2004-04-29 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN4953	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...]	2004-06-17 10:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM
04AMMAN5684	ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOJ SECURITY [...] (C) Media reports of King Abdullah's purported readiness to send troops to Iraq elicited a quick "clarification" by the Foreign Ministry while prompting opposition activists to launch a petition campaign against the government's Iraq policy. One of the campaign organizers accused the King and [...]	2004-07-08 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ JO
04AMMAN6223	MEPN: ARABS, ISRAELIS WORK COOPERATIVELY TO SOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the heels of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security barrier, and rising tension in the Occupied Territories, Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian technical experts participated for four days in Barcelona in a U.S.-sponsored workshop on wastewater reuse. [...]	2004-07-22 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EAID KWBG IS JO MEPN
04AMMAN832	JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...]	2004-02-03 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN9097	NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...]	2004-11-09 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN979	IRAQI GC MEMBER AND FRIENDS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member, Dr. Rajaa H. Khuzai (please protect),and a group of female Iraqi Shi'a, Sunni and Christian friends, expressed to us a mixture of gratitude for the U.S. liberation and criticism for post-liberation mistakes and squandered goodwill. Dr. Khuza [...]	2004-02-09 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SOCI IZ JO
04ANKARA1842	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF [...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]	2004-03-27 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2974	IRAQ: TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) DCM presented Ref B points on introducing the draft Iraq UNSCR to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu May 26, and discussed the text of the draft. Burcuoglu said it was important to Turkey that the UNSCR offer a high degree of visible sovereignty to the Iraqis and that t [...]	2004-05-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4860	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-26 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA790	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04BAGHDAD119	USEB 58: Shia Leaders Petition on Behalf of Sadr [...] (U) Classified by DCM James Jeffrey, Reason 1.4 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Last week, influential Shia leaders, including the Dawa and SCIRI parties, asked Prime Minister Allawi to defuse the tension in Najaf by dropping, at least temporarily, the charges against Muqtada al-Sadr. They [...]	2004-07-12 18:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
04BAGHDAD137	USEB 072: THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND AL- [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Ayad Allawi met with the chief of the news room from Al- Jazeera's Doha headquarters, Mr. Sadi Al-Shouly (who is also responsible for all worldwide Al-Jazeera correspondents),along with Al-Jazeera's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Mr. Hamid Hadeed. Th [...]	2004-07-14 20:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD221	USEB 112: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH IRAQI PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Allawi told the Deputy Secretary that he and his counterparts in the Arab world are looking forward to his tour of the region. Allawi plans to have an open and honest discussion with Syria about their involvement in Iraqi affairs. He would like to see Interior Mini [...]	2004-07-22 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
04BAGHDAD4	USEB 003: LETTER ON AGREMENT FROM MINISTER OF [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER RECEIVED ON JUNE 29 BY EMBASSY BAGHDAD FOR SECRETARY POWELL FROM IRAQI MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOSHYAR ZEBARI GRANTING AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR NEGROPONTE. THE LETTER ALSO APPROVED OUR FOUR EMBASSY OFFICES. BEGIN TEXT: THE HONORABLE COLIN POWELL SECRET [...]	2004-06-30 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD531	SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handling of the situation in Najaf, believing that it has made Muqtada al-Sadr stronger and has cost the Government much support. He urged against a military solu [...]	2004-08-17 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ
04BAGHDAD586	SECURITY IN SADR CITY AND BAGHDAD: PROGRESS IS [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the past, cooperation between U.S. military units operating in Baghdad -- especially in Sadr City -- and Iraqi police has been problematic. Indeed, the police chief in Sadr City on occasion has been positively unhelpful, if not hostile. Local U.S. military commanders have be [...]	2004-08-20 17:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PTER PREL IZ IR
04BAGHDAD697	LOCAL OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON AL-SADR'S FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Najaf's Governor, the Provincial Council Chair and the Governor's aide all believe Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's intervention in the Najaf crisis has left al- Sadr significantly weakened politically. They further feel that the agreement al-Sadr signed has strengthened the Iraqi Go [...]	2004-08-27 16:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ
04BEIRUT3300	LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...] (C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covered by the press in both Lebanon and France (Ref A) -- widespread publicity as a result of their ham-handed attempt to block the document's public unveiling. T [...]	2004-06-25 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE
04BEIRUT3713	LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...]	2004-07-30 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY
04BEIRUT408	LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...] (C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED TO IRAQ'S GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY. ACCORDING TO BERRI, AMAL HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED TO ITS FOUNDER, IMAM M [...]	2004-01-22 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ
04CARACAS1156	CHAVISTAS SEE REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS DE FACTO [...] (C) Pro-Chavez political parties registered their candidates in March in anticipation of the August 1 elections for governors and mayors. As with the opposition, the Chavistas see the regional elections as a referendum of sorts on President Hugo Chavez. They also see the elections as an oppo [...]	2004-04-02 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1157	CHAVISTAS SEE REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS DE FACTO [...] (C) Pro-Chavez political parties registered their candidates in March in anticipation of the August 1 elections for governors and mayors. As with the opposition, the Chavistas see the regional elections as a referendum of sorts on President Hugo Chavez. They also see the elections as an oppo [...]	2004-04-02 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1159	CAPRILES, CNE AND CEV: VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) The Criminal Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) dismissed on procedural ground the order to detain Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles April 1, and ordered the case sent to a new court. Supporters of President Hugo Chavez objected to the possibility National Electoral Council (CNE) alt [...]	2004-04-02 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1169	SIGNATURE TALKS ADVANCE AT CNE [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) Director Jorge Rodriguez announced April 5 that talks between the opposition and the GOV are "well advanced" on an agreement over the appeals process for the signatures collected in support of a recall vote on President Hugo Chavez. Rodriguez said the CNE [...]	2004-04-05 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1267	COURT BATTLE CLOUDS CNE SIGNATURE TALKS [...] (C) Two chambers of the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) issued conflicting decisions on April 12 regarding the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The Electoral Chamber issued its definitive decision nullifying the National Electoral Council's (CNE) disqualification of 876,000 sig [...]	2004-04-14 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1384	GOV GLOATS OVER CARTER LETTER ON SIGNATURE TALKS [...] (C) The GOV released on April 22 a letter sent a week earlier by former President Carter to President Hugo Chavez registering concerns over delays in the signature appeals process negotiations. The letter offered recommendations to the GOV on the parameters of the appeals process and proposed [...]	2004-04-26 15:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1444	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION GREEN LIGHTS SIGNATURE [...] (C) Venezuela's Coordinadora Democratica (CD) decided April 27 to participate in the appeals process, scheduled for May 27-31, for the signatures collected to petition for a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. CD leader Governor Enrique Mendoza told Poloff April 26 it is technica [...]	2004-04-28 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1507	VENEZUELA: POTENTIAL FRAUD IN THE APPEALS PROCESS [...] (C) Although the opposition has agreed to participate in the National Electoral Council's (CNE) signature appeals process ("reparos") on May 27-31, which if successful will prompt a recall vote against President Hugo Chavez, most in the opposition do not expect a fair and transparent process. [...]	2004-05-05 18:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1540	THE ABCS OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GOV) has crafted a targeted and generously funded political propaganda strategy to convince Venezuelans and the international community that Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution is the true democratic road to prosperity and to divide, discredit, and demoralize opposi [...]	2004-05-11 14:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR VE
04CARACAS1656	CNE SHOWDOWN WITH OAS AND CARTER CENTER [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero issued an ultimatum to the OAS and The Carter Center (TCC) to either retract their statement of May 12 or the CNE would reconsider the OAS/TCC observation mission of the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The Ma [...]	2004-05-13 22:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1724	SCENARIOS FOR VENEZUELA'S SIGNATURE APPEALS [...] (C) The May 27-31 signature appeals process ("reparos") is a critical juncture in the opposition's attempt to remove President Hugo Chavez via a recall referendum. The National Electoral Council's rigid appeals system will likely result in a slim margin of victory or defeat, which could increa [...]	2004-05-18 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1730	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE [...] (C) Opponents of President Hugo Chavez and the National Electoral Council (CNE) continue to prepare for the signature appeals process ("reparos") scheduled for May 27-31. Relations between the international observers (OAS and the Carter Center) and the CNE improved slightly, but sensitivities [...]	2004-05-19 18:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS1749	DEPUTIES SIGNATURE APPEALS PROCESS BEGINS [...] (C) The signature appeals process for the recall of 14 National Assembly deputies (13 from the opposition and one from the GOV coalition) takes place May 20-24, with appeals centers operating May 21-23. The CNE decided May 19 to drop two opposition and one pro-GOV deputy from the appeals proc [...]	2004-05-21 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1799	VENEZUELA: PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE [...] (C) The signature appeals process for the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez will begin May 27, with 2,659 centers opening to the public May 28-30. The pro-Chavez campaign committee Comando Ayacucho formally requested the National Electoral Council (CNE) remove OAS Chief Observer [...]	2004-05-26 21:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS1839	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 28 [...] (U) The appeals centers opened May 28 in an atmosphere of calm. Turnout appeared to be good (anecdotally, between 25 and 30 percent by the afternoon),especially in urban areas, with reports that very few of the participants sought to withdraw their signatures. There were reports across the [...]	2004-05-28 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1860	SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 29 [...] (U) The second day of the signature appeals in the presidential referendum process began slowly with low turnout, picking up by mid-morning. There were multiple reports of violence at appeals centers, including two assaults against journalists. National identity cards continued to be controv [...]	2004-06-01 17:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1861	SIGNATURES APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 30 [...] (C) Venezuelans turned out in lesser numbers on the last day of presidential signature (May 30) appeals. Partial results indicate the opposition collected enough appeals to activate the referendum. There were violent confrontations between Chavez sympathizers and opposition groups near appea [...]	2004-06-01 17:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1878	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE, JUNE 1 [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) claimed on June 1 they had collected 131,000 more signature appeal than needed to activate the referendum against President Hugo Chavez. National Electoral Council (CNE) Vice President Ezequiel Zamora (pro-opposition) denounced on May 31 that the CNE had i [...]	2004-06-02 19:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS1889	WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHAVEZ [...] (C) Pending announcement of the official results of the appeals for the presidential recall referendum signatures, there are rumors and indications that President Hugo Chavez may be willing to accept a National Electoral Council (CNE) decision that results in a recall referendum. If so, the [...]	2004-06-03 16:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1908	CHAVEZ AGREES TO RECALL REFERENDUM [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced June 3 that its preliminary calculations indicated that the opposition had collected enough signatures to activate the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. In a national radio and television broadcast (cadena) from Miraflores Pala [...]	2004-06-04 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2063	FELIPE MUJICA ON HOW TO BEAT CHAVEZ [...] (C) On June 17, Political officers met with Felipe Mujica, President of Movimiento a Socialismo (MAS) and one of the leading Coordinadora Democratica (CD) negotiators with the National Electoral Council (CNE). Mujica outlined what he thought should be the CD's campaign strategy for the presid [...]	2004-06-22 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
04CARACAS2081	CHAVEZ V. CHAVEZ: WHAT'S HIS PLAN? [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez is in full campaign mode for the August 15 referendum on whether he should finish his term. Smarting from the moral defeat of having to accept the referendum, Chavez has recast the referendum as an inevitable victory for his revolution. His strategy rests on mobilizin [...]	2004-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2172	BOLIVAR: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN THE LAND OF [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) THE STATE OF BOLIVAR, BY FAR THE LARGEST IN VENEZUELA IN AREA, IS A REGION WITH ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE MUCH HIGHER THAN ITS RELATIVELY LOW POPULATION WOULD INDICATE. (BOLIVAR PRODUCES 100% OF VENEZUELAN ALUMINUM AND GOLD, 90% OF ITS STEEL, AND ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ITS ELECTRICITY.) [...]	2004-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS3584	"HEGEMONY IS A CHALLENGE:" CHAVISTA LEADER VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Chavez supporter and Patria Para Todos (PPT) secgen Jose Albornoz talked with DCM November 18 about impending cabinet changes, policy challenges for Chavez and the MVR party, and potential to improve bilateral relations. PPT accepts that party stalwart Ali Rodriguez will leave [...]	2004-11-19 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PGOV PHUM ENRG VE
04CARACAS407	ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK ON SIGNATURE COUNT [...] (C) Technical and organizational problems, suspected employee sabotage, and lethargic decision making continue to stymie progress of signature verifications collected to convoke recall referendums on President Hugo Chavez and 67 National Assembly deputies. National Electoral Council (CNE) Pre [...]	2004-02-05 12:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS437	SIGNATURE COUNT FACES ROCKY WEEK [...] (C) The National Electoral Commission (CNE) faces a tough week, as the politically symbolic deadline of February 13 will come and go without a definitive decision on the recall referendum against President Chavez. Opposition groups plan a march on February 14 to "defend" their signatures and k [...]	2004-02-10 17:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS908	CHESS GAME IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Venezuela Supreme Court's (TSJ) Constitutional Chamber declared March 11 that it alone is the appropriate forum to hear cases regarding the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the proposed presidential recall referendum. Constitutional Chamber president Ivan Rincon told the Ambassador Mar [...]	2004-03-16 12:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04DJIBOUTI856	DORALEH PORT: DJIBOUTI'S ECONOMIC GATEWAY FORGES AHEAD [...] (U)Summary: With the help of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC),Djibouti is moving ahead with its major port construction project at Doraleh. Increasingly seen as the future economic lifeline for Djibouti, the port's site manager, an Indian national of Dubai residency, admits that he is und [...]	2004-06-21 12:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN ET DJ TC
04GUATEMALA1106	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-05 20:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT

04GUATEMALA1124	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-07 00:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA529	GSP DELEGATION PROMOTES LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation visited Guatemala on February 23-24 to review GOG compliance with GSP labor conditions and encourage the new government to take steps to protect fundamental worker rights. The group met with GOG officials, union, and business leaders to discuss th [...]	2004-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD GT
04KINSHASA1532	FY'05 AFRP: Women and Development, February 28- [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04KUWAIT180	NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...]	2004-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM
04KUWAIT3546	SHIITE LEADER SAYS GOK FEARS ISLAMISTS, URGES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Shiite religious cleric Sayed Mohammed Bakr al-Mohri, an outspoken advocate for Kuwait's Shia population and a vocal critic of the GOK, lamented that although Kuwait's Shia had recently made great gains, the GOK was "fearful" of conservative Sunni [...]	2004-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT3658	KUWAITI FM TELLS A/S BLOOMFIELD FUEL ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., PDASD Peter Flory, and the Ambassador that a fuel contract for OIF support was required by the GOK's constitutional framework and that Parliament would hold the [...]	2004-10-27 04:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PTER KU IZ
04KUWAIT3880	UNDERTAKING MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Department Head Ambassador Khalid Babtain on November 10. Babtain stated that Kuwait fully supported IIG and Coalition action to defeat insurgents in Fallujah and would make that support known publicly. He disparaged a public statement attributed [...]	2004-11-10 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT3897	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S NOVEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a 45 minute meeting November 7, the Deputy Secretary and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the situation in Iraq. The Deputy Secretary briefed the PM on his visit, informing him of the IIG's declaration of a state [...]	2004-11-12 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT991	(SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...]	2004-03-27 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
04LILONGWE1010	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA THANKS USG FOR 44 YEARS OF [...] SUMMARY: USAID celebrated 44 years of partnership with the people of Malawi in a day-long event on October 20 at the USAID Mission in Lilongwe. Nearly 600 invited guests toured booths representing 33 different projects under USAID's four strategic objectives: health, democracy and governance [...]	2004-10-26 14:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON OPRC
04MADRID1619	SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...]	2004-05-07 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
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
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
04MANAMA1120	GOB RE-ARRESTS THE BAHRAINI SIX [...] The GoB re-arrested the "Bahraini Six" yesterday afternoon on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. The six were taken to the Public Prosecutor's Office and were transferred to Galali prison at approximately 2:00 a.m. this morning. Amal Ahmed Abdulla Abdul, Under Secretary of the P [...]	2004-07-15 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA
04MANAMA126	KING HAMAD WANTS NO ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ [...] (S) KING HAMAD ON JANUARY 26, WARNED THE AMBASSADOR THAT SHIA POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN IRAQ COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC STATE LIKE IRAN. THE KING RECEIVED THE AMBASSADOR IN ADVANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE FOR A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT IN BAGHDAD, AND THE KING USED THE O [...]	2004-01-27 11:50:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PHUM BA
04MANAMA1467	SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL [...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. We have asked for calls on the King, Crown Prince, and the Defense Minister apart from your attendance at the Disaster Preparedness Conference. Since your last visit here, the travel warning has been lifted and the DOD Bahrain S [...]	2004-09-22 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV BA
04MANAMA1708	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH KING HAMAD [...] (S) The Deputy Secretary met with King Hamad November 7 to discuss Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, the situation in Iraq, and Bahrain's relations with its neighbors. The King opened the meeting with a surprise proposal to commit a company of special forces troops to Afghanistan as part o [...]	2004-11-10 15:40:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR ASEC PTER BA IZ
04MANAMA1726	GOB IN FINAL STAGES OF APPROVING NEW HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) After a four month wait, the Bahraini Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) is expected to approve the establishment of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society within the next ten days. The board of the group, led by Shura Council member Faisal Foulad, includes women, unionists, [...]	2004-11-17 14:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
04MANAMA1792	GCC COMPLAINS US-BAHRAIN FTA BREAKS THE RULES [...] (C) Summary: A November 23 Reuters article generated a flurry of responses in the Bahraini press including front-page coverage of comments by the Prime Minister. The article quoted an unnamed Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) official who said GCC member states believed the U.S.-Bahrain Free Tra [...]	2004-12-01 08:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL BA
04MANAMA1884	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem Daoud December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Daoud said that Iraq faced a number of crises: obtaining weapons quickly; procuring helicopters and armored veh [...]	2004-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV KDEM IZ IR BA
04MANAMA236	BOYCOTTERS RIG LABOR UNION FEDERATION BOARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bahrain's two leading opposition societies colluded to fix the labor union federation board elections with the plan to use the labor movement as a political platform. By ignoring standard democratic election and bylaw procedures, opposition parties realized their plans but also [...]	2004-02-18 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM BA
04MANAMA370	POST RESPONSE: U.S.-BAHRAIN FTA GOVERNMENT [...] Post believes that the following should be ADDED to the list of government entities that conduct procurements that may be of interest to U.S. suppliers: --Royal Court --Prime Minister's Court --Crown Prince's Court The following have independent budgets and so should also be included: - [...]	2004-03-17 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA409	VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...]	2004-03-25 09:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA
04MANAMA431	BAHRAINI VIEWS ON IRAQ: WONDERING ABOUT IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad remains concerned about the extent of Shia and Iranian influence in Iraq but is strongly supportive of our efforts there. His son the Crown Prince urged us to take care with the de-Baathification process to avoid alienating Iraqi Sunnis. The King and Crown [...]	2004-03-29 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA498	BAHRAINI SHIA INITIALLY COOL ON MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] (C) Even if Coalition operations to arrest Muqtada Al-Sadr result in his death, Bahraini Shia are unlikely to react violently. On April 7 POL Section polled a wide spectrum of Shia contacts regarding the spike in violence in Iraq. The majority of our Shia contacts doubted that the apprehens [...]	2004-04-08 13:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA518	GOB TONE ON IZ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET [...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]	2004-04-12 15:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA527	GOB TONE ON IRAQ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET [...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]	2004-04-14 11:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA638	GOB ARRESTS 14 YOUTHS GATHERING SIGNATURES FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Once again, the GOB appears to have responded to hardline opposition political pressure with its usual heavy-handed measures. In charging the 14 youths with "crimes against the internal security of the state," the GOB has drawn a legal line in the sand on opposition behavior. [...]	2004-05-04 15:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BA
04MANAMA720	TORTURE ALLEGATIONS OF BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE - [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Abu Gharieb prison scandal has spurred stories of Bahraini GTMO detainees being tortured. An open letter to President Bush that specified a Bahraini citizen by name has gained credibility with some government and NGO leaders. Sunni Islamist parliamentarian [...]	2004-05-17 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA726	PERSPECTIVE OF SOME SHI'A WOMEN APPAREL INDUSTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Bahrain anticipates that the WTO-mandated end of textile quotas at the beginning of 2005 will cause its garment manufacturing sector to contract. The Ministry of Industry estimates that there are 3,600 conservative Bahraini Shi'a women working in this industry. There are few i [...]	2004-05-17 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KTEX KMPI ETRD PREL KWMN BA
04MANAMA756	BAHRAINI SHI'A DEMONSTRATION TURNS VIOLENT -- YET [...] By Wednesday, 05/19/04, Post had anticipated a large demonstration in Bahrain for Friday, 05/21/04. Our projection was based on calls by Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Ali Sistani for Shi'a to rise up and demand the withdraw of U.S. forces from Karbala and Najaf. Multiple Embassy contacts c [...]	2004-05-22 10:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA865	OPPOSITION TO ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS APPEARS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 05:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA KICC
04PANAMA298	PANAMA ELECTION COUNTDOWN #1: 12 WEEKS TO GO [...] (U) Monday, February 2, marked the deadline for political parties to register candidacies for presidential, mayoral, legislative and local representative seats. All parties complied with the deadline and despite rumors over the weekend that one would withdraw from the race; all four president [...]	2004-02-09 17:51:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POL SPECIALIST
04ROME1415	USAID/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITS WFP PROGRAMS [...] US MISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE TIM LAVELLE VISITED PERU MARCH 27-31, AND TRAVELED TO THE PERUVIAN ANDEAN REGION OF HUANCAVALICA TO REVIEW WFP OPERATIONS. WFP'S PROGRAM IS RIGHTLY FOCUSED IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS, WHERE POVERTY RATES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE THAT OF COASTAL REGIONS. WFP'S PROGR [...]	2004-04-09 11:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME4673	USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...]	2004-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
04TEGUCIGALPA654	APPREHENSION OF US FUGITIVES TEDDY LEE FRENCH AND CHRISTOPHER FRENCH; GFTI-04-9154; HONDURAS CCX: FRENCH, TEDDY, KY-04-0004/WGA2L [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, U.S. Fugitives Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were apprehended by the Honduran National Police and Frontier Police at the San Pedro Sula International Airport. Both Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were placed into the custody of Deputy U.S Marshals an [...]	2004-03-18 14:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HO NOTAG
04TELAVIV1866	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...]	2004-03-26 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]	2004-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2156	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...]	2004-04-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2436	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post reported that PM Sharon will travel to Washington to attend the AIPAC (Jewish lobby) convention, which will open on May 15. Yediot reported that th [...]	2004-04-29 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6036	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...]	2004-12-01 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6121	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the release Sunday of Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who was convicted of espionage in Egypt, where he was spent eight years in jail. He was exchanged [...]	2004-12-06 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6232	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6388	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6502	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night the IDF entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp, from which it had pulled out three days ago, in order to neutralize mortars and Qassam r [...]	2004-12-22 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1360	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and shoul [...]	2004-06-03 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1370	FY-2005 Embassy The Hague International [...] On April 22, 2004, the International Visitor Program Selection Committee nominated the following slate of IVP candidates for the FY-2005. As per refcable, we are nominating 11 primary candidates. The remaining candidates are nominated as alternates. We request that The Hague will again be offe [...]	2004-06-03 16:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE2864	VAN GOGH KILLING SHOCKS DUTCH NATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The brutal murder November 3 of prominent Dutch film director/personality Theo van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan in bright daylight in an Amsterdam street has rocked Dutch society. The murder recalls the assassination in 2002 of maverick politician Pim Fortuyn, who, like Van Gogh, critici [...]	2004-11-05 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR NL
04YEREVAN2320	(IMI) OVERVIEW OF ARMENIA'S DIAMOND-CUTTING [...] This cable reviews the diamond-cutting industry in Armenia as of October 2004. It includes an overview and contact information for major diamond-cutting enterprises and a discussion of the possible advantages in Armenia for foreign investment. End summary. 2. Diamond processing has been [...]	2004-10-19 10:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05ABUDHABI2975	CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]	2005-07-05 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI332	ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...]	2005-01-23 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC
05ABUDHABI471	UAE SUPPORT FOR IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The UAE leadership,s public and private comments on the Iraqi elections were overwhelmingly positive. President Khalifa,s 1/31 telephone call to the Iraqi President was widely publicized, while the UAE Ministers of Defense, Information, and Interior praised the higher-than-expect [...]	2005-02-01 13:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4741	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...]	2005-11-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ
05ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 12:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA93	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28-29, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / BOLGE: Ali Kavak, Chairman of the Antakya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stated that Turkish investors, attracted by the lower costs of investment inputs such as labor and electricity, have recently been seeking investment opportunities in Syria. 2. SAB [...]	2005-04-29 13:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3443	ETHIOPIA: LEADING OPPOSITION COALITION BECOMES UNIFIED PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA3444	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA FOR GOE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge took the opportunity of a summons to the MFA on Sept. 5 to press Deputy Minister Tekeda Alemu on the GOE's response to the current political crisis. Charge argued that while the international community and others urged the opposition to take up its newly-won seats in parlia [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3636	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA FOR GOE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge took the opportunity of a summons to the MFA on Sept. 5 to press Deputy Minister Tekeda Alemu on the GOE's response to the current political crisis. Charge argued that while the international community and others urged the opposition to take up its newly-won seats in parlia [...]	2005-10-19 13:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3713	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION CUD SPLINTERING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The CUD, Ethiopia's largest opposition coalition, may be splintering over the question of whether or not to take its seats in Parliament. As of October 25, at least 30 MPs-elect out of 109 had defied the party leadership's decision to boycott Parliament. Lidetu Ayalew, one of t [...]	2005-10-27 12:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3748	ETHIOPIA: CUD "LITE" PROTEST ENDS IN GOE CRACK [...] Summary: (C) At least 11 people were killed, reportedly including two policemen, and a similar number injured when riots broke out in the central Mercato and Piazza districts after the CUDP called for a series of street actions. Rock-throwing youth and security forces squared off in a number o [...]	2005-11-01 17:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3759	ETHIOPIA: ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS SPREAD, AT [...] (C) Summary: Violent street clashes between anti-government demonstrators and squads of security forces spread beyond their initial flashpoints to most parts of the capital Nov. 2-3. Although confrontations occurred both in the vicinity of the Embassy and in Old Airport, where most embassy r [...]	2005-11-03 16:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3954	ETHIOPIA: DIVIDED CUD STRUGGLES TO RECOVER FROM CRACKDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOE's comprehensive crackdown on the CUD has left remaining leaders of Ethiopia's largest opposition party fearful, divided and so far paralyzed. At least 25 of 60 supreme council members are in jail; many others are under surveillance and afraid to engage in political activit [...]	2005-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4082	ETHIOPIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Forward movement on democratization in Ethiopia is essential to avoid further political violence as well as a further deterioration in the human rights and political freedoms. An improveme in the political climate also appears to be the most practical and effective way to obtain [...]	2005-12-09 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4097	ETHIOPIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Forward movement on democratization in Ethiopia is essential to avoid further political violence as well as a further deterioration in the human rights and political freedoms. An improvement in the political climate also appears to be the most practical and effective way to obta [...]	2005-12-12 14:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ET ELEC UNREST
05AMMAN3048	GOJ WORKING TO SMOOTH TIES WITH IRAQ AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) King Abdullah has taken charge of the GOJ's effort to repair strained Jordanian-Iraqi relations. He has given his new cabinet (public) orders to cultivate better ties with Iraq, and underscored Jordan's commitment to Iraq's reconstruction and institution-building. His former Minister o [...]	2005-04-14 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ JO
05AMMAN4598	OUTREACH TO SUNNIS OUTSIDE IRAQ [...] (C) Post will continue its ongoing interagency efforts (ref D) to maintain and expand contacts with appropriate Sunni Arab Iraqis living in and transiting Jordan, keeping in mind the need to isolate supporters of the insurgency. We will also carry on our efforts to urge these contacts to pa [...]	2005-06-09 05:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ JO
05AMMAN4991	JORDAN PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Jordan will host an international conference from July 4-6 to promote the Amman Message of moderate Islam. Tentatively entitled "True Islam and its Role in Contemporary Society," the organizing foundation has issued invitations to Muslim scholars, government officials, and religious figure [...]	2005-06-22 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IZ JO
05AMMAN5258	C-NE5-00725: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on June 28 and 29 with King Abdullah, National Security Advisor Saad Khayr, and special adviser to the King (and the King's first cousin) Prince Ghazi, Charge received an update on plans for the conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society," to b [...]	2005-06-30 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IZ JO
05AMMAN5456	C-NE5-00725: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN [...] (U) The three-day international conference "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" closed on July 6 in Amman with a joint statement that forbids declaring adherents to any one of the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence an apostate (takfir) (refs). Signed by a wide range of prominent [...]	2005-07-07 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL JO
05AMMAN5510	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 10, 2005 MEETING WITH KING [...] (U) Deputy Secretary's meeting with King Abdullah on July 10, 2005, 11:30 a.m., Amman, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Zoellick Mr. Natsios, AID Administrator Ms. O'Sullivan, NSC Mr. Ross Wilson, D Executive Assistant Charge (notetaker) Jordan King Abdullah II [...]	2005-07-11 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
05AMMAN5761	NEXT STEPS AFTER AMMAN'S ISLAMIC CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's King is planning next steps to advance the moderate, anti-violence message of the recent Islamic Conference held in Amman. These include further work to de-legitimize extremists' use of "psuedo" fatwas to justify terrorism, development of a core canon of books which wi [...]	2005-07-19 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL KPAO
05AMMAN6568	CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...]	2005-08-17 11:13:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO
05AMMAN6689	UPDATE ON CURRENT JORDAN-IRAQ RELATIONS [...] (C) Official Jordanian-Iraqi relations remain strong despite GOJ fears that insurgent violence may cross the border, and tensions related to Ahmad Chalabi. The GOJ has worked hard to smooth over the King,s December public warnings of a "Shi,a Crescent", as well as the diplomatic row sparked b [...]	2005-08-18 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO
05AMMAN7708	COMBATING EXTREMISM - JORDAN [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Amman has been working to strengthen local traditions of dialogue, tolerance, and intellectual exchange as foils against extremist ideas - and to help such values emerge where they are absent - for several years. We use a wide panoply of State Department and other USG pro [...]	2005-09-28 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KDEM KMPI KISL KPAO EAID ECON PHUM PREL JO
05AMMAN8166	AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND DELEGATION MEET WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 9, S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and his delegation met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Farouq Kasrawi, Finance Minister Adel Kodah, Chairman of the Jordanian Armed Forces General Khalid Sarairah, and General Intelligence Directorate chief Samih Asfoura. The Jordanians p [...]	2005-10-14 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IR IZ SY JO
05AMMAN9055	JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (U) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Hagel to Jordan. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is not only one of our closest allies, but it is fully engaged in supporting our most important priorities in the region, including creating a free Iraq, fulfilling the President's vision of a two-state so [...]	2005-11-22 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON OREP JO
05AMMAN9963	IRAQ: AMMAN COALITION TALKS AMONG SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Senior Iraqi Sunni and secular politicians including Iyad Allawi and Adnan Dulaime met in Amman on December 25 and 26, and agreed to form an &Iraqi National Alliance8 coalition to compete with the Shi,ite Islamist "555" coalition in forming a new government. The immediate goal of the new [...]	2005-12-29 16:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ JO
05ANKARA1726	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1908	TURKEY: THRIVING ECONOMY IN INDUSTRIAL TOWN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to a thriving industrial town near Ankara showed the spreading positive impact of Turkey's economic recovery on ordinary citizens. It also showed what seemed to be a newfound commitment on the part of elected politicians and businessmen to practicing entrepreneurship and [...]	2005-04-03 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA1909	ANKARA SUB-PROVINCES GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Summary: In discussions in five of Ankara's sub-provincial towns, mayors and other leaders told PolOffs of the difficulties they face as a result of the recent Metropolitan Municipalities Law. Cities which have become part of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality have yet to see the benefi [...]	2005-04-03 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI TU
05ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3473	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA358	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. General Abizaid held a wide-ranging discussion with Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan on areas of mutual concern in SIPDIS the Middle East and Central Asia as well as Turkey's challenges in Cyprus. Both shared the view that, despite perio [...]	2005-01-22 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA4405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5483	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ASUNCION1329	PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS KIDNAPPING CASE [...] (U) Summary: On October 13, a Paraguayan judge indicted 15 suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas. Several of the defendants have ties to the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or "PPL"). The judge stayed the proceedings with respect to three individuals who [...]	2005-10-24 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1333	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO INITIATE A HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED BELOW THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND DOD SPONSORED TRAINING. A. [...]	2005-10-24 12:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION1334	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO INITIATE A HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED BELOW THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND DOD SPONSORED TRAINING. A. [...]	2005-10-24 12:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION148	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: ---------------- -- Political Angel to Cubas Kidnapping Arrests -- Resignation Drama at Immigration -- Taiwan Seeking to Further Trade and Business Ties -- Court Rules in Favor of Continuing Extradition of Drug Trafficker ----------------------------------------- Political An [...]	2005-01-28 13:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PINR SNAR PA
05ASUNCION638	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT INITIATE REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS/FILES FOR CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY: A. BRIGAD [...]	2005-05-11 19:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION727	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT INITIATE REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS/FILES FOR CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMED FORCES AND POL [...]	2005-06-01 21:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05BAGHDAD2348	DEPUTY SECRETARY COVERS POLITICAL PROCESS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rowsch Shaways told Deputy Secretary May 19 that the schedule for development of a new constitution outlined in the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) must be kept. He also said the Committee should include members from outside the Transitional N [...]	2005-06-01 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD2376	ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR AFTER [...] (S/REL UK AND AUS) SUMMARY: In the month since Minister of Interior Baqir Jabor took office, he appears to be delivering on his initial commitments (ref A). Jabor retained qualified personnel regardless of their ethnic background or political affiliation, while also developing a plan to remo [...]	2005-06-02 16:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR MARR IZ
05BAGHDAD2424	RIVAL SUNNI POLITICOS MANUEVERING FOR PLACE IN [...] (C) Summary. Rival Sunni politicos made clear in June 7 conversations that there is continuing progress in enlarging the Constitutional Drafting Committee by adding Sunni representatives. Some contacts suggested that one Sunni faction, the National Dialogue Council, enjoys the favor of the [...]	2005-06-07 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2444	BADR ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE SHOWCASES STRENGTH [...] (C) Summary. The Badr Organization Conference kicked off a two-day conference for its leadership with a June 8 opening ceremony that had the feel of a political party rally. The ceremony celebrated the anniversary of the Badr Organization's transformation from militia to an ostensibly separ [...]	2005-06-08 16:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KISL IZ KINR
05BAGHDAD2445	CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICS, COORDINATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Saleh on June 7 told the Charge that the initial steps taken by the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) and Prime Minister Jaafari were weak and lackluster. On the constitution, Shi'a political groups are pushing to complete [...]	2005-06-09 02:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2467	SUCCESSFUL DAMAGE CONTROL AFTER RAID ON LEADING [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the mistaken arrest of Iraqi Islamic Party leader Dr. Muhsin Abdal Hamid, Post and MNF-I took steps to repair relations with the most prominent Sunni political party. Hamid was detained in an early morning operation on May 30 and released that same day after i [...]	2005-06-11 06:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2505	MODIFICATIONS BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH ON SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: June 13 was another day of negotiations on Sunni Arab inclusion on the Constitution Committee. Negotiators modified their positions, but did not resolve their disagreements. Deputy Constitution Committee Chairman Adnan al-Janabi told the Charge that he felt "plus 15" (i.e., total [...]	2005-06-14 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD2506	MUHAMMAD BAHR AL-ULUM DECRIES US "BA'THIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading Islamic cleric and founding Da'wa party member Muhammad Bahr al-Ulum told Poloff the US was "deserting the Shia" and attempting to bring Ba'thists back to power--comments we have heard recently from other Shia interlocutors. Al-Ulum was especially incensed over an artic [...]	2005-06-14 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM IZ

05BAGHDAD2509	CHARGE MEETING WITH UNAMI SRSG QAZI: SUNNI OUTREACH [...] (C) Charge had a long one-on-one exchange with UNAMI SRSG, Ambassador Ashraf Qazi, on June 14. The main subject was aspects of Sunni outreach, both the immediate problem and the longer-term aspects of the Sunni insurgency. Charge explained our position on the Constitutional Commission in con [...]	2005-06-14 19:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM KISL IZ UN
05BAGHDAD2805	TNA MEMBER QASIM DAOUD ON CONSTITUTION, SISTANI, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Shia political figure, parliamentarian and Assembly constitutional committee member Qasim Daoud said 30 June the committee has been reluctant to confront sensitive issues such as Kirkuk, federalism, and Arab identity. Daoud supported the TAL language for Arab identity [...]	2005-07-03 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD2872	TALABANI TO CODEL LEVIN: CONSTITUTION CAN BE READY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his July 6 meeting with CODEL Levin, President Talabani predicted that the constitution could be completed on time as long as the constitution committee uses the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) as the basis. He also favored using the same single-district electoral sys [...]	2005-07-08 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2909	KURDS' SHAWAYS AND SHIA PARLIAMENTARIAN DAOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with DPM Rosch Shaways and TNA member Qassim Daoud on July 8, the Charge pressed home USG concerns that the constitution might delineate central and regional government revenue and ownership sharing of the nation's natural resources. Charge explained that d [...]	2005-07-11 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2922	ANBARI BUSINESS AND TRIBAL LEADER CHARTS A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdullah Kharbit, a prominent businessman from an influential Anbar tribal family, described the Sunni Arabs as leaderless and unorganized as compared to the Shia and Kurds. He noted a few leaders have begun creating a Sunni political movement to prepare for the elections in De [...]	2005-07-12 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD2953	TWO SUNNI ARABS WITHDRAW FROM CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Poloff confirmed July 14 that two of the fifteen Sunni Arabs recently added to the constitution drafting committee have withdrawn themselves from the process. One of the men, Dr. Muhammad Mahrus al-Mudaris al-Athami, who is affiliated with the Sunni Conference, had previously complained of [...]	2005-07-15 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2994	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 12, 2005 MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 12 lunch meeting, President Jalal Talabani was optimistic that the Sunni Arabs in the constitution drafting committee will reach consensus with other committee members. He predicted the next elections will use provincial electoral districts rather than a single natio [...]	2005-07-19 12:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3007	SUNNI CONSTITUTION DRAFTERS COMMITTED TO AUGUST 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two principal members of the newly appointed members to the Constitutional Committee told us July 18 that they are committed to finishing a draft by August 15 if possible but they are opposed to a federalist vision of Iraq. An influential member (who was subsequently murdered on [...]	2005-07-20 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3012	NOT A DONE DEAL: SUNNI WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the July 19 assassinations of Sunni representatives to the Constitution Drafting bodies, the media has reported that the entire Sunni contingent had withdrawn from the constitution drafting process. While there is some confusion even amongst our Iraqi interlocutors as t [...]	2005-07-20 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3015	BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S [...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]	2005-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3016	IRAQ AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE FEARS CHILL IN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iraq Ambassador-designate to Egypt, Safia al-Suhail, worries that Iraqi-Egyptian relations will chill unless the Iraqi government takes the initiative after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the Egyptian Charge. Al-Suhail told PolOff July 18 that before this tragic incid [...]	2005-07-20 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV
05BAGHDAD3018	CHARGE'S TOUR D' HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Charge on July 19, President Jalal Talabani pledged to continue lobbying for Masoud Barzani's direct participation in securing a draft constitution by August 15, and urged Charge to travel to Salaheddin to try to persuade Barzani to come to Baghdad. Tala [...]	2005-07-20 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ SY KEDEM
05BAGHDAD3022	A STATUS REPORT ON CONSTITUTION NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The assassination of two Sunni Arab constitution committee representatives added urgency to negotiations on July 19 and 20. By the end of the day, Sunni Arab delegates had made clear to the Charge that they intend to continue participating in the drafting process. Key figures o [...]	2005-07-21 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3036	CHARGE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WITH TNA [...] (C/NF) Summary. TNA Deputy President Hussain al-Shahristani and Charge discussed the state of play of the constitutional debate along with the TNA's progress on key legislative proposals in a July 18 meeting. Shahristani told Charge that eighty percent of the drafting has been completed and [...]	2005-07-21 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3046	SHIA POLITICAL INSIDER QASSIM DAOUD WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Constitutional Committee member Qassim Daoud told NSC Senior Director for Iraq Meghan O'Sullivan on July 15 that he is optimistic about the progress of the committee and believes a draft constitution will be ready by July 31. Daoud felt his attempts to integrate Sunnis into the co [...]	2005-07-23 03:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3068	TALABANI PONDERS HOW TO REACH OUT TO SUNNI ARABS, [...] (C) Summary: President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunni Arabs have to be brought back into the constitution-drafting process, and agreed with the Ambassador's point that the Iraqi Government should provide security for their negotiators to facilitate that return. Talabani no [...]	2005-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ TU SY
05BAGHDAD3080	VICE PRESIDENT GHAZI URGES STRONG AMERICAN ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Ghazi al Yawar advocated that the newly arrived Ambassador establish a strong presence at this critical time in Iraq's history. Yawar pledged to address economic development initiatives, promote public outreach on the constitutional referendum and noted the need [...]	2005-07-25 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3086	CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING: SUNNIS BACK ON BOARD, [...] (C) Summary. Sunni members of the Constitutional Drafting Committee have said their group will return to negotiations on July 26. Internal divisions in the Sunni Arab group of 15 are growing. The National Dialogue Council spokesman wants a UN role in the investigation of slain colleagues, [...]	2005-07-26 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3090	CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMEN TELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Constitution Committee Deputy Chairmen Fouad Ma'asum and Adnan al-Janabi told the Ambassador at a July 25 luncheon that they were committed to the August 15 deadline. Janabi confirmed that Sunni Arab representatives will rejoin the meetings. Both men said negotiations at the mo [...]	2005-07-26 11:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3121	SISTANI REPRESENTATIVE TAKES DIM VIEW OF U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: TNA Constitution Committee member and Ayatollah Ali Sistani's aide Ahmad al-Safi complained about American efforts to secure Iraq and decried what he perceives as needless American suspicions of Iraqi Shia in his July 25 meeting with Poloff. Al-Safi and Poloff vigorously deb [...]	2005-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3133	SUNNI ARABS MAKE A COUNTER-OFFER ON FEDERALISM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab negotiators have put forward a detailed response to the draft constitution that marks their first substantive engagement on the issue of federalism. Iraqi Islamic Party leader Ayad al-Samara'i told us July 27 that he supports a federal system that maintains the status [...]	2005-07-29 11:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3143	TNA FIRST DEPUTY SPEAKER WANTS TO FIX PAST U.S. [...] (C/NF REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY. TNA First Deputy Speaker Dr. Husayn al Shahristani told the Ambassador on July 28 that the U.S. and Iraq must work to fix mistakes made during the CPA era that have led to violence that cannot be controlled by Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces. The insecur [...]	2005-07-30 05:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3155	GRAND AYATOLLAH SISTANI CALLS FOR U.S. SUPPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Adviser Ruba'i relayed Grand Ayatollah Sistani's views on the constitution to Ambassador on July 29. Sistani feels only a governorate district proportional representation electoral system will produce a just result. He wants Iraq to adopt the Afghan constituti [...]	2005-07-30 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3393	LEITH KUBBA AND BARHAM SALEH ON BUILDING A VIABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political Advisor to Prime Minister Ja,fari Leith Kubba and Minister of Planning Barham Saleh told POLOFF separately on August 13 that, after the completion of the constitution, building a political center should be the immediate goal of the U.S. Government to ensure that the Dec [...]	2005-08-17 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3410	CONSTITUTION UPDATE: SHIA AND KURDS TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is trying to bridge the gaps on an agreed constitution text between the Shia Coalition and Kurdish Alliance that control the National Assembly. The major issues still separating Shia Coalition and the Kurdish Alliance are guarantees about sustained national unity, p [...]	2005-08-18 19:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3437	VOTER REGISTRATIONS SLOWLY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. After a slow start, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) on August 18 reported increased registration activity over the past few days, especially in Maysan, Diyala, Salah ad-Din, and Kirkuk provinces. IECI expects registrations to increase during the remaining te [...]	2005-08-22 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3480	SADRIST-BADR CORPS CLASH UPDATE [...] (SBU) Post has heard no further reports of Sadrist-Badr Corps violence since the August 24 clashes between the two groups in South and South Central Iraq, as well as Sadr City. The August 24 confrontation began after Sadrists blamed Badr Corps for an apparent arson-caused fire at the building [...]	2005-08-25 21:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD3558	SUNNI DEPUTY PM: THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 29 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Abid Mutlak Al-Jaburi (a secular Sunni) thanked the Ambassador for the U.S. role in the constitution drafting process. He said that 90 percent of Iraqis would prefer to live in a secular state, and expressed confidence that Sunnis wi [...]	2005-08-31 12:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3601	Special Media Reaction Report The Sunni Split on the [...] (U) SUMMARY. Within the Sunni community two positions have emerge on the constitution, an approach of continued engagement and a rejectionist approach. This debate is being carried out in the media with both camps reaching out to major Iraqi and pan-Arab outlets to espouse their positions. I [...]	2005-09-02 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3620	MORE ON DRAFT CONSTITUTION, UNAMI OUTREACH AND [...] (C) Summary. At a September 3 meeting, the Ambassador discussed the draft constitution and election law with UK Ambassador Patey, Acting UNAMI SRSG Schulenburg, and UNAMI Coordinator for Constitution Support Haysom. All concurred that constitutional buy-in by all of Iraq's communities will b [...]	2005-09-04 19:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3714	IRAQ CONSTITUTION: NO FINAL DEAL YET [...] (C) Summary: Top Shia Coalition official and Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly Hussein Shahristani told Charge September 10 morning that there is not yet a final deal between the Kurds and the Shia Coalition about the draft constitution text. The key sticking point remai [...]	2005-09-10 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3750	SHI'A AND KURDS CONTINUE DEBATE OVER WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Authority over Iraq's water resources has emerged as a temporary stumbling block to concluding the draft constitution. The Kurds want a strong role for regional governments in managing water resources, while the Shi'a insist that the central government have the main authority. [...]	2005-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3753	SUNNI-KURD MEETING IN IRBIL: FEW DECISIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3783	DRAFT CONSTITUTION SIGNED, PASSED TO UNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iraqi draft Constitution was signed and delivered to UNAMI for printing the afternoon of September 13. Deputy Speaker Shahristani plans to announce the final text at a press conference September 14. SRSG Qazi has expressed concern that the amended text was never formally a [...]	2005-09-13 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3819	RESPONSES TO ZARQAWI'S CALL FOR JIHAD AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3827	NOT SO NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, THE AL-FADEELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. One of the key players in the negotiations over the draft Constitution was the Fadeela party and its leader Nadeen Jabiri whom we frequently saw huddling with other top Shia Coaltion leaders. Touted as home-grown, intellectual and moderate, its leadership publicly supports the [...]	2005-09-16 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3867	ULEMA COUNCIL DECLINES TO CONDEMN ZARQAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: A statement from the Sunni Arab Muslim Ulema Council criticized Zarqawi's call for war against the Shia last week partly on the grounds that it impeded the prospects of the "resistance Jihad project" in Iraq. PolOff used a September 18 meeting with an Ulema Council leader to pres [...]	2005-09-19 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3874	PROPOSED CONFERENCE FOR POLITICAL MODERATES [...] C) Summary. Looking ahead to the December 15 elections, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is planning to launch a new multi-political party entity that is centrist and moderate. There is a kick-off conference planned for later this month, according to Allawi political allies. Allawi's politi [...]	2005-09-19 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ KDEM
05BAGHDAD3887	SUNNI ARAB LEADER ON REFERENDUM PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader Ayad Samarai said September 18 that while constitution language on Arab identity is now sufficient, further language changes will need to be made on federalism and other national issues before Sunni Arab leaders could consider asking th [...]	2005-09-20 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD3929	SADRISTS LIKELY TO BACK CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conversations earlier this week, Sadrists and affiliates told PolOff that Muqtada al-Sadr will tell his people to vote in favor of the constitution in the October 15 referendum. They dismissed reports that Sadr is opposed to the constitution as rumors spread by Sadr's opponen [...]	2005-09-22 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3931	SHIA CONTACTS CONSIDER AYAD ALLAWI [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Shia lamented to EmbOffs the lack of strong moderate Shia presidential candidates and revealed their concerns about supporting Ayad Allawi in the upcoming December 15 elections. These politicians doubted Allawi would be strong enough to defeat the Islamists, citing his [...]	2005-09-22 11:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PINR
05BAGHDAD3945	TOP SHIA CLERGY URGE THE FAITHFUL TO APPROVE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Grand Ayatollah Sistani, and other top Shia clerics in Najaf, publicly have urged Iraqis to approve the draft constitution. A member of the Shia Coalition in the National Assembly, Ali Debbagh, told PolCouns that he had met Sistani's son, Mohammed Reda, on 9/22. Mohammed Reda said t [...]	2005-09-24 05:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KISL PGOV
05BAGHDAD4004	SHIA IMAMS IN FAVOR OF CONSTITUTION, BUT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation on September 26 two moderate Shia Imams, both followers of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff they would vote in favor of the constitution in the October 15 elections. They said they had set up an organization to tell more Iraqis about the constitution. Some [...]	2005-09-27 11:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR
05BAGHDAD4018	ALLAWI POSTPONES CONFERENCE FOR CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: Several TNA members have acknowledged that ongoing political differences, not security concerns, were the real reason former Prime Minister Allawi recently postponed a conference to launch a centrist political coalition. Some have refused to participate in the coalition talks al [...]	2005-09-28 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD4033	RALLYING SUPPORT FOR CONSTITUTION IN KARBALA AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Shia Coalition members Ali al-Dabagh and Mona Zalzala traveled with PolOff to Karbala and Najaf on 9/22 to rally support for the draft constitution. Their comments were sometimes critical of elements of the text, but they nevertheless supported ratification. We sense the Shia [...]	2005-09-29 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD4089	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 18:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4090	NEW TNA INTERPRETATION OF "VOTER" COULD SPARK SUNNI PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two days before recess, the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed a resolution on October 2 that could dim the hopes of Sunni Arabs seeking to vote down the constitution. The resolution inconsistently defines the word nakhabeen, or "voters", as it appears in Article 61 (c) [...]	2005-10-03 20:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4096	MFA DISAPPOINTED WITH LIBYAN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There were no specific discussions on upgrading diplomatic relations during the Sept 24-25 Libyan delegation visit to Baghdad, much to the disappointment of the Iraqi MFA. The delegation, primarily of Qadhafi relatives, offered condolences to President Talabani, PM Jaafari, and M [...]	2005-10-04 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE LY IZ
05BAGHDAD4105	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 17:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4109	CONDITIONAL DEAL TO FIX THE REFERENDUM LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM, UK Charge, and Acting UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Schulenburg met with Deputy Speaker Shahrastani and VP Adel Abd al-Mahdi October 4 to discuss the TNA's October 2 "double standard" interpretation of the word "nakhabeen" in TAL 61(c) as both act [...]	2005-10-04 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4125	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY OFFERS CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party conditionally agreed to support the constitution on the basis of a package of amendments proposed by the Ambassador in an October 5 meeting. The amendments include a provision that would have the next National Assembly create a "Constitutional R [...]	2005-10-05 20:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4214	MAJOR SUNNI PARTY PARTICIPATES IN GATHERING IN [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) reiterated support for the amended draft constitution at a big tent gathering of Iraqi political leaders October 12 in the Transitional National Assembly. A number of important amendments, negotiated in the last week, paved the way for the statemen [...]	2005-10-13 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4268	IRAQI POLITICIANS SPINNING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi politicians were quick to begin spinning results of the October 15 referendum, issuing statements to the media on provincial voting well before the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) began its tally of governorate ballot sheets. While such spinning is to be expe [...]	2005-10-17 14:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4270	ALLAWI ALLY ON FORMER PM'S EFFORT TO BUILD A [...] (C) Summary. With the Conference of Centrists and Moderation underway, Allawi supporter and former Planning Minister Medhi Hafedh has gathered a myriad of Sunni, Shia and Kurds that may possibly form alliances with Ayad Allawi for the December elections. Hafedh reported that Allawi's politica [...]	2005-10-17 18:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4289	ANBAR POLITICS: NOBODY LIKES ANYBODY VERY MUCH [...] (C) Summary. This is a SET Ramadi Cable. Anbar Sunni Arab politicos may feel besieged with worries about Shia, Iranians, terrorists, Iraqi Security Forces and the American military, but they are hardly circling the wagons. The lead political figure in Anbar, in terms of administrative prow [...]	2005-10-18 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4305	TNA MEMBER QASSIM DAOUD ON THE REFERENDUM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political positioning to build coalitions for the December election has begun in earnest, and fears of significant Sunni Arab or Shia Islamist gains in December may have led to a thaw between former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and TNA Constitution Committee member and former ally [...]	2005-10-19 10:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4306	AYATOLLAH SADR SAYS MARJAYA SHOULD STAY OUT OF [...] (C) Summary. At an October 17 iftar, Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Shia clerical establishment (Marjaya) should not endorse any electoral lists in the December 2005 elections. Al-Sadr warned the Ambassador of the danger of Islamic extremism and said that he fav [...]	2005-10-19 10:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4323	ALLAWI COALITION BUILDING EFFORTS NEARING [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Ayad Allawi is reportedly putting the final touches on a wide secular coalition for the December elections. Iraqi Communist Party Secretary General Hamid Majid Mussa told us October 19 SIPDIS that Allawi has completed his coalition negotiations and was completing n [...]	2005-10-20 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4329	FADHILA PARTY OFFICIAL LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mohammed Ismael, generally regarded as a top-ranking member of the Fadhila Party, told PolOff in an October 18 meeting that the Fadhila Party is ready to run its own list in the December 2005 elections, but is also considering forming coalitions with various parties. Fadhila is o [...]	2005-10-20 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD4344	AMRE MUSA AND IRAQIS THINKING OF NOVEMBER MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Secretary General Amre Musa told Charge October 21 evening that he hopes to hold an initial conference in Cairo in mid-November for Iraqi political factions aimed at facilitating national reconciliation. This initial meeting should lead to a larger meeting in Baghd [...]	2005-10-21 17:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINS PREL
05BAGHDAD4376	ALLAWI AIMING FOR SIZE OVER SUBSTANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With coalition negotiations entering their final four days, former Prime Minister Allawi appears to have opted for size over substance in forming his slate. He has pulled together a moderate -- but not clearly liberal -- coalition including Ghazi al-Yawar's party, the [...]	2005-10-24 12:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4378	CHALABI PLAN FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. One of Ahmad Chalabi's senior advisors indicated to PolOffs willingness to form an alliance with Ayad Allawi to form one liberal, moderate, centrist coalition. If an agreement cannot be reached before the coalition registration deadline -- and we doubt an agreement would be possi [...]	2005-10-24 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ
05BAGHDAD4390	OFFICIAL RESULT SHOWS THE CONSTITUTION PASSES - [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced final referendum results and passage of the constitution October 25, publicly certifying the results shortly thereafter. In what appeared a conciliatory gesture to Sunni Arabs, Deputy Speaker Shahristani said that thos [...]	2005-10-25 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD4392	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4409	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 18:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4426	SUNNI ARABS HEAD INTO ELECTIONS DIVIDED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With only two days left before the registration deadline, there is no united Sunni Arab coalition in the offing for the December elections. Sunni Arab leaders, fractured since Saddam's fall, appear just as divided heading into the coming vote. There is no preeminent [...]	2005-10-27 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4432	IRAQI ELECTIONS: CANDIDATE LIST DEADLINE LOOMS; [...] (C) SUMMARY. One day before the Candidate List deadline, the IECI had only received 40 - 50 political entity candidate lists containing a little over 600 potential candidates. Although this amalgamation of names is enough to conduct the December 15 elections in 15 of the 18 governorates, the [...]	2005-10-27 17:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4435	TOP SHIA ISLAMIST LEADER SAYS UNIFIED ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Senior SCIRI party leader Abdel Mehdi told Charge midday October 28 that the unified Shia Islamist party list for the December elections is nearly ready. The coalition's leaders are rushing to finish the bottom halves of the provincial election slates, and Abdel Mehdi anticipa [...]	2005-10-28 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4438	CANDIDATE LISTS ANOTHER VICTORY FOR IDENTITY [...] (C) Summary: As the October 28 deadline closes for political parties to register electoral alliances and candidate lists, the shape of the December 15 national election is clear. A broad Shia Islamist unity list, a Kurdish unity list and a Sunni Arab unity list will head the political grou [...]	2005-10-28 18:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD4464	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4465	SHAHRISTANI AND ZEBARI ON ARAB LEAGUE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with the Charge, First Deputy TNA Speaker Husayn al-Shahristani reflected on Amre Moussa's recent visit to Iraq. Shahristani indicated that both ITG officials in Baghdad and Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf pressed the SYG to establish Arab League representation in Iraq [...]	2005-10-31 19:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
05BAGHDAD4776	PRESIDENT TALABANI ON ELECTIONS, CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (C) In a November 27 meeting, President Talabani outlined to the Ambassador his predictions for the December election results: 90-110 seats for the Shia list; 50-60 seats for the Kurds; 45-50 seats for the Sunni Arabs; 25-35 seats for former PM Ayad Allawi's coalition; and 5-10 for Deputy PM C [...]	2005-11-29 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM CPAS IZ
05BAGHDAD4782	IRAQ MEDIA SUMMARY NOVEMBER 19-26, CAIRO [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. This week the Iraqi press zeroed in on the Cairo Conference and spinoff topics. The Cairo Conference in fact prompted Iraq's first real public debate about resistance and terrorism, the coalition presence, and de- Ba'athification. Cairo seems also to have stimu [...]	2005-11-29 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4790	FORMER EXILE SAYS REAL TEST TO COME WITH POST- [...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi exile Saad Saleh Jabr predicted that the Sunni victors in the upcoming elections would ally with Iyad Allawi, providing the Kurds with a king-making position of supporting either Allawi or Adel Abdel Mahdi. He complained about Iranian "control" of key Iraqi faction [...]	2005-11-30 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4796	IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY [...] (C) Prior to departing for OCV oversight trips on November 24, Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Commissioner Farid Ayar told PolOff on multiple occasions that the IECI Commissioners had agreed not to exclude the names of any candidates on a letter previously submitted to the IEC [...]	2005-12-01 11:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4808	PRESIDENT TALABANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF COMMENTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kamiran Karadaghi, President Talabani's Chief of Staff, told PolOff on November 29 that the Shia List was increasingly concerned about its prospects in the December elections, and predicted that former Prime Minister Allawi would fare even worse than he did in the elections last [...]	2005-12-01 19:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4843	SHIA INDEPENDENT ALI AL-DABAGH ON ELECTIONS, SHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloffs met December 1 with TNA member Ali al-Dabagh, a politician who left the United Iraqi Alliance to form his own party, while maintaining his ties to Ayatollah Sistani. Al-Dabagh accused the Shia Alliance of candidate intimidation as well as inappropriate efforts to convey t [...]	2005-12-04 22:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4849	IRAQI MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN NOVEMBER: [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Iraq's media sector remains extremely active, reflecting the unsettled political situation as different parties and candidates clamor to project their voices to a skeptical but highly politicized public. November saw a new effort at independent broadcasting for [...]	2005-12-05 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4857	ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS TALK DE-BA'ATH [...] (C) Summary. A total of 181 candidate names have been included by the De-Ba'athification Commission in lists sent to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). So far, 24 of these candidates have been withdrawn from the lists either by themselves or their parties. IECI Commissioner [...]	2005-12-05 19:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4891	SCIRI LEADER WARNS OF ELECTION FRAUD, BENDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner with the Ambassador on November 29, SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and Interior Minister Bayan Jabr alleged the U.S. excludes Iraqi security forces from operations against insurgents and also warned of election fraud. Hakim's aides noted that the constitutional req [...]	2005-12-08 08:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4893	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BUDGET, BANK RESTRUCTURING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged Minister of Finance Allawi on December 1 to ensure the passage of the 2006 budget in order to fulfill the GOI's commitment to the IMF. (NOTE: The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed the budget on December 4. END NOTE.) The Ambassador also pressed the Mini [...]	2005-12-08 08:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV KBCT MOPS
05BAGHDAD4906	ALLAWI CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Ayad Allawi's Campaign Manager, Renda Rahim Rancke, met with PolOffs on December 7 to provide them with proof of serious campaign violations and copies of the 55 complaints filed with the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). She encouraged Embassy efforts [...]	2005-12-08 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD4907	SMALLER "ISLAMIC COALITION" WAGES A TOUGH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several leaders from the "Islamic Coalition," list 549, cast their slate as an embattled competitor of the dominant United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) in a December 4 meeting with Poloffs. The group, made up of breakaways from the Shia coalition led by the Islamic Action Organization, dr [...]	2005-12-08 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4912	WHAT CAMPAIGNING IN IRAQ LOOKS LIKE [...] With so much at stake, campaigning for the December 15 elections is intense. The security situation weighs heavily on the campaign, and leaders of the major coalitions make relatively few public appearances. That said, we sense there are more public campaign events than we saw in the Januar [...]	2005-12-08 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4919	TURCOMAN CLAIMS OF KURDISH ATTACK ON IRAQI HOUSING [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Islamic Union of Iraqi Turcomans leader Abbas al-Bayyati on December 5, he confirmed reports that the Iraqi Housing Minister, Jassim Jaafar (an ethnic Turcoman) was ambushed while visiting the Turcoman city of Tuz Khurmato in Salah-ad-Din province in late Novemb [...]	2005-12-09 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD4928	VP GHAZI AL-YAWAR PREDICTS ALLAWI WILL BE PM [...] (C) Vice President Shaykh Ghazi al-Yawar told Ambassador on December 8 that only one of two groups will dominate after the December 15 election: the Allawi group (in which Shaykh Ghazi is running) or the "pro-Iranian group" (the Shia Alliance). Many Shia, Ghazi explained, particularly the sec [...]	2005-12-10 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4958	SHI'A TECHNOCRAT TALKS OF INTIMIDATION AND CABINET [...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and former Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban described methods of election intimidation and urged the USG to call on the political parties likely responsible for this intimidation to stop it. He predicted that the United Iraqi All [...]	2005-12-12 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4959	KEY SUNNI LEADER ENVISIONS A UNITY GOVERNMENT - [...] (C) SUMMARY: A leading figure in the top Sunni Arab electoral list told PolOff December 12 that his group was aiming for a broad "national unity" government after the elections. The official, Mahmud Mashhadani of the Iraqi Consensus (Tawafuq) Front, told PolOff that he envisioned an alliance [...]	2005-12-12 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4967	ALLAWI ALLY JANABI ON ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (C) Saad Al-Janabi, head of the Iraqi Republican Group running under Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List coalition, told Poloffs that he hopes the coalition will win at least 43 seats, despite expected ballot stuffing and other irregularities on behalf of the Shi'a and Kurdish coalitions. In an [...]	2005-12-13 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4971	FALLUJANS MOBILIZED FOR ELECTION AMID INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans stand mobilized for the December 15 election. Momentum flowing from the October 15 referendum - when an estimated 200,000 residents in the city and surrounding communities voted - should lead to repeat high turnout. Campaign posters and fliers dot the city; Ahmed Chal [...]	2005-12-13 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4973	KAMIRAN KARADAGHI ON "IRAQI IDENTITY," CABINET [...] (C) Summary: President Talabani's Chief of Staff and former journalist Kamiran Karadaghi told us on December 12 that there was no such thing as an "Iraqi identity." Rather, people still identified themselves primarily in sectarian terms. The Sunni Arabs were so fragmented, Karadaghi said, th [...]	2005-12-13 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4976	AHAD AL-IRAQ SHOWS PROMISE IN BUILDING [...] (U) Summary. 'Ahad al-Iraq (Iraq's Promise) held a press conference in Baghdad on December 12 to announce that a cross-sectarian, cross-ethnic group of more than 270 politicians, political parties and NGO's had signed their pledge to support five specific legislative reforms to advance human [...]	2005-12-13 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4980	IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a private luncheon hosted by the Ambassador at his residence on December 9, Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie shared his concerns about USG plans for the future of Iraq, urged the Ambassador to play an active role in assuring the "right" people are chosen t [...]	2005-12-13 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4982	ADIL 'ABD AL-MAHDI ADVISOR SEES UIA GETTING [...] (C) Summary. Vice President 'Adil 'Abd al-Mahdi's adviser Fareed Yasseen said that the UIA would get 110-120 seats in the December 15 election. He hoped 'Abd al-Mahdi would emerge as the UIA nominee for Prime Minister, but acknowledged PM Ja'fari's stubbornness, and could not describe a sce [...]	2005-12-13 18:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4983	UNSRSG QAZI ON ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) UN Special Representative Ashraf Qazi told Ambassador Khalilzad on December 10 that he would not object if the IECI disqualified some candidates charged by the De-Ba'thification Committee, as long as there were not too many disqualifications or the disqualified candidates were not well kno [...]	2005-12-13 18:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ UN
05BAGHDAD4996	'ABD AL-MAHDI ADVISOR SEES UIA GETTING 110-120 [...] (S) Summary. Vice President 'Adil 'Abd al-Mahdi adviser Fareed Yasseen opined that the UIA would get 110-120 seats in the December 15 election. He hoped 'Abd al-Mahdi would emerge as the UIA nominee for Prime Minister, but acknowledged PM Ja'fari's stubbornness, and could not describe a sce [...]	2005-12-14 12:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5001	NEWSPAPER EDITORS LOOK TO PLAY A ROLE IN BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. Two newspaper editors-in-chief, Muhammad 'Abd al-Jabbar of al-Sabah and Shaker al-Jaboury of Al-Furat, both expressed concerns about the direction Iraqi politics is headed after the December 15 election, but both expressed interest in becoming more politically active afterwards. [...]	2005-12-14 16:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5002	CAMPAIGN TONE GETS SHARPER, MORE INTENSE [...] (U) With just one day before the elections, campaigning for the December 15 elections has been intense, incredibly more personal, organized and criminal than the campaign in January. This has included inter-sectarian conflicts: the destruction of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) offices by force [...]	2005-12-14 16:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5003	CAMPAIGN DEVELOPS SHARP ELBOWS [...] (U) With just one day before the elections, campaigning for the December 15 elections has been intense, incredibly more personal, organized and criminal than the campaign in January. This has included inter-sectarian conflicts: the destruction of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) offices by force [...]	2005-12-14 16:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5012	Electoral War Heats up -- Jazeera and Furat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the most notable example of the intensified electoral debate in the media, a candidate's complaints on al-Jazeera about the "meddling of" Shia clergy in Iraqi politics sparked condemnations by Shia Islamist media outlets and provoked demonstrations in Baghdad December 14. [...]	2005-12-15 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV KMDR IZ

05BAGHDAD5026	FALLUJAH: ELECTION WEDDING IN CITY DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans turned out in large numbers for the December 15, 2005, parliamentary election. Poll site estimates exceeded city leaders, optimistic expectations. The November 30, 2005 murder of the city's mufti, Sheikh Hamza Abass Al-Issawi, motivated the population on top of post-re [...]	2005-12-16 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
05BAGHDAD5030	ALLAWI BUILDS HIS POST-ELECTION COALITION [...] (S) Summary. Head of the National Iraqi National List (731),former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told the Ambassador he believes Iraq needs a national unity government to deal with the challenges ahead. He has begun talks to put together a cross-ethnic, cross- sectarian coalition that would [...]	2005-12-17 19:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD5047	IRAQI POLITICOS PONDER NEW GOVERNMENT: SHIA [...] (C) Summary: With even the preliminary announcement of most election results still days away, Iraqi political operatives are trying to consolidate alliances. Prime Minister Jafari and Adil Abdel Mehdi, Jafari's rival within the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555),each are trying to line up [...]	2005-12-19 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV
05BAGHDAD5051	CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH TNA MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) met December 12 with TNA members Dr. Saad Qindeel, Wijdan Salim, and Yunadem Kanna. ---------------------------------------- Security Situation: We are in a Catch-22 ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Wijdan Salim said the security situation [...]	2005-12-19 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PBTS PINR MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5065	PRELIMINARY RESULTS POINT TO BIG SHIA ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Initial election returns from most of Iraq released on December 19 showed the Shia Islamist Coalition breezing towards a strong showing, while the list of former Prime Minister Allawi was scoring much lower than it had hoped, especially in its home base of Baghdad. The Sunni T [...]	2005-12-20 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD5066	IECI DISPATCHES AUDIT TEAMS TO TRADITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. As part of a previously planned initiative to enhance the credibility of the election process, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) will conduct post-election audits in five cities throughout Iraq. These audits follow the pre- election audits conducted that establ [...]	2005-12-20 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5070	SHIA LEADERS REACT TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sayed Kareem al Bukhati from List 652 Sun of Iraq and Jawad al Bolani of Ahmed Chalabi's List 569 Iraqi National Congress told us December 18 that the elections were conducted well in most places. Bukhati felt there was some electoral fraud, but his party has yet to file any com [...]	2005-12-20 17:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD5089	SUNNI ARABS EXPAND SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab leaders from the Iraqi Tawafuq (Consensus) Front met with the Ambassador and General Casey to continue a dialogue on security issues and outreach on December 21. The group, led by Iraqi Islamic Party leader Tariq al-Hashemi and National Dialogue Council leader Khalaf a [...]	2005-12-22 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5095	SUNNI ARAB PROTEST GROUP MARAM MUCH BARKING, HOW [...] (C) Summary. A variety of parties unhappy with the election results, including Allawi's and the major Sunni Arab blocs, met December 21-22 and issued a "Pact of Honor" under the name MARAM. They demanded an international investigation into the December 15 elections, as well as the formation [...]	2005-12-22 19:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5096	SUNNI ARABS EXPAND SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab leaders from the Iraqi Tawafuq (Consensus) Front met with the Ambassador and General Casey to continue a dialogue on security issues and outreach on December 21. The group, led by Iraqi Islamic Party leader Tariq al-Hashemi and National Dialogue Council leader Khalaf a [...]	2005-12-23 03:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5098	SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION NOT [...] (C) Summary: Hussein Shahristani, a leading independent in the strong Shia Islamist bloc, told us December 23 that the bloc is unlikely to settle on its prime minister candidate for another week or two. He thought it possible a dark horse independent might emerge as a compromise choice give [...]	2005-12-23 13:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5099	SMALL SECULAR PARTY: IECI SAYS 468 VOTES, OUR [...] (C) Summary. Abid Faisal al-Sahlani, the leader of the National Democratic Alliance, told PolOff and PolFSN December 21 that the IECI's preliminary results for Baghdad contrasted massively with the results collected by their election observers (462 votes versus 109,000 votes). The 468 votes [...]	2005-12-23 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5134	ALLAWI CHIEF OF STAFF: WE UNITE WITH SUNNI BLOCS [...] (C) Ibrahim al-Janabi, Chief of Staff to Dr. Ayad Allawi, told Poloff and PolFSN December 27 that the National Iraqi List and the main Sunni Arab blocs (Tawwafuq, National Dialogue, and Reconciliation and Liberation) had signed an agreement December 25 in Amman to establish a common front; the [...]	2005-12-28 05:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5135	SUNNI ARAB PARTY SECGEN AL-HASHIMI COMPLAINS OF [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) General Secretary Tariq al-Hashimi told PolCouns December 26, the Tawafuq, a Sunni Arab coalition, has evidence of corruption within the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). Al-Hashimi maintained IECI officials, including staff investigating election i [...]	2005-12-28 05:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD5145	SUNNI ARAB LEADERS AGREE TO ALLIANCE WITH KURDS, [...] (C) In a telephone conversation on December 26, List 731 leaders Ayad Allawi and Adnan Pachachi informed the Ambassador of their meeting on December 25 with the representatives from Saleh Mutlak's National Dialog Front, Khalaf al-Ayyan and Adnan Dulaymi of the Tawaffuq, and others. Allawi and [...]	2005-12-28 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5153	IRAQI OIL SECURITY IN DISARRAY [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: The Steering Group for Critical Infrastructure Integrity assessed the security problems in the oil infrastructure and fuel product distribution systems across Iraq. Intimidation of Ministry of Oil (MOO) employees continues to be a problem for both product distribution an [...]	2005-12-29 14:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EFIN MASS MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5154	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES IECI TO ADDRESS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 28 meeting with eight commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),the Ambassador urged the IECI to consider how best to address complaints about the credibility of the election results. The Ambassador suggested the Commission welcome outsi [...]	2005-12-29 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5155	ALLAWI AND SUNNI ARAB PARTIES CONSIDER BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab political party leaders reported to PolOffs December 29 that they are headed towards a government coalition alliance with both Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List and the Kurdish Alliance and eventually later with the Shia Islamists. However, our Sunni Arab contacts also [...]	2005-12-29 16:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD5160	DECEMBER 22 MEETING WITH IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) On December 22 Iraqi Minister of Interior Baqir Jabr told us that: -- he supported the decision by the police chief of Babil Province to refuse to hire 800 recently nominated police recruits who were Badr Corps militiamen; -- another 650 recruits had been appropriately vetted and sen [...]	2005-12-30 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD5161	ELECTION COMMISSION PROCEEDING WITH COMPLAINTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than 25 serious, unresolved complaints ("red" complaints) lie between the Iraqi election commission (IECI) and final certification of the elections, according to International Commissioner Craig Jenness, down from 50 plus original red complaints. Notably, the IECI has finish [...]	2005-12-30 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD6	SHIA CLERIC SEPARATES RELIGION FROM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: We have met twice in the past two weeks with Shia cleric Saayid Ayad Jamal Ad-Din who warns that the forces of ideological and religious extremism will dominate the new National Assembly without Coalition support to educated moderates and liberals such as himself. He claimed that [...]	2005-01-02 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL IZ
05BASRAH149	DESPITE MINOR HICCUPS, SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN THE SOUTH [...] Summary: December 15 elections in Basrah and the other three southern provinces generally ran smoothly and without many signs of significant fraud or security incidents. Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Iraqi Provincial Action Officers (IPAOs) visited three polling centers in the morning [...]	2005-12-15 17:19:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
05BASRAH153	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH BASRAH GOVERNOR MOHAMMAD [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with REO Basrah's new regional coordinator, Basrah Governor Mohammad Mossibh Al Wahili touted the possibility of a national unity government in Baghdad. After being pressed on the question of the Fadhila party's loyalty to the United Iraqi Alliance (555) [...]	2005-12-21 12:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
05BASRAH156	HOW THE 731 COALITION LOST THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the Basrah Regional Coordinator met with Gali Najm Muter, the Iraqi National Accord (731) representative in Basrah. Gali attributed the poor showing of 731 in Basrah and the other southern provinces in the December 15 election to intimidation campaigns run by th [...]	2005-12-27 10:21:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ
05BASRAH157	HOW THE 731 COALITION LOST THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the Basrah Regional Coordinator met with Gali Najm Muter, the Iraqi National Accord (731) representative in Basrah. Gali attributed the poor showing of 731 in Basrah and the other southern provinces in the December 15 election to intimidation campaigns run by th [...]	2005-12-27 11:44:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ
05BOGOTA10890	DIAGNOSTIC RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL STOLEN FROM [...] Summary. Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol confirmed that a small container of diagnostic radioactive material was stolen from one of its facilities in early October. The material is used to measure flow rates through its oil pipelines and contains a very low concentration of Cesium-137 [...]	2005-11-22 15:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ENRG EPET CO
05BOGOTA5142	FATHER ECHEVERRI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESSES [...] (C) On May 26, poloffs met with Father Dario Echeverri (strictly protect),Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN),which is authorized by the GOC to reach out to the illegal armed groups with the aim of starting peace talks. The CCN had met with the AUC negotiating te [...]	2005-05-27 21:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL CO AUC
05BOGOTA5143	KIDNAPPED EU EMPLOYEE NOW FREE [...] (C) Summary: European Union (EU) Delegation employee Carlos Ayala reportedly escaped from captivity on May 23, crossed the border into Venezuela, and made contact with officials there. The next day, EU Delegation Chief in Bogota, Adrianus Koetsenruijter, fielded questions from local and inter [...]	2005-05-27 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER CO VE EU
05CAIRO4170	EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING OF MAY 25 [...] (C) Summary: Six Egyptian civil society organizations, led by the Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) and with training and coordination support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),completed a modest but significant monitoring effort of the May 25 referendum. NDI's Senior Regional Represent [...]	2005-06-02 15:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG NDI
05CAIRO4882	CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...]	2005-06-28 06:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG
05CAIRO8024	ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007 FULBRIGHT EGYPTIAN [...] CECEUS/E received 147 applications from Cairo-based and regional universities, government and private organizations, for academic year 2006/2007 Egyptian Student Program (5 in accounting, 6 in archeology, 31 in fine and performing arts, 6 in business administration, 1 in computer supervision, [...]	2005-10-18 12:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL
05CAIRO8618	EGYPT-DEMARCHE ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and his Chief of Cabinet Hesham Youssef on November 15, the Ambassador delivered the points in reftel and received a brief on the status of preparations for the proposed November 19 Iraq conference. Moussa said: 50-60 Iraqis r [...]	2005-11-15 19:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AL EG
05CAIRO8704	NEA A/S WELCH AND ARAB LEAGUE SYG DISCUSS GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch and the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa expressed his congratulations to the USG on brokering the Agreement on Movement and Access (the "Agreement"). Moussa also provided an update on pl [...]	2005-11-18 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO9545	AYMAN NOUR CASE: THE POST-CONVICTION STAGE [...] (C) Reactions in the Egyptian media to the December 24 conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Ayman Nour on criminal forgery charges have been low key, with a few exceptions. The broader public reaction is more difficult to gauge. Many appear to believe that the case against Nour was [...]	2005-12-28 16:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CARACAS1012	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS DEFEND FORMER IAHRC PRESIDENT [...] (C) Venezuelan prosecutors postponed until April 14 the opening of a formal investigation against former Inter-American Commission on Human Rights President Carlos Ayala. All the major Venezuelan human rights groups and Human Rights Watch rallied to support Ayala April 5, when he went to ap [...]	2005-04-08 13:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
05CARACAS1635	GOV HOLDS TIPS HEARING IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) At the behest of Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. Bernardo Alvarez, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee president Saul Ortega (MVR),convened a hearing May 25 on organized crime, particularly trafficking in persons. In addition to poloffs, three National Assembly deputies and so [...]	2005-05-31 22:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN VE
05CARACAS2404	REACTION TO IACHR VARGAS DECISION [...] (C) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) passed a resolution accepting Venezuela's admission of responsibility for all charges in the case of Blanco Romero y Otros vs. Venezuela. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) and representatives for the victims (th [...]	2005-08-08 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CS VE
05DOHA206	Special Media Reaction: Qatari coverage of the [...] SUMMARY: All the Qatari papers from 01/29-02/03/2005 provided front-page coverage for the Iraqi elections. The papers focused on the absence of Sunni Iraqi voters in the Elections, linking the poor participation to the deteriorating security situation. Today, all the papers front-paged the Qat [...]	2005-02-03 10:12:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA IZ MEPP
05DUBAI128	IRAN'S EXPANDING JUDICIARY DRAWS MAJLIS FIRE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December 2004 the Majlis Judicial And Legal Committee approved a bill to investigate the Iranian Judiciary, forwarding it to the Majlis General Session for consideration. Also in late December 2004 a related ongo [...]	2005-01-10 18:24:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	IR PREL
05DUBAI1753	RAFSANJANI VERSUS QALIBAF? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With 58 days left before the June 17 Iranian Presidential election and 21 days until the start of candidate registration on May 10, there are 19 Iranian men (and no women) cited in Iranian press as possible Presidential candidates. Former President and current Expediency Council Ch [...]	2005-04-19 13:46:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PGOV
05DUBAI4824	ONE IRAN EXPERT'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD [...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, an Iranian XXXXXXXXXXXX well known in Iran watcher circles, offered to PolEconChief his views on his "childhood friend," President Ahmadinejad. He asserted that Ahmadinejad had no role in the 1979 hostage crisis. He had opposed Ahmadinejad's candidacy due to his lack [...]	2005-10-03 13:12:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KNNP IR
05DUBLIN1216	IRISH SHI'A MUSLIMS PLEA FOR U.S. TO STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the Ambassador met with five prominent Iraqi Shi'a members of the Irish Islamic community to initiate dialogue and advance post's Muslim Outreach program. The Imam of the Shi'a community, Dr. Ali Al-Saleh, expressed gratitude to the USG for removing Saddam Huss [...]	2005-10-03 13:48:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR
05DUBLIN1264	IRISH/IRAQI SHI'A MUSLIMS WELCOME AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. On October 8, the Ambassador and two emboffs received a warm welcome at an Iftar celebration at the local Shi'a mosque in Dublin. Dr. Ali A. A. Al-Saleh, the Imam of the predominantly Iraqi Mosque, spoke out publicly in strong support of USG policy, stating that U.S. intervention [...]	2005-10-14 11:12:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAO
05DUBLIN1307	TERRORIST FINANCIER APPEALS AN ORDER FREEZING HIS [...] (U) On October 24, the Irish Times (newspaper of record) reported that Bin Muhammad Ayadi Chafiq will make an appeal on October 25 to the European Court of Justice for the release of his bank accounts. According to the report, Ayadi Chafiq, a Bosnian national born in Tunis, is named on a Eur [...]	2005-10-24 13:54:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR EI
05HILLAH366	KARBALA UIA/555 CANDIDATE CONFIDENT OF STRONG PERFORMANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number two candidate on the United Iraqi Alliance list (UIA, ballot number 555) in Karbala, Mouther Hussein Hassan Al-Hakim, expressed optimism over his coalition's chances in the December 15 national election, stating, "My list is in a good position." Al-Hakim, an independe [...]	2005-12-12 19:44:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05HILLAH375	549/ISLAMIC COALITION CANDIDATE PREDICTS "HARD COMPETITION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number two candidate in Karbala on the Islamic Coalition list (ballot number 549),Ibrahim Ali Abbas Al-Mutayri, predicted that the electoral contest for Karbala's six seats in the new National Assembly would feature "hard competition" between the Islamic Coalition and the [...]	2005-12-14 19:14:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05HILLAH378	MOOD SERENE, SECURITY EXTENSIVE AT DOWNTOWN AL-HILLAH [...] Summary: Family trips to polling places, patriotic music and mosque exhortations characterized the activity around one downtown Al-Hillah, Babil Province polling station on December 15. Male and female screeners courteously searched voters as they moved smoothly through the entrance. Policemen [...]	2005-12-16 19:29:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM IZ
05HILLAH380	SISTANI, SADR OFFER APPROVAL OF ELECTION PROCESS IN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings December 17 with Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani and Moqtada Sadr each expressed his approval of the December 15 election process. In meetings in Najaf, Sistani reportedly stressed to Jaafari the importance of quickly releasing th [...]	2005-12-18 17:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05HILLAH382	MOSQUE SERMONS DIFFER ON OIL PRICE HIKE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-24 13:13:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL EPET EFIN EAID IZ
05HILLAH384	SISTANI-AFFILIATED CLERIC ASSASSINATED IN NAJAF; IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified gunmen assassinated Sayyid Fattah Al-Thabhawi, a mid-level Shi'a cleric affiliated with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, on December 26. The cleric, who also was aligned with the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),was shot outside his home in th [...]	2005-12-28 18:05:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
05HILLAH386	NAJAF MOSQUE SERMONS CRITICIZE COALITION, SUPPORT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Friday prayer speaker at the primary Sadrist mosque in Najaf blamed Coalition Forces for recent raids on a Sadrist cleric's home, accused them of desecrating the Koran and called for Ibrahim Jaafari to remain as Prime Minister. At a mosque affiliated with the Supreme Council fo [...]	2005-12-31 14:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ KIS
05ISTANBUL1127	U.S. OIL COMPANY BLAZES TRAIL IN BLACK SEA NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a project that company executives confidently predict will soon be a banner success for U.S. investment in Turkey, Torreador Energy Corporation (the former Madison Oil Company) is moving forward to full development of a natural gas field off of Akcakoca on Turkey's western Bl [...]	2005-07-01 05:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ENRG EINV ECON TU
05JERUSALEM2739	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 30, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA and Israeli media reported that five Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, as stone-throwing clashes between Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and Israeli security forces continued for a fourth day in al-Mowassi. A large IDF force entered Nablus after three IDF [...]	2005-06-30 13:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05KUWAIT1834	KUWAITI SHIITE POLITICAL BLOCS BUOYED BY WAVE OF [...] (C) Summary: The often mistrusted Shi'a population has slowly increased the intensity of its calls for reform since the liberation of Iraq, winning some concessions from the GOK, but losing ground in the face of active Salafi opposition. Although most Kuwaiti Shiites claim to identify themse [...]	2005-05-03 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PINR KISL KU SOLI
05KUWAIT213	SHIITE POLITICAL SCIENTIST: IRAN NOT TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Shiite and Kuwait University Political Science Chairman Professor Abdull Redha Assiri shared his thoughts on Iran with Poloffs during a January 11 meeting. Assiri, who travels often to Iran, said Kuwait and Iran maintain good relations and predicted that Iran -- already a [...]	2005-01-12 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IR IZ
05KUWAIT2508	(C) KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN: IRAN FEARS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 4 meeting with Poloff and PolMiloff, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iran Majdi Al-Thufiri shared his thoughts on the June 12 election, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei's ability to control Iran's security forces, the U.S.-Iranian relationship and Iran's concerns o [...]	2005-06-07 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PARM KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT274	SHI'A CLERIC SAYS SHIITES LOSING LAST YEAR'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a January 4 meeting, Secretary General of the Shiite Clerics Congregation and SIPDIS self-appointed representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistanti, Sayed Mohammed Baqr Al-Mohri, shared with Poloff his views on the resignation of Shiite Information Minister Mo [...]	2005-01-18 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL KU IZ IR ISLAMISTS SHI
05KUWAIT4322	UPDATE ON PENINSULA LIONS: PROSECUTION CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Peninsula Lions terrorist cell case completed its procedural phase and began actual deliberations on the charges facing the thirty-seven defendants on Saturday, September 24. The accused are all implicated in the January 10, 15, 30, and 31 police actions that left four Kuwai [...]	2005-10-05 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4451	SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...]	2005-10-17 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI
05KUWAIT4455	KUWAITIS MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS ON REFERENDUM; [...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in remarks to the opening session of the National Assembly October 17, congratulated the Iraqi people on the Iraqi Constitution. The Kuwaiti Council of Ministers released a similar statement of support after its Sunday meeting. Bef [...]	2005-10-17 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4641	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOK LABELS IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah characterized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks regarding Israel as "very strong and very strange," reminding the GOK of language from the days of Ayatolla [...]	2005-10-30 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR KU
05KUWAIT4727	BLUE LANTERN: CASE 966701 [...] (U) Per reftel request, Econoff paid a visit to the offices of "National Contracts Group" (NCG) to ascertain the validity of the company and its stated role as a party to pending license No. 966701. Econoff met with Mr. Omar A. A. Almutawa, President of NCG and Mr. Shahid Ayaz, General Manage [...]	2005-11-09 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC KUNC KU US
05KUWAIT4794	PENINSULA LIONS UPDATE: DEFENSE CHALLENGES CHARGES [...] (SBU) The trial of the Peninsula Lions resumed on November 12 amid tightening security with over a dozen defense lawyers presenting their arguments one-by-one as the trial judges sat and listened. The hearing, which began at 2 pm, has continued in extraordinary sessions finishing after 8 pm [...]	2005-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5032	HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND [...] (C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),met with poloff on November 28 and discussed his candidacy for ambassador to Iraq, the extension of the HOC's mandate until spring 2006, and Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kuwait. [...]	2005-12-06 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU
05KUWAIT5137	SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...]	2005-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT5270	PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT IN: 30 CONVICTIONS [...] (U) In a verdict announced December 27, 30 of the 37 Peninsula Lions defendants were convicted of murder, attempted assassinations and other terror related crimes. The decision was first read to the defense lawyers in a closed court session, followed by an announcement to court observers out [...]	2005-12-27 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5285	MEPI AND BMENA IN KUWAIT: YOUNG ARAB LEADERS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT On December 27, Ambassador met with Maha Al-Ghunaim, Vice-Chairperson and Managing Director of Global Investment House (GIH),to discuss the Young Arab Leaders organization in Kuwait (YAL-K). Also on 12/27, Ambassador spoke with Kuwait Economic Society head Dr. Rola Dasth [...]	2005-12-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI PINR KDEM KPAO ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT656	ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]	2005-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT991	KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...]	2005-03-09 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05LAGOS1811	TROOPS, LEGAL ACTIONS INCREASE BAYELSA TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, is the site of a quiet but increasingly tense political standoff. While Governor Alamieyeseigha is going through the motions of normal operations, he is being guarded and supported by scores of armed Ijaw irregulars. Meanwhile, up to 1,000 Fed [...]	2005-11-30 09:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LILONGWE202	DVC on MCA Threshold Program Gets Rave Reviews [...] Post wishes to thank all those in Washington who organized and participated in the March 1 digital video conference hosted by USAID Washington on the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. The DVC received high-level participation here, and key MCC officials in Washington were able [...]	2005-03-04 06:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA KPAO PGOV ECON MI
05LIMA1146	Request for Human Rights Vetting: PNP STUDENTS [...] NAS requests human rights vetting for the following Peruvian Police personnel to participate in TRAINING AT SANTA LUCIA PNP SCHOOL. Relevant Embassy sections will conduct a search of their files. Please process vetting by MARCH 22, 2005. ALIAGA VILLOGAS, YIMBER OSWALDO ALUMNO PNP HUAN [...]	2005-03-07 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MASS MARR PE
05LIMA1171	PERU: MULTI-TON COCAINE SEIZURES IN THE FIRST TWO [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the first two months of 2005, the Peruvian National Police (PNP),supported by DEA's Lima Country Office (LCO),have tracked and seized record-breaking amounts of cocaine HCL/base - close to 5 metric tons - compared to 7.11 metric tons of cocaine HCL in the whole of 20 [...]	2005-03-08 22:43:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1344	(U) DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DRUG MARKETS IN PERU [...] (U) The responses in this cable reference the questions posed in Ref A. A. (S) Describe cocaine trafficking organizations in Peru? Do they typically specialize in one drug activity? What is their average size? How are they structured? Are they vertically or horizontally integrated? [...]	2005-03-21 16:18:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SNAR PE EXIM
05LIMA1388	GOP EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 60 MORE DAYS [...] Via a Supreme Decree signed by President Toledo on March 18, the Government extended for two more months the State of Emergency first declared in May of 2003. The Presidential Decree carried over the State of Emergency in the same geographic area covered by the most recent extension, dated J [...]	2005-03-22 21:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA2054	CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON FORGED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The three opposition party members of the congressional committee investigating allegations that President Alejandro Toledo's party forged signatures to register for the 2000 elections concluded that there was massive fraud and that Toledo was responsible. The two pro-GOP memb [...]	2005-05-04 21:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PINR PE
05LIMA2055	REVAMPING NAS SUPPORTED ERADICATION IN THE [...] (C) Peruvian National Police (PNP),with support from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) support and encouragement, decided to go after illicit coca in conflictive zones of the Huallaga Valley in CY 2005. We planned coordinated interdiction and eradication ops for March and April in the Yan [...]	2005-05-04 22:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PE
05LIMA2158	COCALEROS ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICAL GROUPS BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the various cocalero groups remain fragmented with no national leadership or strategy, they are courted by disparate radical elements in Peruvian society who view the cocaleros as potential allies. In addition, there is evidence that narcotraffickers are arming and radical [...]	2005-05-12 18:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER PE
05LIMA2254	GRADUATING COUNTERNARCOTICS CADETS INCREASE PNP [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, almost 200 new Peruvian National Police (PNP) cadets graduated from two police academies in the heart of the coca source zones. These academies were conceived, constructed and fully equipped by Embassy NAS. The 200 graduates are the first batch of a planned 2000 more c [...]	2005-05-19 20:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SNAR EAID PGOV PE
05LIMA2320	GOP EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 60 MORE DAYS [...] Via a Supreme Decree signed by President Toledo on May 20, the Government extended for two more months the State of Emergency first declared in May of 2003. The Presidential Decree carried over the State of Emergency in the same geographic area covered by the most recent extensions, dated Ma [...]	2005-05-24 20:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA2335	STRIKES BY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AFFECT TEN [...] (SBU) Agricultural producers from 10 departments, all with distinct agendas, began a series of strikes and road blockages on 5/23. The GOP quickly reached an accommodation with potato growers in the south, and remains in negotiation with rice farmers from the north. Textile manufacturers and [...]	2005-05-25 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE
05LIMA2551	VENEZUELA MEDDLING IN PERUVIAN POLITICS [...] (S) Ambassador requested a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros June 6 to discuss the Venezuelan government,s involvement with violent, extremist Peruvian organizations. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy had learned late last week that Venezuela,s Ambassador-desig [...]	2005-06-07 21:15:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PE PGOV PREL VE
05LIMA3261	GOVERNING PARTY CANDIDATE ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF [...] (U) On July 26, 2005, the Peruvian Congress elected Marcial Ayaipoma, the candidate of President Alejandro Toledo,s ruling Peru Posible (PP) Party, as its new President, succeeding Antero Flores Araoz. Although Ayaipoma ran unchallenged, his election proved difficult. The opposition APRA and U [...]	2005-07-27 18:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA3337	TOLEDO'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] A confident President Alejandro Toledo delivered his annual State of the Nation speech on 7/28, in which he touted his administration's economic, political and social successes; emphasized that these accomplishments were achieved in conjunction with the Congress, political parties and the pop [...]	2005-08-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM PE
05LIMA3414	Peru's Evangelicals: A Rising Force [...] (SBU) This is the first in a three-part series on Peru's Evangelical Christians. This cable traces the recent history of this key emerging sector. The second will delineate the Evangelicals' political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. The final cable will [...]	2005-08-08 22:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3415	Peru's Evangelicals: Political Strategy [...] (U) This is the second in a three-part series on Peruvian Evangelicals. It will delineate their political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peruvian Evangelical Christians fervently believe that Peru needs thoroughg [...]	2005-08-08 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3419	Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between [...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...]	2005-08-09 15:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA3474	Peru: Human Rights Update [...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]	2005-08-11 20:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3518	RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN MINISTER ENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The intergovernmental political crisis resulting from the resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero on 8/11, following the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, was resolved the evening of 8/12, when President Alejandro Toledo asked Olivera to step down. Tole [...]	2005-08-15 21:08:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
05LIMA3588	FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER PERUVIAN [...] Embassy has received the following dip note from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry regarding the case of Edgar Vera Monte, a Peruvian who is on life support following an altercation with police in Allen, Texas on 8/4. "The Ministry of Foreign Relations, Office of the Secretary of Peruvi [...]	2005-08-18 20:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA3998	APRA LEADER SUPPORTS ERADICATION, REELS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: APRA Party leader (and former President) Alan Garcia, on 9/9, publicly declared illegal coca should be eradicated and that coca eradication policy is the purview of the GOP, not regional governments. Garcia was responding to warnings by La Libertad Regional President Homero Burg [...]	2005-09-15 15:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA4176	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005 [...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...]	2005-09-26 19:05:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4294	PRESIDENT TOLEDO ANNOUNCES NATIONAL CITIZEN [...] SUMMARY. New public security measures announced by President Toledo on 9/29 include more police patrols in high crime areas, vehicle purchases, prison reforms, a focus on highway robberies, and new training academies. Although some of the resources required will be generated internally thro [...]	2005-10-04 14:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS KCRM PE
05LIMA4441	COCALEROS INCREASINGLY RADICAL BUT STILL FRACTURED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fifteen hundred cocaleros met in Ayacucho at the fourth Congress of the National Confederation of Agriculture Producers of the Coca Valleys of Peru (CONPACCP) in another failed attempt to create a unified national movement. Supporters of the Humala brothers tried to participat [...]	2005-10-13 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PINS PE
05LIMA4568	WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS WITH LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA/AND Director Philip French, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, on 10/17, met separately with leading presidential hopefuls Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) and Alan Garcia (APRA party); the third principle contender, former Interim President Valentin Paniagua, [...]	2005-10-24 18:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR PE
05LIMA4633	DECENTRALIZATION: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK IN PERU, [...] Peru will hold referenda in 16 of its 25 departments on 10/30, in which voters will decide whether to consolidate their departments into up to five macro-regions. The formation of macro-regions would be a major step forward in Peru's ongoing decentralization process, which is aimed at devolv [...]	2005-10-27 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
05LIMA4634	DECENTRALIZATION: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK IN PERU, [...] This is the second in a two-part series on Peruvian decentralization. It focuses on the 10/30 referenda on forming macro-regions, current opinions, and possible outcomes. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. SUMMARY. On the eve of the 10/30 referenda on the formation of macro-regions, the GOP fi [...]	2005-10-27 22:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
05LIMA4732	ECONOMIC EXPANSION BEGINNING TO REDUCE POVERTY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-04 21:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA4842	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON FUJIMORI, MARTIME [...] (C) Top presidential political advisors Juan de la Puente and Juan Sheput, in recent meetings with Polcouns, addressed the principle political issues of the moment as follows: -- Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's extradition: Peru will have a hard time preparing an adequate extradition req [...]	2005-11-14 20:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM PE
05LIMA4897	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, OCTOBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The eradication/interdiction juggernaut moved to San Gaban on October 4 and we are well on our way to surpassing our 8,000 hectare goal for this year. Opposition continues to be light thanks to a large contingent of PNP drug police (DIRANDRO) and a proactive community outreach program [...]	2005-11-17 21:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE

05LIMA5099	PERU ON MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] On 11/28, D/Polcouns presented reftel demarche on the need for monitors for the Bolivian elections to the Foreign Ministry's Bolivia Desk Officer, Manuel De Cossio. De Cossio said he was not aware of any intention within the GOP to provide election monitors to Bolivia, but would consult withi [...]	2005-11-30 21:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BO PE
05LIMA5198	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) On November 13, the GOP eradication team passed the 8,000-hectare mark, its 2005 goal. By the end of November, eradication totaled 8,512 hectares as operations in San Gaban continue. They are scheduled to end on December 15. The GOP's proposed 2006 Eradication Plan is awaiting final [...]	2005-12-07 18:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA5203	FIVE PNP OFFICERS KILLED IN AYACUCHO AMBUSH [...] (C) On the morning of 12/5 between 15 and 20 armed individuals ambushed and attacked two DIRANDRO vehicles en route from the new NAS-funded DIRANDRO base at Palma Pampa to San Francisco, both in the VRAE (reftels). Five police officers were killed, and a prosecutor and one other police office [...]	2005-12-07 21:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA5322	TOLEDO CRITICIZES CHAVEZ IN ARMY DAY SPEECH [...] (U) President Alejandro Toledo clearly, albeit indirectly, criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during his Army Day speech on 12/9. In his remarks, President Toledo recalled that Army Day commemorates the Battle of Ayachucho, where an army made up of recruits from many nations defeate [...]	2005-12-16 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA5335	THE ONGOING DEBATE: IS TERRORISM BACK ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Remarks by Prime Minister Kuczynski alleging a growing terrorism problem in Peru have rekindled public interest in this issue, but have generated little consensus on how grave the problem really is. In private, Embassy contacts point to an increasing involvement of Sendero Lumin [...]	2005-12-16 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5336	PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]	2005-12-16 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5365	TOLEDO MAKES ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PICK FOR ARMY [...] (C) President Toledo has named a reported personal favorite, General Cesar Reinoso Diaz, to become Commanding General of the Army, passing over the three officers who would normally be considered next in line for the job by Army guidelines (which include seniority and military merit). Two of [...]	2005-12-20 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PE
05LIMA5391	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, [...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...]	2005-12-21 20:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5397	ANOTHER SENDERO LUMINOSO AMBUSH LEAVES EIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 12/20, Sendero Luminoso (SL) members ambushed and killed eight Peruvian National Police officers near the town of Aucayacu, located in the Huallaga River coca production zone. The attack followed by only two weeks the SL murder of five officers in northern Ayacucho, a differen [...]	2005-12-21 23:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5486	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...]	2005-12-30 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA976	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ambassador visited Ayacucho February 17-19, as part of a series of trips aimed at raising public awareness throughout Peru regarding potential benefits of a free trade agreement with the U.S. In the course of contacts with public officials and opinion leaders in Ayacucho, this trip also [...]	2005-03-01 19:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID PE
05MADRID4095	EUR A/S FRIED AND WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, accompanied by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, visited Madrid November 15-16 for meetings with Spanish officials to discuss cooperation to advance Broader Middle East reform, the upcoming NATO summits, and areas for possible collaboration in Latin [...]	2005-11-28 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MANAMA111	THE IRAQ FACTOR: BAHRAIN'S SHIA OPPOSITION [...] (C) Bahraini Shia supporters of participation in the domestic political process have begun to state their views publicly in an environment heavily influenced by Shia political empowerment in Iraq. In early January, the independent Al Wasat newspaper launched a campaign explicitly urging Bahr [...]	2005-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM BA IZ
05MANAMA1297	MAJOR COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR'S THANKS TO BAHRAINI [...] Major Arabic and English dailies carried a statement September 7 from the Ambassador expressing "profound gratitude" for the $5 million offer of assistance from the Government of Bahrain, as well as the many gestures of compassion, concern, and generosity shown by the Bahraini people. Englis [...]	2005-09-08 09:13:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA1320	"We Are All in This Together": Solidarity Across [...] Summary: The Ambassador, in his remarks during a commemoration of September 11, honored the victims of many nations and faiths who have perished in terrorist attacks. Ambassadors of the United Kingdom and Egypt joined the Ambassador in calling for a united stand against the border- less threa [...]	2005-09-12 11:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA136	MGIZ01: KING, CABINET PUBLICLY HAIL SUCCESS OF [...] (SBU) King Hamad and the Bahraini Cabinet January 30 issued statements celebrating the success of Iraq's elections. The King sent a message, which was released to the press, to Iraqi Interim President Ghazi Yawar congratulating him on the success of the elections, saying that this was "the f [...]	2005-01-31 11:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BA IZ
05MANAMA137	BAHRAIN'S MEDIA ON IRAQ ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY [...] Summary: Bahrain's media overwhelmingly welcomed the success of Iraq's elections with front-page coverage, banner headlines, and positive editorials on January 31. The Embassy's outreach efforts on Iraq elections paid off with a four-page elections insert on January 30 in "Al Wasat," drawing [...]	2005-01-31 11:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OIIP KDEM KMDR KPAO BA IZ
05MANAMA1403	COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN [...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]	2005-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1524	KING'S CONFIDANT DISCUSSES LATEST DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. Close confidant of the King Hassan Fakhro, in an October 17 conversation with the Ambassador, said that the government fully welcomes the participation of the four boycotting societies in the 2006 parliamentary elections. The government expected, he added, that their participation [...]	2005-10-19 09:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA1566	DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY LAW ROILS RELIGIOUS CLERICS [...] (C) Sunni and Shi'a religious leaders have reacted strongly against the Supreme Council for Women's (SCW) media campaign to heighten awareness of the need for a family law. Clerics are condemning the concept of a law dealing with family status issues that is separate from strict adherence to [...]	2005-10-26 11:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PREL KISL BA
05MANAMA1580	CREEPING CONSERVATISM HITS HOTELS DURING RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Bahrain's Tourism Directorate issued instructions to five-star hotels in early October directing them to stop serving alcohol in their bars and restaurants during the holy month of Ramadan, an unprecedented development. Compliance was spotty at first but by mid-month all hotels had imp [...]	2005-10-29 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KISL BA
05MANAMA1585	PASSIONS AROUSED AT JERUSALEM DAY DEMOS [...] (C) Summary: The annual Al Quds International Day demonstrations October 28 drew thousands showing their support for the Palestinian people. Participants chanted anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans while carrying Bahraini, Palestinian, and Hizbollah flags along with pictures of Ayatollah [...]	2005-10-30 14:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BA
05MANAMA1602	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national from Guantanamo to the government of Bahrain. The Ambassador noted continued concerns over the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmad [...]	2005-10-31 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1678	GOB statements and Special Media Reaction on [...] Summary: The recent terrorist bombings in Jordan were overwhelmingly condemned in the Bahraini press, which quoted Bahraini government officials, led by King Hamad bin Isa Al- Khalifa, condemning the attacks. Editorials described the perpetrators as "not human" and highlighted the similarity [...]	2005-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PA PREL BA
05MANAMA1679	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: REGIONAL MEDIA FOCUS ON [...] Summary: In contrast to the American press' focus on the November 12 Forum for the Future's failure to issue a final communiqu, characterizing it as "ending in discord" over Egypt's objection on the role of NGOs, the Bahrain and regional media highlighted the broader importance of the Forum' [...]	2005-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV KMPI BA
05MANAMA1742	Six Bahraini Guantanamo Detainees Made Media [...] Summary: The plight of six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facilities has consumed the Bahraini media for months, building tensions with a series of published reports alleging sexual humiliation and other abuses catalogued in the journal writings of one of the detainees, Juma Al [...]	2005-11-27 15:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA BILAT
05MANAMA1833	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMONSTRATIONS AND IRAN WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador December 4 newly-appointed Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and head of the Central Informatics Organization Shaikh Ahmed Bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa expressed dismay at recent public disturbances, saying that they damage the business clim [...]	2005-12-12 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BA REGION POL OFFICIALS
05MANAMA1910	BAHRAINI SHI'A CLERIC DETAINED AT AIRPORT, [...] (C) Summary: Bahraini Shi'a Ayatallah Shaikh Mohamed Al-Sanad was detained four-five hours at Bahrain International Airport upon his return from Iran December 25, sparking a violent protest at the airport which resulted in damage to airport facilities and arrests of and injuries to protester [...]	2005-12-27 13:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA POL
05MANAMA224	BAHRAINIS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE REGIONAL TERRORIST [...] (C) Bahraini media have covered the threat of regional terrorism in an unusually direct way following recent incidents in Kuwait and Oman and the Saudi counter-terrorism conference. The Interior Minister visited Kuwait February 6 and stated publicly that countries must work together to eradi [...]	2005-02-16 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA24	KING FOCUSES ON RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA IN [...] (C) King Hamad, in a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, expressed his appreciation for his November 29 meeting with the President and reaffirmed Bahrain's friendship with the United States. The Ambassador thanked the King for the GOB's continued surveillance of the four terrorist suspect [...]	2005-01-04 15:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET BA
05MANAMA320	GCC SECGEN AFFIRMS RIGHT OF MEMBERS TO SIGN FTA'S [...] (U) Bahrain's Al Ayam Arabic daily newspaper reported March 1 that GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Atteya confirmed that each GCC member state has the right to sign a free trade agreement with the United States, but the country must notify the other GCC members about the steps taken. He [...]	2005-03-06 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ECIN BA
05MANAMA328	CRITIQUE OF SISTANI CREATES DEBATE ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Columnist Sameera Rajab's February 16 article on the Iraqi elections that criticized Ayatollah Sistani created an intense debate on freedom of expression. The controversy continues to make headlines almost daily. Rajab, a columnist for Akhbar Al Khaleej, wrote that Sistani was an America [...]	2005-03-07 14:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA347	GOB REACTS TO OUTWARD SIGNS OF SHIA ACTIVISM [...] (C) The GOB has launched a public and private campaign complaining of Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs and attempts to sow sectarianism in Bahrain. Interior Minister Shaikh Rashed said publicly that some people spread hate messages during mid-February Shia Ashura celebrations by chan [...]	2005-03-09 14:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL KIRF BA
05MANAMA682	NEA PDAS CHENEY'S PRESS COVERAGE IN BAHRAIN [...] PDAS Elizabeth Cheney conducted a press roundtable during her May 10 visit to Bahrain to discuss the Forum for the Future and U.S. support for democracy in the region. Press reports on May 11 generally reflected the editorial slant of the Bahraini media with pro-government papers focusing on [...]	2005-05-11 15:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL OIIP KPAO BA
05MANAMA756	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, KORAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, during a May 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, discussed the Forum for the Future (FfF),the retracted Newsweek magazine story about Koran desecration at GTMO, Iraq, and the DOD Bahrain School. The Foreign Minister reiterat [...]	2005-05-29 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI BA
05MANAMA812	KING DISCUSSES SAUDI-GCC RELATIONS, DOMESTIC [...] (C) King Hamad told the Ambassador June 6 that a key issue discussed at last month's GCC Summit in Riyadh was relations between Saudi Arabia and its GCC partners. Kuwait is taking the lead on developing a unified position to take to the Saudis. Bahrain recommends that Kuwait focus on three i [...]	2005-06-08 05:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PHUM PGOV BA
05MANAMA871	KING DISCUSSES DOMESTIC, REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GEN. [...] (C) Summary. Bahrain's King Hamad reaffirmed to visiting CENTCOM CDR Abizaid June 18 his position that any amendments to the constitution should be done by the legislature, not the King; intervention by the King to entice participation in next year's election would weaken, not strengthen Bahra [...]	2005-06-19 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA885	UNEMPLOYMENT PROTEST MARRED BY CLASHES; 30 [...] (C) Police clashed with some 50 Bahrainis protesting the unemployment situation outside the Royal Court June 19. The scuffles broke out as police tried to keep the demonstrators away from an area near the Court entrance designated off-limits to protesters following a rally at the same locati [...]	2005-06-20 13:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON PREL BA
05MANAMA910	MEPI-FUNDED NDI PROJECT COMES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) The MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project in Bahrain has attracted criticism from many directions recently. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar has privately expressed his concerns to the Ambassador several times that NDI gives too much emphasis to oppos [...]	2005-06-28 08:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KDEM PREL BA
05MANAMA923	CLERICS CALL FOR CALMING DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) Several opinion-leaders including clerics and columnists are calling for the government and opposition to act more responsibly following clashes at a June 19 demonstration. Shia cleric Shaikh Issa Qassem in his June 24 sermon criticized both the government and demonstrators for their act [...]	2005-06-29 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM BA
05MANAMA949	KING WORRIES ABOUT NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (S) A major focus of the Ambassador's July 5 discussion with Bahrain's King Hamad was the King's concern about the implications of the election of Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad, he said, faces a big challenge in unifying Iranians, and one way he will generate unity will be by pro [...]	2005-07-06 13:58:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV BA IR
05MANAMA974	BAHRAIN/IRAN TONE DOWN RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Bahrain's King Hamad telephoned Iranian President Khatami July 8 to thank him for his statement that Iran was not threatening any Gulf states following the publication of a cartoon in a Bahrain newspaper June 30 that was deemed insulting to Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei (reftel). The phone [...]	2005-07-10 11:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IR
05MANILA2731	PHILIPPINE POLITICS: ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME... [...] (C) Summary: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo survived the Independence Day weekend despite protests and calls for her ouster by members of the opposition. Privately, high-level Administration officials thanked the Charge for the USG's role in calming the waters; Charge reiterated that our [...]	2005-06-14 08:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PINR MOPS RP
05MANILA3282	ARROYO REBUILDING ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the exodus of key economic advisors, President Arroyo began reconstruction of her economic team on July 12 with the appointment of Margarito Teves as Secretary of Finance. On July 14, she announced other key appointments, including Peter Tavilia as Secretary of Tr [...]	2005-07-15 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TBIO RP
05MANILA705	SITREP Ol: NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMBS ROCK THREE [...] (SBU) Three near simultaneous explosions rocked Manila and two cities in the southern Philippines around 7:OO pm local time February 14. Dozens of casualties are reported but no firm figurcs are yet available. No Amcits are reported injured or killed. Media reports link the Abu Sayyaf Grou [...]	2005-02-14 13:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MINSK1199	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 30, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Hail to Luka Youth! President Lukashenko signed a presidential edict on September 24 restoring the Soviet era name, Lenin Komsomol of Belarus, to the [...]	2005-09-30 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK904	Russia's Missing Ambassador and the Sorry State of [...] (C) Summary: Russia's newly appointed Ambassador to Belarus, and former Saratov governor, Dmitriy Ayatskov's arrival to assume his post has been delayed "indefinitely." Minsk has linked this delay to indelicate remarks Ayatskov made critical of Lukashenko, although the Russian MFA claims he re [...]	2005-08-04 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
05MUSCAT1934	GEN ABIZAID'S DECEMBER 26 MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) In a convivial 80-minute exchange on December 26, Sultan Qaboos shared with USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid his thoughts on Iraq, Iran, the war on terror and the state of bilateral relations. Agreeing with Gen Abizaid on many points, the Sultan argued for a less intrusive Arab role in Iraq's tr [...]	2005-12-31 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER PGOV XF IR IZ MU
05MUSCAT2	OMAN FM ON IRAN, IRAQ, GCC AND PALESTINE [...] (C) FM Yusuf bin Alawi shared his views with the Ambassador on Iran's relations with the region, noting his interest in visiting Tehran but ruling out a state visit by the Sultan. He is optimistic that Qatar will take positive action to rein in abuses by the Al Jazeera network, and is likewis [...]	2005-01-01 03:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ETRD XF MU
05MUSCAT547	GEN ABIZAID'S 3/29 MEETING WITH SULTAN QABOOS [...] (C) In a March 29 visit by USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid, Sultan Qaboos credited Saudi Arabia for tactical successes against terrorism but worried whether the Al Saud yet have a longer term strategy. He sees Iraq still at a crossroads, expressing concern over the country's territorial integrity, [...]	2005-04-04 08:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR PGOV KDEM ETRD MARR XF IR IZ MU
05MUSCAT6	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S TRANSIT OF OMAN [...] (C) Team Muscat was delighted to learn of your transit of Oman en route to the tsunami-stricken Asia region. In the event your brief refueling stop in Muscat offers the opportunity for an airport meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi, we offer the following ba [...]	2005-01-02 10:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MU
05NAIROBI5070	KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]	2005-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5073	KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]	2005-12-08 11:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NEWDELHI2992	INDIA WAITING FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Incoming MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf Division) Sanjay Singh reiterated GOI willingness to support Iraq's democratic transition, but is waiting for the new government in Baghdad to take its seat before committing to action. In a conversation with PolCouns and PolMilOff on April 19 [...]	2005-04-21 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG IZ IN
05NEWDELHI594	INDIA'S SUNNI-SHIA DIVIDE DOMINATES MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Indian Shias are excited about the prospect of a Shia government in Iraq, revere Ayatollah Sistani and support the January 30 election. This does not mean, however, that they are pro-American, as they also want US troops to depart Iraq as soon as possible and Iraq and Iran to ha [...]	2005-01-25 05:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
05NEWDELHI7261	NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...]	2005-09-16 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM
05NEWDELHI756	INDIA ON IRAQI ELECTIONS: CONGRATULATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite the GOI's deliberately low-profile public and material support in the run-up to the Iraqi elections, Indian government, media, and commentators welcomed the completion of Iraq's first election. In a January 31 statement, the Indian MEA called the elections a "noteworthy [...]	2005-01-31 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI7759	CONGRESS MOVES TO CALM COALITION JITTERS [...] (C) Summary: The virulent criticism by the Left Front (LF) and the opposition BJP of India's anti-Iran vote in the IAEA and their efforts to politicize the debate on economic reform has caught many Congress leaders by surprise, and fed rumors that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governm [...]	2005-10-05 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KISL PREL PINR EINV IR IN
05NEWDELHI9205	INDO-JAPANESE INTERESTS CONVERGING AHEAD OF EAST [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh is heading to Kuala Lumpur for the December 14 East Asian Summit (EAS) at a time of rapid improvement in Indo-Japanese relations that may finally overcome the sense on both sides of unfulfilled potential. In a December 2 meeting with PolCouns, MEA's Asia Co [...]	2005-12-06 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG TRGY KNNP CH JA IN ASEAN
05NEWDELHI940	INDIAN REACTIONS TO THE IRAQ ELECTION REFLECT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction of India's political parties and major newspapers to the January 30 election in Iraq predictably reflected their political orientations. The UPA government saw the election as a step forward, but unveiled no new initiatives or specific plans for greater engagement. [...]	2005-02-07 09:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9421	AHMADINEJAD'S IRRATIONALITY: AN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: During PolCouns's introductory call on new MEA Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh, Singh shared his impressions from his recent posting as India's Ambassador in Tehran, emphasizing that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's perspective is skewed by his fer [...]	2005-12-15 09:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP PINR IN IR
05PANAMA2139	NO EVIDENCE OF "WHIPSAWING" BY PANAMANIAN TELCOMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel points to Jose Galan, Director President of Panama's Public Utilities Regulatory Agency (Ente Regulador) on October 14th. Galan confirmed that circuit blockages by Panamanian telecommunications companies to place price pressure on i [...]	2005-10-24 18:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD PGOV PREL XM PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PARIS1065	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. RWANDA 4. SUDAN 5. ZIMBABWE 6. AID TO AFRICA 7. CAMEROON Â [...]	2005-02-18 14:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS1139	CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: During their January 31st stop in Paris, Senators Smith, Biden, Leahy, Chambliss, Shelby and Hatch discussed the status of the bilateral relationship, Iraq, Iran proliferation, Afghanistan, the EUÂ´s arms embargo on China, and anti-Semitism in France in separate meetings with French [...]	2005-02-23 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR
05PARIS1219	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CENTRAFRIQUE 5. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-02-25 14:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS1629	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. DROC 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. NIGER 6. CENTRAFRIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. HIV/AIDS Â [...]	2005-03-11 13:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS196	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN [...] MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTION 2. SUDAN PEACE ACCORD 3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ARE FEATURED BOTH IN LEAD STORIES AND IN EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC POLITICAL STORIES AND REPORTS ON THE DIFFICULTIES FOR THE TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT TO RE [...]	2005-01-11 12:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2245	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II UN [...] TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II 2. UN REPORT: ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II CONTINUES TO BE TODAY'S OVERWHELMING FRONT PAGE AND EDITORIAL STORY. SEVERAL REPORTS NOTE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH WILL ATTEND FRIDAY'S FUNERAL. LE FIGARO TITLES: "THE FIRST [...]	2005-04-05 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2378	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. ANGOLA 4. DJIBOUTI 5. ZIMBABWE 6. SUDAN 7. RWANDA Â [...]	2005-04-08 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS280	FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN" [...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...]	2005-01-14 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR
05PARIS2931	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. SOUTH AFRICA 6. SUDAN 7. NIGERIA 8. ABDOU DIOUF 9. AMINATA TRAORE Â [...]	2005-04-29 13:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS3266	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. CENTRAFRIQUE 4. SUDAN 5. ZIMBABWE 6. SOMALIA 7. ANGOLA Â [...]	2005-05-13 10:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS3540	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN: EU-3 TALKS, NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3683	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH 3. CENTRAFRIQUE 4. NIGERIA 5. TOGO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. DROC 8. DJIBOUTI 9. BURUNDI 10. SUDAN 11. ETHIOPIA Â [...]	2005-05-27 11:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS3957	FY-2005 Voluntary Visitor Program: Karl-Erik [...] Current U.S. Administration: - Introduction to governmental organizations under current administration. 2. Security and Defense Issues: - Introduction to Security and Defense Issues and Foreign Policy under current administration: OSD/AT and L. 3. Foreign Policy formulation and challeng [...]	2005-06-08 09:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4093	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. DROC 4. CHAD 5. SUDAN 6. ETHIOPIA 7. BURUNDI 8. MAURITANIE 9. ZIMBABWE 10. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]	2005-06-10 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS444	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE [...] IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE 2. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES LEAD ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EMBARKS ON THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS TO REVISE FRANCE'S CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS AIMS TO MAKE THE CONSTITUTION MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EUROPEAN C [...]	2005-01-25 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4453	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. CHAD 4. DROC 5. CAMEROON 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. RWANDA/BURUNDI 8. NIGER 9. GUINEE BISSAU 10. TOGO 11. SOUTH AFRICA 12. UGANDA Â [...]	2005-06-24 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4501	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM [...] IRAN 2. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ELECTION IN IRAN OF AN "ULTRACONSERVATIVE" IS OVERWHELMINGLY SEEN AS "A CHALLENGE TO THE WEST" (LE FIGARO); "A POPULIST STEP BACKWARDS" (LIBERATION) BUT ALSO "MORE OF THE SAME" FOR CATHOLIC LA CROIX, WHICH TITLES ITS EDIT [...]	2005-06-27 10:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4630	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MAURITANIA 5. RWANDA 6. CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE 7. NIGER 8. MALI 9. GABON 10. MADAGASCAR 11. MOZAMBIQUE 12. NIGERIA 13. DROC Â [...]	2005-07-01 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4699	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA [...] G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA 2. CENTRAL ASIA: SUMMIT IN KAZAKSTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXCEPT FOR THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC PRESS, EVERY OTHER OUTLET DEVOTES ITS FRONT-PAGE TO THE 2012 OLYMPICS AS "FRANCE HOLDS ITS BREATH" (LE PARISIEN) AND WAITS FOR THIS MORNING'S VOTE IN SINGAPORE. [...]	2005-07-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4766	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. BURUNDI 4. MALI 5. MADAGASCAR 6. MOZAMBIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. ANGOLA 10. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2005-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS487	VISITING CHALDEAN ARCHBISHOP OF TEHRAN ON [...] (C) Visiting Chaldean Archbishop of Tehran Ramzi Garmou (protect) offered impressions of the difficult situation of Christians in Iran and Iraq during a meeting with poloff January 14. (Note: Garmou had contacted poloff to seek Embassy assistance in applying for a NIV to attend the National P [...]	2005-01-27 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR IZ FR
05PARIS4904	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. MALI 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SENEGAL 6. SUDAN 7. BURKINA FASO 8. CENTRAFRIQUE Â [...]	2005-07-15 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS495	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND EUROPEAN-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5225	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. MADAGASCAR 6. SUDAN 7. NIGER 8. SAOTOME 9. TOGO 10. DROC 11. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 12. ZIMBABWE 13. UGANDA Â [...]	2005-07-29 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5596	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. MAURITANIA 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. SENEGAL 6. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 7. BURUNDI 8. SUDAN 9. GUINEA BISSAU 10. ZIMBABWE 11. BRAIN DRAIN Â [...]	2005-08-19 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5783	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURUNDI 4. NIGER 5. ANGOLA 6. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-08-26 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5944	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. NIGER 4. RWADA 5. BURUNDI 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-09-01 14:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS601	FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS AS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials publicly welcomed Iraq's election as a victory for the Iraqi people and the international community, while voicing caution on future necessary steps in Iraq's political transition, including an eventual withdrawal of foreign troops. President Chirac told v [...]	2005-01-31 18:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
05PARIS613	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6326	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURKINA FASO 4. FRANCE/AFRICA 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7 SUDAN 8 NIGERIA Â [...]	2005-09-16 13:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6527	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. GABON 4. SOMALIA 5. NIGERIA 6. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-09-23 14:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6751	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. PLUMPY NUT 3. NIGER 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SOMALIA 6. FRANCE/AFRICA 7. SENEGAL 8. TOGO Â [...]	2005-10-03 07:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7062	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]	2005-10-14 13:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7236	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. ZIMBABWE 7. WTO/COTTON Â [...]	2005-10-24 06:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7745	FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect),briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...]	2005-11-14 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR
05PARIS7873	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]	2005-11-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7948	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel- [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8202	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...]	2005-12-02 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA

05PARIS8397	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8654	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Galileo [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-27 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8692	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]	2005-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS904	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS [...] IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS 2. MUNICH SUMMIT - NATO - IRAN 3. TOGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED IN TODAY'S EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO (LE FIGARO),BUT THE IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO: "THE SHIITES [...]	2005-02-14 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS938	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO [...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...]	2005-02-15 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PRETORIA4435	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Sgt. Ayanda Moyo (South African ID number 7602065908085) - Sgt. Willem Abraham de Klerk (South African ID num [...]	2005-11-03 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05QUITO534	A DEFENSIVE GUTIERREZ BLASTS CRITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez feels justified in criticizing Ecuador's political opposition, calling his public rebuttals valid tit-for-tat. "If I don't respond to their allegations," he told the Ambassador March 7, "the people will believe them." Gutierrez attributed opposition e [...]	2005-03-08 21:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO536	AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ATTACKS ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on March 7 expressed concern to President Lucio Gutierrez about the latest in a series of attacks on civil society groups, involving the Ecuadorian NGO "Citizen Participation" (PC),an AID democracy program grantee. Gutierrez claimed not to be aware of the incident, a h [...]	2005-03-08 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EC
05QUITO589	ECUADOR'S WAVE OF VIOLENCE: POLITICAL ROOTS? [...] Summary: Almost a dozen prominent opponents of the GOE have been victims of assaults since February 2004. The attacks have taken place in two waves; the latest began in December 2004, and the frequency of violence has increased over the past two months. Ecuador recently agreed to the Organ [...]	2005-03-15 16:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC PTER EC
05QUITO886	BIO INFO ON NEW CABINET MINISTERS: PART 1 [...] (U) Summary: On the afternoon of April 21, President Palacio swore in the first members of his new Cabinet: Secretary General of the Administration Luis Herreria Bonnet, SIPDIS Minister of Government Mauricio Gandara Gallegos, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Parra Gil, Minister of Defe [...]	2005-04-21 22:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
05QUITO911	BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 2 [...] (U) Summary: On April 25, President Palacio named Minister of Education Consuelo Yanez Cossio, Minister of Tourism Maria Isabel Crespo, Minister of Sports Omar Cevallos, Minister of Health Wellington Sandoval and Presidential Communication Secretary Carlos Cortez. Elsa de Mena will return t [...]	2005-04-25 22:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
05RIYADH9142	SHI'ITE COUNCIL MEMBER PREDICTS SACKING OF SAUDI [...] (C) Shi'a activist Jafar Al-Shayeb described efforts to oust Abdullah Al-Khunaizi, Qatif's Shi'a judge, saying that he was not effective as a representative of the community given "new social forces" gaining strength in Qatif. He said that the Shi'a were pleased with the signals from King Ab [...]	2005-12-13 06:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KIRF SA
05RIYADH9435	SAUDI DISSIDENT TURKI AL-HAMAD SHARES PRIORITIES [...] (C) In a meeting with CG and PolOff December 19 over coffee at the Gulf Meridian Hotel in Khobar, Saudi dissident and writer Turki Al-Hamad discussed his three priorities for reform: "We need reform of the judicial system, public freedoms, and public rights." He argued that political reform [...]	2005-12-21 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA
05ROME3107	USUN ROME HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING: A LOOK BACK ON OUR [...] Summary. Confronted by a world media environment that takes daily shots at U.S. foreign policy, USUN Rome pulled no punches during its first year with a Public Diplomacy office. The Ambassador's trips to Africa brought journalists face-to-face with U.S. assistance in action. Combined with creat [...]	2005-09-17 07:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF XA FAO WFP
05ROME3763	IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...]	2005-11-15 10:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05SANAA1037	AL-HOUTHI LEADERS FLEE YEMEN, REBELLION NEAR END [...] (C) Summary. The level of conflict between government and rebel forces in the Sa'ada region seems to be decreasing, but clashes continue in isolated areas. The leaders of the uprising are rumored to have fled the country, perhaps under a negotiated agreement. There is considerable risk that [...]	2005-04-25 14:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1723	SAADA REBELLION FOCUSES ATTENTION ON YEMEN'S ZAYDI [...] (C) Summary. The on-going Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth) rebellion against the Yemeni regime has brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi Shia population. The line between Sunni and Shia is blurred in Yemen; Sunnis and Shiites pray in the same mosques, and identity is derived f [...]	2005-06-21 14:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM
05SANAA2115	YEMENIS REACT TO MOAYAD SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary. The July 28 sentencing of Shiekh Mohammed Ali Hassn al-Moayad has sparked heated reaction from the ROYG, the opposition Islah party and, according to the print media, the public. On the streets, however, there were no demonstrations and interlocutors state that, contrary to the [...]	2005-08-02 05:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV YM PTER
05SANAA3160	DEMOCRACY CENTRAL THEME AT LATE NIGHT RAMADAN SOCIAL GATHERINGS [...] (U) Summary. DCM and Poloffs attended Ramadan late night social sessions during which party hacks, sheikhs, journalists and academics spanning the Yemeni political spectrum voiced strong opinions on the problems with democratization in Yemen and how the U.S. could help. Participants from all p [...]	2005-10-30 08:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM PTER
05SANAA3170	FONMIN "SURPRISED" AT IRANIAN COMMENTS; SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador on October 30 that the ROYG was "surprised" by Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments regarding Israel. Qirbi said they were likely meant to score domestic political points in what has become a "popularity contest" between the Pr [...]	2005-10-31 11:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OVIP IR YM
05SANAA328	POWERFUL FINANCE MINISTER AL-SALAMI ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Time may be up for Finance Minister al-Salami. Rumors are spreading throughout Sanaa that President Saleh will remove the Minister from office in an upcoming cabinet shuffle. A number of small but significant political losses for Salami appear to give teeth to this rumor. Sal [...]	2005-02-16 14:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI PGOV YM KBIO DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3378	SALEH TELLS GEN ABIZAID HE ACCEPTS WEAPONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 26 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid, President Saleh accepted long-standing U.S. offers to create a weapons inventory system for the Yemeni Armed Forces. He claimed that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed willingness to cooperate [...]	2005-11-29 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SY YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3533	CHARGE DREYER: YEMEN WILL RECEIVE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary. During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador, European Commission (EC) CDA to Yemen, Ralph Dreyer, revealed that the EC intends to implement democracy and human rights programming in Yemen starting in 2007. Dreyer also informed Ambassador that the EC and other European missions hav [...]	2005-12-19 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KMPI YM EU HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA580	SALEH WISHES TO CONVEY HIS COMMITMENT ON SA/LW [...] (S) Following up on his 3/10 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, during which he made a pledge to ban once and for all the importation of weapons by independent arms dealers, President Saleh has requested a phone conversation with President Bush in order to personally convey to him his commitment [...]	2005-03-14 11:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA894	SALEH DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador the morning of April 9 to discuss renewed fighting in Saada. Saleh immediately launched into requests for USG political and military support for ROYG efforts to defeat al-Houthi rebels in the north. Reiterating an argument he used during last [...]	2005-04-10 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANJOSE2181	COMMISSION OF EMINENT PERSONS DELIVERS REPORT ON [...] (U) On September 16, 2005, the five-member Commission of Eminent Persons delivered its final report on the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to President Pacheco. According to a Presidential press release of the same day, the only copy of the 6 [...]	2005-09-19 21:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2642	HEALTH MINISTRY ORDERS ASSEMBLY TO COMPLY WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Health Ministry ordered the Legislative Assembly on November 7 to either make health and safety repairs in the buildings it occupies within the next two months or shut down various offices. President of the Legislative Assembly Gerardo Gonzalez reacted to the order by accusin [...]	2005-11-11 10:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD CS
05SANSALVADOR2875	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez began his October 20-21 visit to El Salvador with a friendly but businesslike meeting with President Elias Antonio ("Tony") Saca. Saca reaffirmed El Salvador's commitment to CAFTA and to its relationship with the United States, thanking Preside [...]	2005-10-20 22:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD OVIP PREL EPET ECIN ES
05STATE176974	TALABANI DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQI [...] (U) September 14, 6:00 P.M., New York, UNGA 2. (U) Participants: USG --- NEA A/S C. David Welch NEA PDAS Elizabeth L. Cheney Prem Kumar (NEA/I/POL notetaker) Iraq ---- President Jalal Talabani Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari President,s Chief of Staff Kameron Karadaghi U.S [...]	2005-09-23 21:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PREL UN IZ RU SY
05TEGUCIGALPA1792	MEDIA REACTION ON CUBAN BRIGADES, AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] On 08/28 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" owned by a Liberal Party opposition congressman carried an op-ed by Silvia Ayala Figueroa entitled "Hondurans don't want Cuban doctors to leave the country." "Through several media outlets President Maduro has expressed his intention t [...]	2005-08-30 22:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1936	A DISTURBING TREND OF U.S. CRIMINALS OBTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of September RSO and the Consular section's Anti-Fraud unit (AFU) have has tracked two separate cases of U.S. felons/fugitives who have obtained a valid Honduran passport under fraudulent means. RSO is also aware of one other case where a Salvadoran gang member was [...]	2005-09-21 16:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CPAS KCRM KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1954	A DISTURBING TREND OF U.S. CRIMINALS OBTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of September RSO and the Consular section's Anti-Fraud unit (AFU) have has tracked two separate cases of U.S. felons/fugitives who have obtained a valid Honduran passport under fraudulent means. RSO is also aware of one other case where a Salvadoran gang member was [...]	2005-09-22 18:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CPAS KCRM KJUS HO
05TELAVIV1021	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...]	2005-02-18 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1078	ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...]	2005-02-23 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1080	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-23 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1548	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-16 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2120	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2212	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The leading media carried reports on the Gaza Strip incident of 9 April in which three Palestinian youths were killed by IDF fire, after which Katif Bloc settlement [...]	2005-04-11 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]	2005-01-12 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2294	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. U.S.-China-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented President Bush with the latest Israeli intelligence assessments of Iran's nuclear weapons prog [...]	2005-04-13 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...]	2005-04-15 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2528	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV271	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...]	2005-01-14 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2841	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2874	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]	2005-05-09 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2921	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. President Bush Visits Latvia, Russia, Netherlands, Georgia (May 6-10) ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In separate interviews broadcast last night on Israel TV, Channel 2-TV, and Channel 10-TV, Shar [...]	2005-05-10 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2988	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3001	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]	2005-05-16 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3011	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the blocking of 40 main junctions across the country by disengagement opponents Monday afternoon. Up t [...]	2005-05-17 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]	2005-05-18 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3057	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-19 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3139	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]	2005-05-24 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3189	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]	2005-05-26 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]	2005-06-01 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3399	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Russia: Yukos Verdict ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that the planned meeting between PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas was fina [...]	2005-06-02 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3520	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TURNING OF THE TIDE? [...] Summary: A series of interviews on the disengagement plan conducted by feature writer Ari Shavit has captured the attention of leading opinion makers in the Israeli media for the past week. While those on the right criticize the initiative as a "national disaster" and those on the left as the [...]	2005-06-07 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV363	FINANCE MINISTRY DG ON U.S. ASSISTANCE, BUDGET AND [...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Deputy held a wide-ranging meeting with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar on January 18. Bachar discussed the Cabinet's January 16 decision to name him chair of a committee coordinating all assistance requests to the USG. He believes this would give coher [...]	2005-01-21 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3844	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...]	2005-06-20 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4107	MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]	2005-06-29 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday afternoon, a 22- year-old Israeli woman was killed and her boyfriend was slightly injured in a shelling attack on Moshav Netiv Ha'asa [...]	2005-07-15 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted as saying, in a bannered interview with Yediot, that Israel will pull out from the Philadelphi route by the Jewish New Year (earl [...]	2005-07-27 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]	2005-07-29 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4755	WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial Zone for Palestinian laborers, both for the first time since the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya. Two UNDP consultants were kidnapped July 29 by a Gaza clan whose members hoped to [...]	2005-08-01 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4791	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that tens of thousands of right-wing activists participated in Tuesday's anti-disengagement [...]	2005-08-03 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV482	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]	2005-01-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4950	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on mass anti-disengagement prayers held next to Jerusalem's Western (Wailing) Wall on Wednesday, which were attended by 70,000 to 100,000 pro [...]	2005-08-11 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5113	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5155	FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that disengagement is proceeding better than expected, but still carries a heavy price for Likud politicians. Shalom expressed concern that Palestinian extremists could launch attacks agai [...]	2005-08-21 17:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5275	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]	2005-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5302	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the suicide bombing that occurred outside Beersheva's central bus station on Sunday morning. Two security guards were seriously wounded and 61 other [...]	2005-08-29 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]	2005-09-06 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...]	2005-01-31 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5575	ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...]	2005-09-09 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5708	ECF UPDATES ON BARRIER AND DESCRIBES MAJOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Sounding an alarmist note regarding GOI settlement plans in a September 1 meeting with econoff, Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) officials (protect) urged the USG to intervene to prevent the building of the police station in E-1 and said that a planned "new Jewi [...]	2005-09-16 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5866	POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of post-disengagement possibilities can be grouped into three possible scenarios and two remote options, according to a range of Israeli observers. The first scenario -- the roadmap scenario -- is the official position of the Government of Israel [...]	2005-09-28 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL PINS PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5868	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6256	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]	2005-11-01 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6270	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]	2005-11-02 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6337	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]	2005-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]	2005-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6557	A/S LOWENKRON'S CONSULTATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron discussed a range of democracy and human rights reform issues with senior MFA officials Yoram Ben-Zeev, Aharon Leshno Yaar and Harry Kneiy-Tal. Topics included the November 14 BMENA Forum for the Future meeting in Bahrain, internal develop [...]	2005-11-20 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS IR TU AE GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV670	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]	2005-02-04 11:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6719	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli elections 3. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report on Shimon Peres' quitting Labor and political activity and endorsing PM Sharon's Kadima. The Jerusalem Post reports that "former prim [...]	2005-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6743	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media extensively covered remarks made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the annual editors' convention at Sokolov House in Tel Aviv on Thursday, addressing the major issues concerni [...]	2005-12-02 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6846	LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]	2005-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6924	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]	2005-12-15 04:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]	2005-12-29 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7098	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]	2005-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7113	A PRE-ELECTIONS PRIMER: PARTY PRIMARIES, POLLS AND [...] Summary: Less than ninety days ahead of Israel's general elections, the political landscape the three major parties will maneuver through is clear. December 29 marks the passage of the statutory 21 days since publication of the presidential order to dissolve the 16th Knesset, a formality th [...]	2005-12-30 16:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV839	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]	2005-02-11 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV934	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanon Bombing 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced Tuesday, a day after the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, that the U.S. recalled it [...]	2005-02-16 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE1988	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...]	2005-07-15 10:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2599	THE DUTCH MUSLIM COMMUNITY: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is the second largest in Europe as a percentage of total population (5.8 percent). It is also one of the least-well integrated and most alienated, and according to polls looks less favorably on the United States than Muslim communities elsewher [...]	2005-09-27 08:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05VATICAN539	IRAQ: PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTITUTION, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador met November 15 with Emmanuel III Delly (protect),Patriarch of Babylon and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Chaldeans claim some 1.3 million members in Iraq and elsewhere. Delly was in Rome to see Pope Benedict XVI and for a meeting of Chaldean bishops. ------------- [...]	2005-11-25 11:04:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
06ABUDHABI1233	A/S WELCH MEETING WITH UAE STATE SECURITY DIRECTOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch consulted with UAE State Security Director Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan March 29 on regional developments, and specifically on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas. A/S Welch was accompanied by Ambassador and Rear Admiral Robert Moeller, Director of P [...]	2006-03-31 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL IR IZ GZ WE AE
06ABUDHABI1401	SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...]	2006-04-10 14:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR
06ABUDHABI1471	UAE SHI'A AND THEIR LOYALTIES [...] (C) Summary: With rising international tension over Iran's quest for nuclear power, and persistent reports of Iranian influence in Iraq's internal affairs, the UAE's Shi'a minority have been doing a lot of soul-searching, according to sect members and their acquaintances. While we have heard [...]	2006-04-15 11:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KISL PREL PINR IR AE
06ABUDHABI1725	SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...]	2006-04-29 13:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE
06ADANA259	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 06:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU

06ADDISABABA1042	ETHIOPIA: MELES REACHING OUT TO SOME INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The Charge pressed PM Meles again to release on bail at least some of those facing treason charges in connection with November riots. While the PM offered no concessions now, he reaffirmed that after the trial had been completed, political options were available. Meles also prom [...]	2006-04-19 05:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC MARR ET
06ADDISABABA1348	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION LEADERS SEEK DIALOGUE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Charge May 10, opposition leaders and the moderate diaspora organization Voice of Reason discussed the need to continue dialogue with the EPRDF-led government. Voice of Reason representatives claimed that only a small (but vocal) portion of the diaspora [...]	2006-05-15 13:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA1402	TRIAL OF ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION BEGINS WITH VIDEOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Six months after arrest, federal prosecutors began presenting the High Court with evidence it said would substantiate capital charges ranging from treason and attempted genocide against CUD chairman Hailu Shawel and other opposition members, independent journalists, and civil s [...]	2006-05-19 15:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS ET
06ADDISABABA1499	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION DIALOGUE WITH EPRDF PROVIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The political dialogue between the ruling EPRDF and opposition parties UEDF and OFDM yielded its first fruit on May 22: a joint public declaration on respect for the constitution and renewed space for peaceful political activity. The government, UEDF and OFDM also agreed on a [...]	2006-05-30 15:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06ADDISABABA1558	ETHIOPIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH SENIOR ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles' public relations and political advisor Bereket Simon engaged in a relaxed tour d'horizon with Charge May 30. Bereket told the Charge that the GOE was focusing on economic development in the Somali region and winning the support of the local population in a [...]	2006-06-07 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1607	ETHIOPIA: GOE OPPOSES ACCOMMODATION WITH SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge June 12 the GOE was concerned that USG "feelers" to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Mogadishu could affect that attitudes of other players, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Tekeda bemoaned the fact that many a [...]	2006-06-13 11:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA1744	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-26 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1780	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA2224	MELES ON DETAINEES AND WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Prime Minister Meles August 14 to discuss her visit with CUD detainees Dr. Yacob Haile-Mariam, Biruk Kebede, Birtukan Mideksa and Muluneh Eyoel. Pastor Daniel Gebresalasie and Charge spoke for two hours with Yacob who said that he had drafted a letter that he would [...]	2006-08-15 06:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA2674	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA ON ERITREA, SOMALIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda told the Charge that the ruling EPRDF had not adopted any significant new policies toward Eritrea at its annual conference in late September. He also said the GOE was not concerned about further expansion of the Islamic Courts in Somalia -- as long [...]	2006-10-04 07:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SO ER ET
06ADDISABABA2901	ETHIOPIA: SIMULTANEOUS STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia currently finds itself engaged in simultaneous struggles for democratization and security amid extremely difficult circumstances. Eritrea is providing material support to both the GOE's internal opponents and its newest external nemesis, the Council of Islamic Courts (CI [...]	2006-10-31 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2927	ETHIOPIA: SFRC STAFFER PHELAN VISIT TOUCHES ON WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings during a visit to Ethiopia, SFRC Staffer Phelan inquired about issues at the forefront of Ethiopian politics ) engagement in Somalia and progress in deepening democracy. Regarding Somalia, Phelan was told by GoE officials that Ethiopia is ready to eliminate [...]	2006-11-03 09:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER
06ADDISABABA3120	ETHIOPIA: LOCAL ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON - IS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see paragraph 19. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY Still working through the aftermath of the disputed federal elections in 2005, Ethiopia now focuses on important local elections in early 2007. Voter anger and candidate intimidation are hurdles to a successful campaign, as is a [...]	2006-11-28 13:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA3249	ETHIOPIA: SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition parliamentarians told visiting U.S. Senator Feingold that they are still waiting for the GoE to address key democratic reforms during the ongoing inter-party dialogue. Opposition leaders bemoaned the divide that has grown between their parties in Ethiopia and former [...]	2006-12-11 08:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM 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
06ADDISABABA839	ETHIOPIAN PM ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT ON INSTITUTIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In a March 28 address to Parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi emphasized the government's efforts to build and strengthen the parliament, the National Electoral Board (NEB) and the media; extended the deadline for opposition parties to take over the Addis Ababa city gov [...]	2006-03-29 04:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ET
06ADDISABABA898	OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliamentarians leading the "Opposition Caucus" that represents ex-CUD MPs who have taken their seats in the House of People's Representatives are determined to form a new CUDP. (NOTE: The CUD was a coalition party that was disbanded after the elections in favor of the new CUDP [...]	2006-04-04 10:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
06AMMAN1289	SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...]	2006-02-22 07:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ
06AMMAN1309	MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN2495	JORDAN TO HOST IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency, Petra, announced April 5 that the GoJ will host a conference of "senior Iraqi religious and tribal leaders" in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah. The conference, to be organized in cooperation between Jordan,s Aal al-Bayt Institute and t [...]	2006-04-09 14:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO
06AMMAN4388	JORDANIAN REACTION TO THE SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) described the prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay as "heartbreaking news," while the head of the Islamist-led professional associations condemned the "killing" of the three prisoners. Members of Parliament and the press issued more measured, [...]	2006-06-15 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL JO
06AMMAN6781	IRAQI POPULATION IN JORDAN INCREASING [...] (U) Informed estimates of the number of Iraqis here now range from 500,000 to one million. Jordan's Ministry of Interior estimates that approximately thirty thousand Iraqis have moved to Jordan in the first half of 2006. By comparison, about thirty thousand Iraqis moved to Jordan in all of 2 [...]	2006-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF ECON SMIG IZ JO
06ANKARA1628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2598	TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER BRIEFS CODEL [...] (C/REL GBR) Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan told CODEL Pence May 8 that SIPDIS he and other leaders delivered a tough message to his Iranian counterpart, Ali Larijani, during his visit to Ankara the same day. Alpogan said he told Larijani that Iran's attemp [...]	2006-05-09 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL UN IR TU
06ANKARA2620	TURKEY NOMINEES FOR FY 07 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR [...] Huseyin Aygun, Attorney 2. Seyhmus Diken, Advisor to the Mayor of Diyarbakir 3. Sait Kilic, Vice Chairman, Gaziantep Youth Group of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) SCP on "Rule of Law" Project Dates: TBD 4. Kemal Derin, Attorney 5. Tahir Elci, Vice President, Diyarbakir [...]	2006-05-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
06ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA348	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 05:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3544	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3926	TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from April 16 to May 31, [...] (U) Post is instituting a new summary format, which we hope will make the TIP-related media report more accessible. We welcome feedback. 2. (U) Summary: During the six-week reporting period, media attention on trafficking in persons (TIP) focused on several stories compiled and summarized [...]	2006-07-06 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA4199	TURKISH ISLAMIC ORDERS, THOUGH BANNED, MAINTAIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkey is home to many brands of Islam. In addition to the official Sunni overlay and the many Alevis (heterodox Muslims),many Turks, including social and political leaders, continue to associate with Islamic orders known as "tarikats" and "cemaats." These have been officiall [...]	2006-07-19 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU
06ANKARA5124	PKK IN EUROPE: TURKISH MFA LINKS RECENT ARRESTS TO [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli commented favorably on recent arrests of PKK activists in Europe on criminal charges. Praising the recent arrests of PKK members Muzaffer Ayata and Riza Erdogan in Germany (ref C) and of Nedim Seven [...]	2006-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA5862	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6519	TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...]	2006-11-28 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IR TU KNNP MNUC
06ANTANANARIVO364	Comoros Holds Primaries in Anjouan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Awaiting official announcement by the Constitutional Court, the National Electoral Commission of the Union of the Comoros published interim results from the April 16 Presidential primary putting candidates Sambi, Ibrahim Halidi, and Djaanfari through to the second round. Thou [...]	2006-04-18 14:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ASMARA757	EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...]	2006-09-25 12:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU ER
06ASUNCION1148	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR THE MCC [...] Victor Domingo Romero Villalba 2/19/1978 Concepcin 2. Juan Lorenzo Monges Ramirez 7/1/1980 Asuncin 3. Richard Francisco Martnez Berdejo 7/31/1979 Atyra 4. Octavio Valentn Noguera Chaparro 2/14/1978 Asuncin 5. Ronal Enrique Orlando Paez 8/4/1981 P.J. Cab [...]	2006-11-15 18:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AID PA
06ASUNCION1202	PARAGUAY: PRENOTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC USG [...] (C) Key Paraguayan interlocutors November 30 welcomed being informed about the impending U.S. designation of nine individuals and two entities from the TBA associated with Hizballah and conveyed a readiness to explore what Paraguay may be able to do to "embargo" the assets of these individu [...]	2006-12-01 21:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PA
06ASUNCION1203	PARAGUAY: PRENOTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC USG [...] (C) Key Paraguayan interlocutors November 30 welcomed being informed about the impending U.S. designation of nine individuals and two entities from the TBA associated with Hizballah and conveyed a readiness to explore what Paraguay may be able to do to "embargo" the assets of these individu [...]	2006-12-01 21:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PA
06ASUNCION1240	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR THE MCC [...] Cesar Roberto Silguero Lobos 03/24/1971 Asuncisn 2. Mauro Roberto Ramirez Barreto 04/30/1973 San Antonio 3. Eugenio Daniel Segovia Rodrguez 09/11/1971 Asuncisn 4. Edgar Antonio Garay Velsquez 01/17/1968 Yaguaron 5. Reinaldo Delgado Arce 07/14/197 [...]	2006-12-14 13:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AID PA
06ASUNCION149	PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ACCUSED OF KILLING [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, an undercover Paraguayan National Police officer was shot and killed by automatic gunfire in an ambush in the Department of Concepcion. The leftist Patria Libre Party (PPL) is accused of the killing in retaliation for the February 5 arrests of several relatives and [...]	2006-02-09 22:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PGOV ASEC KCRM PA CO CU VE
06ASUNCION258	PARAGUAY: CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TESTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) In the Ambassador's introductory call on March 3, Central Bank (BCP) President Monica Perez said that little had changed with respect to the dispute between Perez and the four other BCP Board members (reftels). She said she had accomplished all she could in the current hostile environmen [...]	2006-03-09 13:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PINR PA
06ASUNCION495	PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT DUARTE SUPPORTS CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) President Duarte has demonstrated with action his rhetoric supporting economic reform by forcing the resignation of three members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank (BCP),handing a major victory to Monica Perez, BCP President, in what had been a bitter struggle between her and [...]	2006-05-10 18:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PINR PA
06ASUNCION684	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR [...] Bruno Socrates Monges Asuncin 19-Apr-71 Gomez 2. Ismael Alcides Romero Yabebyry 3-Aug-77 3. Alfirio Romero Muoz Laureles 3-Nov-79 4. Didilfo Vazquez Alfonso Cnel Martnez 9-Dec-66 5. Carlos Rey Cardozo Paraguar 6-Jan-73 6. Edgar Isabelino [...]	2006-07-05 18:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
06BAGHDAD1005	SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) In a March 22 phone conversation with PolFSN, Sadrist Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Kufa University professor Nassar Sagheer al Rubaie predicted a national unity government would be formed by early April. According to Rubaie, the main point of contention, the National Securit [...]	2006-03-27 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1007	IRAQIYYA LIST COR MEMBER DISCUSSES POTENTIAL SISTANI- [...] (C) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit) told PolOff March 26 that the List is trying to arrange a visit by Ayad Allawi to Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf. He also mentioned that he is exploring preliminary talks with the [...]	2006-03-27 11:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1012	CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: DIRTY TRICKS, [...] (S) Summary. The number one candidate in Muthanna province for the National Peace List (#635, Laith Kubba's party),Talib Aziz al-Hamdani, acknowledged that his party made strategic mistakes, and that they got fewer than 5,000 votes nationwide, but said that they were also the victim of a c [...]	2006-03-27 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM
06BAGHDAD1050	SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHARPLY CRITICIZE U.S. [...] (U) On March 28,the office of Ayatollah Sadiq al- Husayni al-Shirazi in Karbala issued a statement (ref a) condemning the Iraqi/US raid in the Ur neighborhood as a "heinous crime." Shirazi's statement also warned "the occupation forces" not to clash with the Shia majority to satisfy a Sunni [...]	2006-03-31 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD112	SCIRI PARLIAMENTARIAN SAYS SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCIRI TNA member and influential imam Sheikh Jalal al Dien al Sagheer told PolCouns in a January 11 meeting that some Iraqi Shia are contemplating secession from Iraq in frustration over the continued security problems and terror attacks. Others are wondering whether they should [...]	2006-01-13 14:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1131	BASRA TRIBAL SHAYKH CRITICIZES UR RAID AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting March 28, Shia Independent and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Shaykh Haider Subkhi al-Jurani criticized the March 26 Ur raid and said militias should not be confronted until after the insurgency and terrorism are dealt with. He dismissed the i [...]	2006-04-05 19:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1151	COMMUNIST LEADER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATIONS WITH [...] (C) CoR and Iraqiyya list member (and head of the Iraqi Communist Party) Hamid Majeed Mousa told PolOff and PolFSN April 4 that, although there are regular meetings of the Iraqiyya List members, there is no effective system within the bloc for consultations or exchange of ideas. Mousa complai [...]	2006-04-07 20:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1196	MCNS TO REVIEW SECURITY PLANS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the morning of April 9 at PM Jafari's residence to follow up on discussions held the previous evening (reftel). The Committee first addressed Operation Scales of Justice, on which there is a difference o [...]	2006-04-13 02:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1197	FORMER SOMO DIRECTOR GENERAL ON THE IRAQI OIL [...] (C) Summary: Former Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Dr. Musab al-Dujayli said that the Fadhila party was focusing its efforts to siphon money from the Ministry of Oil (MoO) to enrich the party on crude oil export contracts, due to expire in June 2006. Dujayli c [...]	2006-04-13 02:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1300	BAHAI LEADER SAYS STILL NO PROGRESS IN [...] (C) In an April 6 conversation, President of the Bahai National Spiritual Advisory Group in Iraq, Abdul Razaq Abaychi told PolOff that Iraq's Bahai community had not made any headway in canceling the effects of the July 24, 1975 regulation (rule number 358) prohibiting the registration of nati [...]	2006-04-21 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1352	POLITICAL BLOCS MOVING TO NEGOTIATE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Three days after the Parliament elected its Presidency Council and House Speakers, the four major political blocs have switched focus to the next step in the government formation process, the naming of a cabinet. They are forming committees to negotiate ministerial names with e [...]	2006-04-25 18:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1360	SUNNI ARAB POLITICIANS ALREADY SPLIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab politicians in Tawafuq remain internally divided about the new Iraqi government formation. A well-connected Sunni Arab politician told us April 23 that there is great resentment that the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) is dominating the process at the expense of the other tw [...]	2006-04-26 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1367	SALAFIST PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PLEDGES TOLERANCE, [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Iraqi Parliament Speaker al-Mashadani told us April 26 that he would work closely with the Kurdish and Shia deputy speakers to craft compromises that would reinforce Iraqi unity in the years ahead. Clearly relishing his new post, al-Mashadani said Iraqi Sunni Sal [...]	2006-04-26 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1369	SHIA CLERIC: POOR EDUCATION FEEDS SECTARIANISM [...] (C) In an April 23 meeting with PolOff, Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, a local Shia imam, deplored the manner in which religion is misused in Iraqi politics. He attributed the situation to the low level of education of many Iraqis. Despite Grand Ayatollah Sistani's injunction to "follow their minds," [...]	2006-04-26 19:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1379	UN SRSG QAZI ON RECENT MEETINGS WITH SISTANI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi said that Grand Ayatollah Sistani told him in an April 19 meeting that he (Sistani) would not weigh in on the prime ministerial selection because he then would be resp [...]	2006-04-27 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1395	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet discussions between the Shia Coalition and the Kurds are well underway (See reftel). Internal Iraqiyya meetings have yet to produce results, as members await Ayad Allawi's decision whether or not Iraqiyya will participate. Iraqiyya may opt to go into opposition unless th [...]	2006-04-28 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD14	AYATOLLAH AL-SADR LEANS TOWARD ALLAWI FOR PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On December 31, Baghdad's most senior Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr told Ambassador Khalilzad that Ayad Allawi would be the best Prime Minister for Iraq, if Allawi can temper his rhetoric. Sadr also supported current PM Ja'afari for the presidency. Sadr was concerned ab [...]	2006-01-02 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1440	MEHDI HAFEDH: IRAQIYYA LIST NOT YET PREPARED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya List (Allawi) senior member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh told PolOffs April 28 that he had discussed possible changes to the National Policy Council with Ayad Allawi that might enable Allawi to accept the Secretary General position. He asserted that Allawi will not accept a Deputy [...]	2006-05-01 20:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1441	CABINET FORMATION AND PM OFFICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In an April 30 meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition independent Sami al-Askari reported that PM-designate Nuri Kamil al-Maliki has named Ahmad al-Saadawi as his private office director. Al-Maliki's inner circle is moving forward with re-organization and expansion plans for the PM [...]	2006-05-01 22:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1469	COR UPDATE: BYLAWS COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their May 3 session, Council of Representatives (CoR) members appeared to take in stride security concerns, building maintenance problems, and occasional outbursts from the floor to appoint a committee to draw up a list of internal bylaws. Speaker Mahmud al-Mashadani gave a t [...]	2006-05-03 21:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1485	SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...]	2006-05-04 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1540	DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON GOVERNMENT POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. The day before PM-designate al-Maliki's May 9 target date for announcement of the new government, debate among and within political blocs continued over key positions. Tawafuq appears to have settled on Agriculture specialist (and Adnan al-Dulaimi ally) Salam Zakam al-Zuba'i as [...]	2006-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1554	CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, MISSING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki told reporters May 9 that he might take all the time allotted to form his cabinet. He told the Ambassador May 8 that he would bend to the Kurds' insistence that Barham Salah become DPM but considered it an uncooperative beginning to their [...]	2006-05-10 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT ECON ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1559	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE: PROGRESS BUT STILL A [...] (C) Summary: At the close of May 10, we see progress in the cabinet formation negotiations, with some ministries, such as the Foreign Ministry, Electricity and Oil, nearly finalized while debates about several ministries crystallized. Prime Minister-designate al- Maliki and Shia Coalition I [...]	2006-05-10 19:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1562	JA'AFARI'S FAREWELL: PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a lavish farewell lunch hosted by President Talabani for outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari on May 8, the entire Iraqi political world showed up to pay their respects. In the end, however, Ja'afari's farewell mirrored his tenure as Prime Minister as all those present [...]	2006-05-11 06:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1566	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MUCH SWIRLING, [...] (C) Summary: We still see no closure on the key Interior, Defense and Finance ministry portfolios. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff on May 10 that Tawafuq wanted the Planning, Education and Health Ministries but has not yet received confirmation that they will get them. He also said [...]	2006-05-11 17:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1570	ANTI-IRANIAN SHIA CLERICS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad Shia imams Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Mahdi al-Shawki told PolOff in a May 7 meeting that some Iraqi Sunnis accuse Iraqi Shia of being pro-Iranian because of their opposition to the previous regime. According to the imams, many Sunni Arabs equate opposition to Saddam Hussei [...]	2006-05-12 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1613	COR RANK AND FILE GRUMBLE OVER GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. While their party leaders talked in more restricted settings, in May 14 conversations with PolOffs, a number of Council of Representatives (CoR) rank and file members expressed dissatisfaction with the ministerial positions they understood PM-designate Maliki had offered to their [...]	2006-05-15 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1618	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT'S MOST WANTED: [...] (C) SUMMARY: While waiting for a visa to the U.S. on May 11, newly-appointed Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of State for External Relations Mohammad Ihsan outlined his policy agenda for his term. As the current personal advisor to Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and the former [...]	2006-05-16 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1620	SISTANI CONFIDANTE URGES HELP FOR PM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 conversation with PolCouns, Najaf cleric Emad Kalanter told PolCouns that Muqtada al- Sadr sees the benefits of participating in the political process, and will not attack Coalition Forces. Kalanter argued that Shia militias could not be dissolved while the Sunni Ara [...]	2006-05-16 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1623	TAWAFUQ GRUMBLES OVER HEALTH; FADHILA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff May 15 that PM designate Nuri al-Maliki had informed the Sunni Arab bloc that they would not receive, as expected, the Health Ministry. Baban predicted that the Sadr movement would get the ministry instead. Baban said that in compensation, Tawafuq [...]	2006-05-16 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1641	SCIRI POLITBURO MEMBER COMPLAINS ABOUT MALIKI; [...] (C) SCIRI political bureau member Ridha Jawad Taki complained to Poloff May 17 that PM-designate Nuri al-Maliki had failed to keep his word to SCIRI to allow the party to name the Interior Minister, Council of Ministers Secretary-General and advisors on the PM's staff. Taki said SIPDIS al- [...]	2006-05-17 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1655	IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: BARGAINING DURING END [...] (C) Summary: As of midday May 18, a final deal on the new cabinet was close, but there were last minute changes and demands. The Finance, Interior and Defense slots were still undecided and we heard Tawafuq grumbling about some of the candidates proposed. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Po [...]	2006-05-18 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD166	SUNNI LEADERS FEAR STREET REACTION TO ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on January 15 with key leaders from the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC). Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan said that Tawaffuq Front was under pressure from the "street" to abandon the political process if the International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) assessment d [...]	2006-01-21 03:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1664	MALIKI WINS BROAD CONFIDENCE IN A NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won a wide vote of confidence in a national unity cabinet in a special parliament session on May 20, but not before several Sunni Arab parliamentarians walked out of the session protesting their exclusion and a continued deadlock over the security por [...]	2006-05-20 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1689	CABINET FORMATION ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Atmospherics at the May 20 inauguration of the new Iraqi Cabinet, reflected a blend of mirth, frustrated ambition, chaos -- but also satisfaction that a hurdle had been passed. Kurdish attendees joked over Speaker Mashadani's occasional malaproprisms and the fluid denouement to [...]	2006-05-22 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1703	SENIOR SHIA CLERIC CALLS FOR FOCUS ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarian and senior SCIRI cleric Sheikh Jalal al-Din al-Sagheer told PolOff May 22 that the new government's top priority should beimproving security for the country. Al-Sagheer warned that the Najaf clerical establishment (marja'iyah) is rapidly losing patience and migh [...]	2006-05-23 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1704	KURDS HAVE MIXED REACTIONS TO AL-MALIKI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 21-22, an informal survey of Kurds from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),and Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU),all of whom have ministries in the new government, revealed a little optimism, but mainly deep misgivings about the quality [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1752	ARAB LEAGUE PLANS FOR IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD [...] (C) Arab League Ambassador to Iraq Mokhtar Lamani told Ambassador Khalilzad on May 22 that he intends to hold the Arab League Iraq National Accord Conference in Baghdad on June 20-22. He plans to invite UNSYG Kofi Annan, the Foreign Ministers of the Arab League, Iran, Turkey, the EU and the P5 [...]	2006-05-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1767	NEW MOJ EAGER TO ENGAGE, SKEPTICAL ABOUT IRAQI [...] (C) On May 24, newly-appointed Minister of Justice Hashim Abdulrahman al-Shibli met in his office at the Ministry with MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO),Major General Jack Gardner, for an introductory brief on current MNF-I detention operations, the legal basis f [...]	2006-05-27 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1843	ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR REPORTS SISTANI SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Arab League Ambassador to Iraq Mukhtar Lamani told Poloff that his May 31 visit to Najaf was successful. During the one day trip, Lamani met separately with Ayatollah Sistani, Fadilah Party Spiritual Leader Muhammad al-Yaqubi, SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr. Lamani [...]	2006-06-01 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1886	TURKISH ENVOY CELIKKOL PROPOSES SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Special Envoy for Iraq Oguz Celikkol met with Ambassador on May 31 to review his meetings with Vice President Tarik Hashimi, Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, Speaker Mashadani, and Prime Minister Maliki. Celikkol said he invited the Ir [...]	2006-06-05 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KDEM TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1924	MANDAEANS SAY TARGETING IN IRAQ UNBEARABLE, [...] (C) Summary. On May 31, Sabian Mandaean spiritual leader Shaykh Sattar Jabbar al-Helo and President of Mandaean Associations Union Dr. Akram Arar, told EmbOffs that the situation for Mandaeans in Iraq had become intolerable. They indicated to EmbOffs that their community had experienced an in [...]	2006-06-07 18:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1945	ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY MOVES TO IZ FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani moved out of his house in the MFA compound on June 6 for the International Zone after reported security incidents. Lamani said he continued to plan for the June 20-22 reconciliation conference but conceded that no Arab Foreign Ministers h [...]	2006-06-08 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG IZ
06BAGHDAD195	KURDISH LEADERS, ALLAWI AGREE ON JOINT PRINCIPLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings at the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Guest House in Salah al-Din on January 21-22, Ambassador, President Jalal Talabani, KDP Leader Masud Barzani, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, and UK Ambassador William Patey drafted a framework proposal for a nation [...]	2006-01-23 14:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1965	SCIRI CONTACTS SAY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF COUNCIL OF [...] (C) At a June 9 luncheon with PolOffs, SCIRI politburo member Ridha Jawad Taki reported that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had rejected multiple SCIRI-proposed candidates for the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers position. According to Taki, Maliki had firmly refused previous Se [...]	2006-06-10 17:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2013	IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...]	2006-06-19 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD202	AMB AND TALABANI DISCUSS IRAN, DE-BA,ATHIFICATION, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Ambassador told President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. would never relent on the war against terror, refuting SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's public statements accusing the USG of encouraging terrorism with its Sunni Arab outreach program. Ambassador [...]	2006-01-24 17:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD2026	IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE DELAYED TO AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C delivered on June 12 reftel points to Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ahmed Bin Hili and Ambassador to Iraq Mokhtar Lamani. Bin Hili said that the Iraqi National Accord Conference scheduled for June 20-22 was pushed back to the first week of August due to a date con [...]	2006-06-15 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2065	MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...]	2006-06-19 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2068	IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...]	2006-06-19 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2083	SADR CITY CONTACT LOOKS TO START LIBERAL POLITICAL [...] (C) On June 11, Sadr City General Information Center manager Nsaif Jasim told PolOff he and his supporters wanted to start a liberal, secular political party called the Gathering of Iraqi Liberals. A brother-in-law of former Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Siham Hatab (reftel [...]	2006-06-19 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2112	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ALLOCATION [...] (SBU) The political blocs have completed negotiations on the leadership of the 24 permanent Council of Representatives (CoR) committees, but have not finished the committee membership lists. Once the committee member names are finalized, the CoR will vote to approve the composition of each co [...]	2006-06-20 19:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD215	WITH COMPETING PROGRAMS, UNITY GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: One of Iraq's top Sunni Arab political leaders, Tariq al-Hashemi, told us January 25 that while his constitutents are not happy with the election process, he will move forward on unity government talks. He anticipated difficulties finding common ground with the Kurds and the S [...]	2006-01-26 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD2153	MASHADANI CONFIRMS PARLIAMENT TO STAY IN SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2154	MASHADANI CONFIRMS PARLIAMENT TO STAY IN SESSION [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with PolCouns, Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani confirmed that the CoR would extend its session throughout July and adjourn August 1 for a month recess. He noted that July would have an active legislative agenda, emphasizing the Investment L [...]	2006-06-23 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD218	FADHILA LEADER JABIRI OUTLINES PLAN TO CAPTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fadhila Party leader Nadim al-Jabiri, a senior figure in the Shia Alliance, lunched with Ambassador on January 24 and outlined his candidacy for the prime ministership. Jabiri argued that he alone among the nominees for PM could count on support from the Sunni Arabs and Kurds. H [...]	2006-01-26 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ

06BAGHDAD2203	PM PRESENTS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PM Maliki delivered his national reconciliation statement to the Council of Representatives (CoR) June 25. Leaders of political blocs responded in turn, with broadly supportive speeches. Points of contention included de-Baathification and the distinction between terrorists an [...]	2006-06-25 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD224	VP ABD AL-MEHDI SAYS SHIA ISLAMIST COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and Deputy President (and Prime Minister contender) Adel Abd al-Mehdi agreed that Iraq should take steps to increase oil production in southern Iraq promptly to boost Iraq's income stream. Abd al-Mehdi said Deputy Prime Minister Chal [...]	2006-01-27 18:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD225	NSA RUBAI'E TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT SISTANI HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffuk Rubai'e told the Ambassador that it is not clear who will be Iraq's next Prime Minister. Negotiations on this could last for weeks. Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mehdi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari are the cu [...]	2006-01-27 19:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2263	TWO SISTANI STUDENTS COMMENT ON MARJAIYA VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting, Sheikh Ahmed al-Dhahabi and Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, students of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff the political and economic situation in Iraq is steadily improving but more needs to be done to rebuild the country. Al-Dhahabi relayed to PolOff the Marjaiya [...]	2006-06-27 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PNAT KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2281	PM MALIKI UPBEAT ON REACTION TO RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 28 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki said that he is optimistic about his upcoming trip to the Gulf and pleased with Ambassador's readout of his own consultations in Jeddah, in which Ambassador reported that the Saudis are ready to help Maliki with reconciliation and the In [...]	2006-06-29 10:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2289	TAWAFUQ INDEPENDENT SEEKS TO FORM NEW COR BLOC -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shaikh Wathab Shakir, who entered the CoR as a member of the National Dialogue Council, claimed to have recently broken with both the NDC and the Tawafuq bloc. As an independent, he claimed to be seeking broad-based support for forming a new bloc, "Iraq First." According to Sha [...]	2006-06-29 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2323	DPM SHAWAYS DISCUSSES SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Ambassador, former Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) parliamentarian Rowsch Shaways discussed suggestions for the rules, administration, and structure of the National Policy Council (NPC). Shaways proposed a two-level stru [...]	2006-07-03 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2346	TAWAFUQ WALKS OUT OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY Reactions to the July 1 Sadr City car bombing and kidnapping of a female Tawafuq parliamentarian dominated the July 2 Council of Representatives (CoR) session. A leading Sadrist demanded that the CoR vote to choose a date for MNF-I withdrawal and to activate "popular committees" t [...]	2006-07-03 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD258	ALLAWI ALLY SAYS AYAD OPEN TO OVERSEEING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Safia Suhail told Poloffs January 30 that former PM Allawi would be open to a government appointment overseeing the security ministries. She added that SCIRI's Abd' al-Aziz al-Hakim is trying to establish a political marja'iya in order to remain in power over ever-increasing popul [...]	2006-01-30 13:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD2590	COR HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR SUPPORTS HR COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. On July 12, EmbOffs met with newly appointed Chair of the Human Rights Committee for the Council of Representatives (CoR),Mohammed al-Haideri (Shia Coalition/Independent). With less than two weeks under his belt, al-Haideri told PolOff that his Committee was still in the process [...]	2006-07-20 02:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PHUM PNAT
06BAGHDAD2591	IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...]	2006-07-20 02:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2749	IRAQI REACTION TO SISTANI'S SECOND LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. On July 31, Ayatollah Al-Sayyid al-Sistani issued a strongly worded statement condemning Israeli actions in Lebanon following reports of heavy civilian casualties in Qana. The statement was widely and uncritically reported by local news media. Some Shia observers said that Sista [...]	2006-08-02 02:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD281	HAKIM LARGELY AGREES WITH AMB,S GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting, the Ambassador told SCIRI head Abdul Aziz al Hakim that he is focused on three areas of government formation: composition, structure, and program. Hakim told the Ambassador that he agrees largely with the Ambassador's plans for government formation. Haki [...]	2006-01-31 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD2844	TALABANI DISCUSSES PKK, BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on August 6, President Talabani and the Ambassador focused on the PKK and improving Baghdad security. The Ambassador stressed the importance of not allowing the PKK to put the Kurds, achievements in Iraq at risk. Talabani assured the Ambassador that he, Kurdistan Re [...]	2006-08-07 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD2933	PM MALIKI REQUESTS USG HELP FACILITATING FUEL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Prime Minister Maliki requested the USG approach Iraq's neighbors - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in particular - to request these countries increase or facilitate fuel exports to Iraq in light of the country's continuing fuel shortage. Gasoline and LPG (coo [...]	2006-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD294	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: ALLAWI SAYS SCIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allawi told the Ambassador on February 1 that the Shia Coalition is confused, with SCIRI fearing a Sadrist and Fadhila pullout. Allawi claimed that Mohammed Ridha Sistani is exerting efforts to hold the coalition together, but has limited influence over the Fadhila Party. Referri [...]	2006-02-01 20:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2991	BAYAN JABR AN POLITICS, AND "BAGHDAD BERMS" [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: During an August 14 dinner with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr proposed that MNF-I construct an earthen berm around Baghdad, while gradually expanding the Green Zone walls outward - with the ultimate goal of turning the whole of Baghdad into a green zone - [...]	2006-08-17 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD306	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: TAWAFUQ CRITICISM OF [...] (C) The Ambassador attended a February 2 luncheon hosted by President Talabani that drew together all major elected parliamentarians. The elaborate luncheon, complete with an honor guard, closed with a widely-attended press conference. Leading Tawafuq bloc figure Khalaf al-Ayan made news durin [...]	2006-02-02 21:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD315	FADHILA MEMBERS DISCUSS SOLUTION TO INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting with PolCouns, Fadhila Party members Hassan al-Shamiri and Mohammed Ismael al-Khuzai argued that rebuilding Iraq's economy is key to ending the insurgency. Many insurgents join armed groups because they have no jobs and feel they have no future in the new [...]	2006-02-04 16:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD3188	COMPLAINTS OF SHIA IMAM IN HILLAH [...] (C) Sayed Imam Kazwini, a Shia cleric who is close to secular politician Ayad Allawi and who has been well-disposed to the U.S., said during a meeting in Hillah that: -- Iranian influence in Iraq has become "intolerable." -- U.S. support for the current Iraqi government amounts to support [...]	2006-08-30 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD328	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SECURITY DISPUTES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Iraqi leadership luncheon at the Ambassador's residence February 4, bringing together the four largest blocs in the parliament, produced a heated argument over Ministry of Interior raids and alleged abuses. Prime Minister Ja'afari argued to a group of dubious Tawaffuq leaders [...]	2006-02-05 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD330	ABD AL-MAHDI CLAIMS HE IS HIS OWN MAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 3 dinner hosted by Minister of Planning (and senior Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official) Barham Saleh, Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador that, if chosen to be Prime Minister, he would not be beholden either to SCIRI head Abd al-Aziz al-H [...]	2006-02-05 16:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM
06BAGHDAD3372	LEADING RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) In a September 7 conversation, National Reconciliation Commission member and chairman of the political parties committee Sheikh Ayad Jamaladdin (Iraqiyya, cross-sectarian) admitted to EmbOffs his pessimism about the effectiveness of the Commission. Jamaladdin asserted that political leade [...]	2006-09-11 05:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD338	ALLAWI SAYS IRAN STRONGER IN IRAQ THAN U.S. [...] (S) At a February 1 dinner with the Ambassador, Dr. Ayad Allawi said that there is "unchecked Iranian involvement in Iraq." Allawi specifically cited the new constitution's provisions on federalism and decentralization as well as Iranian institution-building within the Iraqi Security Forces ( [...]	2006-02-06 10:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PNAT PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD3512	AL-ATTIYA AND SCIRI REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBE UIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: CoR Deputy Speaker Khalid Al-Attiya and SCIRI MP Ridha Jawad Taqi told PolCouns in separate meetings on September 18 that UIC (with the exception of the Sadrists) was determined to have the first reading of the region formation law on September 19. (Note: It did not take place [...]	2006-09-19 18:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD352	DE-BAATHIFICATION AND THE IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 4, 2006, Ambassador and Regime Crimes Liaison Kevin Dooley met with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi to discuss how the January 18, 2006 order of the High National Commission of De-Ba'athification (HNCD) - which declared Judge Sa'eed Mousa Alhamash as subject [...]	2006-02-06 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3534	REGIONS LAW ACTION NOW SET FOR SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (C) CoR Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashadani announced to the CoR September 20 that the parliamentary bloc leaders had agreed to delay action on the region formation law until September 24. The agreement states that "we agreed on how to deal with these issues, among them the draft law on region form [...]	2006-09-21 05:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3553	SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]	2006-09-24 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3555	SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]	2006-09-24 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD357	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SHAHRISTANI SAYS GAP [...] (C) Shia Independent PM candidate Shahristani told visiting DAS Godec February 6 that the gap has narrowed considerably in UIA 555 discussion on PM candidates. Both Shahristani and Shia Independent Sami al-Askari told us February 6 that the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) would put the mat [...]	2006-02-06 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PNAT
06BAGHDAD3574	SISTANI STAYS SILENT BUT REMAINS INFLUENTIAL ON [...] (SBU) As debate over federalism dominates political conversations throughout Iraq, Shia politicians frequently claim that Ayatollah Sistani supports their point of view, even though Sistani has not issued a public statement on the issue. Moqtada al Sadr reportedly has made his support for a la [...]	2006-09-25 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3610	INDEPENDENT IRAQI SHI'A MP DISCUSSES FEDERALISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Council of Representatives (CoR) Shia coalition (UIC) member Qassim Daoud told the Charge on September 23 that the role of the central government needed to be strengthened and that region formation should be delayed until the appropriate capacities are in place. He [...]	2006-09-27 09:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3626	IRAQ'S COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq,s Council of Representatives (CoR) approved the membership of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) and conducted the first reading of the region formation law September 26, despite efforts by members of Sunni parties Hewar and National Dialogue Council to disrupt the r [...]	2006-09-27 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3628	IRAQ'S COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR) approved the membership of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) and conducted the first reading of the region formation law September 26, despite efforts by members of Sunni parties Hewar and National Dialogue Council to disrupt the r [...]	2006-09-28 05:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3655	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Chair of the Finance Committee at the Council of Representatives, Mr. Ayad Al-Samarai described committee priorities, interests, and training needs with Emboffs on September 26th 2006. Mr. Al-Samarai, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (Tawafuq),welcomes USG advice and [...]	2006-09-30 05:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD374	SHARIA COURTS UNDERMINE EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on January 22, 23, and 24, Shia imam Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Mustafa Jasim told PolOff and Pol/FSN about extra- judicial sharia courts operating in Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad, and [...]	2006-02-07 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PTER IZ KDEM KWMN
06BAGHDAD3789	REGION FORMATION LAW PASSES AFTER LAST-MINUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the region formation law October 11. While it seemed initially that quorum would not be reached, vigorous side negotiations between parliamentary party leaders led to changes in the text that brought some Iraqiyya members back into ses [...]	2006-10-11 19:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3808	CHAIR OF SECURITY AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE OUTLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Committee on Security and Defense Hadi Al-Amri said that the Policy Council on National Security (PCNS) has decided that the Iraqi government needs a mandate from the CoR in order to request an extension of UN Security Council Resolut [...]	2006-10-13 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3812	PRIME MINISTER SEEKS ADVISOR'S HELP IN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Mehdi Hafedh, Member of the Council of Representatives (CoR),has been asked by Prime Minister al Maliki to work on accelerating the pace of economic reform. Dr. Hafedh also discussed the investment law and the international compact, considering both good steps forward. End Su [...]	2006-10-13 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD382	SUNNI LEADERS TELL DAS GODEC VIOLENCE MUST STOP [...] (C) NEA DAS Robert Godec met on February 6 with key leaders from the Sunni Tawaffuq coalition at the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) headquarters. Dr. Adnan Dulaymi, Tarik al-Hashimi, Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan and Professor Hassan Bazzaz told DAS Godec that the security situation is their main concern. [...]	2006-02-08 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD383	NEW SCIRI PARLIAMENTARIANS TALK ABOUT MOI, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 introductory meeting, two newly-elected SCIRI parliamentarians rejected Sunni complaints about MOI abuses and stated that Minister of Interior (SCIRI) Bayan Jabr is doing an excellent job. They added that the Shia Coalition will insist on retaining the MOI in g [...]	2006-02-08 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD3861	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN ON IRAQIYYA PARTY PROBLEMS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting, parliamentarian and secular cross-sectarian Iraqiyya party member Maysoon Al-Damluji told the Ambassador that Hameed Mousa, acting as the head of Iraqiyya, had defied Ayad Allawi's instructions to boycott the key October 11 region formation law vote. The [...]	2006-10-16 11:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KWMN PGOV PHUM
06BAGHDAD3863	IRAQI SHIITE PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EFFORTS TO EASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Humam Hamoudi, one of the leading Council of Representatives members from the Shiite Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),told the Ambassador that Sunni Arab leaders in neighboring countries are beginning to understand that the Iraqi Shi'a did not want to divi [...]	2006-10-16 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD390	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: JABIRI PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fadhila Party leader Nadim al-Jabiri told the Ambassador February 7 that he plans to push off the Shia alliance vote on the premiership until February 10. Jabiri said that he is convinced that Iraq is heading toward anarchy, not democracy, and that he believes that the nomination [...]	2006-02-09 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3901	IRAQI LEADERS DEBATE EXTENSION OF UNSCR MANDATE ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16, President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih informed the Ambassador that the second session of the extended Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) meeting focused almost exclusively on the question of whether to extend the UN [...]	2006-10-17 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3971	IRAQI MP GIVES SHI'A NARRATIVE OF DIYALA'S [...] (C) Summary: According to Diyala native and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Taha Der'a al-Saadi (Shi'a coalition independent),nascent cross-sectarian security cooperation in Iraq's Diyala governorate has ended and Sunnis, with the help of local offcials, are actively seeking to expe [...]	2006-10-23 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINS PREL
06BAGHDAD402	SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...]	2006-02-10 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD405	POLITICAL POWER - AND REVENUE - GRAB AT OIL [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Dr. Musab al-Dujayli (strictly protect),Director General (DG) of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO),asked the U.S. and UK embassies February 8 to intervene with the Prime Minister to prevent new Minister of Oil Hashem al-Hashimi from abrogating SOMO's curren [...]	2006-02-10 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4096	SCIRI CHAIRMAN HAKIM DISCUSSES MISTAKES, MILITIAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 17 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Abdulaziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),said that Iraq had realized significant achievements in the short time since its libe [...]	2006-11-01 20:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4098	IRAQI MINISTER DEFENDS EFFORTS ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) In an October 17 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah, and the Charge, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr, defended his record at MoI, where he served as Minister from April 2005 to May 2006. Asked by Hannah whether his tenure at MoI had resulted in the mini [...]	2006-11-01 20:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD410	IRAQI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the evening of February 6, 2006 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari. -- MNF-I Commanding General Casey urged the members to address the issue of kidnappings and assassinations about wh [...]	2006-02-10 18:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS EPET ENRG IZ
06BAGHDAD4103	IRAQI CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST DISCUSSES SOURCES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, ex-Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and civil society activist Dr. Amal Kashif Al-Ghita expressed concern that neither GOI nor USG policy is truly addressing what she see as the sources of the violence in Iraq. She lamented that the tolerance her g [...]	2006-11-02 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KWMN PGOV PHUM
06BAGHDAD4104	AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN AL-SADR COMMENTS ON IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr shared his views on the need for the emergence of new, moderate political figures to pull Iraq out of its current political crises and on regional relations at an Iftar with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 22. He discussed three possible options to reorg [...]	2006-11-02 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4123	BADR ORGANIZATION LEADER AND VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives Security and Defense Committee and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amiri met John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President on October 19. Amiri thanked the U.S. for its role in liberating Iraq and helping to build [...]	2006-11-05 07:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4126	MODERATE IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC SUPPORTS MALIKI BUT [...] (C) John Hannah, National Security Advisor to the Vice President, met on October 19 with Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr, a moderate Shi'a cleric based in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad who had supported former Prime Minister Alawi's list in the December 2005 elections. Al-Sadr opened with [...]	2006-11-05 08:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4132	FADHILA PARTICIPATES IN SHI'A COALITION "IN NAME [...] (C) Hassan al-Shammari, leading Fadhila member in the Council of Representatives (CoR),told PolCouns November 2 that Fadhila's participation in the Shi'a coalition was "in appearance only." Al-Shammari characterized SCIRI as the major force in the Shi'a coalition because it receives externa [...]	2006-11-05 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4140	FORMER MINISTER DISCUSSES KURDISH EXPANSION INTO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Industry and Minerals and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member from the cross-sectarian secular Iraqiyya party Osama Al-Najafi said Kurdish expansionism constitutes the most serious threat to Iraqi unity. [...]	2006-11-05 19:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4150	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has [...]	2006-11-06 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PINS PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD420	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MODERATE SHIA [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, independent moderate Shi'a Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh told Poloffs that the two leading United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates for Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jafari and 'Adil 'Abd al-Madhi, are in a dead heat, with eight or more Alliance members still u [...]	2006-02-11 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD421	(U) PROMINENT KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN [...] (S) Summary: In a February 8 meeting, outspoken Kurdish negotiator Dr. Mahmud Othman bitterly criticized the Prime Minister candidates as unfit to lead and claimed that the Shia Islamist Coalition's delay naming its prime minister candidate had made Iraq look foolish. Othman urged the U.S. g [...]	2006-02-11 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD422	(U) KURDISH NEGOTIATOR SHAWAYS FRUSTRATED AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member Rowsh Shaways told PolCouns and PolOff on February 9 that he was pessimistic that government formation negotiations would be finished anytime soon. Shaways expressed frustration at the bickering inside the [...]	2006-02-11 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4254	LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI LAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading SCIRI party member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi laid out a vision on how to achieve democracy in Iraq and gave specific recommendations in the security, political and economic spheres. He highlighted the short-term importance of building Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) committed to [...]	2006-11-15 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4297	IRAQI PRESIDENT GIVES READOUT ON TRIP TO FRANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, President Talabani gave Charge a readout of his state visit to Paris earlier this month. Talabani stated that he was received by President Jacques Chirac, who had listened attentively as Talabani requested more French aid in police training and economic and trade [...]	2006-11-20 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR SY IZ
06BAGHDAD4310	CHARGE AND IRAQI CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected Constitution Review Committee (CRC) Chair Shaykh Humam Hammoudi (Shia Coalition/SCIRI) told Charge Speckhard on November 19 that the CRC will take up political, technical/drafting, and "continuity" issues. Political issues like regional authorities will be decided by [...]	2006-11-21 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD432	INITIAL REACTION TO JAFARI NOMINATION: MUTED [...] (C) Summary: The Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) February 12 voted 64-63 to renominate incumbent Ibrahim Jafari as Prime Minister. Jafari was supported by his Dawa Party, Dawa Tanzim, the Sadrists, and some independents in the Coalition. Jafari's challenger, Deputy President Adil Abd al- [...]	2006-02-13 03:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4390	LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI [...] (S) SUMMARY. Leading Shia Coalition and SCIRI member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi told the Ambassador November 27 that he had presented his national compact plan (reftel) to President Talabani, who approved of it. Hammoudi will brief PM Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hashimi, and then present his plan to th [...]	2006-11-29 06:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD441	TALABANI SAYS JAFARI NOT YET A LOCK FOR PRIME [...] (C) President Jalal Talabani informed Ambassador on February 12 that the Shia Coalition had narrowly voted in favor of current Prime Minister Jafari to remain in his post by a count of 64 votes to SCIRI candidate Adil Abd al-Mahdi's 63 votes, with one Sadrist absent. Da'wa, Da'wa-Tanzim, and [...]	2006-02-13 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD444	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: KURDISH MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY On February 13, the day after the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) decision on PM nomination, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Salih cautioned poloffs against assuming that Jafari now has a lock on the premiership. Salih said he would push for Thamir Ghadb [...]	2006-02-13 20:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD454	GROUPS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION PONDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish leadership, Ayad Allawi, and Tawafuq leaders met the morning of February 13 to consider their reaction to Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination to the premiership. Their discussions included two options: (a) forging a contract with Jafari on the basis of a clear government [...]	2006-02-14 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4557	IRAQIYYA PARLIAMENTARY BLOC LEADER MOUSA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya Council of Representatives (CoR) bloc leader Hameed Majeed Mousa told the Ambassador December 12 that Iraqiyya bloc leader and former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi feels he has been marginalized and excluded from the decision-making. Mousa acknowledged at the same time that [...]	2006-12-14 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4574	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MODERATE FRONT, SYRIA, VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Council of Representative (CoR) member Sayyed Ayad Jamal al-Din (Iraqiyya) December 15 to discuss Iraqiyya's involvement in the new Moderate Front (reftel). Jamal al-Din requested the Ambassador's support to facilitate a trip to the US for a three-person I [...]	2006-12-15 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD46	AMBASSADOR ADVISES IECI ON RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting with IECI commissioners, the Ambassador encouraged the IECI Board to be careful announcing election results before the international observer group presents its own findings, lest those findings undercut the IECI. Recognizing that the IECI faced its own pr [...]	2006-01-05 18:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4613	POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of State for Reconciliation and National Dialogue hosted the much anticipated political parties conference December 16-17 in Baghdad. The GOI intends for this conference to be one in a series of political party conferences although future dates have not been announced. [...]	2006-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4620	PRT TIKRIT: FARMERS STRUGGLING IN IRAQ,S [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The growth of the agricultural sector is essential in Salah ad Din, a rural province in the Sunni heartland largely lacking many of the natural resources of its neighbors. Farmers in Salah ad Din face a number of significant [...]	2006-12-19 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR IZ IR
06BAGHDAD463	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: HIZBALLAH LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi politicos are still adjusting to the victory of incumbent Prime Minister Jafari being named again by the Shia Islamist Coalition to be its prime minister nominee. A key element of the Shia Coalition, the SCIRI party, is worried about the rising influence of the rival Sad [...]	2006-02-14 20:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD4652	SUNNI LEADER DISCUSSES IIP DEMANDS FOR JOINING [...] (S) Summary: Minister of Planning and senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader, Ali Baban, explained to the Ambassador in a December 19 meeting his party's concerns about participating in the moderate front before their recently presented demands have been met. IIP needs to demonstrate to thei [...]	2006-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4717	HAMOUDI ON THE MODERATE FRONT: "WE WILL GET THERE [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, SCIRI's leader at the Council of Representatives (CoR),told PolCouns December 20 that the Constitutional Review Committee had formed three subcommittees to pursue its work: one would focus on the major political issues, the second on completing unfinished wo [...]	2006-12-26 16:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4721	SHI'A INDEPENDENT ON SISTANI, NEW POLITICAL FRONT, [...] (C) Summary: Khalid al-Attiyah, Shi'a independent and First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),gave Charge a readout of his December 23 trip to Najaf. Al-Attiyah and several other Shi'a leaders, primarily from the Dawa party, visited Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Muqtada al [...]	2006-12-27 06:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4748	SECURITY OF PALESTINIANS IN BAGHDAD DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Nine Palestinians were killed on December 13 when several mortars hit their housing compound in Baghdad. The hits were likely deliberate, and follow a series of attacks, kidnappings, threats and harassment against Palestinians. Iraqi officials lament this violence and admit th [...]	2006-12-28 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD476	FORMER OIL MINISTER GHADBAN ON OIL SECTOR'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and former Minister of Oil Thamar Ghadban said on February 12 that he and others in the GOI have concerns over potential corruption and improper activities at the Ministry of Oil by Fadhila party members since they took over the Ministry [...]	2006-02-15 18:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4767	KARBALA PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Karbala, like nearby Najaf, is home to a number of Shi'a religious sites and has become an important tourist destination. Four Shi'a parties control local politics. The JAM is increasing in power. The province recently transferred from CF Control to Provincial Iraqi Control (PI [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4774	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4775	NAJAF PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Najaf is dominated by the SCIRI party, which controls half the seats on the PC. As one of the holiest locations in Shi'a Islam, it is also home to the country's top religious leaders. The economy in Najaf continues to flourish as a result of tourism. Security has been relativ [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4791	DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART II: FADILA PARTY; [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the second in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in ref B. This cable focuses on the Fadila party. 2. (C) Summary: Fadhila was founded and is led today by Ayatollah Mohamme [...]	2006-12-31 09:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD480	RE-ELECTED INDEPENDENT SHIA ISLAMIST [...] (C) At a February 14 introductory meeting, Hassan Radi Khadim al-Sari, leader of the Hezbollah Movement of Iraq Party, repeatedly railed against the Embassy for reaching out to Sunni "terrorists" and for ignoring the Shia. He said the U.S.-Shia relationship used to be a partnership, but that [...]	2006-02-16 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD481	SCHEMING IN BAGHDAD: SUNNI ARAB DESCRIBES PLAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allawi allies told us February 15 that the USG should urge Talabani to join with Sunni Arabs and Allawi to form a larger parliamentary bloc than that of the Shia Islamist List 555. Separately, Sunni Arab Tawafuq Front official Mahmoud al-Mashadani speculated that Sunni and Kurdi [...]	2006-02-16 09:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM
06BAGHDAD49	INTERNATIONAL MONITOR GROUP'S GOAL TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting, the international monitoring group (IMIE) representative Mazen Chouib confirmed to Poloff that the IMIE assessment team's goal is to produce a preliminary statement on their findings before the Iraqi election commission (IECI) announces its own preliminary election [...]	2006-01-06 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD495	DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestling for results with the military and civilian bureaucracies. On other subjects, Chalabi cited a recent comment by Kurdish Regional President Mas'ud Barzani o [...]	2006-02-16 17:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD497	(U) KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN: KIRKUK IS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish government formation negotiating team member Dr. Mahmud Othman told PolOffs on February 15 that he stood by his comments in Al Dustour newspaper calling on Prime Minister- elect Ja'afari to commit publicly to resolving the Kirkuk issue. On Ja'afari nomination, Othman su [...]	2006-02-16 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD498	ZEBARI SAYS JAFARI DOES NOT HAVE LOCK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY FM Zebari told PolCouns February 16 that Jafari does not have a lock on the premiership, although Zebari doubted SCIRI and Fadhila would leave the Shia Coalition as that would be contrary to the wishes of Grand Ayatollah Sistani. SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini, told Pol [...]	2006-02-16 21:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM
06BAGHDAD5	SHIA POLITICO: JA'AFARI HAS TO GO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on December 31 with Qassim Daoud, a moderate liberal in the Shia Alliance, the Ambassador stated that, while the ultimate decision rested with the Iraqi people, the U.S. Government, as a partner in the new Iraq wished to make its concerns clear. He laid out five mai [...]	2006-01-02 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD507	HAKIM LOOKING TO UNSEAT JAFARI WITHOUT BREAKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador February 17 that he wanted to work to block Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination without breaking the Shia coalition. Hakim said he had met with Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf February 16 and found that Sistani was unhappy with Jafari's [...]	2006-02-17 18:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD508	PM SENIOR ADVISOR PREDICTS GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. In a February 15 meeting, Jafari senior advisor Hassan Hamid Hassan Al-Seneid told PolOffs that the Shia Coalition has placed conditions on Jafari assuming the premiership, as well as on any other Shia Coalition holder of positions in the new government. He estimated that govern [...]	2006-02-17 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD509	FADHILA MEMBER AND SUNNI ARAB SHAYKH STRESS [...] SUMMARY: In a February 16 meeting, Fadhila Member Mohammed al-Kusai told PolOff that he doubted PM Jafari would be successful leading the new government. However, he maintained that the UIC 555 would seek to motivate Jafari to perform well. Also on February 16, an al-Dulaymi tribal leader lin [...]	2006-02-17 19:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD510	DECLARED SHIA INDEPENDENT WORRIES ABOUT FRACTIOUS [...] (C) At a February 16 introductory meeting, independent Shia Coalition member Shatha Mosa Sadiq al-Mousawi expressed her strong resentment toward the Embassy for reaching out to Ayad Allawi and Sunni "Ba'thists" and for "ignoring" the Shia. She warned that public perception about Americans is [...]	2006-02-17 20:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD516	FORMER EXILE IRAQI BUSINESSMAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary. Former exile Iraqi businessman Muhanned Eshaiker, cousin to Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, described the challenges of doing business in Baghdad: when and whether to pay bribes, the difficulty of finding qualified, energetic professional workers, and keeping up with the politic [...]	2006-02-19 04:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD534	SADRISTS EXTEND HAND AS PLOT AGAINST JAFARI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Sadrist leader presented a flexible approach to government negotiations in a February 19 conversation with the Ambassador, but, in a subsequent meeting, Ayad Allawi and Kurdistan President Masud Barzani made clear that they want to continue to develop plans to upend Jafari's nom [...]	2006-02-20 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD544	GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON [...] (S) In an evening meeting on February 20 at President Talabani's residence, leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance, Tawafuq Front, and the Allawi list agreed to accelerate the government formation process and to calm the tense Iraqi public. Ambassador attended the meeting, which included a readout [...]	2006-02-21 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD549	MUQTADA SADR DEBUTS ON AL-JAZEERA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Influential Iraqi politician Moqtada al- Sadr has emerged from relative media obscurity into the regional limelight with extensive travels and a remarkable interview on al-Jazeera on February 18. During a regional procession that included Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Syria and [...]	2006-02-21 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KISL OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD550	DEPUTY TNA SPEAKER SPECULATES ON FUTURE [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Poloff, Deputy TNA Speaker Arif Taifour discussed the transition from the Transitional National Assembly to the Council of Representatives (CoR). He speculated that he or Fu'ad Ma'asum (leader of the Kurdish Alliance delegation in the TNA) would be a Deput [...]	2006-02-21 19:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PNAT IZ

06BAGHDAD563	SECTARIAN NERVES ON EDGE AFTER SAMARRA SHRINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are many rumors of attacks on Sunni religious sites and anti-Sunni demonstrations in the wake of the February 22 bombing of the Shia holy mosque in Samarra, but there appears to be much less occurring on the ground. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party Deputy Secretary-General A [...]	2006-02-22 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD566	PM JAFARI AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI WARN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari and Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi emphasized to the Ambassador and General Casey midday on February 22 that the bombing of the Askeri mosque in Samarra had inflamed sectarian tensions and rais [...]	2006-02-22 20:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD569	POLITICAL UPDATE: SHAWAYS DOUBTS NON-SHIA [...] (S) Summary. The Kurds together with the Sunni Arab bloc and Ayad Allawi's group are writing up a program that they can present as a national salvation front program. They aim to attract Shia Islamists who will split from Prime Minister Jafari. Deputy Prime Minister Shaways told PolOffs Feb [...]	2006-02-22 20:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV
06BAGHDAD570	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE, FEBRUARY 22 - [...] (S) The effort to oust Ibrahim Jafari from the Prime Ministry is on two tracks. February 21 and February 22 the Kurdish/Allawi/Sunni Arab group began developing the principles from the meeting a month in Kurdistan into a broader government program. This program would be introduced be the K [...]	2006-02-22 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD573	PATRIARCH DELLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told PolOff that conditions for his community were getting worse. He expressed concern about human rights, religious freedom and political representation for Chaldean Catholics in Iraq. He noted that Christians elected to the [...]	2006-02-23 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD574	(CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref),there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...]	2006-02-23 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD584	SISTANI RELATIVE COMMENTS ON SAMARRA ATTACK [...] (S) Summary: Sayed Emad Kelanter (strictly protect),who is related by marriage to both Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr, told PolOff in a February 23 meeting that Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim successfully pressured Grand Ayatollah Sistani into inserting tougher langu [...]	2006-02-23 20:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD591	SUNNI ARAB LEADERS' REACTION TO SAMARA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Sunni Arab Tawafuq leaders refused to join President Talabani at a gathering of top Iraqi government officials in response to sectarian violence that followed the February 22 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samara. At an afternoon press conference, Tawafuq leader [...]	2006-02-24 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD594	QUIET CONTINUES; ASSOCIATION OF MOSLEM SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY Iraq was relatively calm on February 24. There was a curfew in effect most of the day in Baghdad and three surrounding provinces. There were no or reduced prayers at many Baghdad mosques. The Mahdi militia was out in force in some cities. Political and religious leaders, both S [...]	2006-02-24 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD595	GATHERING OF IRAQI LEADERS PRODUCES FRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders arrived at a frail consensus for calm after a day of meetings and mutual recriminations on February 23. President Talabani issued a statement (after reading it aloud to unanimous approval at a meeting he hosted for Iraq's leadership) calling for peaceful demonstratio [...]	2006-02-24 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD597	FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 21:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD601	SITUATION UPDATE SATURDAY: VIOLENCE DIMINISHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: By most accounts, Baghdad saw fewer acts of sectarian violence on 25 February than it had over the previous several days, largely due to the extended curfew still in effect. A variety of contacts told us that anti-Sunni violence had occurred overnight February 24-25, especially a [...]	2006-02-25 16:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD602	AMBASSADOR RALLIES KEY PLAYERS AROUND PM'S CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a day of prodding, Sunni Arab leaders agreed over February 24-25 to join a government advisory committee that will unite key leaders and convene the evening of February 25 to plan the next steps following the Samarra tragedy. Prime Minister Jafari issued a plan February 24 [...]	2006-02-25 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD609	JAFARI DRAWS SUNNI LEADERSHIP INTO CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Jafari drew leaders from across the political spectrum into his crisis management process by convening a new advisory group late on February 25. For the first time since the Samarra tragedy, the Sunni Arab leadership directly engaged the top tier of the [...]	2006-02-26 16:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD610	RELATIVE CALM IN BAGHDAD; JAFARI MEETS WITH SISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of sectarian violence dropped further February 26. There were reports of mortar fire on a mosque in Sadr City and of an IED outside a mosque in Basra. Jafari's Chief of Staff reported that the PM had traveled to Najaf where Grand Ayatollah Sistani "approved" of the pr [...]	2006-02-26 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD629	SHIA INDEPENDENT SAYS DO NOT BLAME US FOR JAFARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Shia Independent Mahmoud Muhammad al-Sheikh Radhi told PolOff that Shia Independents were being blamed unfairly for the Jafari victory in the PM race. He downplayed the effect of Sadrist "threats" before the election. Al-Sheikh Radhi [...]	2006-02-27 20:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD637	IRAQI OFFICIAL ON GOVT FORMATION-CONVENING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 12:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD644	(U) KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN: THE INSIDER [...] (C) Summary: In the first of a series of in- depth studies of the various Kurdish parties that will operate in the new Council of Representatives (COR),this cable examines the history and the evolution of one of the most powerful Kurdish independents in Iraqi politics. Dr. Mahmud Othman's [...]	2006-02-28 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD645	SHIA CLERIC TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQ NEEDS COMPETENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shia cleric and former Iraqi Governing Council member Mohammed Bahar al-Uloom told the Ambassador at a February 21 meeting that he agreed with the Ambassador that Iraq needs a strong governing center. Sectarianism threatens to destroy Iraq, he warned. Bahar al-Uloom also opined t [...]	2006-02-28 16:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD648	FADHILA PARTY MEMBER WARNS SHIA ANGER MAY NOT BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 27 phone conversation with PolFSN, Fadhila Parliamentarian Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that Ayatollah Mohammed al-Yaqubi thinks Shia anger will be difficult to contain if another attack of the magnitude of the Samarra February 22 bombing occurs. Al-Kusai said rece [...]	2006-02-28 20:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PTER IZ KISL
06BAGHDAD65	ALLAWI/SUNNI ARAB GROUPS WILL ACCEPT ELECTION [...] (C) Ibrahim al-Janabi, Chief of Staff to Dr. Ayad Allawi, told PolOffs January 8 that the political parties working with Allawi and the Sunni Arabs (MARAM) are beginning to concede the reality of the election results. He anticipated that they ultimately will negotiate for entry a national uni [...]	2006-01-09 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD652	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: GOI REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance on responding to a diplomatic note received from Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi requesting assistance in freezing Jordanian assets of Iraqis implicated in corruption at the Ir [...]	2006-03-01 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD653	AMIDST VIOLENCE IN BAGHDAD, KURDS AIM TO BLOCK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Military and press reports indicate significant incidents of violence February 28 and March 1. Eighty percent of a Shia mosque in Kathamiya was destroyed in an IED explosion February 28. Military sources reported 23 civilian deaths on March 1 as of 1600 hrs. In a March 1 convers [...]	2006-03-01 19:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD659	MARCH 2 SECURITY MEETING PRODUCES LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Because of the latest spat with the Kurds, PM Jafari canceled a morning meeting of top political leaders that had been scheduled to discuss the security situation in Iraq. After much pushing from post, the meeting was held the evening of March 2. However, all the participants co [...]	2006-03-02 20:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD664	FADHILA PARTY MEMBER: UIC 555 FOLLOWERS CRITICAL [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting held as a follow-on to reftel conversation, Fadhila Party Council of Representatives member Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that he believes the worst of the sectarian strife resulting from bombing of the Al-Askariyah Shrine in Samarra is over. He repeated reftel cautio [...]	2006-03-03 16:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD682	SCIRI SIGNALS READINESS TO BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT PM; [...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini advised us March 4 of a party statement expressing commitment to the UIC 555 nomination of Jafari as PM, but indicating openness to discussions about who would be the best Prime Minister. PUK's Barham Salih welcomed the SCIRI statement and [...]	2006-03-04 20:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD707	MIXED SUPPORT FOR JAFARI WITHIN SHIA COALITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rejection of Shia Prime Minister nominee Ibrahim Jafari by the Kurds, Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc and the secular Allawi bloc has generated at least initial tough responses from the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555). There are also hints of flexibility about dumping Jafari. TN [...]	2006-03-06 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD71	SUNNI OUTREACH: AMB CONVEYS U.S. VISION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, Ambassador Khalilzad outlined suggested principles for the new Iraqi government during meetings with two Sunni sheikhs recommended to the Ambassador by Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Ambassador underlined the SIPDIS [...]	2006-01-09 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD72	ALLAWI RECOMMENDS POSTPONEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In their January 8 meeting, Ayad Allawi told the Ambassador that Iraqi President Talabani believes that a national unity government is a must, but Dr. Allawi added that this must be a national unity government in reality, not just cosmetically. He also highlighted the importance of balan [...]	2006-01-09 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD732	FADHILA LEADER JABIRI SAYS JAFARI,S CANDIDACY IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fadhila Party leader Nadeem al-Jabiri told the Ambassador March 6 that Ibrahim al-Jafari's candidacy is unraveling inside the Shia Coalition. The Marja'iya, Jabiri said, have sent strong signals that Jafari should step aside, and Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters are backing away from [...]	2006-03-07 17:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD733	POLITICAL LEADERS MEETING ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the close of the day March 7, it appeared that the Shia Islamists were resisting the Talabani call to convene the Council of Representatives March 12. List 555 independent Sami al-Askari told us March 7 that Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi's refusal to sign the convocation with [...]	2006-03-07 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD74	AMB URGES SUNNI POLITICAL LEADERS TO DENOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met on January 5 with key leaders from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and on January 6 with the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) to review their concerns about the December 15 parliamentary elections and to solicit their views on the formation of a nationa [...]	2006-01-09 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD75	ELECTION OBSERVER TEAM STILL AT WORK WHILE [...] (C) Summary. The international monitoring team (IMIE) continues its post-election assessment work, and has decided that its building workload will require postponement of its preliminary report about January 14. Partly as a result of this new date, the Iraqi election commission (IECI) has de [...]	2006-01-09 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD776	MODERATE ISLAMIST DEPLORES 555 INTIMIDATION; [...] (C) National Iraqi List CoR member for Baghdad Izzat al-Shahbandar told Poloffs that Allawi's party was beginning to prepare for provincial elections. He said Allawi's list was planning steps to counter "forgery and intimidation," use local media, and set up effective get-out-the-vote progra [...]	2006-03-10 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD778	SHIA INDEPENDENT STILL FEARS SUNNI PERSECUTION [...] (C) In a March 5 introductory meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition Independent and re-elected Council of Representatives member Shaikh Khalid Abathar Atiyyah said that security for Iraq can only be attained through "inclusion" of the Shia. Atiyyah expressed his concern about the fear among th [...]	2006-03-10 18:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD79	FM ZEBARI: SHIA FAR FROM DECISION ON PM CANDIDATE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Ambassador on January 9 that the Kurdish Alliance has reached agreement on supporting Talabani for President in the new Iraqi government. The Shia UIA alliance is, in his view, deeply divided over whether to support current PM Ja'afari or curr [...]	2006-01-09 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PREL IR IZ KRG
06BAGHDAD811	FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER PONDERS HOW TO COMPETE [...] (C) Summary. Former Interior Minister Nuri Badran, brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told Poloffs that sectarian parties are the only way to have influence in Iraqi politics today. Moderate Shia like himself must ally themselves with Islamists to have a chance to gain in [...]	2006-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD812	MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]	2006-03-13 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD813	SUNNI AND ALLAWI BLOCS READY FOR MORE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of the March 14 meeting of the major political blocs' leaders to work on resolving the government formation dilemma, Tawafuq official Mahmud al- Mashadani told us that Sunni Arab and Shia Coalition negotiators were working toward formation of an Arab political bloc. H [...]	2006-03-13 20:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD867	IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE ? [...] (C) Summary: As we watch the political machinations unfolding over national government formation, it seems increasingly clear that there is not one party able to drive the process by itself, particularly in regards to selecting the next Prime Minister. The Shia Coalition, with its 128 seats [...]	2006-03-17 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD910	ALLAWI ALLY THINKS SHIA ISLAMISTS' INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Southern Iraq secular politician and Allawi camp member Wa'el Abd al-Lateef told us March 13 that the Shia will have to make a choice about the kind of federalism they want in the South. He thought giving each governorate authorities like the Kurdish region already enjoys would [...]	2006-03-20 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD922	ALLAWI OBJECTS TO PROPOSED POLITICAL BODY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya List (Allawi) member, former Planning Minister, and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member Dr. Mehdi al-Hafedh told PolOffs March 20 that the composition and powers of the "Political Committee for National Security" (PCNS) are not settled. He said that Iraqiyya [...]	2006-03-21 06:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD95	SHIA ISLAMISTS SIGNAL THEIR DISCONTENT WITH US [...] (C) Summary: During the past week many of the Shia political and religious figures in Baghdad have sharpened their tone against Sunni Arab political figures. Their public and private signals of unhappiness with American policy are also stronger now than at any time since the transfer of so [...]	2006-01-11 10:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD973	SECURITY STILL MAIN CONCERN FOR SUNNI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Warner, Tawaffuq leaders Tarik Hashimi and Ayad Samarai decried sectarian violence and claimed that the Sunnis bear the brunt of it. Calling the current distribution of power in Iraq unbalanced, and blaming the US for that imbalance, the Sunnis as [...]	2006-03-24 13:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD980	SHIA ENDOWMENT WARNS OF GROWING CIVIL STRIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 22 conversation with PolCouns, Shia Endowment official Salah Abd al-Razak said that civil strife is already serious and will get worse if the displacement of Sunni and Shia families does not cease. President Bush's statement that civil war is not likely was wrong, al-R [...]	2006-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
06BAKU1810	AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...]	2006-12-12 08:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU342	KHOJALI TRAGEDY: PATRIOTISM, GRIEF, AND A PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's commemoration of the Khojali Massacre (a 1992 attack by Armenian forces that resulted in the death of a reported 613 civilians) contained a decidedly political message this year, with pointed outreach to the international community and a disturbing uptick in anti-Arme [...]	2006-03-03 13:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI AM AJ
06BAKU758	AZERBAIJAN CAUTIOUS AS IRAN CRACKS DOWN ON ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society has taken a strong interest in reports that Iranian security forces opened fire May 22 on a demonstration of about 100,000 mostly Azeri-Iranian students in the city of Tabriz, killing at least ten. A flurry of Azerbaijani press reports has fanned public interes [...]	2006-05-24 15:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM IR AJ
06BANGKOK1119	THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]	2006-02-24 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANJUL744	THE GAMBIA: CEMENTING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) On December 5, President Yahya Jammeh returned from a brief official visit to Tehran, where he had meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other high-level members of the GOI as well as with religious leaders. The visit, Jammeh's first trip since the March 21 aborted coup attempt [...]	2006-12-11 12:05:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IR GA
06BASRAH1	SUNNI COMPLAINTS SYMPTOMATIC OF "SORE LOSER SYNDROME" [...] (C) Summary: On December 28, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Hazim Joda, the manager of the Basrah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, and discussed allegations of fraud during the December 15 election. Hazim assured the RC that there had been no widespread fraud during [...]	2006-01-02 08:25:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BASRAH115	FADILLAH LEADERS VISIT BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: On July 6, a delegation of Fadillah members from Baghdad visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and met with the Regional Coordinator (RC). The discussion centered on the broad topics of security in Basrah, particularly on militias and their infiltration of the Iraqi Police S [...]	2006-07-09 13:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BASRAH121	DETERIORATING SECURITY IMPACTING REO BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: Following the arrest of a high ranking Jaysh al Mahdi (JAM) member on July 16 by the British military, the REO Basrah Palace compound has come under significant increased indirect fire (IDF) attacks, severely impacting REO operations. There is insufficient space in hard buildings [...]	2006-07-21 16:41:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PTER IZ
06BASRAH138	SHAHID AL-MEHRAB EXPLAINS VIEWS, ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, the head of the Basrah branch of the Shahid al-Mehrab Islamic organization, Sheikh Diya al-Timimi, hosted the Regional Coordinator and poloff and briefed them about the educational and charitable activities of the group. The sheikh said that Shahid al-Mehrab has 5, [...]	2006-08-24 16:30:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
06BASRAH139	BASRAH SUNNI IMAM ATTENDS CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheik Khalid al-Mullah, a close REO contact and prominent Basrah Sunni imam, at the latter's request on August 24. Sheik Khalid recently returned from four days in Tehran attending the 19th International Islamic Unity Conference that focused on the r [...]	2006-08-27 14:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IR IZ
06BASRAH27	SITUATION IN BASRAH CALMER, BUT STILL VOLATILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Relative calm reigned in Basrah on February 23 in marked contrast to February 22's violent demonstrations triggered by the destruction of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. Demonstrations of thousands of people continued to take place, but were largely peaceful and without signific [...]	2006-02-23 16:48:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06BASRAH34	SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...]	2006-03-14 14:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL
06BASRAH36	SOUTHERN SHIA PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Dr. Wathib Salman Al Gamud, a senior political figure in the Da'awa party in Basrah and member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC). Dr. Wathib said that the Shia population in the [...]	2006-03-18 12:30:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
06BASRAH43	GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS ON THE BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The current structure of Basrah politics allows religious extremism to flourish. In order to survive in the Basrah political scene today, political figures must portray themselves as devout Shia to the public. A small number of extremists on the Basrah Provincial Council have b [...]	2006-03-31 11:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL IZ
06BASRAH49	MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE BASRAH COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Wielders of power and influence in Basrah outside of the local government can be classified into three general categories: highly respected sheikhs and imams, thugs and militia leaders, and a nebulous third category of individuals in positions of power but whose influence on the [...]	2006-04-07 11:45:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KISL IZ
06BASRAH65	HASSAN AL-RASHID ON SECURITY, THE BASRAH GOVERNMENT AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 3 meeting with Badr Organization chief Hassan al-Rashid, the Regional Coordinator (RC) discussed the threats against the employees of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah and suggested that splinter groups could be responsible. Hassan believes that the Basrah Pro [...]	2006-05-04 16:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IZ
06BASRAH70	SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...]	2006-05-07 14:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL
06BASRAH92	BASRAH FUEL MARKET THRIVES ON SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff, petroleum and security officials in Basrah painted a stark picture of Basrah's fuel market and the black market in petroleum products. Smuggling is relatively easy because of Iraq's porous borders. There does not appear to be any organized cart [...]	2006-06-03 15:54:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINS ECON EPET ETRD ENRG IZ
06BEIRUT1276	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI GIVES PREVIEW OF NATIONAL [...] (C) In an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri said that Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was happy with Prime Minister Siniora's visit to Washington last week. When the Ambassador asked why Salloukh maintained an unpleasant expression the whole [...]	2006-04-25 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT1675	MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON HEARS STRAIGHT [...] (S) Visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton had a long 5/22 conversation with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh -- three men convinced they have been, or will be, targeted for assassination by the S [...]	2006-05-30 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL ASEC MASS PTER KCRM KISL LE
06BEIRUT1807	MGLE01: SHIA CONTACTS SEE NASRALLAH'S CULT OF [...] (C) On June 6, Hizballah expert Amal Saad-Ghorayeb told econoff that the June 1 riot in response to a LBCI parody of Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (ref A) was an embarrassment to Hizballah and the Shia community. She believed the riot was spontaneous, but Hizballah was not co [...]	2006-06-07 12:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT3895	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS SEE PRO-SYRIANS, AOUN [...] (C) Fouad Siniora, Marwan Hamadeh, and Saad Hariri report that the March 8-Aoun opposition forces are hardening their positions and that street demonstrations, despite the holiday lull, are not going away. Despite Vladimir Putin's vocal support for Lebanon and apparent warnings to Bashar Asad, [...]	2006-12-26 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN LE
06BERLIN1227	IRAN: GERMAN PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 press conference, Ruprecht Polenz (CDU),Chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and frequent commentator in the German media, provided a readout of his May 2-3 visit to Tehran. Polenz said that the nuclear subject had come to dominate the publi [...]	2006-05-05 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC PHUM EU GM IR
06BERN2115	SWISS TO BAKER COMMISSION: USG SHOULD NO LONGER \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 15:48:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PTER ETTC IR IZ SZ
06BOGOTA10111	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 8:30 AM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Silverman Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren Ambassador William B. Wood USAID Mission Director Liliana Ayalde Attorne [...]	2006-11-01 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO
06BOGOTA10112	A/S BURNS' OCTOBER 24 MEETING WITH REINTEGRATION [...] (U) October 24, 2006; 8:45PM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador William Wood USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Silverman USAID Director Liliana Ayalde Political Officer Liliana Gabriel (notetaker) COLOMBIA Reinsertion Commissioner Frank Pearl [...]	2006-11-01 15:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA7485	FARC ATTACK ON FUEL DISTRIBUTOR IN LA GUAJIRA [...] (C) On August 14, 2006 at approximately 0230 hours, the 59th Front of the FARC attacked a fuel distribution outlet in Guajira close to the Colombian/Venezuelan border. The attack was launched using gas cylinder bombs, destroying 85 fuel trucks and 15 other vehicles, and reportedly injuring 8 [...]	2006-08-16 15:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PGOV EINV ENRG VE CO
06BUENOSAIRES1050	MEDIA REACTION IRAN MERCOSUR LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with Iran attempting to approach the US; China warning about triggering a war like that of Iraq; the implications of Bolivia's nationalization of the energy sector; the crisis of Mercosur; and the Latin American chair at the UN Security Council. [...]	2006-05-09 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1617	MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...]	2006-07-21 12:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES469	MEDIA REACTION IRAN-RUSSIA IRAQ US-BOLIVIA US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Iran and Russia agreeing to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture; the danger of civil war in Iraq; Palestinian PM-designate Haniyeh's statement that Hamas would establish "peace in stages" if Israel were to withdraw to the borders it held befor [...]	2006-02-28 12:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES572	MEDIA REACTION IRAN US HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Iran warning the US that it could inflict "harm and pain" to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN Security Council to dole out for Tehran's refusal to halt atomic research; the 2006 US State Department Human Righ [...]	2006-03-10 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES628	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy Report, in which US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations an [...]	2006-03-20 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES956	MEDIA REACTION IRANIAN LEADER'S THREAT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei's serious war threat to the US; the US reinforcing its espionage operations in Latin America; the implications of the complaints by several US military retirees against US Defense Secretary Don [...]	2006-04-27 20:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CARACAS1207	NGO HIGHLIGHTS BRV'S USE OF ELECTORAL BLACKLISTS [...] (C) Opposition NGO Ciudadania Activa (Active Citizenry) produced the documentary "La Lista Tascon" ("The Tascon List"),a film that dramatically portrays the Venezuelan government's systematic persecution of persons who signed petitions against President Hugo Chavez in 2002-2004. The organiza [...]	2006-05-05 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS2165	HUMAN TRAFFICKING NGO A.M.B.A.R. - PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance (A.M.B.A.R.),a recipient of an Economic Support Fund (ESF) Grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). (reftel) Highlights of its volunteered three-month prog [...]	2006-07-21 12:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM SCUL SNAR VE
06CARACAS2900	CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER [...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...]	2006-09-21 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE IR
06CARACAS3345	THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...]	2006-11-08 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR
06CARACAS484	NEW TRIBES MISSION COMPLYING WITH WITHDRAWAL ORDER [...] (C) The New Tribes Mission (NTM) has removed all of its personnel from indigenous tribal areas in compliance with the February 12 deadline given by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). The Supreme Court (TSJ) on February 3 denied NTM's request for a stay of the Interior Ministry's Nove [...]	2006-02-22 19:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM CACS VE
06CARACAS520	FREEDOM HOUSE - CATALYST FOR AN EMERGING HUMAN [...] (C) The Freedom House USAID project began operations in Venezuela in late 2004, in an environment of reported increases in human rights abuses and judicial impunity. The community of human rights organizations in Venezuela continues to be ill-equipped to deal with the unfolding scenario and [...]	2006-02-24 18:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM VE
06CARACAS523	VENEZUELA'S SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is post's input (ref A) for the sixth annual anti-trafficking in persons report (TIP). Political officer LaTranda Martin is Embassy,s point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8531; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: martinls@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: 31. 2 [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06CARACAS757	SUMATE'S ALEJANDRO PLAZ REVIEWS ONGOING PROJECTS, [...] (C) PolCouns met with electoral NGO Sumate President Alejandro Plaz March 21 to discuss the progress of Sumate's audit of the electoral registry and his recent trip to Peru and the United States. Their temporary reprieve from trial is allowing them to re-focus on their electoral activities. [...]	2006-03-23 10:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS VE
06CARACAS880	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO [...] (U) In accordance with the Economic Support Fund (ESF) grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Ambassador delivered on March 29 a check in the amount of USD 129,375 to Venezuelan NGO Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance (AMBAR). ( [...]	2006-03-31 14:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE
06CASABLANCA167	VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on February 6, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the f [...]	2006-02-08 13:50:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06DAMASCUS1667	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of the Iranian Expediency Council, will arrive in Damascus today on a formal visit of a few days. Papers also reported that President Asad chaired a cabinet meeting during which he discussed mechanis [...]	2006-04-13 05:53:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS21	IRANIAN ARCHITECT OF SYRIA-IRAN-HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Iran's incoming Ambassador to Damascus, Mohammed Hassan Akhtari, has returned for his second tour as Ambassador to Syria after overseeing the creation of the Syria-Iran-Hizballah triangle during his first tenure from 1986-1998, according to media reports. Akhtari's appointment [...]	2006-01-02 14:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IR
06DAMASCUS3223	UNDER PRESSURE, SYRIAN REGIME STIRS STONE SOUP [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing Gaza crisis notwithstanding, the SARG is conducting its foreign policy in traditional Syrian style, playing for time and survival against international pressure on a range of issues. This was most recently demonstrated by the July 1 meeting between the visiting Qata [...]	2006-07-03 11:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL SY
06DAMASCUS3258	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani, that focused on the latest regional developments, particularly in the occupied Palestinian territories. Talks also touched upon bilateral relations between Syria and [...]	2006-07-03 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4128	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Qatar/Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the working visit to Damascus by Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, and his meeting with President Asad, which focused on the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its repercussions, the current Arab position, the situation in the Palesti [...]	2006-08-22 13:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DJIBOUTI95	STATUS OF DJIBOUTI'S DORALEH PORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 11:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DJ
06DUBAI1217	IRAN: ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-04 14:04:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV SOCI IR
06DUBAI1319	IRAN'S HOJJATIYEH SOCIETY (C-NES-01487) [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 16:12:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV PHUM PINR
06DUBAI2300	VIEWS FROM IRAN'S CULTURAL SECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-23 13:49:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR SOCI
06DUBAI2756	IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 13:33:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI292	SABA TV DENIED LICENSE TO BROADCAST FROM DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 14:30:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PINR ECPS IR PGOV SCUL TC
06DUBAI4109	IRAN FORMS NEW FOREIGN RELATIONS STRATEGIC COUNCIL (FRSC) [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 15:00:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PGOV ZP

06DUBAI4457	IRAN PURGES PROFESSORS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 15:12:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR ECON ELAB
06DUBAI4503	TFLE01:IRAN'S RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 14:52:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IS SY LE ZP MOPS
06DUBAI5246	IRPO: THE STATUS OF IRAN'S ASSYRIAN AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 13:03:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IR
06DUBLIN252	IRISH IRAQIS "KEEPING THE FAITH" FOR IRAQI SUCCESS [...] Summary. On March 7, the Ambassador hosted a dinner for Irish Iraqi Shia Muslims and select members of the Irish government and press to assist the Shia community in developing a voice to counter the continued Irish anti-war rhetoric. The Imam of the Shia community, Dr. Ali Al Saleh told th [...]	2006-03-10 13:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINR KPAO EI
06GENEVA2169	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles held a series of bilateral meetings in Geneva August 31 and September 1 with select missions to discuss the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) session. The meetings are summarized below. United Kingdom -------------- 2. (C) DAS Barks-Ruggles discussed w [...]	2006-09-06 15:31:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GEORGETOWN417	SABOTAGE OF TELEPHONE SYSTEM CONTINUES [...] SUMMARY: Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has revealed several "acts of sabotage" that have disrupted telephone communications for several key military installations and large businesses. The events are the latest in a series of acts of vandalism against the company's facilities. END SUMM [...]	2006-05-10 11:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS MCAP PINS ECON GY
06GEORGETOWN817	INFORMATION ON DAR-UL-ULOOM ISLAMIC CENTER AND [...] (U) Post has gathered the following information in response to the questions posed in Ref A: A. (S/NF) What is the relationship between the Dar-ul-Uloom Islamic Center in Guyana and the center in Trinidad? Individuals from the center in Guyana and Trinidad share personal and professional [...]	2006-08-14 18:46:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PK TD GY
06HILLAH10	NAJAF'S ZURFI PLEADS FOR US AID [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, SET Najaf met with former Najaf Governor and head of the Loyalty to An Najaf party, Adnan Al Zurfi. The meeting covered a wide range of subjects. Zurfi expressed his view that the recent December 15 national election, while n [...]	2006-01-25 19:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH102	QADISIYAH PROVINCE: SADR, SCIRI, AND SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Militia (MM) and his political organization, Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS),increasingly dictate the pace of events in Qadisiyah Province. While the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) holds 20 seats out of 41 on the Provincial Council, SCIRI is [...]	2006-06-12 16:11:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH104	RUMBLINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Events in four South Central provinces over the last twenty-four hours indicate that although the incidence of terrorist acts remains low in this seemingly stable region, tensions are increasingly manifesting themselves in public demonstrations, ultimatums to provincial government [...]	2006-06-14 12:20:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH11	NAJAF ELECTION RESULTS REACTION [...] (U) This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Just a day after the release of the results of the December 15 national election by the IECI, reaction in the Najaf province was diverse and pointed. Many in the province, including local government officials and members of the United Iraqi [...]	2006-01-26 13:02:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH12	WASIT ELECTION RESULTS REACTION: UIA/555 SAVORS CONFIRMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of the Shi'a Islamist United Iraqi Alliance/555 list savored the overwhelming victory of their slate after election results were announced on January 20. The UIA/555 won seven of the eight seats allocated to the province, with Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List/671 picking [...]	2006-01-26 13:02:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH122	UPDATE ON NAJAF CAR BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary. According to local contacts, police believe that three of an original seven VBIEDs (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices) are still roaming Najaf streets. However, two suspects have been arrested for the Friday, July 6 (VBIED) which exploded between two buses carrying tou [...]	2006-07-24 04:27:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH124	HOW THE SOUTH WAS WON - TALLYING UP ELECTION DAY FRAUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: For perspective on potential problems in upcoming provincial council elections, REO Staff spoke to representatives of the South Central Iraqi National Accord (INA),Communist Party, Iraqi Election Commission (IECI),and other contacts about ballot tampering and other forms of voter [...]	2006-07-25 04:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PROP IZ
06HILLAH126	WASIT FADILHA HEAD ON SCIRI PLANS FOR FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, REO staff met with Sheikh Abbas Al Zaidi, a self-professed "moderate" cleric who is the interim head of all Fadilha activities in Wasit Province. Al Zaidi claimed to be speaking for Fadilha spiritual head Ayatollah Yaqoubi as he made the following points: 1) Sheikh Ya [...]	2006-07-28 12:22:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER IZ
06HILLAH127	SECURITY UPDATE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ [...] (SBU) This cable covers trends and significant events that affect security in the five South Central provinces of Iraq. Items are taken from the local press or are public knowledge in the region (Najaf, Karbala, Qadisiyah, Babil, and Wasit provinces). Najaf Province ----------------- 2 [...]	2006-07-29 09:00:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH130	SISTANI MOSQUE FRIDAY SERMON STRIKES ANTI-AMERICAN TONE [...] (SBU) Approximately 3500-4000 people attended the Friday afternoon sermon given by Sheikh Sayed Ahmed Al-Safi, generally regarded as a close associate and spokesman for Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Al-Safi's speech was covered by several national television outlets. 2. (SBU) Al-Safi told his [...]	2006-08-10 11:42:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PTER PGOV IZ
06HILLAH134	"PUBLIC COMMITTEES" CONCEPT FOR SECURITY IN NAJAF MAY ALSO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In an effort to combat a recent rise in violence in the province, the Najaf Provincial Council has approved the formation of Public Committees intended to work as "community watch" organizations. While the province's dominant political entities generally agree that th [...]	2006-09-10 15:26:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
06HILLAH135	MALIKI, SISTANI MEET TO DISCUSS SECURITY, SHABANIYA AND THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A day after relating his concerns regarding the security of Iraqis, the shortage of essential services and a "crippled" judicial system to the Prime Minister, who was paying him a call on the eve of a major religious holiday, Shi'a Islam's leading religious figure repor [...]	2006-09-10 15:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06HILLAH136	HEIRS TO SHIA POWER MEET TO DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ammar Al Hakim and Mohamed Ridha Al Sistani, sons to two of Shia Islam's most important leaders, met on August 24 to discuss a wide range of issues. The two men spoke about the continuing problem of militias and how "Public Committees" might enhance security. Al Sistani voiced his [...]	2006-09-10 15:37:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH137	AL SARKHI BECOMES AN APPEALING ALTERNATIVE TO AL SADR FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mahmud Al Hassani Al Sarkhi has begun challenging Muqtada Al Sadr for the allegiance of violent, disaffected young men in south-central Iraq, many of them culled from Sadr's own legions. Sarkhi's willingness to do violence and his lack of political ambition make him an ideal leader [...]	2006-09-10 15:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH154	UN DEVELOPS ROLE IN SHIA HEARTLAND [...] (C) Begin Summary: Supported by both the Coalition, PRT Najaf and the REO, SRSG PolAd Wilfred Buchta and an advance team traveled to Najaf City on 5 December to lay the groundwork for a visit in early 2007 of the SRSG to meet with Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Shia radical cleric Muktada Al Sa [...]	2006-12-07 12:00:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ
06HILLAH155	UN DEVELOPS ROLE IN SHIA HEARTLAND [...] (C) Summary: Supported by both the Coalition, PRT Najaf and the REO, SRSG PolAd Wilfred Buchta and an advance team traveled to Najaf City on 5 December to lay the groundwork for a visit in early 2007 of the SRSG to meet with Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Shia radical cleric Muqtada Al Sadr. Co [...]	2006-12-11 07:04:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINR PINS PREL
06HILLAH22	SISTANI ADVISES SPEEDY FORMATION OF INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT IN [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Shi'a Religious Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani advised Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari to quickly form a new government and to ensure that the new government is inclusive in a February 20 meeting at Sistani's home in Najaf's Old City. Afte [...]	2006-02-20 19:58:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH26	THOUSANDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL PROTEST MOSQUE BOMBING; [...] (U) Summary: Iraqis across the South Central region took to the streets February 22, angrily protesting the bombing of the Al-Askariyah Mosque in Samarra. Reportedly spontaneous at first, the demonstrations were soon spurred on by mosque exhortations and organized by Shi'a government officials, [...]	2006-02-23 16:36:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH28	NAJAF, KARBALA MOSQUES PREACH UNITY AND CALM; BLAME [...] (U) Summary: Friday Mosque sermons delivered amidst heavy security in Najaf and Karbala generally appealed for calm and unity, and were followed by peaceful demonstrations. Despite some Sadrist provocations, the two Shi'a holy cities were reportedly quiet, with shops and offices closed and blac [...]	2006-02-24 17:59:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH29	PROTESTS, SPORADIC VIOLENCE CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Protests continued across Wasit and Babil Provinces in South Central Iraq for a second and third day after the bombing of Al-Askariyah mosque in Samarra. In Wasit, Shi'a Islamists of all affiliations joined a massive demonstration February 23. The next day, Sadrist mosque preache [...]	2006-02-24 18:20:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH3	NAJAF SADRISTS SUGGEST RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING CLERIC; [...] (C) Summary: Flyers distributed from the offices of Moqtada Al-Sadr in Najaf and Kufa and from his compound in Najaf beginning on January 4 boast that a group called the "Battalions of Imam Mousa Al-Sadr" carried out the December 26 assassination of Shaykh Fattah Al-Thabhawi, a mid-level cleric [...]	2006-01-06 17:01:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH30	SISTANI URGES SCIRI HEAD AL-HAKIM TO CALM SHI'A, PROTECT [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani urged Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),to calm the Shi'a, protect Sunni shrines and prevent further violence. The February 24 meeting took place at Sistani's [...]	2006-02-25 12:04:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH31	CAR BOMB IN KARBALA KILLS EIGHT, CLERICS CONDEMN ACT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A February 25 car bomb in Karbala killed eight and wounded 31. An impromptu protest after the incident at the site of the attack included chants of "No, no America." Religious leaders in Karbala and Najaf were quiet after the incident, with no reports of calls from the mosques [...]	2006-02-27 17:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
06HILLAH32	NAJAF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS' BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (U) Najaf Province was allocated eight seats in the recently elected Council of Representatives (CoR). The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) won seven of the eight seats. The eighth Najaf seat went to a candidate from the Iyad Allawi-affiliated National Iraqi Lis [...]	2006-02-28 16:24:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IZ
06HILLAH33	SADR OFFERS MAHDI MILITIA TO SISTANI AS SHRINE PROTECTION [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Moqtada Al-Sadr, meeting with a group of senior ayatollahs in the Najaf home of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, offered his Mahdi Militia as a holy shrine protection force. Sadr also volunteered to deploy his militia to protect the senior cleri [...]	2006-03-01 18:53:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH36	BARHAM SALIH TELLS SISTANI THAT KURDS OPPOSE JAFARI; SISTANI [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Minister of Planning Barham Salih told Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in a March 5 meeting that Jalal Talabani and his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are opposed to the nomination by the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) of Ibrahim Jafari as Prim [...]	2006-03-05 18:19:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH37	MOSQUE ORATORS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ CALL FOR MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shi'a mosque preachers in Najaf, Babil, Wasit and Karbala called for the unity of all Muslims during Friday, March 3 prayers. A Babil Province Sadrist mosque orator blamed attempts to sow sectarian discord on the "occupiers," while a Sadrist preacher in Najaf claimed that [...]	2006-03-05 18:25:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH38	WASIT SISTANI REP RESIGNED TO INCREASING SADRIST INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Transitional National Assembly member and Wasit province representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Habib Saman Al-Khateeb, expressed his frustration with the rising influence of Sadrists in his hometown of Numaniyah and across the province in a meeting with Regional Em [...]	2006-03-05 18:35:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH45	NAJAF GOVERNOR VOICES CONCERNS OVER IDP (INTERNALLY [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary. Set Najaf staff met March 15 with Najaf Governor Assad Al Taee. The short meeting focused on the governor's concern regarding the influx of (IDP) Internally Displaced Persons into Najaf. Al Taee claimed that nearly 400 families have moved [...]	2006-03-19 07:36:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06HILLAH46	SISTANI CALLS FOR END TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE AND FORMATION OF [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a March 20 meeting with SCIRI (Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq) leader Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani called for an end to sectarian violence. A participant related the substance of the conversation im [...]	2006-03-20 16:01:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER KIRF KISL IZ
06HILLAH48	KARBALA COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS' BIOGRAPHIC [...] (U) In the December 15, 2005 elections, residents of Karbala province cast their votes to fill six seats in the new Council of Representatives (CoR). They elected five members from the Shi'a Islamist United Iraqi Alliance coalition list (UIA, ballot number 555),and one from the National Iraq [...]	2006-03-23 16:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
06HILLAH50	SCIRI LEADER AL-HAKIM'S SON ISSUES INVITATION FOR U.S./IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The son of SCIRI leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, Sheikh Ammar Al Hakim petitioned the Regional Embassy Office, Al Hillah staff for a dialogue between the United States and Iran. He noted that this dialogue should be at the highest levels possible within Iraq and that SCIRI would [...]	2006-03-26 09:19:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAIR IZ
06HILLAH53	MUQTADA AL SADR MEETS WITH AYATOLLAH AL SISTANI: OFFERS [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. According to two independent sources, on March 30, in a hastily arranged meeting, Muqtada Al Sadr met with Ayatollah Al Sistani to discuss recent events and solicit the Ayatollah's advice. Sistani reportedly told Sadr that he had to remain pea [...]	2006-03-31 18:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH54	FORMER NAJAF GOVERNOR ON AL-SADR, IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Former Najaf Governor and head of the Loyalty to An Najaf party Adnan Al Zurfi believes Muqtada Al-Sadr wishes to avoid armed confrontation with coalition forces, but is finding it difficult to keep Madhi Army militia under his direct control. Sadr, Zurfi commented, is listening to [...]	2006-04-05 10:05:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH55	TEMPERS FLARE IN WAKE OF NAJAF VBIED ATTACK [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2.(U) SUMMARY. On April 6, a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) detonated 300 meters from the Holy Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf. The vehicle was a Sports Utility Vehicle. At 1900 local time, casualty figures had reached 20 confirmed dead and ove [...]	2006-04-06 17:14:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH59	AYATOLLAHS BLAME U.S. FOR SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In reaction to the terrorist attacks near Najaf's Imam Ali Shrine (April 6) and the Attack at Baghdad's Buratha mosque (April 7) two of the major Shi'a clerics affiliated with Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani issued sharply worded Fatwas blaming the Un [...]	2006-04-09 18:55:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH60	SOUTH CENTRAL: NAJAF, KARBALA SERMONS CALL FOR END TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Friday sermons in both Najaf and Karbala condemned ongoing sectarian violence and demanded an end to the political wrangling over the formation of a national government. In Najaf, a high-ranking Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) cleric also expressed his f [...]	2006-04-09 18:55:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH66	NAJAF: SADR MEETS WITH SISTANI'S SON, SUPPORTS JA'AFARI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the evening of April 13, Mohammad Ridha Sistani, son of Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, visited Moqtada Al-Sadr at his residence in the Al-Hannah district of Najaf to discuss the ongoing government formation process. According to sources from within Sadr's and Sistani's offices, Sadr [...]	2006-04-15 15:15:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH7	DIWANIYAH IECI HEAD SHARES FINAL PROVINCIAL VOTE, THOUGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The Diwaniyah Province head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) told REO Al-Hillah staff that the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA, ballot number 555) won seven of Diwaniyah's eight National Assembly seats. The director attributed the result to the mobilization of Shi' [...]	2006-01-09 14:51:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH75	NAJAF FRIDAY SERMONS: SADRIST SAYS THE JAYSH AL-MAHDI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY During Friday sermons in Kufa and Najaf, Sadr cleric Sayyed Mohammed al-Tabatebaiee rejected the idea of integrating militias into Iraqi security forces in contrast to SCIRI preacher Al-Deen al-Qubanji who praised integration. Both clerics appeared to be reacting to Ayatollah Sist [...]	2006-05-01 10:55:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06HILLAH76	WASIT SADRISTS: SISTANI EDICT ON MILITIAS DOES NOT APPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Wasit Sadr Office, Bashaar Al-Mousawi, in an April 30 meeting with Regional Embassy Office (REO) Al-Hillah staff, insisted that the April 27 statement on militias from Grand Ayatollah Sistani does not apply to Sadrist Jaysh Al-Mahdi forces in the province. JAM for [...]	2006-05-02 18:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH84	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-14 18:14:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH85	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-15 12:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH87	POSING AS A STATESMAN, MUQTADA AL-SADR CONDEMNS [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 16, in response to a query from a group of Iraqi teachers based in Libya, Muqtada Al-Sadr issued a "fatwa" decrying the reopening of full diplomatic ties between the United States and Libya. (NOTE: Because he does not have the nece [...]	2006-05-18 17:45:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH90	MUQTADA AL-SADR THREATENS BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENT MEMBERS WHO [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the eve of the expected announcement of the newly formed national government, radical anti-American cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr issued a statement outlining his expectations for Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR). Sadr noted th [...]	2006-05-20 17:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH97	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI AND AYATOLLAH SISTANI DISCUSS US-IRAN [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (S) Summary: On May 27, Iranian Foreign Minister (FM) Manouchehr Mottaki visited local officials and members of the religious community in Najaf. Mottaki's visit began at one of Shia Islam's most holy sites, the Imam Ali Shrine. He visited Grand Ayatol [...]	2006-06-01 14:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH98	INTERNAL DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ: AN UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Ali Abbass Jahaker, head of the Wasit Office, Ministry of Displacement and Migration briefed REO staff on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) situation in South Central Iraq. Jahaker provided updated Ministry statistics for South Central IDPs: Najaf 1600 families [...]	2006-06-01 14:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PREF PHUM IZ
06IRANRPODUBAI11	ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 14:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI19	REFORMISTS STRIKE DISSONANT CHORD [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 13:52:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR
06IRANRPODUBAI20	IRANIAN INSIDER CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD IS LOSING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 17:37:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KNNP PHUM
06IRANRPODUBAI24	VOTE COUNT ONGOING, POSSIBLE FRAUD CONCERNS BOTH SIDES [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 17:11:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IR
06JEDDAH449	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES IRAN, DETAINEES AND [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister 2. (S) Summary: During their June 27 meeting, Ambassador to Iraq Z [...]	2006-07-05 04:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06KABUL1535	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARTHA P. AMLIN [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Martha P. Amlin, program officer for Asia and Near East Assistance Office for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),and grants country clearance for her visit to Afghanistan on April 13, 2006, to meet with staff of UNHCR, NOGs and relevant country ministries. Contro [...]	2006-04-05 16:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREF AF ASEC
06KABUL1544	RAHMAN CASE [...] (C) In the past week Amb has raised the Abdul Rahman case on a one-on-one basis in private meetings with several of Afghanistan's top political leaders, including Vice-President Ziya Massoud, ex-President (and now MP) Burhanuddin Rabbani, MP Abdulrab Rasoul Sayyaf, Wolesi Jirga Speaker Yunu [...]	2006-04-06 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2840	SECOND MEETING OF POLICE PROBATION BOARD WORKING [...] (C) A second meeting to discuss the formation of a Probation Board to review the police appointments added to the original 86 candidates (reftel) took place on June 17 at the German Embassy, hosted by Ambassador Frick. Attendees included polmiloff, CSTC-A, UNAMA, EU, Canada, UK, and Japan. [...]	2006-06-24 02:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL2857	SECOND MEETING OF POLICE PROBATION BOARD WORKING [...] (C) A second meeting to discuss the formation of a Probation Board to review the police appointments added to the original 86 candidates (reftel) took place on June 17 at the German Embassy, hosted by Ambassador Frick. Attendees included polmiloff, CSTC-A, UNAMA, EU, Canada, UK, and Japan. [...]	2006-06-25 08:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL3019	LEAHY AMENDMENT GUIDANCE FOR POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) As reported ref a, the recent list of 86 senior Afghan National Police officers, as promulgated by the GOA, contained the names of 14 individuals who did not successfully pass the MOI rank reform Selection Board review process. These name [...]	2006-07-06 07:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRS AF
06KABUL5975	PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests e [...]	2006-12-28 01:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KHARTOUM1175	D-DAY+1: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- JAM Planning Begins -- Khalifa Outlines GNU Strategy for Implementation -- Darfur Leaders Support DPA After Meeting -- Minawi Outreach Has Begun - [...]	2006-05-17 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF EFIN UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2433	NCP INTERVIEW SPARKS POLITICAL ROW [...] (C) On September 27, Arabic language daily newspaper Al-Intibaha published an account of a recent interview of National Congress Party (NCP) Vice President for Information and Public Affairs Ibrahim Ahmed Omer by London-based Al-Zaman newspaper. In the account, Ibrahim stated that the NCP wou [...]	2006-10-03 12:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2711	CONFUSED MESSAGE ON ADDIS ACCORD [...] (U) Public comments by Sudanese officials on the Statement of Principles signed in Addis Ababa on November 16 have been convoluted. With regard to the role of United Nations forces, the local Arabic press has interchanged the Arabic words for "joint" and "mixed" in the translation of "hybrid." [...]	2006-11-20 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2720	MEDIA REACTION TO "PLAN B" FOR SUDAN [...] Several Sudanese newspapers carried stories about Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios' November 20 press briefing in which he referred to a "Plan B" for Sudan. Some included the entire briefing. There were only two editorials about Darfur and "Plan B," although we would expect there to be [...]	2006-11-22 12:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM887	SOUTHERN SUDAN: POLITICAL FACTIONALISM WITHIN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People,s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has become the dominant single political movement in Southern Sudan, and the potential genesis of a one-party state. The July 2005 death of John Garang and the formation of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) have given the SPLM opp [...]	2006-04-12 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL SU
06KHARTOUM938	Sudan: Door Open to Restoring Relations with [...] Summary: At high levels, Sudan publicly denies involvement in Chad, and has declined to sever diplomatic relations or to expel the Chadian charge d'affaires from Khartoum. Sudan also maintains that the door is open for closer engagement with Chad. In general, the tone of the official Sudan [...]	2006-04-18 17:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PRL PGOV SOCI CD SU
06KIGALI1110	PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 12:54:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
06KINSHASA222	PPRD NOMINATES KABILA FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) February 6 nominated President Joseph Kabila as its candidate for the DRC's presidential elections in 2006. During a disorganized party congress in Kinshasa, the PPRD lauded Kabila's efforts to bring peace and stability [...]	2006-02-09 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA240	CIAT COMMUNIQUE SUPPORTS MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Summary: State-owned television and radio (RTNC) devoted more than four hours to the PPRD party on February 6, when the PPRD nominated Joseph Kabila to be its presidential candidate. The following day, the High Media Authority (HAM) suspended for 48 hours political reporting on RTNC for v [...]	2006-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO CIAT
06KIRKUK23	(U) RC FAREWELL VISIT TO ERBIL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, Regional Coordinator (RC),accompanied by Deputy RC and IPAO, held farewell meetings in Erbil with senior Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) leaders affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),including Karim Sinjari, the Minis [...]	2006-02-01 13:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
06KIRKUK49	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-01 19:13:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK50	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-02 05:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK52	NDI SUPPORTS IRAQI WOMEN'S POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) Program Manager for women's issues told IPAO's in late February that Iraqi women had not yet obtained an independent voice in political parties. NDI works with women from all Iraqi political parties to implement constitutional provisions adv [...]	2006-03-02 20:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK59	SUNNI POLITICIANS SAY HAWIJAH PRIME FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two members of the Iraqi Republican Gathering separately stressed the need to expand Coalition outreach to Sunni Arabs in Hawijah - a Sunni Arab city southwest of Kirkuk. They admitted the city was a Ba'athist stronghold, but claimed it had few foreign fighters, and recommended [...]	2006-03-10 14:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ
06KIRKUK67	TURCOMAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary. The Turcoman are frustrated with the Kurds' domination of Kirkuk politics. An Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader warned that the Turcoman and Arabs might unite against Kurdish injustices. The Turcoman reject the national Normalization Committee on Kirkuk and believe that the IP [...]	2006-03-20 18:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK8	(U) KURDISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES KRG UNIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Ambassador Khalilzad attended the January 21 special session of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),which unanimously approved reftel agreement on unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs). Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (leader of the Patri [...]	2006-01-23 12:24:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ KDP
06KUWAIT1594	APPEAL OF PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT: JUDGE REFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the remaining 36 Peninsula Lions defendants took a new turn on May 3 when the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals referred the original 37 cases to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the constitutionality of the charges relating to collaboration to commit [...]	2006-05-06 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT2366	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS, CENSORSHIP, REFORM AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2921	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, ISRAEL, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-22 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4076	SENIOR SCIRI LEADER AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Ammar Al-Hakim, the son of SCIRI leader Abdulaziz Al-Hakim and a top SCIRI leader himself, arrived in Kuwait October 8 for meetings with the Amir, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Kuwaiti government officials. Al-Hakim likely tried to assuage Kuwaiti fe [...]	2006-10-11 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT465	JANUARY 17 VICE PRESIDENT MEETING WITH KUWAITI [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- The Vice President Ambassador Richard LeBaron NEA/PDAS Elizabeth Cheney OVP Chief of Staff David Addington National Security Advisor to the VP John Hannah Deputy Assistant to the VP for NSA Samantha Ravich Gamal Helal (interpreter) DCM Tueller (notetaker) [...]	2006-02-08 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KU
06KUWAIT630	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC SAYS IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Poloff in a February 21 meeting that Iranian "reformers" had been politically marginalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exercised little restraint on the President's conservative policies. He disco [...]	2006-02-22 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06LILONGWE237	CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN MALAWI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 13:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE406	JOURNALISTS' ARRESTS POINT TO INCREASE IN POLITICALLY- [...] (U) Summary: Three independent journalists were arrested in Lilongwe on May 8 and charged with criminal libel, for publishing a story that accused Malawi's attorney general of theft. The arrests are the latest in what appears to be a growing trend toward politically-motivated arrests and pros [...]	2006-05-11 14:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PDEM KPAO PGOV KCOR MI
06LILONGWE442	MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...]	2006-05-25 09:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE483	GOM PROPOSES TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: After a year of delay in staging local government elections that were due in May 2005, the GOM has announced its intention to amend the constitution to postpone local elections to 2009, to coincide with the next regular presidential and parliamentary elections. The move will save [...]	2006-06-01 15:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE612	PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS MALAWI [...] (U) Summary: Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton made a four-hour visit to Malawi on July 14, meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika and other cabinet officials. Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative and the GOM. The [...]	2006-07-17 15:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM OVIP MI
06LILONGWE620	BINGU AND PARLIAMENT - IMPASSE OVER SALARY INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament, in the midst of budget deliberations, adjourned for the remainder of the week on July 19 after a dispute over a parliamentarian pay raise brought the House to a standstill. MPs are demanding a 60 percent pay raise, which they say is comparable to a raise being given [...]	2006-07-20 11:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM OVIP MI
06LILONGWE839	POST RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Post thanks the Department for the opportunity to weigh in on the proposed research project No. AI050410 "Acceptability of male circumcision as part of HIV prevention strategies in Malawi" -Amy Corneli. Post concurs with the spirit of the project and has no objection to it; howeve [...]	2006-09-22 09:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA KHIV MI
06LIMA117	Peru's Investment Climate Statement 2006 [...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, as requested in reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the econo [...]	2006-01-11 18:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
06LIMA123	RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; [...] (U) A record 24 parties/alliances met the 1/9 deadline to apply to register their presidential tickets for the April election. Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's bid to head the Si Cumple party ticket was rejected by the Lima Special Electoral Board, but is being appealed to the National Electo [...]	2006-01-12 14:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1326	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...]	2006-04-06 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE

06LIMA2222	ALAN GARCIA ELECTED PERU'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (U) With 91 percent of the voting tables counted as of 09:00 on 6/5, APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia has a virtually insurmountable 53.5-46.5 percent lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. Garcia's advantage in votes is 859,507 (6,518-446 to 5,558,939). Humala can be e [...]	2006-06-05 20:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE

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