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00BUCHAREST1644	ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] (S) Summary. President Traian Basescu told an interagency team led by Ambassador Richard Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, July 21 that SIPDIS Romania is "unconditionally committed" to a continued troop presence in Iraq. Basescu highlighted the armed f [...]	2000-07-26 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ

00RIYADH3360	SAUDI ARABIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 2000, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM. PART [...]	2000-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SA
00STATE229666	TALKING POINTS ON IRAQI SUSPENSION OF OIL EXPORTS [...] BACKGROUND: ON DECEMBER 1, IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS WHICH FUND THE UN OPERATED OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM. IT DID SO EVEN THOUGH THE SECURITY COUNCIL AGREED TO ALLOW SHIPMENTS TO CONTINUE UNTIL UN OFFICIALS COULD CONCLUDE A PRICING MECHANISM THAT REFLECTS A FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR IRAQ'S DECEMBER [...]	2000-12-04 18:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PREL IZ
01ABUJA1046	SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW [...] (U) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in February, 2000. The victim had been convicted of stealing three bicycles in July 2000, and the sentence had been held in abeyance since that time. The timin [...]	2001-05-09 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL
01ABUJA1529	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL
01ABUJA2510	NORTHERN GOVERNORS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: During a tour of Northern Nigeria the week of September 23, Poloff discussed with six governors--Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna--the security situation in their respective states. Presently army troops are responsible for order in Kaduna, Jos, and Tafawa Balewa [...]	2001-10-03 09:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER PINS PINR KISL CASC EAID NI
01ABUJA2520	THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...]	2001-10-03 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI
01HANOI2658	HANOI MUSLIM COMMUNITY RETICENT ON RECENT EVENTS [...] (U) HANOI'S TINY VIETNAMESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY (NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DOZEN PEOPLE) HAS NOT NOTICEABLY REACTED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ACTS IN THE US AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE UNDER OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENT MANAGER OF HANOI'S SOLE MOSQUE. THE O [...]	2001-10-12 11:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS KPAO PTER VM HUMANR CTERR RELFREE
01RIYADH3968	SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...]	2001-12-12 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA
01VATICAN1192	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 02 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01192 01 OF 02 022245Z CONTENTS: - POPE CALLS WORLD'S CARDINALS TO ROME TO PLAN FUTURE - VATICAN AND MOSLEMS ISSUE JOINT CALL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL - PAP [...]	2001-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL
01VATICAN2459	THE VATICAN RAG [...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...]	2001-05-04 13:04:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL
01VATICAN3121	BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: IRAQ [...] (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN CONDEMNED THE WEST'S PROSECUTION OF THE GULF WAR, AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03121 111605Z OPPOSED U.S. SANCTIONS POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. WE SHOULD EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. MANY FACTORS ARE INVOLVED I [...]	2001-06-11 17:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR VT
01VATICAN3507	THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]	2001-07-03 12:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5095	TFUS01: VATICAN POSITION ON RETALIATION AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2001-09-28 13:42:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL VT
02ABUJA2793	NIGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BUSH UNGA SPEECH, [...] Summary. Nigerian press coverage surrounding President Bush's September 12 speech to the UN General Assembly and ongoing debate over U.S. policy towards Iraq has been largely overshadowed by domestic political news and the ongoing impeachment battle between President Obasanjo and the legisla [...]	2002-10-03 21:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER NI UNGA
02ABUJA3017	NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Ambassador Jeter and Economic Officer Hricik met with Gombe State Governor Hashidu and Deputy Governor Lidani to discuss Nigerian politics and Northern views on the U.S. The Governor said the National Assembly's attempt to impeach President Obasanjo sent the wrong [...]	2002-11-05 14:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PTER NI
02ADANA388	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 8, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2002-11-20 14:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA410	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 8-9, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]	2002-12-10 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA418	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 17, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-18 11:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA421	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 19, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-20 08:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
02ADANA432	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 27, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-30 10:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA436	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 28-29, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 08:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA437	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 30, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 08:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA439	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 31, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 11:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02AMMAN2200	JORDAN TELECOM PLANS LINKS TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) According to Jordan Telecom (JTC) CEO Pierre Mattei, JTC is planning to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to construct a fiber-optic telecommunications cable link between Amman and Baghdad within the next month. He said that at present all Iraqi telecom traffic is currently routed via t [...]	2002-05-06 05:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN2423	SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING [...] (S) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week tour of Iraq. The images he conveyed -- full flights into and out of Baghdad, markets better stocked with products than before, huge, recently-completed ornat [...]	2002-05-16 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ
02AMMAN2559	COURT FINDS FORMER MP GUILTY OF SLANDERING [...] (C) The State Security Court May 16 sentenced former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal to one and a half years in prison. Because she was convicted of only "misdemeanors," she has no right to appeal. Faisal was convicted on all of four charges levied against her: 1) slandering the judici [...]	2002-05-21 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN2720	IRAQ/GRL: PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1409 CAUSES BARELY A [...] (C) Since UNSCR 1409's passage two weeks ago, there has been surprisingly little reaction from either the GOJ or Jordan's business community on the new international rules governing Iraq trade. Those who follow the issue have greeted 1409 with caution, unsure whether or not Jordan will benefi [...]	2002-05-28 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3044	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES [...] (c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the kingdom's economic decision-making arena. These recidivist groups have been encouraged by an increase in anti-American, and hence anti-globalization, feelin [...]	2002-06-10 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3174	JORDAN AND IRAQI OIL [...] (S) During the executive session of the U.S.-Jordan Joint Military Commission (JMC) in Amman on May 28, DOD U/S for Policy Douglas Feith, drawing on guidance prepared for his trip, told the Jordanians that the U.S. would "work to fill any gaps" should Jordan's oil supply from Iraq be cut. 2 [...]	2002-06-13 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL JO IZ
02AMMAN3622	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PIPELINE ISSUES [...] (u) Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh briefed DCM and econoff on recent developments on the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and the Iraq-Zarqa oil pipeline. The projects could save Jordan a combined $50 million per year on their current energy bill. Meanwhile, Jordan is moving closer to [...]	2002-07-03 06:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD JO
02AMMAN3793	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3804	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB CONSULTATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3860	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-15 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3861	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-15 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3894	JORDAN'S IRAQ JITTERS [...] (S) Repeated public statements by Jordanian FM Muasher and PM Abul Ragheb since July 10 denying that Jordan will be used as a "launching pad" for U.S. military operations against Iraq shed light on GOJ sensitivity to its vulnerabilities vis-a-vis Baghdad. Similarly, on July 13, the GOJ issued [...]	2002-07-16 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC EPET IZ JO
02AMMAN3910	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-16 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3934	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-17 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3978	FORMER JORDANIAN PM TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging tour-d'horizon with the Ambassador, former PM and FM Abdulkarim Kabariti candidly weighed in on a variety of issues, foreign and domestic. Kabariti is known for his strong views on domestic politics and the GOJ's relationship with Iraq. Kabariti's comments n [...]	2002-07-18 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS ETRD EFIN JO
02AMMAN4050	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB MINISTERS [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-22 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4067	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-23 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4145	IRAQ AND THE JORDANIAN POPULACE'S MOOD DOMINATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-28 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN4179	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4217	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND T OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-30 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4236	AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD [...] (C) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General),Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President),and Jamil Abu Bakr (IAF First Deputy Secretary General). Poloff accompanied Ambassador Ross. IAF [...]	2002-07-31 06:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN4286	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S U.S. VISIT, [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-01 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4304	JORDAN TRADE MINISTER'S IRAQ TRIP "ONLY FOR APPEARANCES" [...] (C) According to the number two Ministry official, Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir's July 19-23 visit to Baghdad was primarily for show, and added little to the bilateral economic relationship. He noted that some adjustments had been proposed to the bilateral oil and trade protocols to offse [...]	2002-08-04 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4377	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-06 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4379	USINT BAGHDAD CHIEF BERNACKI GETS OUT OF TOWN, [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met August 6 with Krzysztof Bernacki, Chief of USINT Baghdad, as he transited Amman for home leave in Poland. Bernacki, who had not been able to depart Baghdad for four months, was visibly relieved to be out of Iraq. He departed the Iraqi capital August 4, one day aft [...]	2002-08-06 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4401	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-07 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4443	IRAQI, TURKISH FONMINS VISIT AMMAN: FOCUS ON [...] (S) Iraqi FonMin Naji Sabri visited Amman August 6 and met with King Abdullah, PM Ali Abul Ragheb, and FonMin Marwan Muasher. In an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, Muasher said that Sabri was clearly concerned about what King Abdullah had discussed regarding Iraq during the King's [...]	2002-08-08 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ TU JO
02AMMAN4447	DEMARCHE TO JORDANIANS ON IRAQI PROCUREMENT [...] (S/NF) On August 8, POLCOUNS delivered points in reftel to Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to the foreign minister. Ayed asked if there was any more specific information on the names of the companies involved, the shipping and transit route, or the shipment schedule, and also asked if the info [...]	2002-08-08 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4506	PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF [...] (S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade, political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about recent developments on both bilateral and regional issues have made many Jordanians uneasy about the direction of the US-Jordan relationship. The press has pulled together a number o [...]	2002-08-12 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4589	FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE [...] (C) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is fragile, that most Iraqis believe the U.S. is serious about regime change "this time," and that they "want to see Saddam gone, preferably while they are asleep." Saddam will use [...]	2002-08-15 05:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ JO
02AMMAN4594	SFRC STAFFER TALWAR'S MEETING WITH FM MUASHER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Muasher met with the DCM, Poloff, and SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar on August 13. Most of the discussion revolved around the MEPP and Iraq. FM Muasher applauded the U.S. commitment to a three-year time-frame for a Palestinian state, but urged that the U.S. come up with a pl [...]	2002-08-15 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4645	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-18 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4652	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-19 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4682	(NIAG 2057) JAPANESE EMBASSY ASKS FOR MORE [...] (S/NF) Japanese Embassy Counselor (and Japanese Charge in Iraq) Masashi Kono called on PolCouns August 18. Referring to Embassy Tokyo's demarche (ref b) on Iraq's possible purchase of thermal luminescence dosimetry equipment from Japan through the Jordanian company al-Eman Investment Group ( [...]	2002-08-19 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL GM JA IZ JO
02AMMAN4719	A STEP FORWARD ON IRAQ, BUT ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) King Abdullah's televised speech on August 15 carried few surprises. As expected, he announced the postponement of elections until "the spring." The King also said that responsibility for the future of Palestine and Iraq lies with their respective leaderships. Most Embassy contacts had f [...]	2002-08-20 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4724	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-21 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4829	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-26 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4968	SURVEY OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA ISSUANCE POLICIES [...] (U) The following is in response to reftel questions. A) (S/NF) Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies Represented at Post: ORCA, LEGATT, DIA, (STATE) DS B) (S/NF) Visas Viper Information Input Process: Potential submissions are sent to the Visas Viper Coordinator (VVC) who in turn c [...]	2002-09-03 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASIG AMGT CVIS JO
02AMMAN5071	SENATOR CORZINE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND THE MEPP WITH [...] (C) Senator Jon Corzine traveled to Jordan August 28-30. On August 29, the Senator met with Foreign Minister Muasher, Prime Minister Abul Ragheb, Minister of National Economy Halaiqa, Minister of Finance Marto, private sector leaders, the Trade and Planning Ministers, and a number of media per [...]	2002-09-05 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN5131	APPREHENSION AND RESIGNATION: A SENIOR JORDANIAN [...] (C) In an off the record session of the Amman World Affairs Council attended by A/DCM on September 2, Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh gave the mostly East Bank audience one of the most frank assessments of GOJ thinking on Iraq that we have heard. After being peppered by leading questions on [...]	2002-09-09 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
02AMMAN5144	JORDAN - MONITORING OF REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] Cairo's Regional Refcoord and Amman's Refugee Admissions Specialist met with UNHCR Amman's Senior Protection Officer and Acting Chief of Mission, Ms. Jacqueline Parlevliet, to obtain the information requested in Reftel A. Below are the answers to your questions in the order in [...]	2002-09-09 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF JO UNHCR
02AMMAN5173	OUTSPOKEN JORDANIAN MP SAYS IRAQIS DON'T LIKE [...] (C) In a recent rambling conversation with A/DCM, Mahmoud Kharabsheh (please protect),an outspoken former Jordan MP and former provincial intelligence chief, said that most average Iraqis would not/not support a U.S. military strike on Iraq aimed at overthrowing the regime. He said that, b [...]	2002-09-11 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
02AMMAN5185	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11 [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-11 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5196	GOJ PUSHES BACK AT POPULAR DISSATISFACTION [...] (S) In recent weeks, the GOJ--through the King's public address on August 15 (see Ref A),the Prime Minister's speech to the Jordan press association on September 2, and Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh's September 2 address to the Amman World Affairs Council (see Ref B)--has respondcd more ag [...]	2002-09-11 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IZ XF IS JO MEPP
02AMMAN5237	IRAQ: JORDANIAN REACTION TO POINTS ON PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) In the absence of FonMin Muasher (who is leading the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA in New York),A/DCM delivered ref points to Muasher's personal assistant, Ali al-Ayed September 12. A/DCM urged that the GOJ express public support for the President's themes, as well as the GOJ's will [...]	2002-09-12 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL ASEC PTER
02AMMAN5238	DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-12 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5240	JORDANIAN ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT OF [...] (c) Post has faxed to NEA/ARN a copy of a paper given to DAS Satterfield by Prime Minister Abul Ragheb that describes a preliminary Jordanian government interagency assessment of the economic impact on Jordan of possible military hostilities involving Iraq. The paper assumes and attempts to [...]	2002-09-13 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ
02AMMAN5267	HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IN JORDAN RAMPING UP IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian agencies in Jordan have stepped up contingency planning efforts for a crisis in Iraq. Estimated refugee flows (10,000 into Jordan over six months) match those provided reftel, but UN sources admit that they are based only on conjecture and, in fact, are purposely c [...]	2002-09-15 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN5295	PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...]	2002-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC
02AMMAN5348	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-18 08:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5355	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-18 11:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5485	JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE [...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]	2002-09-24 07:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV JO IS
02AMMAN5490	USINT BAGHDAD CHIEF BERNACKI SAYS IRAQIS ARE [...] (C) USINT Baghdad Chief Krzysztof Bernacki, in meetings with the Ambassador and other Embassy officials on September 23, provided his latest impressions of life in Baghdad. Bernacki, who returned to Baghdad September 6 after a month's leave, said the Iraqi regime, and average Iraqis themselves, [...]	2002-09-24 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ
02AMMAN5511	"FRIENDS OF AMERICA" DECRY LACK OF PUBLIC U.S. [...] (C) A group of self-described "Friends of America" representing the Amman World Affairs Council called on the Ambassador and PolCouns September 22 to deliver a letter from the WAC to President Bush (excerpts in para 7 below). The group members said that they had all lived and studied in the [...]	2002-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ JO
02AMMAN5751	JAPANESE DIPLOMAT REPORTS BAGHDAD NORMAL, BASRA [...] (C) On October 2, a source in the Japanese Embassy's Iraq Division provided A/Polcouns a readout of his recently completed three week visit to Iraq. The source had been in Iraq from September 7 to 27 and had traveled from Baghdad to Basra and back by car September 14-16. Overall, he said that [...]	2002-10-03 15:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA JO
02AMMAN5839	PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY, [...] (S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb focused mostly on economic issues. Bashar al-Asad, he said, had "asked all the right economic questions," and PM Mohammed Miru, a conser [...]	2002-10-08 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON IZ SY JO
02AMMAN5912	DEFUSING JORDAN'S GROWING FEAR OF TRANSFER [...] (C) Over the past few weeks, many Jordanians of all political stripes have become deeply afraid that Israel -- and specifically PM Sharon personally -- will exploit a U.S. attack on Iraq to forcibly transfer large numbers of Palestinians from the West Bank to Jordan. Senior officials, media [...]	2002-10-10 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN5964	JORDAN: U/S LARSON MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC PLANNING [...] (C) Under Secretary Larson had meetings in Amman October 13-14 with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and key members of the Jordanian ministerial "economic team," including Finance Minster Marto, Planning Minister Awadallah, Trade Minister Bashir and Central Bank Governor Umayya Toukan. He also m [...]	2002-10-15 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ECON PREL JO
02AMMAN5967	MEDIA REACTION ON CONGRESS' DECISION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-15 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5993	KING ABDULLAH AND FONMIN MUASHER ADDRESS TRANSFER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Muasher and King Abdullah made successive high profile public statements October 10-11 addressing growing fears in the Kingdom about a possible large influx of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees should military action against Iraq commence. The King's remarks were part of a l [...]	2002-10-16 05:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN6227	57TH UNFC: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ'S DEPLETED URANIUM [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-24 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL JO UNGA
02AMMAN6282	ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28: [...] (C) The GOJ's investigation of this morning's murder of USAID employee Larry Foley continues. As reported previously, cooperation from the GID and PSD has been excellent. 2. (S/NF) Investigation: According to investigators working the case, the assailant used a small caliber 7mm handgun to [...]	2002-10-28 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6333	MEDIA REACTION ON MURDER OF USAID'S LAURENCE [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-29 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN6507	JORDAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS ON WASHINGTON [...] (c) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on November 4 and on Finance Minister Michel Marto on November 5 to review their recent meetings in Washington on supplemental economic assistance for Jordan. Confirming the informal readouts the embassy has received by email, both [...]	2002-11-05 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN6649	JORDAN BEGINS DISCUSSION OF 2003 OIL AND TRADE [...] (c) Following internal discussion about the timing of a trip to Iraq by Jordanian ministers, the Jordanian trade and energy ministers plan to travel to Baghdad next week for initial discussions of the 2003 bilateral oil and trade protocols. As in previous years, the two main elements of the [...]	2002-11-12 18:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN6650	GOJ MOVES AGAINST ARMED GROUP IN MA'AN; CURFEW, [...] (S) SUMMARY. As of mid-day November 12, the search for members of an armed Islamic group in the southern Jordanian city of Ma'an continues. Jordanian security forces entered Ma'an on November 10 after a heavily armed gang refused to give up its leader Mohammad Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf) (ref [...]	2002-11-13 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC JO
02AMMAN6692	DESPITE APATHY AND MILD APPREHENSION, JORDANIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jordanian reaction to the recently launched "Jordan First" initiative (reftel) has been characterized primarily by apathy and mild apprehension. Some welcome the campaign, while others are skeptical for various reasons, including the fear that "Jordan First" could exacerbate dom [...]	2002-11-13 18:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
02AMMAN6699	MUASHER ON CAIRO AL MINISTERIAL: SHARA, IRAQ AND [...] (C) NEA DAS David Satterfield called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher November 13. Ambassador, PolCouns, Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed, and private office staffer Ashraf Zeitoun also attended. --------------------------------------- ARAB LEAGUE PRESSES IRAQ TO ACCEPT 1441 ------- [...]	2002-11-14 19:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ SY JO
02AMMAN6722	JORDAN: DAS SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES PROPOSED [...] (c) Summary. In meetings with the Jordanian Prime Minister and Finance Minister, DAS Satterfield was told that answers to the U.S. questions regarding possible supplemental economic assistance for Jordan would be ready within the coming week. The ministers agreed that additional U.S. assist [...]	2002-11-18 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
02AMMAN6852	THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...]	2002-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN JO
02AMMAN7125	JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR [...] (c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have been nearly agreed to, according to senior GOJ officials. The terms for the oil protocol will be virtually identical to last year's agreement, with minor adjustments to quantiti [...]	2002-12-09 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO
02AMMAN7308	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON MEPI [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN7450	IRAQ: JORDAN BRIEFED ON U.S. REACTION TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Ambassador on December 21 summarized ref information on the U.S. reaction to Iraq's weapons declaration with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Muasher had little comment on the presentation, other than to say that he had been following the subject in the press, and that "everyone exp [...]	2002-12-24 09:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JO
02ANKARA7775	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT UNHAPPY WITH [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 1. Ziya complained the ITF wanted to be in the opposition conference steering committee and have ten percent of the seats at the conference, but a Kurdistan [...]	2002-11-04 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA7919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

02ANKARA7942	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-06 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA7980	IRAQI OPPOSITION: ENSURING TURKMEN FRONT INCLUSION [...] (U) The November 6 Washington File reported the Department spokesman referring to the planned November 22 Iraqi opposition conference, listing only the six organizations on the conference steering committee as those the USG had been working with on the future of Iraq. He said, "We've been wor [...]	2002-11-07 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ UNSC
02ANKARA8087	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8110	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]	2002-11-08 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8132	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-12 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8142	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT TO BOYCOTT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 12. Ziya said that although the opposition conference steering committee had increased the number of Turkmen seats, the total number of seats had also been [...]	2002-11-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA8156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-13 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-14 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8343	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-15 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8546	EMBASSY EFFORTS TO STOP TURKISH ATROPINE EXPORTS [...] (S) Post has expended substantial and sustained efforts to encourage the GOT to shut off potential for Iraqi acquisition of atropine from Turkey. We offer the following chronology of our efforts: (S) May 2002 - Regional Affaires (RA) Office begins work on issue with GOT interlocutors. In [...]	2002-11-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ
02ANKARA8569	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: BETTER, BUT STILL BACKWARD AS [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is expected to complete the phased lifting of the state of emergency November 30 by allowing the regime to expire in the last two southeastern provinces where it continues -- Diyarbakir and Sirnak. While the regime's demise is welcome, five longstanding problems will cont [...]	2002-11-22 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-25 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8638	NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and EUR/SE. See paras 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NOFORN) Embassy understands that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senator Biden (D-DE),Senator Hagel (R-NE),three SFRC professional staff members a [...]	2002-11-26 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ
02ANKARA8676	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8730	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT AGREES TO ATTEND [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 29. Ziya shared the text (see para 3) of the opposition conference steering committee's response to the ITF's complaint letter of November 5 (ref B). ziya [...]	2002-11-29 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA8780	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMICS WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...] (C) Summary: In his initial call on Deputy PM Sener December 2, Ambassador stressed that the USG wanted the government's economic program to succeed, highlighted the important role financial markets would play in the coming months, and suggested those markets would be looking for a strong p [...]	2002-12-03 06:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
02ANKARA8863	IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...]	2002-12-09 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ
02ANKARA8935	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8975	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS TELL PUK ASSISTANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Ankara rep Bahros Galali December 13. Galali said he had met earlier in the week with Turkish military officials (NFI) who told him that if, in Turkey's view, the London opposition conference had a positive result, Turkey [...]	2002-12-13 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
02ANKARA8996	DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS [...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...]	2002-12-17 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
02ANKARA9015	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9041	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-18 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9058	WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU
02ANKARA9080	2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...]	2002-12-23 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU NATO
02ANKARA9084	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-23 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9129	IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN [...] (U) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the mandate of Operation Northern Watch for six more months as of December 31, 2002. 2. (U) FM Yakis spoke on behalf of the GOT, explaining that the flights conducted by ONW were [...]	2002-12-26 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER TU IZ
02ANKARA9132	OYMEN DENIES THAT CHP IS DISCOURAGING COOPERATION [...] (C) Former Turkish NATO Permrep and current MP from the opposition CHP Onur Oymen told Ambassador 12/26 that reports of CHP leader Deniz Baykal having proposed to PM Gul that one option for Turkey was to "do nothing" with US on Iraq were untrue. Oymen said that the CHP is the opposition par [...]	2002-12-27 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
02DAMASCUS625	ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD DESTABILIZE THE REGION. HE ALSO DENIED THAT SYRIAN OIL IMPORTS OF IRAQI OIL VIOLATED UNSCRS; REPEATED SYRIA'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; SAID THE [...]	2002-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS SY
02HARARE1849	MEDIA REPORT U. S. FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Bush's policy disastrous" the August 12 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Tim Chigodo on page 8: 2. "Since the fall of the Communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War, the United States h [...]	2002-08-15 08:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1851	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...]	2002-08-15 08:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1951	ZIMBABWE'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP "PLOT" [...] Under the headline "American madness" the weekly ZANU-PF house organ "The People's Voice" (08/25) comments: "The U.S. Government this week shamelessly went public about its plans to oust the democratically elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe R [...]	2002-08-26 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1964	MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQI STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Will Bush attack Iraq?" the August 25 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried the following article in the "Scrutator," the unsigned column written by publisher Ibbo Mandaza: 2. "U.S. President George W. Bush's plan [...]	2002-08-27 08:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2133	MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ; HARARE [...] U.S. policy toward Iraq was the favored topic of Zimbabwean op-ed writers over the Sept 21-22 weekend. While none of the writers defended Saddam Hussein, they were unanimously opposed to U.S. unilateral action in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush, [...]	2002-09-23 12:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2176	MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQ STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under title "Will the drums of war quieten?" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 29 editorial to encouraging President Bush to heed "international public opinion" against a unilateral attack on Iraq by the United States. Excerpts: [...]	2002-09-30 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2275	MEDIA REACTION BUSH/BLAIR UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Blair, Bush terrorism must stop" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 12 editorial to ordering the British and American governments to stop meddling in the affairs of other countries. "We demand that Blair and Bush l [...]	2002-10-15 13:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2480	GOVERNMENT PAPER ACCUSES U.S. AND BRITAIN OF [...] Under the headline "Zimbabwe is no colony" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its November 10 editorial to accusing the United States and Britain of practicing "gunboat diplomacy." Excerpts: 2. ". . .This week, the Deputy Secretary of Sta [...]	2002-11-13 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02JERUSALEM143	READYING PECDAR TO FILL THE "HAMAS GAP" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PECDAR DIRECTOR MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH REPORTS THAT HE HAS ARAFAT'S BLESSING TO ESTABLISH PECDAR RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD FILL THE ASSISTANCE GAP RESULTING FROM THE PA'S CLOSURE OF HAMAS-AFFILIATED CHARITIES. SHTAYYEH WELCOMED U.S. EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GULF COUNTRIES TO STEER CHAR [...]	2002-01-17 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PTER KWBG
02KATHMANDU2393	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2002-12-16 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KUWAIT5177	(C) GOK URGES US/SCIRI CONTACTS, WITH SOME [...] (C) Summary: After a November 25 meeting with Codel Issa and the Ambassador, Kuwait's Minstate for Foreign Affairs offered to facilitate a meeting between the Codel and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq's (SCIRI's) Chairman Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim and suggested it might b [...]	2002-12-01 08:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IZ US KU
02KUWAIT5231	Erroneous GOK Press Statement Reqardinq Accident [...] (SBU) This afternoon the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued a press statement (text in paragraph 3 below) regarding a naval incident that took place near Bubiyan Island this morning in which one American and one Kuwait received minor injuries. The MOI statement contains information that diff [...]	2002-12-03 16:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS US KU
02KUWAIT5236	(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ CLAIMS TO ACCEPT TPC [...] (C) ICRC Delegate Michel Meyer told PolChief December 3 that his headquarters has received a letter from Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa transmitting a November 27 letter SIPDIS from the Iraqi mission to the Arab League in Cairo, which affirmed that Iraq accepted the proposal by the [...]	2002-12-04 08:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
02KUWAIT5241	(U) CODEL ISSA MEETS KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Issa met with the Speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly, Mr. Jassem Al-Khorafi, and other MP's on November 25, 2002. Among the topics discussed were Kuwait's concerns over the U.S.-Saudi relationship, a post-Saddam Iraq and the impact of U.S. policies in Israel and the terri [...]	2002-12-04 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU OREP PGOV PREL US
02KUWAIT5261	(C) TALABANI PLEASED WITH KUWAITI RECEPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jalal Talabani, leader of the Iraqi Kurdish PUK, told Ambassador December 3 he had been well received by the GOK, which promised to engage with other Iraqi opposition groups as well, and to facilitate contacts with other Gulf states. Kuwait's National Assembly had proposed to ho [...]	2002-12-04 15:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ KU
02KUWAIT5262	(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ FORMALLY ACCEPTS TPC [...] (C) ICRC sent us a copy December 4 of a Note Verbale that its office in Baghdad had received the same day from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, accepting the Tripartite Commission (TPC) proposal to suspend the TSC quorum rule for four months. (ICRC's informal translation from Arabic follows at pa [...]	2002-12-04 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
02KUWAIT5293	(C) GULF WAR MISSING: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING TPC [...] (U) This is a corrected version of KUWAIT 5292, adding dropped text. Please disregard KUWAIT 5292 in favor of this message. 2. Action Request: see paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY: ICRC seeks advance approval of draft Minutes of the upcoming TPC meeting (date still TBD). We seek Depar [...]	2002-12-09 16:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
02KUWAIT5416	(S) KUWAIT 2003 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (S) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is extremely sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sou [...]	2002-12-17 08:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU
02KUWAIT5417	(C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...]	2002-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV KU IZ
02KUWAIT5418	SADDAM'S SPEECH RALLIES KUWAITIS AGAINST HIM [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's December 7 speech to "the sons of the People in Kuwait" has inspired Kuwaitis to rally around their leadership and reaffirm their gratitude for the U.S. military presence, by reminding them of the existential threat he poses to their country. END SUM [...]	2002-12-17 08:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SOCI KU
02KUWAIT5482	(C) MEETING OF TRIPARTITE COMMISSION ON GULF WAR [...] (C) As pre-arranged, the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC) met in Geneva December 18 and approved a rule suspension designed to revive Iraqi participation after 4 years of boycott. The minutes (text at paragraph 2 below) were pre-agreed. Iraq signed them in Baghdad earl [...]	2002-12-22 10:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC
02KUWAIT5528	GCC PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES [...] (S) Summary: Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah gave the Ambassador a readout on this week,s GCC Summit during a December 25th meeting. While billed as an opportunity to discuss internal GCC issues, including the conclusion of a much-publicized customs agreement, Dr. [...]	2002-12-26 12:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ KU
02RANGOON1517	BURMA AND IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: An official Burmese delegation headed by the Minister of Forestry traveled to Baghdad in March and concluded agreements to cooperate with the Government of Iraq on trade, banking and finance, oil and gas, scientific research and technical issues, and in other areas. The agreed [...]	2002-11-25 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL ETRD BM IZ
02ROME2257	ITALY SAYS IRAN MAY REALLY NEED SPEED BOATS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY. ITALY WILL INVESTIGATE REFTEL POTENTIAL SALE OF HIGH-SPEED BOATS TO IRAN BUT, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, DOES NOT NECESSARILY AGREE THAT THE SALES WOULD EITHER VIOLATE ITALIAN LAW OR WOULD COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WASSENAAR'S MUNITIONS LIST. MFA'S NONPROLIFERAT [...]	2002-05-09 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC IR IT UN EXPORT CONTROLS
02ROME3564	ITALY ON "FUTURE OF IRAQ" EXPERT WORKING GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI GENERALLY SUPPORTS OUR "FUTURE OF IRAQ" WORKING GROUPS PROPOSAL AND IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. WHILE ITALY VERY MUCH WANTS A DIFFERENT IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN POWER, IT IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED SADDAM. IN THE [...]	2002-07-18 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID ECON PHUM IR IZ IT KWAC
02ROME3703	AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...]	2002-07-26 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3795	ITALY WILL PROVIDE TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF OEF [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI WILL RECOMMEND TO PARLIAMENT THAT ITALY SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S TOP ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA. IN A MEETING WI [...]	2002-08-01 15:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3880	IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...]	2002-08-07 09:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3942	CAREFUL USG-GOI COORDINATION ESSENTIAL ON ITALIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) WE UNDERSTAND FROM E-MAIL TRAFFIC THAT THE USG PREFERS TO ACCEPT ITALY'S OFFER OF TROOPS FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) RATHER THAN THE GOI'S OFFER TO BACKFILL IN THE BALKANS (REF A). IT WILL TAKE CAREFUL HANDLING BY PRIME MI [...]	2002-08-09 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4484	WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]	2002-09-13 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4485	WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]	2002-09-15 06:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4625	PRESIDENT OF GOI'S PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 23, PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04625 241753Z COMMITTEE PRESIDENT LUIGI RAMPONI TOLD DCM THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNSC MANDATED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ WOULD HAVE STRONG, ACROSS THE BOARD SUPPORT IN THE CHAMBER. [...]	2002-09-24 16:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4668	ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ: BERLUSCONI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN HIS PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT, ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES, UNDERSCORED THE THREAT FROM IRAQ'S WEAPONS CAPABILITIES, AND NOTED THAT MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO KEEP INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES [...]	2002-09-25 17:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4807	ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]	2002-10-03 15:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4912	KUCHMA VISIT TO ITALY [...] (U) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) POL MINISTER COUNSELOR USED THE OPPORTUNITY OF HIS COURTESY CALL ON THE NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL (A/S EQUIVALENT) FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS PAOLO PUCCI TO UNDERLINE U.S. CONCERNS SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04912 081516Z OVE [...]	2002-10-08 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PARM IT UP IZ UN
02ROME5090	BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT [...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]	2002-10-17 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5184	ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05184 01 OF 03 232138Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...]	2002-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5193	ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05193 01 OF 03 232006Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...]	2002-10-23 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME6072	CURRENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN IRAQ [...] (S) THE CURRENT OIL FOR FOOD (OFF) DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM IN IRAQ DELIVERS FOOD TO ALL IRAQIS. IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 25.8 MILLION BENEFICIARIES RECEIVED A FOOD RATION FROM 49,000 SMALL SHOPS THAT SERVE AS THE DISTRIBUTION SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06072 01 O [...]	2002-12-19 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02ROME6133	WFP/IRAQ COUNTRY DIRECTOR SHARES THOUGHTS [...] (S) CURRENT RATION CARD SYSTEM IS CUMBERSOME FOR THOSE WHO BECOME DISPLACED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUTH/CENTRAL TO THE NORTH. U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06133 01 OF 05 241419Z (WFP) HAS OBTAINED PARTIAL DATABASE [...]	2002-12-24 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02ROME6153	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING WFP AND FOOD [...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06153 01 OF 05 301327Z GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ'S (GOI) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) ARE FURTHER DEFINED AS THEY RELATE TO T [...]	2002-12-30 11:37:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02VATICAN1171	THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG
02VATICAN4444	HOLY SEE AND THE ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE PRESENTS DISTINCTIVE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN REGARD TO IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. UNLIKE MOST POSTS, OUR ""PUBLIC"" WITHIN THE VATICAN IS LIMITED, BUT THE PUBLIC REACH OF THE VATICAN IS TRULY GLOBAL AND AMONG THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...]	2002-09-13 04:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KPAO OPRC PREL VT
02VATICAN4483	PRESIDENT'S UNGA SPEECH: HOLY SEE WELCOMES [...] (C) WITH FM TAURAN OUT OF TOWN, CHARGE DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S UNGA ADDRESS TO VATICAN DFM CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 04483 131612Z CELESTINO MILGIORE, EMPHASIZING THE PRESIDENT'S FOCUS ON THE UN'S ROLE IN ADVANCING HUMAN DIGNITY, AND THE C [...]	2002-09-13 15:51:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT UNGA
02VATICAN5296	CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS PREPARES FOR WAR IN IRAQ; [...] (SBU) A CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) DELEGATION LED BY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05296 01 OF 02 291503Z THE DIRECTOR OF CARITAS' BRITISH OFFICE (CAFOD) HAS RETURNED FROM A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO IRAQ TO ASSESS IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN [...]	2002-10-29 13:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC EAID IZ VT VTPREL
02VATICAN5938	HOLY SEE CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO CONVEY CONCERNS ON [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN CALLED IN AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 27 TO CONVEY THE POPE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY THE ISRAELI REOCCUPATION OF BETHLEHEM. WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON APPROACHING, TAURAN SAID THE CURRENT CURFEW IN BETHL [...]	2002-12-11 15:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IZ PREL VT VTIS
03ABUDHABI1031	MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT UAE PLAN FOR IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ARAB SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS CRITICIZED THE ARAB SUMMIT FOR NOT INCLUDING SHEIKH ZAYID'S PLAN FOR IRAQ IN ITS FINAL RESOLUTION. EDITORIALS CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEADERS FOR NOT CONSIDERING [...]	2003-03-02 14:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1032	DESPITE WIDESPREAD PUBLIC OPPOSITION [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Despite widespread public opposition to a U.S.-led war on Iraq, the UAE "street" has been quiet thus far. Other than a few very well- organized and very small demonstrations, there have been no other public gat [...]	2003-03-02 14:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1064	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ UAE PLAN [...] SUMMARY: THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE UAE INITIATIVE ON IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS PRAISED SHEIKH ZAYED'S PLAN AND CRITICIZED ARAB LEADERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS IT. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL APPLAUDED THE UAE INITI [...]	2003-03-03 12:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1088	UAE OIL OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE OIL [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) Deputy CEO, Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi does not believe that the oil market would collapse following a military conflict with Iraq and removal of Saddam Hussein fro [...]	2003-03-05 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1092	MEDIA REACTION: OIC SUMMIT UAE INITIATIVE [...] SUMMARY: THE OIC SUMMIT IN DOHA RECEIVED PRIMARY AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS STRESSED THAT THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE SHOULD ALSO BE A MAIN CONCERN OF THIS SUMMIT. EDITORIALS CONDEMNED ARAB AND MUSLIM ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE. AN [...]	2003-03-05 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI112	MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY AND THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LIFE WERE THE DOMINANT ISSUES IN THE UAE MEDIA. WHILE NOTING THE UAE PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY, UAE COLUMINST MOHAMMED AL HAMADI ARGUED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LEARN DEMOCRACY BEFORE PRA [...]	2003-01-08 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1124	MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 7 UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DELIBERATIONS AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND RECENT ESCALATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. NEWS REPORTING AND EDITORIALS WIDELY ASSERT THAT THE U.S. IS DETERMINED TO ATTACK IRAQ REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTING AT THE UN. AN "AL KHAL [...]	2003-03-09 13:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1229	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MARCH 14 REMARKS ON THE ROADMAP FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE REMARKS AS A RENEWAL OF HOPE FOR ENDING THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. CONVERSELY, AN "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL BELIEVES [...]	2003-03-15 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1266	MEDIA REACTION: AZORES SUMMIT, IRAQ, AND PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: THE AZORES SUMMIT GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA ALSO COVERED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AND US PARTICIPATION IN THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE (IDEX 2003). IN AN UNUSUAL EDITORIAL CRITICIZI [...]	2003-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1285	PEACEFUL MARCHES IN PROTEST OF THE IMPENDING [...] (U) The local press reported that students at the UAE University in Al-Ain participated in a peaceful anti-war demonstration on March 15. (Note: The UAE University, with some 14,000 students, is the largest in the UAE. End note.) The march was organized by the Emirates National Students' Unio [...]	2003-03-17 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1335	GETTING OUT THE WORD: PAS ABU DHABI LAUNCHES [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION ABU DHABI LAUNCHED AN AGGRESSIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH STRATEGY FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS WITH IRAQ, USING E-MAIL LIST-SERVES, CD-ROMS, AND OTHER IIP PRODUCTS TO GET OUT THE MESSAGE ON U.S. POLICIES TOWARD IRAQ AND OTHER KEY MIDDL [...]	2003-03-19 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KIRC OIIP
03ABUDHABI1339	UAE: REQUEST FOR CASH ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Polchief delivered reftel demarche on cash assistance for WFP provision of Iraq foodstuff to MFA Assistant U/S for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi on March 19. Al-Nuaimi indicated that visiting [...]	2003-03-19 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PREF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1341	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTS BUSH'S 3/18 ADDRESS, IRAQ, [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MARCH 18TH ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. 'AL KHALEEJ' CARRIED THE FULL TEXT OF THE ADDRESS WHILE OTHER ENGLISH AND ARABIC DAILIES CARRIED LENGTHY EXCERPTS. AN 'AKHABAR AL ARAB' EDITORIAL [...]	2003-03-19 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1344	(C) TFIZ01: UAE AIRSPACE TO STAY OPEN, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b, d). IRAQ WAR WON'T CLOSE UAE AIRSPACE --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Muhammad Al-Ghaith, the head of the UAE's federal civil aviation authority, told Econchief 3/19 that he had just signed a circular orderi [...]	2003-03-19 14:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR MOPS ASEC PREL EAID PGOV AS TC
03ABUDHABI1349	MEDIA REACTION AND PUBLIC OPINION: WAR AGAINST IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE INITIATION OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ ENVELOPED PRINT AND SATELLITE TV COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV IS REPORTING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS LIVE FROM BAGHDAD, WASHINGTON, AND OTHER PLACES IN THE REGION. ABU DHABI TV ALSO CARRIED LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN'S MARCH 20TH SPE [...]	2003-03-20 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1356	MEDIA REACTION: WAR WITH IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ CONTINUES TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS VOICE OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN "AL- KHALEEJ' EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE WAR SYMBOLIZES A DEFEAT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. [...]	2003-03-21 09:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1363	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] SUMMARY: WAR IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. A PROMINENT THEME OF EDITORIALS IS "U.S. NEGLIGENCE OF ALL INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS." AN 'AL ITTIHAD' EDITORIAL STRESSED THE URGENCY OF PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AN 'AKHBAR AL ARAB' [...]	2003-03-22 10:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1365	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 3, MARCH 22 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/22. 3. (C) Embassy Abu Dhabi is open 3/22 with ful [...]	2003-03-22 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1377	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BASRA AND HALABJA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL BLAMED THE IRAQI REGIME FOR THE WAR, AND A SAME-DAY ARTICLE REPORTED UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER AL KINDI AS SAYING THE SAME. [...]	2003-03-23 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1381	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 4, MARCH 23 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/23. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...]	2003-03-23 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1382	(S) UAE TO KEEP IRAQI MISSIONS OPEN, BUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) AMBASSADOR DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/23 TO MFA MINSTATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID (OTHER TOPICS SEPTEL, NOTAL). SHAYKH HAMDAN REPEATED WHAT HE HAS TOLD US BEFORE -- NAMELY, THAT THE UAEG IS R [...]	2003-03-23 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1397	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 5, MARCH 24 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/24. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...]	2003-03-24 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1399	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 5, MARCH 24 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/24. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...]	2003-03-24 11:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC

03ABUDHABI1400	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ U.S. PRISONERS OF WAR [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND FOOTAGE OF CAPTURED AND KILLED U.S. SOLDIERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CONDEMNED AL-JAZEERA'S BROADCASTING OF FOOTAGE OF DEAD U.S. SOLDIERS AND U.S. POWS. ALSO IN "AL ITTIHAD, " UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN COMM [...]	2003-03-24 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1431	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, THE U.S. BOMBING OF THE AL AATHAMIA AREA OF BAGHDAD, AND UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UNDER THE HEADLINE, "A CONVENTION FOR ALL," A "GULF NEWS" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED U.S. TREATMENT OF POWS. AN "AL KHA [...]	2003-03-25 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1439	TFIZ01: UAE POISED TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: Under the aegis of the government-run Red Crescent Authority (RCA),the UAE is gearing up to provide significant humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people. In addition to direct contri [...]	2003-03-25 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI1459	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ POWS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, AN ALLEGED U.S. DOUBLE STANDARD ON POWS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE "OUR PEOPLE IN IRAQ" CAMPAIGN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE, DR. HASSAN MADAN ALLEGED A DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICY TOWARDS POWS. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE DILEMMA [...]	2003-03-26 10:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1461	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 7, MARCH 26 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, Wednesday 3/26. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside [...]	2003-03-26 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI1467	TFIZ01: PUBLIC OPINION WRAP-UP: [...] (U) Six days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, even our closest and most westernized Emirati contacts are disturbed by the coverage they are seeing of the Iraq war. The emotional impact of the images of civilian casualties and the negative spin being imparted by the vast bulk of the Arab media [...]	2003-03-26 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1471	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 8, MARCH 28 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (S/NF) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/28 to review recent threat reporting that potential [...]	2003-03-28 09:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1479	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, AND HUMANITARIAN AID DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE PRINT DAILIES ALSO COVERED ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN DUBAI, VARIOUS ARAB CAPITALS, AND AROUND THE WORLD. AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ARABS TO REALIZE THE CONS [...]	2003-03-29 10:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1480	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 9, MARCH 29 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/29. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...]	2003-03-29 10:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1482	UAE STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (U) This cable is classified by Ambassador Marcelle Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: War coverage dominates most UAE print and electronic media, whether state-owned or private. Because of the federal structure of the UAE, virtually all state-owned media are owned by the [...]	2003-03-29 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPRC OIIP KPAO KWWW TC
03ABUDHABI1503	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, HUMANITARIAN AID, AND RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA AND IRAN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED RUMSFELD'S WARNINGS AS "ISRAELI DICTATIONS." ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THESE WARNINGS ARE A [...]	2003-03-30 10:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1512	TFIZ01: UAE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY HAS AN [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Alright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Red Crescent Authority (RCA) Secretary General San'a Al-Kitbi confirmed to SIPDIS Econchief on March 29 that RCA had sent three delegations to Iraq during the last two months, the most recent of whic [...]	2003-03-30 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1564	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ WARNINGS TO SYRIA CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, CASUALTIES AMONG IRAQI CIVILIANS, SUICIDE BOMBERS HEADED TO BAGHDAD, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" CLAIM THAT POWELL'S THREAT TO SYRIA SERVES ISRAEL'S INTERESTS AND WHAT WAS SAID I [...]	2003-04-01 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1571	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 12, APRIL [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, Tuesday 4/1. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of [...]	2003-04-01 13:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1580	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALS CRITICIZED AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS TREATMENT OF CIVILIANS IN IRAQ. IN AN "AL ITTIHAD" OP-ED, ABDULLAH RASHEED LAMBASTED ARAB SATEL [...]	2003-04-02 09:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI159	MEDIA REACTION: MEPI, IRAQ, AND NORTH KOREA [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL AND UAE MEDIA FOCUSED LARGELY ON A PERCEIVED DOUBLE STANDARD IN U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS NORTH KOREA AND IRAQ AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI). AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL QUESTIONED WHY WASHINGTON DOES NOT APPLY A STRONG STANCE TO NORTH KOREA SIMILAR [...]	2003-01-12 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI16	MEDIA REACTION: A YEAR'S REFLECTIONS ON MEPI, IRAQ, [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA COMMENTED ON WHAT IT CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH'S POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, LOCAL MEDIA ALSO LABELED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA AS CONTRADICTORY. AN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" EDITORIAL HOPED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS REPRESENT A NEW AMERICAN START [...]	2003-01-04 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1602	TFIZ01: IRAQIS REFUSE PERMISSION TO UAE RED [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Sana'a Al-Kitbi (strictly protect),Secretary- General of the UAE Red Crescent Authority, told us on the afternoon of April 2 that all UAE Red Crescent humanitarian relief activities in Iraq are on hold. The re [...]	2003-04-02 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1603	TFIZ01: SOME GOOD EFFECTS, SOME BAD, BUT MOSTLY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Continued high oil prices have largely immunized the UAE economy from any major fall-out from the ongoing Iraq war. On a micro level, Kuwaiti traders are said to be placing large orders fo [...]	2003-04-02 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1615	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THE CAPTURE AND RENAMING OF THE SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY COALITION FORCES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AS A "HUMAN CATASTROPHE" AND CRITICIZED ARABS FOR THEIR F [...]	2003-04-05 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1624	IRAQI EXPATS URGE COALITION TO STAY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) We recently met with two well-placed Iraqi expats who expressed gratitude for coalition efforts to rid Iraq of WMD and change the regime. Describing President Bush as a "savior," they advised us not to pay too m [...]	2003-04-05 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1634	UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amnesty, which began on January 1, 2003, and will terminate on April 30, 2003, will exempt workers from payment of fines or other legal liabilities related to the [...]	2003-04-06 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1656	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT ONLY THE U.S. AND NONE OF ITS ALLIES WILL CONTROL POST-WAR IRAQ. ANOTHER UAE COLUMNIST, DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA POINTED OUT [...]	2003-04-07 10:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1661	TFIZ01: FRUSTRATED BY ICRC IDLENESS, UAE RED [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) hosted on 4/6 in Abu Dhabi a forum of international aid organizations to discuss the humanitarian situation in Iraq. This was the first major meeting o [...]	2003-04-07 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1662	UAE: ENCOURAGING GCC EFFORT ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan late in the evening on April 6. Hamdan, along with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khalifa bin Zayid, had met earlier in the [...]	2003-04-07 12:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1667	UAE INTERESTED IN JOINING IRAQ "CORE" [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador followed-up on reftel demarche with MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on April 6 (other topics covered septel). Hamdan indicated that, in principle, the UAE would be interested i [...]	2003-04-07 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1668	UAE EXPECTS CLOSED-DOOR "DAY AFTER" [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) In conversations on April 5 and April 6 with the Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan and MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid both expected that the GCC Foreig [...]	2003-04-07 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1711	MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ KILLING OF JOURNALISTS [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA INSIDE BAGHDAD WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR THE AL-JAZEERA AND ABU DHABI TV OFFICES AND PERSONNEL. "AL-ITTIHAD" OPINED THAT THE ATTACK OPENS THE DOOR FOR ALLEGATIONS OF AN AMERICAN DESIRE TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF TRUTH IN THE [...]	2003-04-09 08:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1716	TFIZ01: UAE RESPONDS TO APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: Post has engaged UAE officials at all levels of government regarding humanitarian assistance since the onset of war in Iraq began. In line with the UAEG's preference to provide assistance-i [...]	2003-04-09 09:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI1724	WHILE ROME BURNS, UAE CAMPUS FIDDLES, CALMLY [...] SUMMARY: THE ABU DHABI CAMPUS AT THE UAE'S ZAYED UNIVERSITY (ZU) FOR WOMEN RECENTLY HELD A STUDENT BAZAAR TO EXHIBIT STUDENT PROJECTS AND ARTWORKS AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE UAE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY'S HUMANITARIAN AID DRIVE FOR IRAQI CHILDREN. DURING THE BAZAAR, APAO DISCUSSED LOCAL EVENTS A [...]	2003-04-09 12:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC PREL CASC TC
03ABUDHABI1727	TF1Z01: EMPOWERMENT, NOT CHARITY: PRESENTING [...] NOW THAT THE BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD IS LARGELY WON, THE MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR MESSAGE SHOULD BE THE RESTORATION OF ORDER AND RULE OF LAW, THE REBUILDING OF IRAQI INSTITUTIONS, AND THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY, GRADUAL OR OTHERWISE, TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AS WE MOVE TO GET FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, AND OTHER [...]	2003-04-09 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1730	AN UPBEAT HAMDAN ASSURES THAT UAEG [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador contacted an extremely upbeat MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 4/9 to convey reftel talking points. Hamdan was not at all worried, noting that the UAE diplomatic staff in Bag [...]	2003-04-09 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOP IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1744	MEDIA REACTION: CHAOS IN BAGHDAD LOOTING IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF BAGHDAD TO COALITION FORCES AND LOOTING IN IRAQI CITIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. PRESIDENT BUSH'S AND PRIME MINISTER BLAIR'S STATEMENTS TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE RECEIVED POSITIVE COVERAGE IN BOTH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COMMENTARY TO TH [...]	2003-04-12 10:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1750	IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...]	2003-04-12 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1766	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S DELIVERED TO MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel oral message to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 4/13. Hamdan said his attendance at the 4/15 GCC Foreign Ministerial depended on the timing of a visit the s [...]	2003-04-13 13:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1769	TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO [...] The Office of the Chairman of the General Health Authority for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Hamed bin Zayid Al-Nahyan publicly announced on April 13 that the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has been authorized to transport wounded Iraqi civilians to the UAE for medical treatment. The spokesman [...]	2003-04-14 05:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1783	MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF TIKRIT SYRIA IS NEXT U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE FALL OF TIKRIT TO COALITION FORCES, THE IN IRAQI CITIES, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGED THAT IRAQ WAS FIRST BUT SYRIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NEXT. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SADDAM'S TORTURE CHAMBERS BUT [...]	2003-04-14 11:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1789	TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO [...] The Office of the Chairman of the General Health Authority for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Hamed bin Zayid Al-Nahyan publicly announced on April 13 that the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has been authorized to transport wounded Iraqi civilians to the UAE for medical treatment. The spokesman [...]	2003-04-14 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1811	MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...]	2003-04-15 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1820	IS THE MIGHTY MENGASH MOSCOW BOUND? [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-15 11:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1826	UAE SIGNS UP FOR CORE GROUP ON IRAQ [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid told the Ambassador 4/16 that the Cabinet had approved UAE participation in the "core group" for Iraq stabilization and reconstruction outlined ref b. Shaykh Hamdan noted that the [...]	2003-04-15 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL ECON PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1827	TFIZ01: UAE PRESIDENT ISSUES [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) In his first public statement since the outbreak of Iraq hostilities, UAE President Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan declared the UAE's commitment to and solidarity with the people of Iraq in remarks carrie [...]	2003-04-15 12:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1830	TFIZ01: UAEG CONSIDERS REQUEST TO DONATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In delivering the Secretary's oral message (refs A and B),Ambassador previewed ref C talking points with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 4/13. The Ambassado [...]	2003-04-15 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1842	MEDIA REACTION: MEETING OF IRAQI LEADERS NEAR AL [...] SUMMARY: THE MEETING OF IRAQI LEADERS NEAR AL NASSERIYA, IRAQI DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, MOSUL, AND AL NASSERIYA, AND U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. SECRETARY POWELL'S FOREIGN PRESS CENTER REMARKS AND INTERNATIONAL SIPDIS CONDEMNATION OF THE LOOTING OF BAGHDAD'S M [...]	2003-04-16 10:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1852	GETTING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OUT: WINNING [...] SUMMARY: TO GET THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OUT, THE ABU DHABI PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION ENGAGED KEY UAE MEDIA ON MULTIPLE LEVELS PRIOR TO AND DURING THE WAR. PD EFFORTS INCLUDED INTENSIVE TARGETED OUTREACH WITH KEY PUBLIC DIPLOMACY MATERIALS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH UAE NATIONALS, ARAB EXPA [...]	2003-04-16 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI1877	MEDIA REACTION: DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ U.S. THREATS TO [...] SUMMARY: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN BAGHDAD, SYRIA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. THREATS, AND THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING IN RIYADH DOMINATED NEWS COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS FOCUSED ON THE CREATION OF "AN IRAQ FOR IRAQIS." AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL ASSERTED THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE WILL [...]	2003-04-19 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1901	TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO EQUIP IRAQI HOSPITALS [...] UAE President Shaykh Zayid publicly announced on 4/20 that the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) would fully equip six Iraqi hospitals with all necessary medical supplies and equipment, and donate 12 ambulances to the Iraqi health sector. The RCA aid delegation that arrived in Iraq on 4/11 (se [...]	2003-04-21 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI193	MEDIA REACTION: WAR ON IRAQ, DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB [...] SUMMARY: DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD, THE MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI),AND THE ANTICIPATED WAR ON IRAQ WERE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA. UNDER THE PEN NAME OF "IBN AL DEIRA," A COLUMNIST IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOPES THAT THE U.S. DIPLOMACY WILL RECOVER ITS 'SPIRIT,' AN [...]	2003-01-13 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1931	TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO BUILD DESAL PLANT FOR [...] UAE President Shaykh Zayid Al-Nayhan ordered the UAE Armed Forces on 4/21 to immediately provide potable water to the Iraqi city of Basra. Press reports confirm that the UAE Armed Forces are planning to build a desalination plant on the Shatt Al-Arab with a capacity of 250,000 gallons a day. [...]	2003-04-22 10:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1934	TFIZ01: AMCIT IRAQI DOCTOR IN UAE ORGANIZING [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Amcit Farhan Bakir, a prominent doctor in the UAE (he is the personal physician of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayid Al-Nahyan and served in a similar capacity to a number of Saddam Hussein's predecessor [...]	2003-04-22 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1937	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ISRAEL PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: GEN. JAY GARNER'S ARRIVAL IN BAGHDAD TO BEGIN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE CIVILAIN CASUALTIES IN PALESTINE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE "WAR" BETWEEN PRESIDENT ARAFAT AND ABU MAZE [...]	2003-04-22 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1938	TFIZ01: NEXT STEPS FOR UAE FIELD HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG has decided to support an existing medical facility in Baghdad - the Olympic Hospital -- instead of deploying a stand-alone field hospital. A UAE delegation, accompanied by USLO representative, traveled to Baghdad on 4/21 to assess the health needs of the city and selec [...]	2003-04-22 14:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1939	TFIZ01: UAEG CONSIDERS REQUEST TO DONATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Ambassador delivered 4/18 DoD Undersecretary Dov Zakheim's letter to UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, requesting the UAEG to donate petroleum products to Iraq. [...]	2003-04-22 14:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1944	MEDIA REACTION: RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ GEN. GARNER NEW [...] SUMMARY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, GENERAL JAY GARNER'S VISITS IN IRAQ, AND A CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN OVER THE FORMATION OF A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE REBUILT AFT [...]	2003-04-23 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1978	TFIZ01: UAE RED CRESCENT: READY TO DO MORE [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 4/26 meeting with Econchief, UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) Secretary General San'a Al- Kitbi confirmed press reports that an RCA ship loaded with 700 tons of food and medicine and 12 ambulances left th [...]	2003-04-26 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1986	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON FLEEING IRAQI REGIME [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On April 22 the Ambassador conveyed points in reftel under cover of a personal letter addressed to MFA A/USEC for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi and passed him the list of wanted Iraqi regime officials [...]	2003-04-28 07:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	OTRA AMGT TC
03ABUDHABI1992	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECRETARIAL VISIT EXPLOSIONS IN [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, CIVILIAN DEATHS DUE TO AN ARMS DUMP EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, AND ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. IN "AL BAYAN," UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN CRITICIZED ANY 'EXCUSES' GIVEN FOR T [...]	2003-04-28 08:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2013	IRAQI SUNNI IMAM AL-KUBAYSI STIRS [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Ahmed Al-Kubaysi the Iraqi Sunni Imam who delivered a fiery sermon in Baghdad on April 18, continues to be a source of controversy even in the UAE, his adopted land. We received two very different takes on [...]	2003-04-28 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MOPS EAID SA IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2082	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD MEETING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: SecDef met with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) on April 27 in Abu Dhabi. After congratulating SecDef on Operation Iraqi Freedom, MbZ made the following point [...]	2003-04-30 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2169	UAE RED CRESCENT BEGINS AIRLIFTS TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Heralding a new phase of UAE Red Crescent operations in Iraq, the UAE Air Force today facilitated the first of four airlifts to Baghdad International Airport on behalf of the Red Crescent Authority (RCA). RCA [...]	2003-05-04 09:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2170	ADNAN PACHACHI IS BAGHDAD BOUND [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Former Iraqi foreign minister Adnan Pachachi contacted the Ambassador over the local weekend with the news that he will be flying into Baghdad on Tuesday, May 6 aboard a UAE Air Force C-130 with a small grou [...]	2003-05-05 07:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2178	STRANDED IRAQIS IN THE UAE: NEED FOR POLICY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action message -- please see paragraph five. 3. (C) MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid has now engaged on the issue of the approximately 1,000 Iraqis stranded in the northern Emirates, pr [...]	2003-05-05 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS EAID IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2218	UAE AND SAUDI CUSTOMS OFFICIALS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------------- Summary And Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi updated Econoff May 6 on negotiations between the UA [...]	2003-05-06 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2223	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR PAUL BREMER TO LEAD THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE ROADMAP, AND ISRAEL'S DEMAND FOR SANCTIONS ON SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST, DR. ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLA NOTED IN "AL KHALEEJ" HOW SHAMEFUL IT IS THA [...]	2003-05-07 08:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2256	UAEG LAYS OUT SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: UAE Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani laid out for Econchief 5/6 the UAEG's priorities for Iraq reconstruction. A memo he [...]	2003-05-10 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI2275	UAEG ADMINISTERING RAFIDAIN BANK; NO PLANS TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The UAEG confirmed in a May 6 conference call of the informal contact group on Iraq reconstruction that the UAE Central Bank is now managing the day-to-day operations of the single branch of Rafidain [...]	2003-05-10 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2287	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, THE ONGOING RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO THE REGION, LABELING THE OPTIMISM SIPDIS SURROUNDING THE VISIT AS "UN [...]	2003-05-11 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2292	APPROACHING UAEG ON FUNDS FOR ABORTED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) The sensitivity of reftel demarche, particularly the involvement of the prominent Lootah family (whether knowingly or otherwise) in the matter, will require that we engage at the highest levels of the UAEG. Since [...]	2003-05-11 11:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2296	(S//NF) C-NE3-00449: UAE POISED FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S//NF) The following answers are keyed to questions in ref D regarding Gulf countries' views and intentions on Iraqi reconstruction posed by Washington analysts: A. Not applicable, although we wo [...]	2003-05-11 13:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2303	UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF VISITS UAE [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b)(c)(d). 2. (C) Summary: UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) visited May 10 the newly refurbished Shaykh Zayid Hospital in Baghdad (formerly the Olympic Hospital) which opened [...]	2003-05-12 06:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2305	SCENESETTER FOR UAE AIR FORCE [...] (U) Classified by Charge Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Air Force Commander Major General Khaled Abdullah Al-Buainnan will visit the U.S. May 12-22. Al-Buainnan's visit presents a good opportunity for us to review our strong bilateral Air Force-to-Air Force rel [...]	2003-05-12 07:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC TC
03ABUDHABI2328	PRESENTING SANCTIONS LIFT UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge presented reftel points on lifting UNSC sanctions on Iraq to MFA Assistant U/S Abdullah Rashid Al- Nuaimi, May 12. Al-Nuaimi said that the UAE fully supports the lifting of sanctions and r [...]	2003-05-12 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2351	REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA AND RECALL [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 11:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER TC
03ABUDHABI237	S/P DIRECTOR HAASS AND CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: Policy Planning Director Ambassador Richard Haass, Ambassador Wahba and Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MBZ) had a lively exchange on Iraq, Iran and Saudi-US relatio [...]	2003-01-15 10:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2381	UAEG SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S MINISTRIES [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to the Office of MFA Assistant Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, who is heading a delegation to Washington this week to discuss Iraq reconstruction oppor [...]	2003-05-18 09:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2391	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST ATTACKS, ROADMAP, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RIYADH AND CASABLANCA, ESCALATING CONFLICT IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALLEGED THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THESE ATTACKS IS ISRAEL. AN "AL BAYAN" [...]	2003-05-19 08:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2404	EXPAT SHI'A DELIVER THANK-YOU FOR IRAQ LIBERATION [...] Two expat Iraqi Shi'a professionals (both long resident in the UAE) called on A/DCM May 19 to deliver a letter of thanks from their community here for the liberation of Iraq. 84 self- styled "Iraqi Shi'a intellectuals" (mostly doctors and engineers) signed a letter (text in para three) expres [...]	2003-05-20 09:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2451	UAE: A MODEL FOR IRAQ? [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE is eager to see the swift reintegration of Iraq into the international trade and investment system, and the emergence of Baghdad as an economic counterweight to Riyad [...]	2003-05-25 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI2452	(S) UAEG FINDS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE RICHARD ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) A/DCM conveyed reftel concerns May 21 to UAE Central Bank Financial Intelligence Unit Chief Abdul-Rahim Sinkais Al-Awadhi. A/DCM noted that we had a single, uncorroborated report that as much as one billion USD in ca [...]	2003-05-25 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2457	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]	2003-05-26 07:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2488	UAEG MEDEVACS WOUNDED IRAQIS FOR MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary and comment: The UAE Red Crescent Authority facilitated 5/21 the medical evacuation from Kuwait of more than two dozen wounded and sick Iraqi civilians and their parental guardians. This was the largest medical airlift of its kind of Iraqi wounded, and fulfilled a long-standing p [...]	2003-05-27 09:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2511	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI CABINET'S RESERVATIONS ON THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND RECOMMENDED MEANS TO ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY IN IRAQ. [...]	2003-05-28 08:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2528	SUCCESS IN IRAQ PLAYS WELL WITH ONE SENIOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Deputy Managing Director Khalifa Al-Kindi queried DCM during a 5/19 courtesy call about the future of Iraq and the roadmap for peace between Israel and t [...]	2003-05-28 11:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2529	WORRIED IRAQIS APPROACH THE EMBASSY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 3. (C) The Embassy has received calls in the last two days from a number of Iraqi citizens resident in the UAE requesting urgent information on how they should g [...]	2003-05-28 11:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2576	MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]	2003-06-01 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2599	PACHACHI PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN IRAQ; [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid, in a 5/31 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics covered septel),provided a brief readout on an earlier meeting between former Iraqi Foreign Minister Adnan Pachachi and UAE [...]	2003-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2600	ABORTED IRAQI ARMS DEAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador, accompanied by Polchief, presented Ref A demarche and background paper to MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 5/31. Hamdan was not aware of the issue, but promised to bring it to the a [...]	2003-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2607	GULF AIR LOBBIES EMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RESUME [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: On the heels of a 5/27 meeting between Ambassador Neumann and Gulf Air CEO Jim Hogan (reftel),a representative from the Abu Dhabi Department of Civil Aviation (ADDCA) visited Acting DCM 5/31 to p [...]	2003-06-02 11:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PGOV ECON IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2623	MEDIA REACTION: G8 SUMMIT POTUS EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BUSH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE G-8 SUMMIT AND THE ANTICIPATED SUMMITS IN SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA AND THE RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT IS JUST TO TELL ARABS THAT THE [...]	2003-06-03 06:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2654	(S/NF) INFORMATION ON IRAQI SUNNI [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Post provides the following information, gleaned from conversations with resident Iraqis and Emirati leaders and academics on Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. It is by no means comprehensive and we a [...]	2003-06-04 10:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2796	MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS WMD [...] SUMMARY: THE SHARM AL SHEIKH AND AQABA SUMMITS, THE US "FAILURE" TO FIND WMD IN IRAQ, AND ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON HAMAS LEADERS GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S "ANNOYANCE" AT THE ASSASSINATION AT [...]	2003-06-11 10:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2798	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRANKS' [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Franks: Your Emirati friends and the U.S. mission to the UAE are looking forward to your valedictory visit. As always, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) [...]	2003-06-11 10:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2854	(S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D). 2. (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. 3. (S) MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid (HBZ) contacted the Ambassador 6/13 to say that the UAEG had received a request from former Iraqi Info [...]	2003-06-14 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV OTRA IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2855	(S) UAE CENTRAL BANK WILL SEEK [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) The Ambassador told MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid June 10 that the authorities in Dubai had confirmed that the 43.5 million USD in illicit Iraqi missile money had been released by the Dubai court several months p [...]	2003-06-14 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2877	UAE RED CRESCENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ TOTAL MORE [...] (U) Summary and comment. UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) Secretary General Sana'a Al-Kitbi forwarded to Econoff 6/15 a SIPDIS retrospective on the RCA's work in Iraq from the present until shortly before the war began. The RCA has contributed more than USD $18 million in humanitarian sup [...]	2003-06-15 12:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2896	NEED FOR GUIDANCE ON IRAQI PASSPORT ISSUES [...] This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. Like our colleagues in Embassy Amman (ref A),Embassy officers here have received more than 50 calls and walk-ins since the closure of the Iraqi Embassy in Abu Dhabi in early June from Iraqi nationals resident in the UAE for assistance with c [...]	2003-06-16 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2949	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ESCALATION IN THE TERRITORIES [...] SUMMARY: ESCALATION OF TENSIONS IN IRAQ AND THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AND DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTES THAT THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE ARE SIMILAR IN STYLE AN [...]	2003-06-18 14:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2968	MEDIA REACTION: POWELL'S VISIT IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ISSUES FEATURED IN THE LOCAL MEDIA INCLUDED THE WEF MEETING IN JORDAN, U.S. EFFORTS TO ACTIVATE PEACE BETWEEN THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS, AND IRAQ. A COLUMNIST WARNED AGAINST THE WEF, SAYING THAT IT WAS FIRST INITIATED BY SHIMON PERES AND NOTING THAT THE ROOT OF THE MIDDLE EAST P [...]	2003-06-22 10:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2984	UAEG SEEKS CONFIRMATION ON IRAQI MFA [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 3. (C) UAE MFA Assistant U/S for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi contacted the Ambassador June 21 seeking confirmation on a fax sent to the Iraqi "embass [...]	2003-06-23 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI309	ILL-TIMED MOVE: UAE ALLOWS IRAQ TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador met with MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan 1/19 to seek an explanation for the decision (reported in the UAE press) by the UAEG to allow Iraq to upgrade its diplomatic ties here to the level [...]	2003-01-20 15:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC

03ABUDHABI310	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS 1/21-22 [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE. Your schedule is taking shape, with meetings requested with President Zayid Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and Chi [...]	2003-01-20 15:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3113	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-BAYAN" STRONGLY CRITICIZED AN ALLEGED STATEMENT BY SENATOR GAY GLODIS (SIC) IN WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY CALLED FOR BURYING MUSLIMS WITH THE INTESTINES OF PIGS. THE EDITORIAL URGED ARAB AND MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE RETALIATORY MEASURES AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS TO FORCE W [...]	2003-07-01 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI320	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. THE GENERAL TONE IN THE ARABIC EDITORIALS OPPOSES A WAR WITH IRAQ OF WHICH "NO ONE CAN ANTICIPATE THE CONSEQUENCES." HOWEVER, THE SAME EDITORIALS URGED IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH UN RES [...]	2003-01-21 08:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3208	ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3265	SHAYKH AL-KUBAYSI "MODERATES" TONE WITH LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ON JULY 3-4, ABU DHABI'S ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY "AL ITTIHAD" PUBLISHED A TWO-PART INTERVIEW WITH ISLAMIC MUFTI DR. AHMAD AL-KUBAYSI. PER REFTELS, AL-KUBAYSI HAD CRITICIZED THE U.S.-LED WAR AND AUTHORITY IN IRAQ SEVERELY DURING PREVIOUS PUBLIC APPEARANCES. MOST NOTABLE W [...]	2003-07-15 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3416	CPA Senior Advisor Slocombe Meets UAE Chief of Staff [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3423	UAE CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ TOTAL USD $50 [...] (U) UAE Chief of Staff, and de facto Defense Minister, Shaykh Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told the Ambassador on July 20 that UAE assistance to Iraq already totals USD $50 million. This contribution includes Red Crescent medical and food supplies, hospital and medical equipment, contin [...]	2003-07-23 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3476	TAKING STOCK OF UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Summary. UAE assistance to Iraq -- both pledged and delivered -- has been significant. UAE Chief of Staff Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) confirmed to the Ambassador in July that total UAE ass [...]	2003-07-27 13:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3506	UAE OIL MINISTER SAYS OPEC QUOTAS WILL REMAIN [...] (U) UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL-NASIRI TOLD LOCAL REPORTERS ON JULY 27 THAT HE EXPECTS OPEC'S PRODUCTION QUOTAS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED AT THE CARTEL'S JULY 31 MEETING IN VIENNA. HE SAID THAT OPEC COULD NOT JUSTIFY A PRODUCTION INCREASE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OIL PRICES ARE WITHIN A RA [...]	2003-07-28 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EPET TC
03ABUDHABI3510	LIFT AND SUSTAIN OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF POLISH [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador asked UAE Chief of Staff LT. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) whether the UAE would be able to provide continued "lift" in support of Iraqi stabilization efforts. MBZ said that they c [...]	2003-07-29 06:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3585	IRAQ DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B & D). 2. This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 3. (U) Embassy understands that the European Commission is heavily promoting Spain as a venue for the planned Iraq donors' conference and that the issue will be discuss [...]	2003-08-02 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3618	ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador used the opportunity of an August 4 telcon with de facto Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, who is out of the country, to deliver a brief summary of the Secretary's oral message r [...]	2003-08-04 13:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ AL TC
03ABUDHABI3682	UAEG REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON RAFIDAIN BANK [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 3. (C) The UAE Central Bank forwarded a copy to Post of a July 26 letter to Treasury Secretary Snow seeking guidance on the liquidation of Raf [...]	2003-08-10 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3683	UAEG TO TRANSFER FROZEN ASSETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 3. (C) The UAE Central Bank forwarded a copy to Post of a July 26 letter responding to Treasury Secretary Snow's written request for the UAEG [...]	2003-08-10 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3721	UAE MAY CUT OIL PRODUCTION LATER THIS YEAR [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) acknowledged publicly on August 10 that it will cut oil production in the last quarter of 2003 to undertake major repair work in the Lower Zakum a [...]	2003-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI3731	MEDIA REACTION: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS TO THE UAE AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SOUTH LEBANON, AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEAGUE'S "SILENT ATTITUDE" FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. ANOT [...]	2003-08-13 08:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3771	SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION IN IRAQ; GC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Charge discussed reftel points during a August 16 telcon with de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan that also included a discussion of an upcoming visit to the UA [...]	2003-08-16 13:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3789	MEDIA REACTION: MEMBERS OF IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: THE IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL'S VISIT TO THE UAE AND THE SITUATION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL'S VISIT TO THE UAE AS A GOOD CHOICE THAT WILL IMPROVE THE IRAQI PEOPLE'S H [...]	2003-08-18 07:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3816	IRAQ GC AUGUST 17-18 VISIT TO ABU [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of the Iraqi Governing Council's (GC) first visit to the UAE, UAEG officials were cautiously optimistic that the entire Arab world will eventually throw its support behind [...]	2003-08-19 15:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3823	MEDIA REACTION: UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN IRAQ SEPARATE [...] SUMMARY: SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD AND IN EAST JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ATTACK, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GOVERNMENT RELEASED A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATTACKS AND URGING WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNING COU [...]	2003-08-20 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3827	UAEG CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN BAGHDAD HQ, [...] (U) UAE MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) issued a statement August 20 condemning the attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, and calling on the international community to stand united in supporting the UN and the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) to restore se [...]	2003-08-20 11:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3856	UAEG DENIES BANKROLLING IRAQI SUNNI [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan denied that his government was financing Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. In an August 19 meeting with Charge and Polchief, [...]	2003-08-23 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3876	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL PALESTINE IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IN "AL ITTIHAD," KUWAITI COLUMNIST DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA CRITICIZED THE ARABIC SATELLITE TV NETWORKS AND OTHERS FOR LABELING THE ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ AN ACT OF LIBERATION. AN "AL ITTIHAD" [...]	2003-08-25 08:37:00	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
03ABUDHABI3993	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BUCHANAN'S [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Buchanan: On behalf of Ambassador Wahba, who is out of country until September 4, I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes at a time of unprecedented Emirati cooper [...]	2003-09-02 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3994	BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD FACE: AL ARABIYA CHANGES ITS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 9th broadcast, Arabic Satellite News Channel al Arabiya aired videos of militant organizations urging Iraqis and Arabs to target "Occupation" forces. Again on August 28th, the station broadcast footage of similarly hooded men threatening to kill Iraqi Governing Co [...]	2003-09-02 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KMDR ECON PGOV ZP
03ABUDHABI3995	TRADE BANK OF IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE UAEG [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary. Charge D'Affaires passed reftel points and non-paper 8/31 to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, and Econoff se [...]	2003-09-02 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4004	UAEG ELECTS NOT TO AIR RECORDED THREAT TAPE [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: A special assistant to UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed al-Nahyan delivered to Charge late September 1 an audio recording that had been delivered to Abu Dhabi T [...]	2003-09-02 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4010	UAEG WELCOMES IRAQI CABINET [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) On September 3, the UAE Foreign Ministry issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new government in Iraq. In it, the UAEG expressed faith in the ability of the Iraqi Governing Counc [...]	2003-09-03 07:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL 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
03ABUDHABI4105	MEDIA REACTION: UAE SUPPORT FOR IGC ABU MAZEN'S [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS' CONFERENCE, THE RESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS AKA ABU MAZEN, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HAMAS LEADER SHEIKH AHMAD YASSIN, THE US DRA [...]	2003-09-09 08:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4135	SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2. (S) Vice Admiral Keating: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE in a few days. The staff at the Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Consulate General in Dubai are making all the arrangements to ensure your visit to [...]	2003-09-10 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS TC
03ABUDHABI4192	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL ARAFAT POWELL VISITS IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASIR ARAFAT AND THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TO IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT. ANOTHER EDIT [...]	2003-09-15 07:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4202	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW AND THE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Secretary Snow: I would like to welcome you to the UAE as you prepare for the 2003 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in Dubai. Dubai's leadership has investe [...]	2003-09-15 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4223	UAEG REACTS POSITIVELY TO SECRETARY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2. (C) UAE MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) told the Ambassador during a September 15 telcon that Secretary Powell's visit to Iraq had cast a very SIPDIS positive light on Iraq. [...]	2003-09-16 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4259	UAEG WANTS WORLD BANK/IMF TO GRANT IGC [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2. (C) Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs, told the Ambassador on September 17 that the UAEG is deeply concerned that the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) may only be granted observer statu [...]	2003-09-17 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ 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
03ABUDHABI4361	UAE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO OPEC "SURPRISED" BY [...] (U) Classified by Economic Section Chief Oliver B. John, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 9/28 meeting with Econ Chief, UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari said he was "a little bit surprised" by the organization's decision las [...]	2003-09-28 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4366	MEDIA REACTION: QUARTET IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT MEETINGS OF THE QUARTET AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTININAN TERRITORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED ON THE ELECTORAL DILEMMAS FACING US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR DUE TO THE WAR WITH IRAQ. AN "AL [...]	2003-09-29 08:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4371	NAVCENT COMMANDER'S FAREWELL CALL IN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: USNAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Timothy J. Keating made a visit to the UAE on September 13-14. In Abu Dhabi, he called on UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (M [...]	2003-09-29 10:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4372	IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION: POST ASSESSMENT [...] Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b and d). 2. (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the UAEG will make a contribution to Iraqi reconstruction at the October donors' conference. We believe that the UAEG's preference, however, will be to provide "in-kind" contributions [...]	2003-09-29 10:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4396	WITH THE ARAB WORLD WATCHING, USG AND IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE DUBAI 2003 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) AND WORLD BANK (WB) ANNUAL MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION (PA) AT THE US EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI WORKED WITH USG, COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA),AND IRAQI OFFICIALS TO ENGAGE THE PRESS ON RECONSTRUCTION ISSUES IN IRA [...]	2003-09-30 06:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI4428	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...]	2003-10-02 08:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI447	COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES: U.S. AND UAE [...] SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 7, 2003, APAO ATTENDED A DIGITAL VIDEO CONFERENCE BETWEEN EMIRATI WOMEN FROM ZAYED UNIVERSITY AND STUDENTS OF A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. AS PART OF A COMMUNICATIONS COURSE PROJECT, THE EMIRATI STUDENTS DESIGNED A SURVEY AND A SERIES OF DVCS TO BRIDGE A [...]	2003-01-28 06:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TC
03ABUDHABI4479	CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL ABIZAID TELLS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 28, US CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN ABIZAID CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH REGIONAL ARABIC SATELLITE TV CHANNEL ABU DHABI TV. DURING THE INTERVIEW, GENERAL ABIZAID NOTED THAT MOST OF IRAQ IS CALM, BLAMED ELEMENTS OF THE FORMER REGIME AND TERRORISTS FOR CURRENT UN [...]	2003-10-06 04:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI4508	NEW IRAQI ECONOMIC PACKAGE AND DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b and d). 2. (C) Econchief and econoff discussed Iraqi economic reforms and the Madrid donors' conference with Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani (protect). Al-Bustani said that i [...]	2003-10-07 11:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4546	A/S BURNS' OCTOBER 5 MEETINGS WITH MFA [...] (S) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary met separately in Abu Dhabi on October 5 with MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). Information Minister Shaykh Abdullah Bin Zayed attended the meeting with Sh [...]	2003-10-09 07:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4595	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR THE MADRID CONFERENCE ON THE [...] On October 12, econchief called Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani to confirm that the UAE Minister of Finance had received the Spanish invitation and to urge a concerted UAEG effort to recruit a high-level private sector delegation to travel [...]	2003-10-14 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP PREL IZ SP TC
03ABUDHABI4596	IRAQ DONORS PLEDGES FROM NON-EU CAPITALS - REQUEST [...] (U) Classified by CDA Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Charge met with MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al- Nuami to urge that the UAEG donate generously at the Madrid donors' conference. Al-Nuami confirmed that the UAE was a [...]	2003-10-14 13:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAUD EUN
03ABUDHABI4612	UAE OFFICIAL ADVISES USG TO ALLOW IRAQ GOVERNING [...] (C) Summary: MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi stressed to Charge that it was in the best interests of the USG if the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) was allowed to assume more authority. He expressed his concern that the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) was [...]	2003-10-15 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4680	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, THE AMERICAN DECISION TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FORCES AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" CRITICIZED AS HYPOCRITICAL PRIME MINISTER SHARON'S STATEMENT THAT EXPELLING ARAFAT IS AGA [...]	2003-10-21 10:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4693	UAEG AND THE MADRID DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) UAE Deputy Prime Minister and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al- Nahyan (HBZ) told the Ambassador October 19 that his country will reveal its pledge for Iraq reconstruction in Madrid. Shaykh Hamdan said that the UAEG has spent over $70 million to date on Iraq, and t [...]	2003-10-21 13:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4704	IRAQ GC MEMBER BARZANI OCTOBER 18 [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4706	LETTER FROM UAE PRESIDENT TO POTUS REGARDING [...] The Office of UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan requested that the Ambassador forward a letter from UAE President Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to the President. The original will be pouched to the State Department. We [...]	2003-10-23 08:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4761	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN BOTH "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AKHBAR AL ARAB" NOTED THAT THE PALESTINIANS WOULD BECOME IMPRISONED BECAUSE OF THE SECOND FENCE SHARON IS PLANNI [...]	2003-10-27 09:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI479	A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ PLANNING AND [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In separate meetings on 1/21 and 1/22 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MBZ) and de facto Foreign Minister Hamdan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, A/S Burns disc [...]	2003-01-29 07:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KPAL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4805	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOTH THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" COMMENTED ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ THAT WEAPONS ON THEIR OWN WILL NOT DEFEAT TERRORISM. UAE POLITI [...]	2003-10-29 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4835	IRAQI EXPATS: U.S. NEEDS TO LISTEN TO [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with two prominent Iraqi expats in the UAE. They recommended that the Coalition move quickly to establish an Iraqi satellite TV station to beam more balanced coverage of Iraqi developments to the Arab world. They wanted a new UN resolution that would solve the i [...]	2003-11-02 12:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4850	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AL-ITTIHAD BUSINESS COLUMNIST [...] SUMMARY: THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OCTOBER 25-31, JOURNALIST SHIHAB GERGASH OF AL-ITTIHAD WROTE A 7-PART SERIES DESCRIBING A TRIP TO IRAQ. HIS UPBEAT ARTICLES NOTE THAT IRAQ UNDER BREMER IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, THAT THE MARKETS IN BAGHDAD AND OTHER IRAQI CITIES ARE FULL OF GOODS AN [...]	2003-11-04 03:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI486	MEDIA REACTION: UN REPORTS ON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: ALL MEDIA PROMINENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTENTS OF THE UNMOVIC AND IAEA REPORTS ON IRAQ. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC PRESS LAUDED EUROPEAN OPPOSITION TO A WAR AGAINST IRAQ, DESCRIBING FRENCH AND GERMAN OPPOSITION AS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO AMERICA'S THIRST FOR WAR. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIM [...]	2003-01-29 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4874	RESPONSE RE: ASKING HOST GOVERNMENTS TO ACCEPT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4889	MEDIA SUMMIT IN THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE MEDIA SUMMIT IN DUBAI (OCTOBER 7-8, 2003) WAS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THIS YEAR'S HEADLINE WAS "WAR AND THE MEDIA." AMONG THE SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO SPOKE IN THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID, SH [...]	2003-11-05 12:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4890	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ISRAEL [...] SUMMARY: WARNING AGAINST ISRAELI PENETRATION IN IRAQ AND EUROPEAN OPINION REGARDING ISRAEL DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EUROPEAN OPINION IS RESPECTED AT TIMES AND NEGLECTED AT OTHERS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED [...]	2003-11-05 12:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5003	UAE REACTS TO IRAQ GC-CPA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Two senior leaders in the UAEG told the Ambassador on November 16 that they applaud the U.S. decision to accelerate the transfer of authority to the Iraqis. Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) said the decision was a very wise move [...]	2003-11-17 12:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5030	UAE WOMEN'S GROUP COLLECTS MONEY FOR PALESTINAINS [...] (SBU) Econchief attended a charity Iftar "take away" hosted by an Abu Dhabi women's group in his neighborhood. Members of the group cooked traditional Iftar foods and sweets and sold them at a member's house. Customers could buy the homemade delicacies, reheat them and have them for Iftar ( [...]	2003-11-19 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EAID TC
03ABUDHABI506	MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA COVERED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS EXTENSIVELY, UNDERSCORING HIS REMARKS ON THE NEED FOR IRAQ TO DISARM OR BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH SIMULTANEOUS ARABIC TRANSLATION, WHILE DUBAI TV ALSO REPORTED THE SPE [...]	2003-02-01 04:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5062	CLASSIFIED ANNEX TO UAE 2003 ANNUAL [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charg d'Affaires, a.i., Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Post provides additional responses to complement the unclassified portion of the 2003 annual terrorism report. The information included in this classified annex is considered highly sensitive [...]	2003-11-23 12:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI5132	UAEG, Iraqi expats, welcome visiting Iraq [...] (U) The UAE leadership once again put out the welcome mat for members of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) during their visit to Abu Dhabi last week. President Shaykh Zayed told the delegation November 26 that the UAE would always support the Iraqi people and called on Iraqis to work together [...]	2003-12-01 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL 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
03ABUDHABI5289	SADDAM'S CAPTURE - UAEG REACTION [...] (U) UAE officialdom reacted positively to Saddam's capture. In an official statement released December 15, UAE President Shaykh Zayed expressed the hope that Iraq will witness a new era of stability and security in which its national unity and territorial integrity will be preserved. "Iraq ha [...]	2003-12-15 12:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL 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
03ABUDHABI5298	MEDIA REACTION: THE ARREST OF SADDAM [...] SUMMARY: THE ARREST OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THE FALL OF SADDAM IS AN UNEXPECTED GIFT FOR THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SINCE IT WILL HELP HIM IN THE ELECTIONS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT [...]	2003-12-16 04:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5341	SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED ON AL ARABIYA [...] (U) This is an action request ee paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: The UAE's leadership have raised objections with the management of Al Arabiya Arabic Satellite News Channel about the station's controversial broadcasts and have suggested that we also speak with the Saudis and Kuwaitis as they [...]	2003-12-17 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5342	MEDIA REACTION: THE ARREST OF SADDAM [...] SUMMARY: THE ARREST OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" NOTED THAT NOW THERE IS A NEW FREE IRAQ AFTER SADDAM WAS CAPTURED. UAE COLUMIST ABDULLAH RASHEED MENTIONED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT IT IS BETTER THAT SADDAM WAS CAPTURED BY T [...]	2003-12-17 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5343	AT YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, CROWDS TURN OUT TO BOO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: AFTER BATTLING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FEDERATION DE INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION'S (FIFA) WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP (UNDER 20),THE US TEAM LOST A HEARTBREAKER IN ABU DHABI TO REIGNING CHAMPION ARGENTINA, 2 TO 1 IN SUDDEN DEATH. THE STORY OF TH [...]	2003-12-17 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI5367	MEDIA REACTION: THE GCC SUMMIT IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE GCC SUMMIT IN KUWAIT AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. IN HIS "AL ITTIHAD" COLUMN, DR.SHAMLAN AL EISSA EXPLAINS THE CHALLENGES FACING GCC COUNTRIES BUT ENCOURAGES THESE COUNTRIES TO CONFRONT TH [...]	2003-12-22 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5379	IRAQ GC PRESIDENT AL HAKIM DECEMBER 21 [...] (U) Summary: Iraq Governing Council President Abdulaziz Al Hakim paid a brief visit to the UAE December 21, meeting with UAE President Shaykh Zayed, Deputy Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE Armed Forces Chief, Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and with Deputy Prime Minister and MinState for Foreign Af [...]	2003-12-23 10:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5387	IRAQI TRIBAL SUPPORT FOR COALITION [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5390	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ----------------------------- The UAE in 2003 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common [...]	2003-12-23 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP MARR MASS TC
03ABUDHABI5438	MEDIA REACTION: REBUILDING CONTRACTS IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHEED WROTE IN ABU DHABI BASED SEMI-OFFICIAL ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" 12/29 THAT THE U.S. ENJOYS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN THE REBUILDING CONTRACTS IN IRAQ. HE NOTED THAT BECAUSE THE U.S. SACRIFICED ITS PEOPLE AND RESOURCES AND MANAGED TO RID IRAQ FROM THE BAATHI [...]	2003-12-30 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5445	MEDIA REACTION: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR THE U.S. IN IRAQ IS TO HAND OVER IRAQ TO THE IRAQIS. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" REQU [...]	2003-12-30 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI553	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL MEDIA CONTINUED TO COMMENT NEGATIVELY ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. ONE EDITORIAL CALLED FOR AN ARAB SUMMIT TO ELIMINATE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE JUNGLE. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT AMERICA IS THE ONLY NATION THAT PREVIOUSLY USED NUCLEAR AND OTHER [...]	2003-02-02 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI629	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S FEBRUARY 5 UNSC [...] SUMMARY: THE SPEECH OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL WAS WIDELY COVERED IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH ARABIC TRANSLATION. HEADLINES IN SEMI-OFFICIAL "AL-ITTIHAD" DESCRIBED THE SPEECH AS "A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST IRAQ," AND ITS EDITOR [...]	2003-02-06 10:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI676	UAEG WELCOMES SECRETARY'S PRESENTATION [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). UAEG PRIVATELY SUPPORTIVE ------------------------- 2. (S) Initial UAEG reaction to the Secretary's presentation has been very encouraging. UAE Information Minister Shaykh Abdullah Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, who w [...]	2003-02-08 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI724	UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]	2003-02-09 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI725	MEDIA REACTION: MORE ON POWELL'S UNSC SPEECH AND MEPI [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUED TO REPORT EXTENSIVELY ON SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH AT THE UNSC. EDITORIALS IN THE ARABIC SIPDIS DAILIES NOTE THAT THE U.S. IS PLANNING TO ATTACK IRAQ IN ORDER TO CONTROL ARAB AND IRAQI RESOURCES, MAINLY OIL. THE EDITORIALS ALSO CLAIM THAT THE ATTACK WO [...]	2003-02-09 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI728	UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]	2003-02-11 04:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI784	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: UAE MEDIA EXTENSIVELY COVERED INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS AND REACTION AGAINST A MILITARY STRIKE IN IRAQ. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA CRITICIZED WHAT THEY CALLED A WEAK ARAB STANCE TOWARDS THE CURRENT CRISIS. "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZES U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL THE MIDDLE EAST, NOTING THIS IS NOT [...]	2003-02-18 08:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI896	MEDIA REACTION: RICHARD PERLE, IRAQ, AND UAE UNSC [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUE TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL MEDIA. DUBAI-BASED ENGLISH DAILY "GULF NEWS" CARRIED A 2/23 INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PERLE WHO SAID THAT "NO ONE HAS HARMED ARAB INTERESTS AS MUCH AS HE" (IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN). EDITORIALS PRAISED [...]	2003-02-24 10:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI946	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POSTURING AT THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: COVERAGE RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. UAE DAILIES LARGELY COVERED UAE'S PARTICIPATION AT THE NAM CONFERENCE AND ITS CALL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL UNSC RESOLUTIONS REGARDING IRAQ AND PALESTINE. EDITORIALS CONTINUED TO LAUD THE FRE [...]	2003-02-26 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA300	NIGERIA: REACTION TO SECRETARY'S SPEECH [...] (U) Reaction to the Secretary's speech on Iraqi violations has been muted. Local media covered the event with straightforward accounts of the Secretary's presentation. Until today (February 10),Embassy has seen no official comments from the GON and little discussion of the speech's merits [...]	2003-02-13 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM NI IZ UNSC
03ABUJA344	NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON IRAQ, TERRORISM AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo February 13 publicly called for Iraq to disarm peacefully, noting that the US could not be expected to stand down its forces otherwise. Recalling South Africa's decision to give up WMD programs, Obasanjo repeated these points during a private meeting with Amba [...]	2003-02-14 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EPET NI IZ
03ABUJA594	NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES 2003 BUDGET [...] Summary. On March 5, Nigeria's National Assembly passed the fiscal year 2003 budget, after increasing allocations by 28 percent with respect to the initial estimates submitted by President Obasanjo. The legislators proposed larger capital expenditures and more funding for the forthcoming elect [...]	2003-03-31 14:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
03ABUJA670	EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...]	2003-04-11 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA753	NIGERIA: GON SAYS OPEC UNLIKELY TO CUT [...] (S) On April 22, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel demarche to President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Petroleum Affairs and Energy Rilwanu Lukman. Lukman, who is leading Nigeria's delegation to the April 24 OPEC meeting in Vienna and was OPEC General Secretary for ten years, said the normal [...]	2003-04-25 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL ECON EPET NI IZ
03ABUJA997	UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]	2003-06-05 19:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MASS LI NI
03ACCRA559	GHANA CHOOSES PUBLIC SILENCE ON IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador Yates delivered reftel B demarche on possible NAM involvement in a UNGA Special Session on Iraq to Foreign Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang on March 19. Ambassador stressed the counterproductive nature of any such session while the Security Council remains seized with the issue, [...]	2003-03-19 18:40:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER GH
03ADANA1	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 1-2, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-03 08:49:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA

03ADANA101	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 09, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: It is [...]	2003-04-09 15:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 10, 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. Hurriyet/Bolge: It is claimed that 150 mayors nationwide [...]	2003-04-10 16:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 14, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel/Bolge: Th [...]	2003-04-14 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA109	MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]	2003-04-16 13:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03ADANA136	KURDS IN SOUTHEAST OPTIMISTIC; HOPE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings with our regular Kurdish contacts reveal SE Turkey Kurds are optimistic about the resolution of the "Kurdish question" and are pinning their hopes on the international community, most notably the United States. They also believe an amnesty for PKK/KADEK member [...]	2003-05-16 10:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA137	SE TURKEY HOPES FOR ECONOMIC TURNAROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent Adana and Mersin businessmen are optimistic for increased economic opportunities relating to the Coalition victory in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They also are hoping to take advantage of the SARS outbreak to export more textiles to Europe. While they believe there may [...]	2003-05-16 11:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA142	SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY HOPEFUL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: A cross-section of GOT officials, NGOs, and businessmen in Turkey's Southeast reveals little, if any, change in economic or social conditions. Lower-level GOT officials, unaccustomed to and uncomfortable with meeting foreign diplomats, paint an unrealistic picture, touting the [...]	2003-05-22 14:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
03ADANA150	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 03, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Radikal: PKK-KADEK [...]	2003-06-03 16:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 14-15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports ofteb contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2003-06-17 15:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 26, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel, / Governme [...]	2003-06-26 16:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA175	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 07, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / Diyarba [...]	2003-07-07 13:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA179	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 08, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Gunaydin, Hurriyet, [...]	2003-07-08 17:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA208	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 01, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / For th [...]	2003-08-07 13:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-27 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA236	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 9, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / World [...]	2003-09-09 18:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA239	SOUTEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 11, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman / Six [...]	2003-09-12 10:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA244	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 13-14-15, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriye [...]	2003-09-17 14:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA25	THE VIEW FROM SIRNAK PROVINCE: [...] (SBU) Summary: In southeastern Turkey's Sirnak province, one of two bordering Iraq, the preoccupation of government officials, NGOs, and businessmen is less about war than about war's aftermath. The populace is desperate to revive border trade and commerce. Kurdish interlocutors worry that [...]	2003-01-28 17:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU SY IZ ADANA
03ADANA259	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 4-6, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye, Milli G [...]	2003-10-06 16:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA267	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 11-13, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem / [...]	2003-10-16 16:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 27, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-29 11:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 31, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-03 08:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA36	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 1-2, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]	2003-02-04 08:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 4, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-06 09:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA4	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 6-7, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 5, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-06 09:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA41	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 6, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-07 09:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM ADANA
03ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 18, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 08:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 21, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-24 09:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA53	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 22-23, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 13:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 25, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-28 13:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA56	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 26, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-28 13:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA7	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 9, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]	2003-01-13 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA72	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 12, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Milli Gazete: It is rep [...]	2003-03-13 13:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] Milliyet/Dunya: It is reported that the UN is also going to establish a humanitarian assistance center in Mardin, and relief items to be sent by the will be distributed from Mardin. Officials announced they had initially considered Gaziantep, but because of the distances involved preferred M [...]	2003-03-14 17:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 17, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet/Sabah/Mi [...]	2003-03-18 12:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA82	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 19, 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. Milliyet/Turkiye/Tercuman/Dunya/Hurriyet: Kurds in northe [...]	2003-03-19 17:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA88	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 27, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Radikal: The US applied [...]	2003-03-28 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA89	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 28, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Sabah: It is estim [...]	2003-03-28 13:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]	2003-01-14 09:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA91	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 31, 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. Hurriyet/Tercuman/Radikal/Dunya/Milliyet/ Evrensel/Bolge: [...]	2003-03-31 17:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA92	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 1, 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. Radikal/Cumhuriyet: In northern Iraq, where 1,200 US soldi [...]	2003-04-01 11:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA94	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 3, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet/Bolge/Te [...]	2003-04-03 16:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA96	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 04, 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Radikal: Turkish a [...]	2003-04-04 16:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1053	JORDANIANS TAKE PART IN SIZABLE BUT SOGGY ANTI-WAR [...] (SBU) On Saturday, February 15, thousands of demonstrators participated in a 2 kilometer anti-war march through the Shmeisani district of Amman ending at the UN Headquarters there. The demonstration, organized by the Higher Coordination Committee for Opposition Parties, was approved by th [...]	2003-02-18 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1054	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman, members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) met with GOJ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Al-Bak, JAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Mohamed-Majed Al-Eitan, the UN country team and the Has [...]	2003-02-18 15:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN106	IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING [...] (c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to Iraq. What has been for half a decade a fairly static market for vegetable oil, feed, and medicine expanded comprehensively to include a wide array of additional products. The [...]	2003-01-07 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ
03AMMAN1063	JORDAN: PILLARS OF THE REGIME, PART IV OF IV - THE [...] (c) Along with the military/security apparatus and tribal networks, Jordan's economic elite as a group round out the pillars upon which the Hashemite monarchy leans for support. This elite, representing no more than five percent of the population, controls some 85 percent or more of the king [...]	2003-02-19 10:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON JO
03AMMAN1086	INS-APPROVED IRAQI REFUGEES AWAITING SAO CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) AS REQUESTED BY PRM/A, THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE INCREASING PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES REPORTED IN THREE INS APPROVED REFUGEE CASES (13 PERSONS),PENDING THEIR SAO CLEARANCE. WE NOTE THAT, WHILE THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES ARE THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN TWO CASES, UNHCR AMM [...]	2003-02-20 08:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1092	TRIBAL SHEIKHS JAILED FOR SADDAM-SPONSORED IRAQ [...] (C) A delegation calling itself the League of Arab and African tribes consisting of Jordanian "tribal sheikhs" visited Baghdad in mid-January and pledged the group would act as human shields in Iraq. The visiting delegation was well covered in Iraqi press (ref A),but were arrested upon their [...]	2003-02-20 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN1188	JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a 20 February meeting, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission DG Kodah made a strong pitch for U.S. technical and financial assistance in the operation of Jordan's five radiation portals. In addition, Kodah is keen for his staff to participate in upcoming EXBS training on export con [...]	2003-02-27 10:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PTER SENV IZ JO
03AMMAN1192	JORDAN REQUESTS SLIGHTLY LARGER QUANTITIES OF [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. See paras 4-5 below. -------------------------------------- GOJ WANTS VACCINES FOR CIVILIAN USE... -------------------------------------- 2. (S) Following up on ref b demarches to the MFA and Jordan Armed Forces (JAF),Ambassador on [...]	2003-02-27 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	TBIO PREL JO
03AMMAN1215	DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SAME CONCLUSION: THE USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 24th PolOff met together with former senator Hosni Ayesh, a Palestinian-Jordanian, and former parliamentarian Dr. Ahmad Ennab, an East-Banker. The two men differed in their background, reasoning and style of discourse. Both however, arrived at the same conclusion: [...]	2003-03-02 08:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1234	DCM'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER BATAYNEH [...] (u) Following are info items from the DCM's February 24 meeting with Energy Minister Mohammed Batayneh: 2. (c) Gasoil shortage: Due to unseasonably cold weather, local consumption of gasoil and fuel oil has risen higher than expected. Normally, Jordan stockpiles gasoil and fuel oil re [...]	2003-03-03 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EAIR ETTC JO
03AMMAN1252	BIDDER ON JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE SEEKS USG [...] (sbu) We were recently contacted by Brock Tuppeny, Business Development Manager for Petrofac, a UK-registered company with extensive operations in Texas and partial U.S. ownership. According to Tuppeny, Petrofac is involved in, inter alia, construction of the Georgian portion of the Baku-Ce [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN1253	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1264	FONMIN MUASHER: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AVOIDS A SPLIT [...] (S) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Ambassador and A/DCM March 2 that he was "perplexed" by Egyptian behavior in calling for an extraordinary summit, then not injecting any new content or energy. He said the Egyptians were totally passive. The Sharm al-Sheikh Summit, he said, had the [...]	2003-03-03 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL AL SA EG IZ JO
03AMMAN1344	JORDAN: DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) A/DCM covered ref points on the Iraq discussion at the OIC summit with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. A/DCM emphasized that UNSCR 1441 found Iraq in material breach and that Iraq must comply immediately and fully with 1441. It is also crucial that an [...]	2003-03-06 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO OIC
03AMMAN1356	IAF URGES CITIZENS NOT TO COOPERATE WITH US TROOPS [...] (U) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) issued a statement--published in the Muslim Brotherhood mouthpiece Al-Sabil on March 4--urging Jordanians to boycott US soldiers. The statement called on Jordanians to refuse leasing land, housing, or cars, and not to provide US soldiers with food or servi [...]	2003-03-06 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IZ JO
03AMMAN1357	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN [...] Per reftel, Post's information for the 2002 anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras below. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. Until 6/1/2003, embassy poc on trafficking issues is PolOff Gregory D. LoGerfo. Subsequent to 6/1/2003 poc will be PolOff James Fellows. [...]	2003-03-06 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO
03AMMAN143	TURKISH PM GUL'S JANUARY 6 VISIT: IN PUBLIC [...] (U) Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with King Abdullah and Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb January 6 in Amman, in the third stop of Gul's trip through the region. The visit was given prominent above-the-fold coverage in all of the Kingdom's Arabic and English dailies. Press accounts, qu [...]	2003-01-08 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL TU IZ JO
03AMMAN1517	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1526	JORDANIAN HOTELIERS HOPE FOR BETTER DAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Having slightly recovered from a post-September 11 drop in regional tourism, Jordan's hotel industry is now reeling in the face of uncertainty over conflict in neighboring Iraq. Despite the downturn, the sector is not under threat of financial collapse, due to a reluctance on th [...]	2003-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JO
03AMMAN1530	OUTSIDE AMMAN, MANY FEAR ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF [...] (C) Summary. In March 5 and 6 meetings in Salt and Aqaba with Poloff, a number of prominent Jordanian businessmen and politicians provided an "outside-the-beltway" assessment of the GOJ's recent decision to schedule Parliamentary elections in June and the issue on everyone's mind, Iraq. Whil [...]	2003-03-13 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI JO
03AMMAN1531	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 09:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN154	IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT [...] (S) Most political observers in Jordan predict that the great majority of the large Iraqi expat community in the Kingdom (estimated by the GOJ to number approximately 300,000) will stay quiet should military action against Saddam commence, and will then exercise caution before deciding to retu [...]	2003-01-08 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PREF XF IZ JO
03AMMAN1550	JORDAN'S TRANSPORT SECTOR DURING AND AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (c) The GOJ paints a gloomy picture of predicted heavy losses to the transport sector during hostilities in Iraq, totaling over $44 million monthly as a result of higher insurance charges and decreased business volumes. Following war, though, the consensus opinion is that the sector will en [...]	2003-03-13 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1579	ATLANTIC SUMMIT: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] (C) In the absence of the King, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister (all in Abu Dhabi),A/DCM March 16 conveyed ref points on the Atlantic Summit to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, urging that the GOJ support publicly the Atlantic Summit's forthcoming sta [...]	2003-03-16 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
03AMMAN1581	(S) REPORT THAT 20 RUSSIAN MISSILE TECHNICIANS [...] (S) On March 16, the First Secretary of the Thai Embassy in Baghdad, Prasidhi Sochiratna (please protect),contacted A/POL to request a meeting to "pass on some information from my Ambassador to your Ambassador." Sochiratna said he had just returned to Amman on March 11 after a month in Baghda [...]	2003-03-16 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1582	WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS IN JORDAN SIZABLE, PEACEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The weekend of March 15-16 saw sizable GOJ-permitted demonstrations in Amman and Irbid as well as smaller gatherings in other locations. The demonstrations were peaceful, with no security incidents reported. Estimates of crowd sizes varied widely, but reliable sources indicate [...]	2003-03-16 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN1587	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] AS REQUESTED REF, REGIONAL REFCOORD AND REF ASSISTANT MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN ADMINISTERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION (ICMC) ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 24. REPORT IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS PROVIDED REF. A. ON FEBRUARY 19, REFCO [...]	2003-03-16 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN16	IRAQIS IN JORDAN: VIEWS FROM UNHCR [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: According to UNHCR officials, recognized refugees and asylum seekers represent 5,000 of the estimated 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan. With just a ten percent refugee recognition rate, UNHCR reports most Iraqis in Jordan are economic migrants who simply are look [...]	2003-01-02 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON IZ JO PREP
03AMMAN1620	JORDANIAN BANKS: WILL WEATHER STORM, BUT FACE [...] (SBU) While fundamentally sound, the Jordanian banking sector faces a number of short- and long-term challenges: Exposure to a military conflict with Iraq, a surplus of banks, high infrastructure costs, and implementation of modern banking and technological advances that are only now beginnin [...]	2003-03-18 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN1629	A SNAPSHOT OF THE IRAQI COMMUNITY IN JORDAN - SOME [...] (U) AS PART OF ROUTINE REFCOORD MONITORING OF PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN (MONITORING REPORT SUBMITTED REFTEL),FSN REFUGEE ASSISTANT VISITED THE HOMES OF THREE VULNERABLE IRAQI FAMILIES LIVING IN JORDAN, ALL OF WHOM HAD OBTAINED OR WERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE F [...]	2003-03-18 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN1651	GOJ HOPES JORDAN CAN BE BASE FOR BAGHDAD [...] (sbu) Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir asked the Ambassador in a meeting on March 12 what requirements would need to be met to allow USG agencies making procurements in Iraq after a government change to procure goods and/or services from Jordan (such as waivers of "buy America" contr [...]	2003-03-19 06:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN1653	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-19 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1661	TF1Z01: RJ FLYING, BUT MOST INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS [...] (SBU) Queen Alia International Airport Director Nasri Nowar told us that while the airport remains open, most international carriers have suspended or are about to suspend service. These include KLM, Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia, and British Airways. He said that national carrier Royal J [...]	2003-03-19 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AMGT JO CACS
03AMMAN1664	TFIZ01: JORDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] According to UNHCR Emergency Coordinator Carlos Maldonado, UNHCR today began erecting tents at the refugee camp at Ruweished (also identified on USG maps as Ruwayshid or H-4). Poor weather conditions (rain & sandstorms) are hindering UNHCR's efforts, but Maldonado reports that the camp is re [...]	2003-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN1667	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-19 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1685	TFIZ01. JORDANIAN STREET ON THE EVE OF WAR: [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of likely coalition military action against Iraq, the mood in Jordan is resigned to war, but nevertheless very angry. Although the street is relatively quiet, EmbOffs' conversations with Jordanians on the subject of USG policy, while often beginning politely, invariab [...]	2003-03-19 16:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JO
03AMMAN1686	FOLLOW UP DEMARCHES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS ON IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Jordan is a unique case in a number of ways. Our close relationship at the most senior levels enables us to maintain a candid and forthright exchange on this specific subject -- the expulsion of Iraqi intelligence officers. ORCA has and continues to work closely on this matter. GID [...]	2003-03-19 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC JO
03AMMAN1688	DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO KING [...] (C) Following the return of King Abdullah from a 5 day trip to the UAE and Qatar late on March 18, the Ambassador on the morning of March 19 hand delivered to the King ref a letter from President Bush regarding Jordan's support in fighting terrorism. 2. (S/NF) In a subsequent meeting wi [...]	2003-03-19 18:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	OPDC PREL MASS JO
03AMMAN1695	TFIZ01: JORDAN NOT INTERESTED IN BEING PROTECTING [...] (S/NF) In his March 19 conversation with King Abdullah and GID Director Saad Kheir, the Ambassador conveyed USG concerns regarding the presence of Iraqi personnel in Jordan, and the King promised to take all necessary actions to protect American and Jordanian interests from a possible Iraqi [...]	2003-03-20 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN1699	TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 2 (3/20 1530 LOCAL) [...] (C) As of 1530 local (1330 GMT),the situation throughout Jordan is calm, and street traffic and activity is lower than normal. Several peaceful demonstrations are ongoing and others are planned for later today, however there have been no reports of any disturbances. Amman's Queen Alia Inter [...]	2003-03-20 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1701	TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 3 (3/20 2000 LOCAL) [...] (C) As of 2000 local time (1800 GMT) the situation in Jordan remains calm. A steady rain throughout the day has kept many people off the streets. A demonstration not sanctioned by the GOJ (numbering in the low hundreds) has begun at the Professional Associations Complex in the Shmeisani ar [...]	2003-03-20 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1704	TFIZ01: JORDANIAN MARKETS REACT CALMLY TO START OF [...] (sbu) We have been in touch with the finance ministry, central bank, and local bankers, and have reported in our sitreps and other messages that Jordanian financial markets have been calm, with no exceptional demand for dollars or withdrawal of deposits. There has been no pressure on foreig [...]	2003-03-21 11:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC ECON JO
03AMMAN1705	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1708	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 6 (3/22 0930 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman will remain on "standfast" through March 22. 2. (C) Finance Minister Marto told us privately that plans were in the works to raise domestic gasoline and fuel oil prices. The increase was included in the 2003 budget and an initial gasoline price increase of 25 fils/lite [...]	2003-03-22 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1716	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-22 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1718	KING'S SPEECH TO NATION UPSTAGED BY "SHOCK AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. King Abdullah's March 21 speech was largely upstaged by the televised coverage of the beginning of extensive coalition bombing. Many people we spoke with missed the beginning of the speech to watch the bombing, but most read a transcript the following day. Already very emotiona [...]	2003-03-22 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1719	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 7 (3/22 1845 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy maintained a standfast posture throughout 3/22, but will open 3/23 on a regular work schedule. However, American personnel will be limited to essential movements. 2. (C) Scattered demonstrations and protests occurred around the country today, but far fewer than yesterday. [...]	2003-03-22 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1735	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1744	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats "for security reasons and for performing actions that contradict the nature of their work as diplomats". The Minister said they would be asked to leave th [...]	2003-03-23 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO
03AMMAN1745	FONMIN MUASHER WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 CAIRO ARAB [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 23 to deliver ref points on the planned March 24 Arab League ministerial meeting in Cairo. The Ambassador asked that Jordan work to avoid statements or actions that would undermine current efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime and [...]	2003-03-23 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ AL XF JO
03AMMAN1769	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1770	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 9 (3/24 1600 LOCAL) [...] (U) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule, with consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (C) A large demonstration (3,000 students) at Amman's Jordan University on 3/23 became unruly acc [...]	2003-03-24 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC EFIN ETRD CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1774	TFIZ01: JORDAN FREEZE OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) officials have frozen Government of Iraq (GOI) assets in Jordanian banks pending resolution of the conflict in Iraq, and, in addition, are keeping a watchful eye on the Jordanian operations of the GOI-owned Rafidain Bank. Banking sector exposure to Oi [...]	2003-03-24 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN1776	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 10 (3/25 0800 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25, with Consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps Office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (U) Lufthansa representatives reported they are resuming flights to/from Amman three day [...]	2003-03-25 07:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1789	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO

03AMMAN1798	TFIZ01: KING ABDULLAH, GOJ RETRENCH IN FACE OF [...] (S) The sharp and angry public reaction to the start of war in Iraq has forced King Abdullah and the GOJ to alter their public line to deal with the public ire. In a speech by King Abdullah on March 21, a press conference the next day with the PM, FonMin and InfoMin, and official news agency [...]	2003-03-25 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1800	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 11 (3/25 1800 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25, with Consular services open. The Peace Corps office opened briefly to allow access to Jordanian staff, but activity at the American Language Center remains suspended. 2. (C) The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan confirm [...]	2003-03-25 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1803	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 12 (3/26 0800 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 26. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps remain suspended. Movements for American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. [...]	2003-03-26 06:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1805	TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN [...] (C) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage, dismay, disillusion and impotence to describe the war in Iraq. Most Jordanians, across all age groups and social classes, believe the Bush administration failed to provide legitimate just [...]	2003-03-26 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO
03AMMAN1832	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-26 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1835	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS: GOJ [...] (C) Naji Sabri's publicly released March 25 letter denouncing the GOJ's decision to expel five Iraqi diplomats (ref A),and Taha Yasin Ramadan's subsequent outburst against Jordan during a March 25 press conference (ref b),have left GOJ officials in a state of acute public discomfort as they [...]	2003-03-26 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN1842	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 13 (3/26 1915 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy continued on a normal schedule throughout March 26. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps Office remain suspended. Movements for American staff remain restricted. A freezing rain fell on Amman all day today, keeping most peop [...]	2003-03-26 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1843	TFIZ01: THAI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ PROVIDES MORE [...] (S) On March 26, Thai Ambassador to Iraq (also accredited to Jordan) Tawatchai Piyarat (please protect) invited A/DCM and A/Pol to his temporary Amman residence to discuss ongoing events in Iraq. Piyarat said that he was speaking in a personal capacity and not on instructions from Bangkok, and [...]	2003-03-27 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ TH JO
03AMMAN1844	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 14 (3/27 0900 LOCAL) [...] (U) Embassy Amman remains on a normal work schedule March 27. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps office remain suspended. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. ---------------------- GOJ Actions/Statements -------------- [...]	2003-03-27 05:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1849	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1864	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 15 (3/27 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy EAC met March 27 to discuss security measures in anticipation of significant protest activity after Friday prayers on March 28. EAC issued a "standfast" order for all non-emergency personnel for 3/28 until 1800. After 1800, unless notified differently, post posture will return t [...]	2003-03-27 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1869	TFIZOl: AMMAN SITREP 16 (3/28 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is closed March 28 and 29 for the Jordanian weekend. Given expectations for widespread demonstrations around the country, all American staff (with the exception of those who must come to the Embassy for mission-critical work) have been instructed to remain at "Standfast" unti [...]	2003-03-28 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1872	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 17 (3/28 1900 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman went off standfast at 1800 local after a mostly quiet day (see below). The movement of American staff remains restricted. The Embassy will remain closed March 29 for the regular Jordanian weekend. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issue [...]	2003-03-28 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1875	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 18 (3/29 1100 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed March 29 for the Jordanian weekend. It will open for regular business on Sunday, March 30. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy's Crisis Liaison Unit received e-mail from Task F [...]	2003-03-29 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1876	TFIZO1: REPORT FROM U.S. REPORTER EXPELLED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY - MR. NATE THAYER, A REPORTER EXPELLED FROM IRAQ, CALLED TODAY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SITUATION IN BAGHDAD. HE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT HIS COMMENTS NOT/NOT BE PROVIDED TO PRESS OR PUBLIC. SITUATION IN BAGHDAD IS CHAOTIC WITH NO ONE APPEARING TO BE IN CONTROL. MS. MARY CAP [...]	2003-03-29 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC AMGT ASEC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1880	TFIZ01: JORDANIAN STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. WE ASSESS JORDAN'S STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ TO BE REACTIVE AND CAUTIOUS, RATHER THAN INCITEFUL. REFLECTING BROAD OPPOSITION AMONG JORDANIANS TO THE WAR AND ADMIRATION FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED MEDIA HAVE ADOPTED AN EDITORIAL LINE AGAINS [...]	2003-03-29 17:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP
03AMMAN1881	TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty Jordanian oil tanker trucks have returned to Iraq to restart the delivery of Iraqi crude to Jordan. The Ambassador said he found the reports beyond comprehension. In response t [...]	2003-03-29 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO
03AMMAN1882	TFIZ01: VENTING ON THE WEB: JORDAN INTERNET USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The two major Internet providers in Jordan report a sharp upsurge in Internet use, particularly email traffic, over the past week. Technical support managers said that sophisticated software is allowing users to access and download inflammatory TV news reports, which are then g [...]	2003-03-30 07:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PREL KPAO IZ JO
03AMMAN1883	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 19 (3/30 1500 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 30. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (C) The official [...]	2003-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1885	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-30 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1898	TFIZ01: INFOMIN: SEVEN OIL TRUCKS GO TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told the Ambassador March 30 that, contrary to information reported in ref conversation with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, the GOJ had in fact sent seven oil tanker trucks to al-Qaem in Iraq (near H-1) to take delivery of some Iraqi oil. The trucks [...]	2003-03-30 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1902	REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (S) AmEmbassy Amman was placed on Authorized Departure beginning February 8, 2003 and the current extension of that status expires on April 7, 2003. Security concerns have increased since the start of the war with Iraq. GoJ authorities recently arrested Iraqis involved in a terrorist attack a [...]	2003-03-31 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC AEMR CASC JO
03AMMAN1905	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 20 (3/31 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-03-31 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1910	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1914	PROPOSED VISIT TO JORDAN BY TREASURY AUDITING TEAM [...] (C) Post learned by email from NEA that Treasury Under Secretary Taylor contacted Jordanian Finance Minister Michel SIPDIS Marto and Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Toukan regarding Treasury's interest in sending a small auditing team to Amman to learn more about the activitie [...]	2003-03-31 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN
03AMMAN1922	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 21 (3/31 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consu [...]	2003-03-31 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC PREL CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1928	TFIZO1: WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS MOSTLY PEACEFUL; [...] (C) Weekend demonstrations in Jordan's refugee camps, Amman, Irbid, Salt, Zarqa, Karak, Aqaba and Maan attracted large numbers of anti war Jordanians. Many demonstrators carried pictures of Saddam Hussein, a phenomenon that has been much less common in marches up to now, and chant "death to A [...]	2003-04-01 06:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1929	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 22 (4/01 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 1. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Cons [...]	2003-04-01 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1949	TFIZ01 THE IRAQI WAR THROUGH JORDANIAN EYES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Almost two weeks into the war, and Jordanians remain fully engrossed with the latest developments in Iraq. Although many have resumed their daily activities, a widening resentment towards the US has become virtually a universal sentiment and an accepted trut [...]	2003-04-01 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1951	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1953	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 23 (4/01 2000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule April 1. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remained suspended, and there was only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remained restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-04-01 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN EAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN1954	TFIZO1: 99 PROMINENT JORDANIANS LETTER EXHORT KING [...] (C) On March 31, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published an open letter to King Abdullah, signed by 99 prominent Jordanians, urging the King to toughen his stance against the "U.S. aggression" in Iraq. The letter's signers include former prime ministers, ministers, deputies, former intelligence o [...]	2003-04-01 17:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1955	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 24 (4/02 1000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 2. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-04-02 05:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1973	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1981	TFIZO1: 104 (LESS PROMINENT) JORDANIANS SIGN [...] (C) On April 2nd, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published a second letter addressed to King Abdullah. The letter contains one basic point -- the signatories support the King's handling of the war and his continuing efforts to stop the "aggression" against Iraq. The letter also praises the King [...]	2003-04-02 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1983	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 25 (4/02 2000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule 2 April. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there was only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consula [...]	2003-04-02 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1999	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 26 (4/03 1000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy will operate on a normal schedule April 3. Consular services will be open. Activities at the American Language Center will remain suspended. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. ------- [...]	2003-04-03 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2028	JORDANIAN ECONOMY: WELL-PREPARED, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A high state of preparedness on a number of levels has enabled the Jordanian economy to thus far weather the war with few dislocations. However, the expectations that have shaped the current economic stability factored in a nonprotracted and a relatively--at least for Jordan-- [...]	2003-04-03 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN2029	TFIZ01: PM ABUL RAGHEB CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb convoked the Ambassador April 3 to deliver a message on Iraq. Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher was present, and PolCouns accompanied the Ambassador. Abul Ragheb said that Jordan opposed the war and was not happy that it had started, but needed to be pragma [...]	2003-04-03 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2030	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 26 (4/03 2000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy will be closed on April 4 and 5, for the Jordanian weekend. It will open for regular business on Sunday, April 7. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. ---------------------- GOJ [...]	2003-04-03 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2032	TFIZ01: AMIDST EMOTIONS AND ANGER, A FEW CALMER [...] (C) SUMMARY. As we have reported, the anger of most Jordanians towards coalition military action against the Iraqi regime is obvious and unmistakable (reftels). However, as the war moves into its third week, we are beginning to see a "cooling off" among some of our contacts. One human right [...]	2003-04-03 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
03AMMAN2033	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 27 (4/04 1000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed April 4 for the Jordanian weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday, April 6. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) See information about AMCIT reporter in para 9 below. -- [...]	2003-04-04 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2035	JORDAN MEDIA PLAYS UP GOJ DEMARCHE AGAINST THE WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROUNDING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S THREE-DAY EFFORT TO ALIGN ITS PUBLIC STANCE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE FEELINGS OF AN ANGRY NATION, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED AND INFLUENCED MEDIA APRIL 4 PLAYED UP THE PM'S CONVOKING OF THE AMBASSADOR AS EVIDENCE THAT THE GOJ IS TAKING TANGIBLE AND MEANINGFUL [...]	2003-04-04 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO JO IZ
03AMMAN2044	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 28 (4/05 1000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed April 5 for the Jordanian weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday, April 6. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) Nothing new to report. ---------------------- GOJ Actions [...]	2003-04-05 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2068	TFIZ01: ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY PONDERS IRAQ'S [...] (c) Business community leaders in Zarqa, Jordan's industrial center, are hopeful that a post-war Iraq will open numerous new business opportunities for Jordanian companies. They fear, though, that Iraq's diverse social structure makes the country vulnerable to collapse into internecine warfar [...]	2003-04-06 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2072	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 29 (4/06 1730 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 6. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2083	TFIZO1: ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PEACEFUL COUNTRYWIDE [...] (C) Several demonstrations ranging in the hundreds to the low thousands again took place throughout Jordan after Friday prayers on April 4. Press reports said the continuation of images of the destruction and civilian Iraqi deaths on Jordanians' television screens motivates the demonstrators. [...]	2003-04-07 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2098	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 30 (4/07 1530 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 7. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Please n [...]	2003-04-07 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2117	TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher April 8 continued U.S. concerns over the unbalanced coverage in the Jordanian media of events in Iraq. MFA Officer Samer Dabbas and PolCouns also sat in. The Ambassador cited for Muasher several examples of factually incorrect [...]	2003-04-08 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2128	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2131	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 31 (4/08 1700 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 8. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (S) The Ambassa [...]	2003-04-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2132	IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...]	2003-04-08 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03AMMAN2155	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2159	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 32 (4/09 1730 LOCAL) [...] (C) At approximately 2245 April 8, an Embassy TDYer was shot at and slightly injured by unknown assailants near the Le Royal Hotel in Amman. Immediately following this incident the Embassy issued a phone tree message to both American and Jordanian staff notifying them of what had occurred and [...]	2003-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2179	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2194	UN FLASH APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN IRAQ [...] (U) As requested ref, refcoord contacted UN Resident Coordinator Christine McNab to ensure that UN officials in Jordan have raised the UN flash appeal with GOJ officials. McNab said that UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq Ramiro Lopes da Silva will be in Jordan April 11-13 and will brief se [...]	2003-04-10 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN2196	TF1Z01: JORDAN TELECOM REGULATOR NIJEM ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muna Nijem, the head of the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) concluded a week of meetings recently in Washington with FTC, DOS, and World Bank officials in which she emphasized her commitment to make the TRC, with USG assistance, the strong body the sect [...]	2003-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON JO
03AMMAN2204	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 33 (4/10 1845 LOCAL) [...] (C) Most Jordanians are still sorting through the complex emotions unleashed by the events of the past 24 hours in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq. Many appear in a state of shock that Saddam's rule collapsed so quickly, depressed that "once again the Arabs have lost," and uncomfortable with the [...]	2003-04-10 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2205	TFIZ01: JORDANIANS DAZED AND CONFUSED OVER HOW TO [...] (C) The day after Saddam's statue crashed down in Fardous Square in Baghdad, Jordanians are mostly confused and unsure how to react, especially in front of Americans. Many tell us they are stunned that Baghdad "fell so easily" to the "invaders." The most cynical -- yet heartfelt-- remark is [...]	2003-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2206	FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S [...] (S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told PolCouns that King Abdullah and Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb have mis-handled their public approach to the war in Iraq. Majali said that the King and PM have "only an eco [...]	2003-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN2208	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 34 (4/11 1630 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman was closed for the first day of the local weekend on April 11, and will be closed for the second day of the weekend on April 12. American staff movements remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Absent any significant events, Embassy Amman will take Saturday, April 12 off. Our next [...]	2003-04-12 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2231	TFIZ01: LOCAL EXPORTERS FACE LOSSES FROM [...] (c) Summary: While the government meets with business leaders to formulate a plan to mitigate the economic costs of war in Iraq, local businesses are beginning to feel the squeeze from the inability of the evaporating Saddam regime to pay its bills. Local exporters worry that a new Iraqi g [...]	2003-04-13 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN2233	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 35 (4/13 1745 LOCAL) [...] (C) Amman was calm throughout the weekend. We did not hear reports of significant demonstrations or protests anywhere in the country. 2. (SBU) The Embassy opened April 13 for normal business. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps offices remain suspended. Movement [...]	2003-04-13 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2234	TFIZ01: JORDAN WILL PROTECT IRAQI DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) PolCouns on April 13 delivered ref points on the protection of Iraqi diplomatic property to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Al-Ayed said Jordan had already taken steps to protect the Iraqi Embassy in Jordan even though no threat had yet arisen. GOJ of [...]	2003-04-13 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2240	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2255	TFIZ01: ROYAL JORDANIAN INTEREST IN IRAQ CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) indicates its availability to help Iraqi Airways or a successor Iraqi airline begin operations as quickly as possible. RJ, which has long experience in Iraq, is ready to operate flights on behalf of Iraqi Airways and/or provide technical, training [...]	2003-04-14 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN2259	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 36 (4/14 1700 LOCAL) [...] (C) Amman and the rest of Jordan is calm. No reports of any demonstrations anywhere in the Kingdom April 14. Embassy operated on a normal business schedule today. Movements of American personnel remain restricted. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps offices remain su [...]	2003-04-14 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2294	TFIZ01: WHY JORDANIANS OPPOSE A ROLE FOR AHMED [...] (S) Both the official and popular reaction in Jordan to the return to Iraq of Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmed Chalabi has been sharply negative. Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador that a Chalabi role in Iraq would cause "serious problems" for Jordan. Press and popular [...]	2003-04-15 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KCRM PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2321	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND U.S.-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2331	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 37 (4/16 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy staff are allowed greater freedom of movement although restrictions are still in place. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (SBU) On April 16 ICRC contacted Embassy to report an AMCIT in Baghdad had approached their office there with a request that he be retu [...]	2003-04-17 04:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2354	TFIZ01: JORDAN WILL NOT PERMIT ENTRY TO FLEEING [...] (S) Ambassador April 17 covered ref points on fleeing Iraqi officials with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador asked that Jordan not permit fleeing Iraqi officials entry into Jordan, and asked that the GOJ inform the USG if Jordan received any information about the travel of fo [...]	2003-04-17 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2363	TFIZ01: DISBURSAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AID TO JORDAN [...] (s) Summary. With preliminary assessment of the political and economic impact of the war in Iraq revealing substantially greater costs than foreseen last year, senior leadership of the Jordanian government, including King Abdullah himself, have urged prompt disbursal of the recently appropr [...]	2003-04-18 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2367	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION, [...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil was now flowing into Jordan to replace Iraqi crude. Jordanian reserves had dipped initially when Iraqi oil stopped flowing, but had since stabilized and were expected to replenish soo [...]	2003-04-20 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN2372	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2374	TFIZ01: OFAC LICENSE REQUEST DENIAL LETTER [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) As per instructions REF, econoff delivered letter to Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA),on April 16. The letter, a copy of which was provided t [...]	2003-04-20 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL JO
03AMMAN2394	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 11:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2427	950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR [...] (C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on April 22, 950 people (roughly 800 Iranian Kurds, 50 Iranian oppositionists and 100 Palestinians) are being held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts, where they [...]	2003-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN244	MIXED SIGNALS OUT OF AQABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, impressive progress in a number of areas in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ),much of it due to US Government support, is evident. However, in areas in which USAID assistance has not been deployed, significant obstacles remain, such as an inefficient b [...]	2003-01-13 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREF KPAL JO
03AMMAN2447	TFIZ01: HEAD OF BENI HASSAN TRIBE IN JORDAN SAYS [...] (S) Sheikh Nawwaf al-Eitan, head of the Beni Hassan tribe in Jordan, contacted PolCouns April 17 to say that the head of the Beni Hassan tribe in Iraq would like to cooperate with Coalition forces. Sheikh Nawwaf said that Sheikh Hatem al-Hassan, leader of the Beni Hassan in Iraq, called this [...]	2003-04-23 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN245	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2467	TFIZ01:TRACKING IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (s) The GOJ has agreed to receive a small team of U.S. Treasury experts. Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb told the Ambassador on April 23 that Central Bank Governor Umayya Toukan would cooperate and work closely with the team to the extent consistent with Jordanian law. Abu Ragheb stressed tha [...]	2003-04-24 07:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ETTC JO IZ UNSC
03AMMAN2486	STOPPING FLEEING IRAQI LEADERSHIP FROM ENTERING [...] (S) PolCouns on April 23 passed reftel list of senior former Iraqi officials to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayed said he would pass the list to the proper authorities. 2. (S/NF) ORCA will also pass the list in its channels. GNEHM [...]	2003-04-24 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2505	IRANIAN DEPUTY FONMIN IN AMMAN TALKS IRAQ, PEACE [...] (SBU) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Sayed Mohammed Sadr, visited Amman April 23. He met with King Abdullah -- for whom he carried a message from President Khatami -- and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The official press releases following the meetings (ref [...]	2003-04-28 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IR JO
03AMMAN2528	IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING [...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...]	2003-04-29 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN253	JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...]	2003-01-13 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA
03AMMAN2562	JORDAN: TRADING WITH IRAQ [...] (sbu) The following responses to the questions asked ref A are based on our ongoing dialogue with Jordanian officials and business leaders on their business and trade relationships with Iraq. Refs B and C are recent reports on these issues. 2. (sbu) Jordan was not one of the countries [...]	2003-04-30 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO IZ
03AMMAN2616	IRAQI "SOUVENIR" CAUSE OF FATAL EXPLOSION AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An explosive device apparently picked up in Iraq as a souvenir by a Japanese photo-journalist detonated at Queen Alia International Airport during examination by a security guard May 1, killing the guard and injuring five others. The photographer remains incarcerated by Jordan [...]	2003-05-04 13:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN2626	PALESTINIANS IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The estimated 90,000 long-term Palestinian residents of Iraq reportedly are losing the legal protection, privileges and access to government services extended by the Saddam government, resulting in a flow of more than 800 Palestinians toward Jordan since the onset of [...]	2003-05-04 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2678	MEDIA REACTION ON ROAD MAP, ALTERNATIVE PALESTINIAN HOMELAND IN JORDAN, IRAQ, SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2716	JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES [...] (C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives and by-products an average of four to eight per cent effective May 7, 2003. Finance Minister Marto and other senior officials confirmed publicly and privately that this was the first installment in a plan to raise consumer prices of petr [...]	2003-05-07 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
03AMMAN2717	JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES [...] (C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives and by-products an average of four to eight per cent effective May 7, 2003. Finance Minister Marto and other senior officials confirmed publicly and privately that this was the first installment in a plan to raise consumer prices of petr [...]	2003-05-07 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
03AMMAN2775	IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION UNDER JORDANIAN LAW [...] (c) Embassy has consulted with Trade Ministry and Foreign Ministry officials to obtain answers to reftel questions regarding sanctions implementation. Answers keyed to reftel questions: -- UNSCR 661 was implemented in Jordan by Prime Ministerial decree. Within the context of the sanctio [...]	2003-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2871	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON REORGANIZATION OF [...] (SBU) On May 14, A/DCM conveyed ref A points to Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took down all the information without offering any substantive comment. 2. (C) On May 15, al-Ayed contacted A/Polcouns inquiring how the information on the reorganized Iraqi MFA rela [...]	2003-05-15 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2884	VISA CARD OFFICIAL SEEKS CONTACTS IN BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Visa Jordan, a subsidiary of Visa International, has sent a staff member to Baghdad to work with Iraqi businesses to enable them to accept Visa credit and debit card payments. Under the system, a limited number of Iraqi businesses would be able to accept such payments, authorization w [...]	2003-05-18 10:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAID AMGT JO IZ
03AMMAN2935	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON REORGANIZATION OF [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Muasher May 19 during a meeting that covered a number of issues (other topics reported septels). (Note: A/DCM had previously delivered the same message to Muasher's personal assistant, Ali Al-Ayed on May 14 (ref B)). 2. (C) Mu [...]	2003-05-19 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2998	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS IRAQ SUPPORT EFFORTS [...] (u) The Jordan-American Business Association is putting together a program to support efforts by Jordanian companies to assist in Iraq reconstruction efforts. The centerpiece of the plan, which envisions a host of activities both to get Jordanian companies into Iraq and to sell Jordan as a [...]	2003-05-21 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3047	SCENESETTER FOR CDR, CENTCOM GENERAL FRANKS' MAY [...] (C) GENERAL FRANKS: WELCOME BACK TO JORDAN. YOUR VISIT PROVIDES AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF JORDAN FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, CONGRATULATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS ON HIS RECENT PROMOTION TO GENERAL, [...]	2003-05-22 09:18:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM MASS JO
03AMMAN3050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 10:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3055	JORDAN TELECOM EXPLORING IRAQI MARKET OPTIONS [...] (sbu) Summary: Senior management staff from Jordan Telecom called on ECONOFF May 15 to inquire about commercial opportunities for provision of mobile telecoms service in Iraq and to ask for requirements and procedures for importing telecoms equipment into Iraq on a commercial basis. JTC see [...]	2003-05-22 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3078	JORDAN ELECTION MISCELLANY: END OF WEEK ONE [...] (U) At the end of the May 18-20 registration period, 821 candidates had registered nationwide for the 110 Lower House seats to be contested. In a move that surprised few, the Amman governor and the head of the elections committee rejected Toujan Faisal's application for participation in the P [...]	2003-05-22 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO

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
03AMMAN3175	FY-03 MRP: "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND THE GLOBAL [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO IRAQI CANDIDATES, MS. NISREN KAZIMI, MULTI-MEDIA GRAPHICS DESIGNER, AND MS. WAFA AL-DADA, WEBSITE DESIGNER AND E- COMMERCE EXPERT, RUBICON-JORDAN TECHNOLOGY GROUP. FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ALLOCATED FROM A SPECIAL FUND FOR IRAQI CANDIDATES. F [...]	2003-06-01 07:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3308	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested ref a, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) humanitarian assistance project for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided ref a. A. On May 1 [...]	2003-06-05 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO
03AMMAN3309	FACILITATING THE WORK OF IRAQ INSPECTION TEAMS IN [...] Embassy Amman welcomes the visit of an Iraqi MFA inspection team to Amman and will be happy to facilitate the work of the team, in coordination with the UK Embassy in Amman. Post will name a specific liaison officer for the Iraqi MFA team when we have specific travel dates to Amman, given th [...]	2003-06-04 17:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN3310	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S LEGAL AND SOCIAL [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested reftel, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) legal and social protection project on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided reftel. A. On May 13, refcoord and Embassy Beir [...]	2003-06-05 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO
03AMMAN3332	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) FBI Director Robert Mueller met June 1 with Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador, Mueller's Special Assistant Solomon, Executive Assistant Director D'Amuro, LEGATT, and PolCouns accompanied Mueller. Muasher's Personal Assistant Ali al-Ayed and MFA Legal Advisor Same [...]	2003-06-08 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL CJAN PGOV JO
03AMMAN3365	TRAVEL OF NEA ADVANCE TEAM FOR WORLD ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance to State/NEA personnel Gary Grappo, Amy Schedlbauer, Jessica Davies and Sonia Franceski to Amman, Jordan from o/a June 10 to o/a June 25, 2003. Purpose of the trip is to assist in coordinating and preparing for USG participation in the World Economic For [...]	2003-06-09 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OTRA ECON AMGT JO POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN3420	ZARQA ELECTION PRIMER [...] (c) Summary: Mohammed Arsalan, a long-time Embassy contact and candidate for the "Chechen" seat representing Zarqa in the new parliament, spoke with econoff at some length about the election process (Byzantine),his chances (good),and the primary concerns of the Zarqa constituency (surpris [...]	2003-06-10 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO INRB
03AMMAN3455	IN ABSENCE OF IRAQI EMBASSY, IRAQIS IN JORDAN SEEK [...] This is an action request; see para 4. 2. Embassy Amman's front gate receptionist reports that 10 to 15 Iraqi nationals per day are approaching the embassy to seek assistance, primarily on Iraqi citizen service issues. The Iraqis explain that without a functioning Iraqi embassy in Amman, [...]	2003-06-04 17:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF IZ JO
03AMMAN3456	JORDAN IRAQ CONFERENCE SENDS NEEDED MESSAGE [...] (sbu) Summary: The June 5 "Doing Business With Iraq" conference organized by four leading Jordanian business associations left local businessmen better informed and better prepared to take advantage of opportunities. Despite a vocal minority of "old economy" businessmen who grilled U.S. sp [...]	2003-06-11 07:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3514	IRAQ'S PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIALISTS LOOK FOR LEG [...] (u) Summary: In a meeting with econoff hosted by the local AmCham, a visiting delegation from the Iraq Federation of Industries requested a meeting with CPA Chief Ambassador Bremer, and sought support for the establishment of a joint US-Jordanian-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce. Federation Board [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3515	REPATRIATION OF IRAQIS: VIEWS FROM JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the GOJ, between 22,000 and 23,000 Iraqis have returned voluntarily from Jordan since hostilities began. Neither UNHCR nor the GOJ is pushing for the quick return of the 250,000 to 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan; both want to wait until security conditions improv [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3555	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3654	BAD NEWS FOR RJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gnehm followed up with Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Majali on recent Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visits and meetings in Washington between RJ officials and DAS John Byerly. The Ambassador stressed to Majali the importance of taking seriously TS [...]	2003-06-19 08:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD JO
03AMMAN3829	GOJ INQUIRES RE STATUS OF OFF CONTRACTS [...] (u) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (u) On June 24, Ambassador received a letter dated June 18 from Minister of Industry and Trade Salah Eddin al Bashir inquiring about the status of pending OFF contracts and requesting USG assistance in resolving outstanding claims. Text of l [...]	2003-06-26 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN3838	PA AMMAN'S WEF COVERAGE [...] Summary: The June 21-23 Extraordinary Meeting of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea provided the USG an unprecedented opportunity to highlight for much of the world's media -- and, in particular, the usually ultra-critical Arab satellite TV channels -- positive messages and new foreig [...]	2003-06-26 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECON OVIP JO
03AMMAN3878	JORDAN OFFERS FOOD SAFETY HELP ON IRAQ IMPORTS [...] (u) In mid-June, Jordanian and Iraqi businesspeople purchased on the high seas a shipment of 4,652 tons of Brazilian frozen chicken for import to Iraq through Jordan. The same shipment had previously been rejected by Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen for health and safety reasons due to a problem w [...]	2003-06-29 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN3880	JORDAN SUPPORTS INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador and PolCouns June 26 delivered to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher ref points asking that Jordan encourage Indian participation in an Iraqi stabilization force. Muasher noted that Jordan and India had already agreed to adopt jointly a small number of hospitals in Iraq. He said [...]	2003-06-29 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IN JO
03AMMAN3891	JORDAN-BASED COMPANY WORRIED ABOUT IRAQI SUBSIDIARY [...] (SBU) Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA) met with Econoff June 29 to express concern regarding ACDIMA's Iraq-based subsidiary Arab Company for Antibiotics Industries (ACAI). Haddadin said he was concerned about the securi [...]	2003-06-29 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3904	IRAQI MFA INSPECTION TEAM TO RECOMMEND REOPENING [...] (S) PolCouns met June 26 with the members of the Iraqi MFA's inspection team, Amb. Zaid Noori and Abdul Baqi Ismail Ali (ref). Noori said that they had no trouble getting into the Iraqi Embassy in Amman on June 25 and had found the morale of the Iraqi staff quite high, "since all the intell [...]	2003-06-30 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN3947	IRAQI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JORDAN MEETS CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with CPA advisors visiting Jordan, a group of Amman-based Iraqi business people said that they controlled substantial capital and technical resources that they wanted to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq. In order to facilitate communication with the auth [...]	2003-07-01 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN4001	2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited UNHCR refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and in Ruweished, Jordan. Combined population for the two camps remains near 2,200: 1,200 Iranian Kurds from Al Tash refugee camp an [...]	2003-07-02 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN4023	AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR SERVICE [...] (SBU) We understand that CPA is planning to reopen Baghdad International Airport to limited commercial air service around July 15 and that it is currently analyzing requests to provide air service in and out of Baghdad. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali, who recently met with C [...]	2003-07-02 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN4098	JORDANIAN ACTION ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] Summary. According to a senior Jordanian finance ministry official, the GOJ -- using an April 24 law under which the GOJ took ownership of $463 million in funds frozen in Iraqi bank accounts -- is working hard to reimburse private Jordanians who have submitted claims for unpaid deliveries of [...]	2003-07-07 07:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN4157	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-09 19:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4185	JORDAN/SINGAPORE: US FTA PARTNERS LINK UP? [...] (u) This is a joint Embassy Singapor/Embassy Amman cable. 2. (sbu) Summary: Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo passed King Abdullah a letter from Prime Minister Goh Chok Yong on the margins of the World Economic Forum proposing a Free Trade Agreement between Jordan and Singapore. Jord [...]	2003-07-10 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PREL SN JO
03AMMAN4194	PHRMA GROUP FORMS TO SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of Amman-based reps of multinational pharmaceutical companies, facilitated by the regional office of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),is forming a working group to provide recommendations to Iraqi authorities on establishing a pharmaceutica [...]	2003-07-10 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR JO IZ
03AMMAN4233	JORDANIANS FEELING UPBEAT, FOR A CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan is currently on a high: the war in Iraq is over, parliamentary elections succeeded, the World Economic Forum was a shot in the arm, there is movement on the roadmap, the stock market is up, foreign debt is down, and Jordan's credit rating was just upgraded. The private [...]	2003-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4247	JORDAN SEEKS TO SECURE SUPPLY OF IRAQI OIL [...] (C) During a 9 July meeting, Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher raised with Ambassador the status of a proposed trip to Baghdad by a Jordanian interministerial team. The purpose of the visit would be to follow-up at a technical level on a conversation Industry & Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir had wi [...]	2003-07-10 18:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4249	ON TO BAGHDAD: JORDAN-IRAQ CIVAIR AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director Hanna Najjar signed a Letter of Agreement July 10 regarding air traffic control and airway establishment between Jordan and Iraq. While communications and service issues have yet to be ironed out, the LOA paves the way for resump [...]	2003-07-11 06:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD JO
03AMMAN4256	BILATERAL TRADE AGENDA WITH JORDAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gnehm called on Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir July 1 to keep up the momentum on bilateral trade issues discussed with AUSTR Cathy Novelli during the recent World Economic Forum meetings in Jordan (ref). Bashir also mentioned follow-up on Jordan-Israel- Palestine and Jordan [...]	2003-07-13 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP JO IZ
03AMMAN4306	Some Kurds on Jordan's Border Return to Iraq; [...] (U) This is a joint report from Amman and Cairo refcoords and contains an action request in para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Amman and Cairo refcoords traveled to the Jordanian-Iraqi border July 8 to meet with Iranian Kurds who seek resettlement in a third country. UNHCR rep [...]	2003-07-14 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4307	IRAQ ASSETS: JORDAN TO LOOK FOR/FREEZE ASSETS OF 55 [...] (sbu) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Mohammad Said Shahin told ECON/C that the CBJ would circularize to commercial banks the list of 55 names of individuals whose assets must be frozen pursuant to UNSCR 1483. Banks would be instructed to freeze any such assets and report to th [...]	2003-07-14 12:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN4352	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4361	JORDAN WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNING [...] (U) Charge and PolCouns presented ref a points on formation of the Iraqi Governing Council July 15 to Ali al-Ayed, the new Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. Charge emphasized that the formation of the Council is [...]	2003-07-15 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN4389	JORDANIAN FM MUASHER AND RUSSIAN FM IVANOV DISCUSS [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns met July 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. In addition to discussions on the formation of the Iraqi Governing Council (reported ref a),Ayed gave a read-out on Muasher's [...]	2003-07-16 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN4404	GOJ CALLS FOR END TO ADMIN FEES AT TREBIL BORDER [...] (sbu) Jordanian Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah sent a letter to the Ambassador July 13 to voice concern over administrative processing fees imposed at the Trebil border crossing. Text of letter follows: 2. (sbu) Begin text: (complimentary opening) Kindly note that we have b [...]	2003-07-16 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PBTS IZ JO
03AMMAN4420	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4441	JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE [...] The following is an Embassy translation of a commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language magazine now on the stands in Jordan, that appeared in the independent, mass appeal Arabic language daily, "Al Arab Al Yawm.". Begin Embassy Translation: . "HI: Connection or Communication? T [...]	2003-07-20 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
03AMMAN4450	PRM A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN AND IRAQI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16-17 visit to Jordan, PRM A/S Dewey met with the Director-General of the GOJ's Department of Palestinian Affairs and the Camp Improvement Committee at Wihdat refugee camp, visited UNRWA installations and met with UNRWA Deputy ComGen Karen AbuZayd. The Palestini [...]	2003-07-20 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO
03AMMAN4477	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4534	GOJ APPROACHES CITIGROUP RE TRADE FACILITATION [...] (sbu) During a July 22 courtesy call, Planning Minister Awadallah passed Charge a copy of a letter from the GOJ to Citibank Jordan GM Suhair al Ali proposing the establishment of a trade facilitation mechanism that would protect L/C's written for Jordan-Iraq commercial trade. Awadallah said [...]	2003-07-23 06:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4577	BIOS FOR NEW JORDANIAN CABINET MINISTERS [...] (U) The official Jordanian news agency, Petra, announced 21 July the release of a royal decree approving the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Five ministers from the old cabinet have been removed, and eight new figures have been brought in. Of the newcomers, former jailed [...]	2003-07-24 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN4588	IRAQI MOBILE TENDER CONFERENCE SET FOR AMMAN [...] Action recommendation at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq (CPA) announced July 21 that a bidders' conference for companies with an interest in a recently-issued mobile telecom services tender in Iraq would be held in Amman July 31. The tender, which will be [...]	2003-07-24 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4590	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4650	GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Baghdad July 24 to open discussions with Iraqi counterparts concerning resumption of crude exports from Iraq to Jordan. The two sides held exploratory discussio [...]	2003-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4713	JORDANIAN STOCK OF ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (u) Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with humanitarian and other assistance for Iraq in the months following the end of major combat operations. As requested ref (a),below is an illustrative (but we believe not an exhaustive) list of material assistance provided to Iraq by the GOJ. I [...]	2003-07-29 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN4725	JORDAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: ASSET FREEZES [...] (u) As noted SEPTEL, Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with material assistance for aid and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. SEPTEL outlines Jordanian assistance in this regard, as requested ref (a). Ref (a) also requested information regarding frozen Iraqi assets. Unfortunately, the ne [...]	2003-07-29 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4733	JORDAN SUPPORTS IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL, TRYING TO [...] (C) PolCouns on July 28 raised ref a points on supporting the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) with Samer Dabbas, Iraq action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Dabbas listened carefully to the points, noting especially the comments of UNSYG Annan in support of the GC. He noted that Jo [...]	2003-07-30 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL IZ JO
03AMMAN4735	SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Aqaba summit and the Dead Sea WEF conference have generated new hopes for expanded economic activity between Jordan, Israel and -- to a lesser extent -- the West Bank/Gaza. Jordan is particularly em [...]	2003-07-30 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IS JO
03AMMAN4807	SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...]	2003-08-03 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN4831	CPA SENIOR HEALTH ADVISOR HAVEMAN'S VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (sbu) Summary: CPA Senior Health Sector Advisor Jim Haveman and a team of CPA staff visited Amman July 28-29 on a fact-finding and appeal tour. During meetings with an array of local and international groups, Haveman described current conditions in the Iraqi health sector, elicited outside [...]	2003-08-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4908	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel oral message via telcon on August 4 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who was in Kuwait on official business. Ambassador stressed the need for Jordanian help in steering the Arab League to support the Iraqi Governing Council and Palestinian PM Abbas. Muasher [...]	2003-08-05 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ AL JO
03AMMAN4929	JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2003-08-06 07:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
03AMMAN4931	CPA Iraqi Mobile Telecom Tender Conference [...] (U) SUMMARY: CPA telecommunications officials held a conference in Amman July 31 for prospective bidders on licenses to provide mobile telecommunication services in Iraq, attracting over 400 participants. During the conference, attendees expressed frustration over the short bid submission pe [...]	2003-08-06 08:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS JO ENV
03AMMAN5025	SKIES CLEARING FOR RJ? [...] (SBU) COMMENT: Royal Jordanian Airline officials have apparently taken on board strong messages regarding airline security, service to Iraq, and other issues delivered by the Ambassador June 16 (REF B). A successful visit by a follow-up TSA inspection team and an informal discussion between R [...]	2003-08-10 10:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5067	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5100	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5186	JORDAN'S OIL SUPPLY NEEDS [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Oil Ministry believes that Kuwait has agreed to continue supplying Jordan with 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day through September, with Kuwait refining the crude on behalf of Jordan. Along with the 50,000 bpd Saudi oil grant -- which the Jordanians expect to c [...]	2003-08-14 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN5188	A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM ABUL RAGHEB AND [...] (S) In separate meetings with PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher August 13, A/S Burns expressed condolences for the bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and pledged continued USG support in the investigation. Muasher characterized the recent Arab League (AL) meeting in Cairo as "posit [...]	2003-08-14 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS ASEC EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN5232	CPA TELECOM TEAM RECEIVES OFFERS OF HELP FROM GOJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The CPA telecommunications team met with the Jordanian Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Minister of Planning and a representative from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission(TRC) on July 30. Discussion with GOJ officials centered around partnerships [...]	2003-08-18 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID JO CPA
03AMMAN5245	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S [...] (U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Despite this support, many MPs criticized the prime minister's cabinet and agenda during the five days of debate that preceded the vote. In the end, Abul Rag [...]	2003-08-19 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL JO
03AMMAN5257	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS IRAQI GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Dr. Mowaffak Al Rubaie met with Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb on August 19 in Amman to discuss bilateral issues. Dr. Al Rubaie characterized their talks as "very positive" and said that Abul Ragheb promised that the GOJ would continue to receiv [...]	2003-08-19 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5329	GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...] (U) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a statement condemning the "criminal and cowardly act" and expressing hope that it would not delay achieving the goals of security and stability in Iraq. The stat [...]	2003-08-21 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5336	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS USE PARLIAMENTARY PLATFORM TO [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF),political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, bounded onto the political scene in Jordan this month after boycotting the political process since 1997. Relishing its newfound legitimate voice in the Jordanian Parliament, the IAF aired longstanding griev [...]	2003-08-21 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
03AMMAN5378	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5491	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT [...] (S/NF) Expressing appreciation for Jordan's cooperation in tracking Iraqi assets, the Charge explained to Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb August 28 that the investigation had reached a stage where more specific information was needed about individual accounts, companies and methods. He presse [...]	2003-08-28 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5497	JORDAN TO WORK WITH, BUT NOT "RECOGNIZE," IRAQI [...] (C) Speaking to a visiting delegation of Iraqi Governing Council members August 25, PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher pledged to work with the GC, but said formal recognition would be premature. Both urged the GC to work to expand ties with Iraq's neighbors, and said they hoped the GC was th [...]	2003-08-28 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN5499	JORDAN MAY IMPLEMENT STRICT CONTROLS ON ENTRY OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb told Charge and EconCouns August 28 that the GOJ is actively considering a considerable tightening of controls on Iraqis entering Jordan, including the possibility of a new visa requirement. Abul Ragheb said that Jordan was very concerned about the authenti [...]	2003-08-28 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN5501	PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ, [...] (S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a border incursion. Bashar professed readiness to resolve these issues, and to support the Iraqi Governing Council (GC). END SUMMARY ------------------------------------- [...]	2003-08-28 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO
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
03AMMAN5540	JORDAN'S NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ON PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting with Emboffs and visiting Congressional staff, Public Security Directorate (PSD) Director General Tahseen Shurdom cited training and equipment as his fiscal priorities. He reiterated his government,s willingness to train Iraqi police officers and showed [...]	2003-09-02 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO
03AMMAN5550	JORDAN ALLOWS 386 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE UNHCR [...] (C) Summary and comment: On August 24, the GOJ allowed 386 Palestinians (Palestinian-Jordanian women, plus their Palestinian-Iraqi families) to leave the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished and reside permanently in Jordan. While announcing the decision, GOJ officials stated that the refugee fi [...]	2003-09-02 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN5596	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) PolCouns on September 3 covered ref points on Iraq and the roadmap with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. On Iraq, PolCouns thanked the GOJ for its recent public reception of an Iraqi Governing Council (GC) delegation and encouraged the GOJ to continue t [...]	2003-09-03 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN5600	JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MADRID IRAQ DONORS [...] (sbu) Summary. Confirming that Jordan is committed to providing technical and cooperative assistance to Iraqi ministries, Planning Minister Awadallah asked us for U.S. help in securing an invitation for Jordan to the October 23-24 donors' conference in Madrid. In addition, Jordan has four [...]	2003-09-03 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN5620	PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, met with King Abdallah, Senate President Zaid Al-Rifa'i, and several Jordanian academics and political activists to discuss Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's domestic [...]	2003-09-04 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5623	NEPHEW OF SLAIN IRAQI SHIA CLERIC AL-KHOEI SEEKS [...] (C) Iraqi Shia cleric Sayed Jawad al-Khoei (nephew of Sayed Abd al-Majid al-Khoei, who was assassinated in Najaf on April 10) and Ghanim Jawad from the London-based al-Khoei Foundation called on PolCouns September 2. Al-Khoei said that the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from Iraq [...]	2003-09-04 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
03AMMAN5663	GOJ REQUESTS STATUS REPORT ON JORDANIAN PRISONERS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Jordan's MFA sent to the Embassy on August 28 a diplomatic note requesting a status report on Jordanian prisoners and detainees held in Iraqi jails. 3. (SBU) Begin text of note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its complime [...]	2003-09-04 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN5664	IRAQI MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH GOJ RESTARTING [...] (C) Susan Johnson, Senior Advisor to the MFA in Baghdad, and two Iraqi MFA officials visited Amman from August 15 to 20 to meet with GOJ MFA officials, officials at the Iraqi Embassy, and visit the Jordan-Iraq border area. The purpose of the visit was to pave the way for resumption of Iraqi c [...]	2003-09-04 15:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN5698	BAGHDAD BASED IRAQIS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL [...] (C) PolOff discussed with two Baghdad based Iraqis what their lives in Iraq are like post-Saddam, Iraqi expectations vs. current realities, the lack of security and basic services, and observations on how the U.S. can ensure stability, democracy and prosperity in Iraq. Among their chief concer [...]	2003-09-07 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5764	PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO [...] (C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please the Jordanians. First, it asks that Iraqis come up with a timetable for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Senior Jordanian officials have repeatedly encouraged the coalition t [...]	2003-09-09 08:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN5765	PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO [...] (C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please the Jordanians. First, it asks that Iraqis come up with a timetable for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Senior Jordanian officials have repeatedly encouraged the coalition t [...]	2003-09-09 08:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN5766	GROUP OF JORDANIAN MP'S ASKS GOVERNMENT TO OPPOSE [...] (U) Thirty two members of the lower house of the Jordanian Parliament (MPs) have sent a petition to the government asking that Jordan oppose the seating of "representatives of American occupation" -- that is, the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) -- at the upcoming Arab League (AL) Ministerial me [...]	2003-09-09 08:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN5798	ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS NETWORK: READY FOR PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) hosted the first preparatory meeting for the Arab Telecommunications Regulators Network (ATRN) on August 28-29 in Amman, Jordan. Delegates from twelve countries created a permanent Secretariat and produced a series [...]	2003-09-10 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECPS KMPI JO
03AMMAN5889	CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CPA officials have informally sought Embassy Amman's assistance in determining the status and timely return to Iraqi government control of seven airplanes of probable Iraqi government ownership currently known to be located in Jordan. Post was able to take a close look at six [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5890	TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN: NEW HACC CHARTER [...] (U) Post has received multiple inquiries about travel to Iraq by way of Jordan, and is in planning stages for the creation of a logistics center to assist USG personnel transiting Jordan en route to Iraq. As this logistics center is not yet operational, the Embassy wishes to supply he Departm [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN5901	KING ABDULLAH VISITS IRAN [...] (U) King Abdullah visited Tehran September 2-3 in what President Khatami termed &a significant turning point in relations.8 Local and regional media sources referred to the visit as &landmark8 and &a new chapter in bilateral relations.8 Accompanied by Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and several [...]	2003-09-14 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR JO
03AMMAN5940	JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER [...] (U) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security court formally charged 15 individuals with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets worldwide, according to press reports on September 13. Military [...]	2003-09-15 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5947	JORANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT [...] (S/NF) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Mohamed Said Shahin phoned ECON/C September 15 with the following bank account information for companies suspected of being linked to Uday Hussein (refs b and c). Shahin said he was acting on the instructions of CBJ Governor Toukan at the [...]	2003-09-16 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5965	UNINTENDED BUT EFFECTIVE CLOSURE OF JORDAN-IRAQ [...] (S) U.S. military units on the Jordan-Iraq border unintentionally but effectively closed the border to Iraq-bound traffic on September 15. GOJ MFA and security officials queried the Embassy, seeking an explanation. Embassy officers contacted U.S. military command units in Iraq, who indicate [...]	2003-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5971	GOJ CALLS U.S.-JORDAN-IRAQI FRATRICIDE INCIDENT AT [...] (U) Acting PM Faris Nabulsi stated that the September 12 U.S.-Jordan-Iraqi fratricide incident at Falluja, was "unintentional" and would not deter the GOJ from its commitment to assist the Iraqi people. In that incident at the Jordanian military hospital, a Jordanian sergeant was killed, and [...]	2003-09-16 16:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6028	GOJ PLANS TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Habashneh informed UNHCR on Sept. 8 that the GOJ intends to close the Ruweished refugee camp and transfer the remaining 550 camp residents to the no-man's land (NML) camp between the Jordanian and Iraqi border posts, preferably by October 15. UNHCR and the [...]	2003-09-18 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6064	GOJ MAY REQUIRE PRE-APPROVAL FOR ENTRY OF IRAQIS [...] (S/NF) The visiting Jordanian Charge in Baghdad told PolCouns that, because of security agencies' concerns about export of terrorism from Iraq to Jordan, the GOJ is considering declaring Iraqis a "restricted" nationality. Iraqi travelers to Jordan would require pre-approval from security age [...]	2003-09-21 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN6068	Chicken in Transit to Iraq via Jordan [...] (SBU) Post would appreciate urgent guidance on the following two diplomatic notes from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They request guidance from appropriate Iraqi authorities on how to deal with a consignment of frozen chicken being shipped to Iraq from Saudi Arabia across Jorda [...]	2003-09-21 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR IZ JO
03AMMAN6120	ISLAMISTS DENOUNCE U.S. PRESSURE ON IRAN, CALL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Prominent Jordanian Islamists have denounced U.S. policy toward Iran, encouraged the Iraqi resistance, and called on Jordan to close its field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq. The Acting Prime Minister responded to the last demand, defending the hospital's humanitarian work. [...]	2003-09-23 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IR IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN6122	MODERATE IRAQI PARTIES SEEK CPA PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Jamal Rifai, member of Jordan's al Mustaqbel Party and freelance journalist, told us September 22 that there will be a conference September 25 in Baghdad including 17 Iraqi political parties. Rifai outlined his involvement with the Iraqi Salam party and its participation in the conference, [...]	2003-09-23 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6178	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ EXCEED TRADITIONAL [...] (U) A Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) source provided embassy with the latest summary of Jordanian export statistics to Iraq showing a strong rebound in the wide-ranging trade to levels in excess of those in the 1995-2000 period. Amer al-Hadidi, MOIT Director of Industrial Develop [...]	2003-09-25 17:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN6184	PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES NEW IRAQI REFUGEE [...] (C) In separate meetings on the margins of the UNRWA major donors meeting, GOJ and UNHCR officials told PRM PDAS Greene that the refugee camps on the Iraqi-Jordanian border were increasingly problematic. The GOJ continues to advocate consolidation of the camps in no-man's land, while UNHCR p [...]	2003-09-28 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6221	IRAQI "EMBASSY" IN AMMAN SERVES TEA WHILE WAITING [...] (C) By their own admission, Iraqi Interests Section staff (six diplomats and six admin. staff) have been mostly idle since the end of the war. They while away the time by fielding -- but not being able to do anything about -- Iraqi citizens' consular questions by phone and in person. Activity [...]	2003-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6222	Jordan-Iraq Aviation Issues Reviewed [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jordanian Transportation Minister told CPA transportation advisors that Jordan wishes to cooperate in rebuilding the Iraqi aviation sector. Jordan is ready to provide training to Iraqi CAA and airline employees and to work with CPA to return or dispose of Iraqi aircraft [...]	2003-09-29 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EFIN PINR IZ JO

03AMMAN6233	FOLLOW-UP ON IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (S) In a September 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Marto confirmed that he was ready to chair the meeting on assets and bilateral financial issues agreed to during Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb's September 16 meeting in Washington with State and Treasury officals (ref). Ma [...]	2003-09-29 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN JO IZ
03AMMAN6234	JORDAN SUPPORTS SEATING IGC AT OCTOBER OIC SUMMIT [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on seating the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) at the upcoming meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Kuala Lumpur with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office on September 29. PolCouns asked that Jo [...]	2003-09-30 05:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO OIC
03AMMAN6289	REQUEST FOR SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT PAROLE [...] Name: Rehaief, Hussein Oda (as written in English in passport: Hoseen A Rehaif) 2. DPOB: 16 August 1974; Basra, Iraq (per passport) 3. Justification: Mr. Hussein Rehaief is the brother of Mohammed Rehaief, who rendered invaluable assistance to the United States Government during Operat [...]	2003-10-01 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PHUM JO IZ
03AMMAN6340	MEDIA REACTION ON JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO U.S., [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6394	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI RAID ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6414	JORDAN-IRAQ: POLICE TRAINING, DEBT, CHALABI, [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher said October 5 that Jordan will continue its pragmatic, cooperative relationship with the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and will send a ministerial representative to the Madrid donors' meeting. However, he expressed concern that an escalating war of words with IG [...]	2003-10-07 07:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR IS IZ JO
03AMMAN6428	TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN 2: RATES RISE FOR HACC [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the interim prior to the creation of a logistics center to assist USG personnel transiting Jordan en route to Iraq (ref A),the Embassy wishes to supply the Department and all other interested USG personnel with information on current options for travel from Jordan to Iraq. Th [...]	2003-10-07 10:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN6490	MEDIA REACTION ON TURKISH FORCES TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6514	SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE [...] (U) In a follow-up to a survey conducted and reported in reftel D, the Regional Security Office revisited the UNHCR interview site to further determine the security suitability as an interview site for Iraqi refugees. This report seeks to expand on previously reported security information. [...]	2003-10-13 04:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF
03AMMAN6518	AMBASSADOR ASKS PM TO PRESENT EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 9 asked Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb to submit the U.S.-Jordan bilateral extradition treaty to Parliament for approval and work to bring it fully into force. Abul Ragheb was aware of the Ambassador's earlier request to the Foreign Minister (ref),and, in fact, [...]	2003-10-13 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN PTER US JO
03AMMAN6562	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6580	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6620	JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MADRID MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A high-level Jordanian interagency delegation to Madrid, led by Finance Minister Michel Marto, will make a presentation highlighting Jordan's potential to provide technical and training support for rebuilding Iraq's institutions and to support other donors' efforts. While plann [...]	2003-10-16 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BEXP JO IZ
03AMMAN6621	OIL, GAS, AND ELECTRICITY FOR IRAQ: ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian Minister of Energy Mohammed Bataineh told DCM on October 14 that little progress beyond statements of principle has been made in talks on the provision of Iraqi oil to Jordan. He expressed pride at the completion of the first phase of the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN6622	KING, GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (U) Both Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and King Abdullah continue to publicly express their support for direct Jordanian involvement in reconstruction efforts in Iraq, including security-related training. The Jordanian Cabinet formally endorsed October 14 a contract for the training in Jordan o [...]	2003-10-16 17:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN6716	MEDIA REACTION 10/21/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-21 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN673	THE VIEW OF A POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, PolOff met with Nadia Alool, a long-time human rights contact who is contemplating a bid for a parliamentary seat in the forthcoming elections scheduled for this summer. Alool attended Post's political campaign workshop in January. She "is about 65 percent certa [...]	2003-02-02 04:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6732	FONMIN MUASHER ON IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS A BAD [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador October 19 that Jordan is not happy with the decision to deploy Turkish troops to Iraq, arguing that Turkey has "another agenda" in Iraq. He pointed to the continued presence of Turkish forces in northern Cyprus as evidence that Turkish tr [...]	2003-10-22 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR TU IZ JO
03AMMAN6734	ASKING GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN TO ACCEPT NEW IRAQI [...] (U) On October 20, Consul and Political Counselor met with Mr. Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer al-Zoubi, MFA Private Office action officer on Iraq to present reftel talking points and non-paper on Government of Jordan (GOJ) recognition of new Ir [...]	2003-10-22 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN6912	Media Training Workshop combines Iraqi, [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman, in cooperation with PA Jerusalem and Baghdad organized a three-day workshop (October 6-8) on "Relations between Journalists and Media Officials." Boosting PA Amman's ongoing media professional [...]	2003-10-27 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO
03AMMAN6935	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 07:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6960	PM FAYEZ PLANS "CONTROLLED" POLITICAL [...] (C) New PM Faisal al-Fayez told the Ambassador October 28 that he hopes to implement needed but "controlled" political reforms, reaching out to political parties (including Islamists),NGOs and communities in the process. He sees great economic challenges, especially in controlling the budge [...]	2003-10-28 17:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM KDEM IZ JO
03AMMAN6961	AJEX EXPO 2003 SELLS JORDAN AS GATEWAY TO IRAQ AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Jordanian EXPO 2003 drew 900 participants to its opening plenary on October 22, focused on the Iraq transit trade, and pitched Jordan as the "gateway" to Iraq and other markets in the region. Sessions on the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and qualifying indus [...]	2003-10-28 17:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL IZ JO EFTA
03AMMAN7003	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7017	UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN [...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...]	2003-10-29 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7110	EIPC FUNDING FOR JORDAN FOR FY 2005 [...] (S) Jordan, a key supporter of U.S. policies in the Middle East, has long been an enthusiastic participant in international peacekeeping operations (PKO),including service in recent years in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia/Eritrea, East Timor, Haiti, and the Balkans. In addition, Jordan has provided [...]	2003-10-30 16:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO
03AMMAN7115	MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...]	2003-10-31 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SA KU JO IQ
03AMMAN7157	MEDIA REACTION ON THE DAMASCUS MEETING ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 10:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7178	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF IRAQI ASSETS TO DFI [...] (C) In follow-up to his October 29 conversation with King Abdullah (ref),the Ambassador raised the urgent need for Jordan to transfer frozen Iraqi assets to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) by telephone with Prime Minister Fayez on November 2 and in November 3 meetings with Deputy Prime [...]	2003-11-03 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER JO IZ
03AMMAN7187	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE DAMASCUS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 11:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7225	JORDANIAN READOUT ON DAMASCUS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher described the foreign ministerial in Damascus in Iraq as unimportant, and faulted Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's rejection of an 11th hour invitation as a mistake. Muasher said that Zebari would be in included in all such future meetings [...]	2003-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN7227	JORDAN COMMITTED TO REACHING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is committed to negotiate and sign an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and should have a counter-draft ready soon. Muasher expressed great disappointment that the USG might have thought to link such an a [...]	2003-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KTIA IS JO
03AMMAN7239	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7276	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7293	JORDAN: IRAQI INTERIM TRAVEL DOCUMENT (ITD),NEW [...] (U) On November 5, Consul and Political Counselor met with Mr. Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer al-Zoubi, MFA Private Office action officer on Iraq, to present Ref A talking points and non-paper on Iraqi Interim Travel Documents (ITD). Both offi [...]	2003-11-06 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN7294	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF IRAQI ASSETS TO DFI [...] (C) Reconfirming information passed informally to the White House and State Department on the evening of November 5 (ref a),Deputy Prime Minister Halaiqa told the Ambassador November 6 that Jordan would make an imminent transfer of frozen Iraqi assets to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). [...]	2003-11-06 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER JO IZ
03AMMAN7296	JORDAN: IMF MISSION REVIEWS OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team visiting Amman sees no economic need for additional cash assistance to Jordan before December 31, given that the country's finances are currently in good shape -- although there is potential crunch next year as the level of foreign grants falls and oil import costs [...]	2003-11-06 16:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL JO
03AMMAN7298	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTER SHARES PLAN OF ACTION; [...] (C) During the Ambassador's courtesy call on November 5 on Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Shaykh Ahmad Hilayel, the Minister outlined his priorities in the new cabinet, discussed efforts to challenge extremism and those who would use religious activities to further political agendas, [...]	2003-11-06 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
03AMMAN7299	NEW ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES OIL SUPPLY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy Azmi Khreisat told the Ambassador on November 5 that Jordan has agreed to purchase three million barrels of Iraqi oil before the end of the year. He expressed optimism about the six-nation power grid initiative and the Egyptian gas pip [...]	2003-11-06 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL JO IZ
03AMMAN737	GOJ SPOKESMAN PUBLICLY DENIES PRESS REPORTS ON [...] (U) A GOJ spokesman January 30 strenuously and publicly denied recent press reports asserting that Jordan had agreed to allow U.S. troops to be stationed in the Kingdom and to allow overflights of U.S. military aircraft in the event of war with Iraq. Minister of Information and government spo [...]	2003-02-03 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS JO IZ
03AMMAN7387	JORDAN OFFERS CUSTOMS TRAINING TO IRAQ DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a discussion concerning a proposed export control and related security assistance (EXBS) program in Jordan, Jordanian Customs Department Director General Mahmoud Qteishat expressed to the DCM his government's gratitude and support for the program. Qteishat also gave assur [...]	2003-11-12 16:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KTIA KSTC SCUL MNUC PARM PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN7401	JORDAN: IRAQI ASSETS TEAM [...] (S) Post understands that Washington and CPA may be preparing to send a team to Jordan over the coming weekend to follow-up on the various issues related to Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan. We fully support this approach, which has been requested by the Jordanians and which we have argued for [...]	2003-11-13 16:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN7420	AMMAN, MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7429	ALLEGED CENSORSHIP HIGHLIGHTS PRESS RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) The local press this week reported the alleged GOJ censorship of a political cartoon scheduled for publication in the weekly newspaper Al-Wahda. The government spokesperson denied that the GOJ censors at all, and some commentators are accusing the weekly's editor of trying to get the GO [...]	2003-11-16 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
03AMMAN7449	NEW ROYAL COURT MINISTER ON KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, [...] (C) New Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai told the Ambassador that, on his recent trip to the Gulf, the King had thanked the Kuwaitis for providing Jordan with free oil and had expressed the hope that it continue for a while longer, but neither sought nor received a commitment. PM Fayez will [...]	2003-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN7525	JORDAN READY TO ADDRESS FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, BUT [...] (S) In a meeting the day after separate Treasury-led discussions on frozen Iraqi assets with a Finance Ministry/Central Bank team ended inconclusively (septel),the GOJ on November 19 formally requested that the U.S. dispatch a team empowered to discuss both frozen Iraqi assets in Jordan and [...]	2003-11-19 17:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN7575	JORDAN SUPPORTS AGREEMENT ON IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message on Iraq political transition to FonMin Muasher, who said Jordan would have no problem supporting it publicly. Muasher added, however, that Jordan wants to see rebuilding of Iraq's security infrastructure run in parallel with the polit [...]	2003-11-20 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7579	GOOD VIBES AT IRAQI MOH BRIEFING FOR BIG PHRMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Health (IMoH) will take over the importation of pharmaceuticals from the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of November, and the IMoH drug formulary will be complete by early December. IMoH welcomes advice from PhRMA on the restructuring of Kimadia [...]	2003-11-20 17:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN7646	UN/IRAQ AGENCIES IN JORDAN: ADRIFT WITHOUT [...] (C) Following the August 19 and September 20 attacks on UN installations in Baghdad, more than 400 UN international staff relocated from Baghdad to Amman, bringing the total number of UN international staff here to more than 500. The number of UN international staff should drop significantly [...]	2003-11-23 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ASEC IZ JO
03AMMAN7647	IRAQ MOT, RJ, AND BOEING MOVE FORWARD ON NEW IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Transport (IMOT) is moving ahead on a proposal to replace defunct Iraqi Airways with a new Iraqi airline that will be majority-owned by private Iraqi investors, managed by Royal Jordanian Airways (RJ),and receive assistance from Boeing. The proposed new air [...]	2003-11-23 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN7688	POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...]	2003-11-24 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO
03AMMAN7691	JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...]	2003-11-24 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7798	GOJ REITERATES PLEDGE TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE [...] (U) In a November 30 press conference, Minister of Interior Samir Habashneh reaffirmed the GOJ's intent to close the Ruweished refugee camp after December 31. Referring to the 415 Palestinians who represent the core of the camp's population, Habashneh said "There is no solution for Palestini [...]	2003-12-01 18:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN7805	KING ABDULLAH TALKS WITH NEA A/S BURNS ON IRAQ, [...] (S) NEA A/S Burns briefed King Abdullah and other senior GOJ officials on his discussion with Abu Alaa, noting that the Palestinians have an opportunity to move the roadmap forward, but must take concrete security steps. The King agreed and said Jordan would deliver the same message to Abu [...]	2003-12-02 10:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7813	JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...]	2003-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN7830	JORDAN: FOLLOWUP WITH PM ON FROZEN ASSETS ISSUE [...] (S) Charge and ECON/C called on Prime Minister Fayez December 2 to follow-up on the discussion of Iraq assets issues during A/S Burns visit (septel). Adding a new element, the PM said that the GOJ "technical committee" evaluating Jordanian trade claims against Iraq now hoped to finish its w [...]	2003-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PREL JO
03AMMAN7952	JORDANIAN REACTION TO POTUS IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) A sampling of Jordanian reaction to the POTUS visit to Iraq on November 27 indicates that many here believe the visit exposes low morale of U.S. forces in Iraq in need of a boost and pre-election posturing intended for U.S. consumption. Press reaction was light yet critical, while militar [...]	2003-12-08 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN7989	RJ FINALIZES CODESHARE WITH AMERICA WEST, BUT [...] (SBU) On December 6, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) finalized a memorandum of understanding with America West Airlines (AW) providing for a codeshare arrangement between RJ flights originating/ending in New York (Kennedy) and Chicago (O'Hare) and connecting AW flights going to Phoenix and Las V [...]	2003-12-09 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN8022	UNAMI DONOR BRIEFING PREVIEWS "EXILE" ARRANGEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: At a December 9 donor briefing, UNAMI Officer-in-Charge Kevin Kennedy previewed UNSYG Annan's plans to name a new Special Representative for Iraq "within a few weeks" and divide UNAMI operations between Cyprus and Amman, with senior policy officials in Cyprus and U [...]	2003-12-09 18:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN8050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8071	IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN JORDAN SPUTTERS TO [...] (C) The new Iraqi police training center in Jordan recently received its first class of approximately 500 trainees. The center ultimately plans to provide basic police training to 32,000 Iraqi recruits. The GOJ and the training staff, some of whom trained police in Kosovo, understand the i [...]	2003-12-10 17:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8137	IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN JORDAN: FALCON 50 [...] (C) Senior CPA Transportation Advisor Darrell Trent has urgently requested Embassy Amman's assistance in returning to Iraqi control a Falcon-50 executive jet (tail number HB-IES). It has been sitting on the tarmac at Amman's Marka Airport since March 2003, collecting demurrage charges and sl [...]	2003-12-14 16:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN8162	JORDAN: FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister told a visiting CPA official that Jordan would accelerate transfer of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq and agreed on a mechanism for joint Jordanian-Iraqi assessment of commercial claims against those assets. However, th [...]	2003-12-15 08:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8169	WASHINGTON BASED IRAQI DIPLOMATS STRESS IMPROVED [...] (C) PolOff met December 8 with two Washington bound Iraqi diplomats assigned to the Iraqi Interests Section. Both cited the critical need for improved security in Iraq to gain popular support for the U.S. presence. The diplomats said many Iraqis resent Jordan's support for Saddam and believe [...]	2003-12-15 10:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8175	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8196	SADDAM'S ARREST: MOST JORDANIANS SUBDUED; [...] (C) The reactions of Jordanians and Jordan-based Iraqis to Saddam's arrest varied from sadness at seeing a once powerful Arab leader in such a sorry state, to ridicule for his lack of personal resistance to arrest, to hope that an obstacle to restoring Iraqi security and self-governance has bee [...]	2003-12-15 19:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8205	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: During multiple conversations on December 15, I obtained renewed assurances from the Prime Minister (and affirmed by the Finance Minister) that no further payments would be made against claims for a finite period of time. The PM also affirmed that all Jordanian claim files wou [...]	2003-12-16 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8237	CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah and U.S. Brigadier General Harrell (Special Operations Command, Central) signed an agreement December 15 for Jordan to provide counter-terrorism training for Iraqi forces with U.S. support. The agreement provides for counter-terrorism training for Iraqi recruits, to [...]	2003-12-17 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS IZ JO
03AMMAN8242	JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY [...] (C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and Syrian military "violations" along and across the Jordan-Syria border. They have complained about Syrian unwillingness to restart discussions on a formal de [...]	2003-12-17 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SENV SY JO
03AMMAN8293	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8299	RESUMPTION OF JORDANIAN BAGHDAD FLIGHTS DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Almost four weeks after suspending daily Amman-Baghdad passenger flights following a November 22 MANPADS strike on a DHL cargo aircraft, Royal Jordanian (RJ) has informed us that they are hoping to resume flights December 19, pending confirmation of insurance coverage and appro [...]	2003-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN8312	IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...]	2003-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
03AMMAN8360	GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN: [...] (C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amman. Schneller said Fischer met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who both delivered a consistent line on Iraq: we support Iraqi indepen [...]	2003-12-21 18:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS SY JO GE
03AMMAN839	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8405	SUNNI ROYALIST IRAQI DISCUSSES SUNNI SENTIMENT [...] (C) An Iraqi Sunni contact from the al-Darraji tribe in Samarra and advisor to the Royal Democratic Coalition party discussed with PolOff his views on Iraq and the Samarra region. Echoing a common theme, he claimed that most Iraqi Sunnis believe that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) [...]	2003-12-22 19:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8450	GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...]	2003-12-24 09:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO
03AMMAN8454	BACKLASH AGAINST CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) Although many Jordanians received the news of Saddam Hussein's capture with satisfaction or ambivalence (see ref),there has been some recent backlash against his arrest and perceived treatment by U.S. forces. A majority of members of Parliament denounced the "mean and humiliating" manner [...]	2003-12-24 10:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8469	SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) This is one in a series of cables highlighting the support that the Government of Jordan and the US mission in Amman are providing to Iraq and CPA reconstruction efforts. Highlights in this installment include the "Outreach 2004" Iraq Reconstruction Trade Show; training of Iraqi police f [...]	2003-12-24 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN855	USINT BAGHDAD PERSONNEL DEPART IRAQ; ARRIVE SAFELY [...] (C) All four Polish diplomats representing the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad (along with two spouses) departed Iraq February 5 and have arrived safely in Amman. They are scheduled to fly on to Warsaw on Sunday, February 9. In a meeting with poloff February 6, USINT Baghdad chief Krzysztof [...]	2003-02-06 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8573	JORDAN: RAFIDAIN BANK HELP ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister confirmed that the GOJ would work with Amman-based Rafidain Bank employees in assembling basic information about Jordanian commercial claims against Iraq, but said bank secrecy laws require that he first receive a letter from the Iraqi government aut [...]	2003-12-30 18:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN858	POWELL SPEECH FAILS TO SWAY JORDANIANS' MINDS ON [...] (C) A quick sampling of Jordanian reaction to Secretary Powell,s February 5 presentation to the UNSC -- including from the Prime Minister -- indicates that it changed few peoples' minds on the issues of Iraq,s failure to comply with Resolution 1441, presence of WMD programs, or ties to Al-Qa [...]	2003-02-06 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN859	ONE IRAQI HOPES FOR WAR WHILE JORDANIANS PROTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the weekend of January 31, which saw a large Jordanian anti-war protest (ref),political FSN spoke at length with a middle aged Iraqi woman, who fumed about the hypocrisy of her Arab brethren and hoped that war would soon sweep away Saddam and the misery besetting her [...]	2003-02-06 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO PHUM SOCI
03AMMAN8605	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER EASILY WINS VOTE OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his Cabinet easily won a parliamentary vote of confidence December 23 with 85 out of 110 MPs backing his government. Twenty-two MPs cast a "nay" vote, including all 17 members of the Islamic Action Front who chided the government for failing to spell out [...]	2003-12-31 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN8608	11TH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) The GOJ informed UNHCR today, December 31, that the Ruweished refugee camp would be allowed to remain open until April 2004. The GOJ previously had pledged to close the camp by December 31 (ref a). 536 individuals remain in the camp, including 60 Sudanese and Somali nationals who have [...]	2003-12-31 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO UNHCR
03AMMAN876	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-09 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN940	IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...]	2003-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO
03AMMAN967	PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART II OF IV: THE EAST BANK [...] (C) Traditionally, the most important pillar of the Hashemite regime has been its East Bank constituency, including both Bedouin and non-nomadic tribes. East Bank tribes have also played an integral role in the other pillars that have emerged--the military/security services and the economic e [...]	2003-02-12 10:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI ECON KPAL JO
03AMMAN974	HR ACTIVIST PREDICTS FUTURE PROTESTS WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, PolOff met with long-time human rights contact Fawzi Samhoury, who has close contact with the IAF and professional associations. Samhoury expects upcoming demonstrations planned by opposition leaders protesting possible military action against Iraq to remain pea [...]	2003-02-13 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN980	PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART III OF IV: JORDAN'S [...] (C) As Jordan prepares to face a possible war on its Eastern border, and then looks beyond the immediate crisis to longer term challenges, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Public Security Directorate (PSD) will serve as key pillars ensuring the stabi [...]	2003-02-14 10:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PINS PGOV PREL ASEC JO
03AMMAN990	CARE IRAQ PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MAINTENANCE OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: According to CARE Iraq Country Director Margaret Hassan (protect),the Iraqi population is "entirely dependent" on the OFF food ration system and has no economic resources to draw upon if the OFF pipeline is interrupted. Hassan also cautioned that Iraq's water/sanitation system a [...]	2003-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IZ JO
03ANKARA1072	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD [...] (S/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to coordinate deployment in northern Iraq with the Iraqi Kurdish and Turcoman parties at a meeting in Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border Feb. 17. The Iraqi Kurds told the Turks [...]	2003-02-18 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1091	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1094	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1099	MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called EconCouns in February 17 to discuss USG and GOT approaches to refugee/IDP issues related to a potential Iraq operation. Ugdul reiterated [...]	2003-02-19 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID IZ MOPS TU
03ANKARA1119	NORTHERN IRAQ: ITF COMPLAINS NOT BEING INFORMED [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD received the following note for Amb. Khalilzad from the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on Feb. 19. It reflects information conveyed to ONW POLAD by Turkish MFA officers reftel and points to the KDP as the cause of the problem. 2. (C) Begin text: Mr. Zal [...]	2003-02-20 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-20 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1132	TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]	2003-02-20 20:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Karpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up their autonomous administration. In exchange for Karpaz, Turkish side will give territory from the Guzelyurt region, to Greek side 2. Greek Cypriots who migrate from south to n [...]	2003-02-24 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA1232	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1267	IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]	2003-02-26 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-26 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 07:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1346	TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the Parliamentary resolution for U.S. and Turkish Troop Deployments. The PM and Government worked hard to convince parliamentarians, but felt their efforts were not fully understood. Turkey [...]	2003-03-01 21:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA1350	TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...]	2003-03-03 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1357	FEB 26 SESSION: US/TU TEAMS AGREE ON TEXT FOR OPS [...] (S) The US and TU negotiating teams reached agreement on all of the remaining outstanding issues in the operations Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Feb 26. After seven hours of talks during the morning 2/26, the two sides agreed to language on all issues but one: fuel services-related costs. [...]	2003-03-03 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1374	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKEY SEEKS KDP ASSURANCES OF NO [...] (C) This is an action request, para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan called Ambassador the night of March 3 to express concern about reftel demonstration. Tuygan asked if the US had made representation about the demonstration to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He sai [...]	2003-03-04 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1386	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1391	NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...]	2003-03-04 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1395	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Serra Erarslan, Turkish MFA Department Head for Iraq, Gulf Countries and OIC. 2. (C) Erarslan noted that Prime Minister Gul, MFA Under Secretary Ambassador Ziyal, and Middle East Director SIPDIS Ambassador Borcuoglu are leaving this afternoon [...]	2003-03-04 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ XF TU
03ANKARA1401	KDP ANKARA OFFICE ATTACKED, NO INJURIES, MINOR [...] Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Ankara staff member Omar Merani called Operation Northern Watch POLAD early March 5 to report that the night of March 4, the building housing the KDP's Ankara office was attacked with two molotov cocktails. Merani said one of the bottles exploded against the ext [...]	2003-03-05 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CASC ASEC TU IZ
03ANKARA1411	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-05 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1461	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 06:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1477	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1483	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...]	2003-03-07 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA1487	IRAQ: URGENT TURKEY-US-IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETING [...] (C) DCM conveyed to MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on March 8 reftel urgent request for Turkey to consider a meeting in the very near future of the US, Turkey and the Iraqi opposition, including the Iraqi Turkmen Front. Burcuolgu said he had been expecting us [...]	2003-03-08 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA1496	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND [...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...]	2003-03-10 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU
03ANKARA1508	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1512	IRAQ: TURKEY AGREES TO US-TURKEY-KDP/PUK-ITF TALKS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called in DCM March 10 with response to US Ref A demarche suggesting a US-Turkey-Iraqi opposition meeting. Burcuoglu said Turkey was agreeable to holding a round of US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-ITF talks toward the end of this week (when [...]	2003-03-10 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA1513	TURKISH THINK TANK ALLEGES US PLANS TO REDEFINE [...] ((C) SUMMARY: ASAM, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ADVICE AND RESEARCH TO THE TGS AND THE GOT, ASSERTS THE USG'S POST-IRAQ GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY INVOLVES REDEFINING THE MIDDLE EAST REGION TO INCLUDE AFGHANISTAN. ASAM SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTONOMOUS REGIONS FOR KURDS AND TURKMEN I [...]	2003-03-11 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ AF
03ANKARA152	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1533	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-11 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1595	IRAQI OPPOSITION TALKS IN ANAKARA: TURKS ON BOARD [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On March 13, DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu and delivered Ref A points. Burcuoglu agreed to the following schedule: -- US-TU bilaterals, with Turkey represented by Deputy U/S Tuygan, at 17:00 on [...]	2003-03-13 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1638	IRAQ: CENTCOM PROPOSAL FOR US-TURKEY-IRAQI KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) DCM was contacted March 14 by CENTCOM POLAD, who said that CDR CENTCOM wanted, as the minimum acceptable deliverable for upcoming talks with Turks and Iraqi Kurds, the establishment of a 24-hour/day policy-level cell staffed by US, Turkis [...]	2003-03-14 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1666	S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS [...] (S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked that the information was "news" to the MFA. He promised to pass the information immediately to the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (TNIO),the Turkish General Staff, and v [...]	2003-03-17 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW
03ANKARA1679	ATLANTIC SUMMIT: HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ON A [...] (C) Ambassador delivered a copy of the joint statement issued at the "Atlantic Summit" to MFA U/S Ziyal (reftel) and asked the GOT to issue positive public comments. After briefly glancing at the statement, Ziyal said he would review the statement more closely and consider our request. PEARSO [...]	2003-03-18 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA1702	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1704	DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...]	2003-03-18 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1706	PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...]	2003-03-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA172	UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Summary: During the January 3 military-military talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying planned locations for Turkish-run IDP camps to EUCOM and CENTCOM representatives. MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations Feza Ozturk largely confirmed pre [...]	2003-01-08 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA1724	CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12 visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials requested his intervention with the World Bank on the negative pledge clause issue (reftel) and with Greece on the Interconnector Turkey-Greece (ITG). MFA Deputy U/S Kilic also pressed f [...]	2003-03-19 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1737	S12-03: TURKS REQUEST FURTHER DETAILS & UPDATE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Polmiloff met Ferhat Alkan, of the MFA Iraq Desk, and delivered Ref A points on March 18. As has been the case with similar demarches, MFA showed appreciation for the information and a ready willingness to forward our points [...]	2003-03-19 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IZ TU UNSC CBW
03ANKARA1739	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1743	APPROACHING THE GOT ON THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI [...] (S//NF) Following up on his March 17 request (ref b),Ambassador pressed MFA U/S Ziyal March 18 to take action in response to USG concerns over the threat posed by intelligence officers of the Iraqi government operating under official cover in Turkey. Ambassador asked Ziyal if he had spoken w [...]	2003-03-19 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER ASEC TU
03ANKARA1745	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1802	INITIAL GOT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) During his March 20 meeting with MFA U/S Ziyal (ref c),Ambassador followed up his recent requests for the GOT to expel Iraqi intelligence officers (ref b) by urging the GOT to suspend Iraq's diplomatic presence in Turkey on a temporary basis and take steps to assure the prompt departure [...]	2003-03-20 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1835	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...]	2003-03-22 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1952	IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON KIRKUK-YUMURTALIK [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS General Manager Bildaci told us the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) Pipeline had decreased by half and likely would stop completely by March 26. Bildaci attributed the slow-down to the lack of oil tankers transporting crude from the port at Ceyhan since the sta [...]	2003-03-25 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA1971	TFIZ01: MFA ON SOURCING AND TRANSIT OF FOOD FOR [...] (C) Emboffs and Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Leader discussed humanitarian planning issues on March 26 with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations. In response to a looming shortage of wheat flour in northern Iraq, the World Food Program has [...]	2003-03-26 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA1974	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1990	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2015	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2059	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2062	TF01IZ: TURKS "SERIOUSLY WORKING" ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) On March 28, the DCM met with Deputy DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Safak Gokturk to reiterate our requests concerning Iraqi intelligence agents/diplomats. Reiterating information that Post recently had passed to the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO),the DCM again aske [...]	2003-03-28 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2099	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2101	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...]	2003-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2119	WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...]	2003-03-31 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2121	RESUPPLY OF TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. --------------------- RESUPPLY OF US FORCES --------------------- 2. (C) A/DCM, ECON counselor and TF-N/J4 representative met with MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak and DDG for Bilateral Economic Affairs Mehmet Gucuk March 31 to discuss [...]	2003-03-31 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2125	TFIZ01: KHALILZAD DISCUSSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Summary: SPE Zalmay Khalilzad met with a range of Iraqi opposition leaders in northern Iraq on March 27-28. Discussions with PUK and KDP leadership centered on responding to Turkish concerns about northern Iraq, resolving the property claims of IDP's, and the formation of the Iraqi Inte [...]	2003-03-31 18:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2135	IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC IZ TU
03ANKARA215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2195	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...]	2003-04-04 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2198	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA221	TGS: NO TURKISH TROOP BUILDUP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On January 6, Pol-Mil Counselor took a copy of that day's mass daily newspaper "Milliyet" to Turkish General Staff Deputy J3 MG Bekir Kalyoncu. Splashed across the front page was a picture of 30 Turkish tanks at a base at Bamerni in northern Iraq with a headline implying the Turkish Army [...]	2003-01-09 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2232	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LEADING MARDIN M.P.S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Kurdish M.P.s representing the border province of Mardin for both ruling AK and opposition CHP support the U.S.-led war against Saddam. Despite (1) pressure from elements within AK, (2) outright hostility from the CHP and the Turkish State, and (3) the ethnically Turkish [...]	2003-04-07 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2234	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2259	IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]	2003-04-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2298	TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...]	2003-04-09 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2347	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...]	2003-04-11 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2353	TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]	2003-04-11 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2372	APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ [...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]	2003-04-11 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2376	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2432	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2445	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told econoff April 15 that the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline had stopped completely on April 9, and that no tankers had transported crude from Ceyhan since March 20. Celepc [...]	2003-04-15 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA2457	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2459	BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach" letter to Energy Minister Guler on April 7. Guler has named a new manager for the BTC Directorate, and has committed to increasing the project manager's authority. These develo [...]	2003-04-15 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA2467	TURKISH KURDS: OVERJOYED BY END OF SADDAM [...] (C) In April 15 discussions about the situation in Iraq, a leading Kurdish political activist from Turkey's Southeast and two business associates offered enthusiastic congratulations to the USG for the Coalition's success against the Saddam regime. According to these Kurds: -- Turkey did [...]	2003-04-15 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2503	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2507	TURKEY: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador called on MFA Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Ali Tuygan April 17 to deliver reftel message to the GOT regarding the April 18 meeting on Iraq in Riyadh, noting our concern that Syria may try to hijack the proceedings. Tuygan said Turkey would work for moderation. They also disc [...]	2003-04-17 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2542	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2596	TURKEY: FORMER PRESIDENT DEMIREL TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an April 21 meeting with Ambassador, former President Suleyman Demirel offered his thinking on the way ahead in U.S.-Turkey relations. Demirel volunteered that there is a debate in Ankara power centers about Turkey's strategic orientation; but that in his view, "the Turkish Ar [...]	2003-04-22 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-10 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2646	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2661	FREEZING IRAQI ASSETS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: (C) On April 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti and Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Canakci. Both officials said they would make this a top priority and welcomed any information or assistance. Serdeng [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETTC EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA2695	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced a well-regarded macro-economist bureaucrat, Ibrahim Canakci, to replace Faik Oztrak at Treasury. The Central Bank announced a 3 percentage point cut in its short-term borrowin [...]	2003-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2710	FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS LIST: TURKS SAY NO [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On April 24, Polmiloff delivered ref demarche to MFA/Middle East Department Ferhat Alkan. Alkan promised to deliver it at once to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu, who had bee [...]	2003-04-25 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PARM PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-28 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-29 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA278	NORTHERN IRAQ: MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN "TONE" OF RELATIONS W/GOT, TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE IN NIRAQ UNACCEPTABLE [...] (S/REL UK) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani briefed DCM, PolMilCouns, Operation Northern Watch POLAD and UK Charge in Ankara Jan. 9 on his Jan. 7-9 meetings with Turkish officials. Barzani said the tone of Turkish official interaction had improved significantly this visi [...]	2003-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA2813	Turkish Trade with Iraq [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkish foreign trade officials emphasized Turkey's desire to gain a share of the commercial opportunities arising from Iraq reconstruction, and implied that special consideration should be given to Turkish comp [...]	2003-04-30 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC IZ TU
03ANKARA2817	IRAQ AND TURKEY: GOT SAYS SHIFTING FOCUS FROM [...] (S) According to MFA Iraq Department Head Kerim Uras (strictly protect),the GOT held a coordination meeting on Iraq policy April 26 at which MFA, TNIO and TGS reps agreed that Turkey should concentrate more on trade with and aid to Iraq, and less on the military issues surrounding the Iraqi b [...]	2003-04-30 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA2847	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-01 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2862	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Iraq Reconstruction Okcun told EconCouns April 29 that Turkey would pursue an aggressive private/public sector approach to winning reconstruction contracts in Iraq. He asked if the U.S. could help by dispelling the notion that Turkish firms were at a disadvantag [...]	2003-05-02 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2865	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-02 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA2907	FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN BAGHDAD: TURKS PLAN TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On May 3, DCM delivered ref A talking points to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on the CENTCOM agreement to allow countries to send small security teams to guard diplomatic properties in Iraq. DCM conveyed the p [...]	2003-05-05 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IQ
03ANKARA2912	IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS, [...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...]	2003-05-05 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA298	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3011	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3022	TURKISH REQUEST FOR SECURE PASSAGE TO BAGHDAD - [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Safak Gokturk and Iraq Deskoff Farhat Alkan May 8. Gokturk responded by saying that the first Turkish convoy (carrying Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq) had already left Ankara and would cross the Iraq [...]	2003-05-09 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA3036	MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil called in Acting DCM May 8 to raise two issues of GOT concern related to the stoppage of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. First, Akil said, Turkey's Kirikkale Refine [...]	2003-05-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3055	MFA DEMARCHE ON OFF CONTRACTS [...] (C) Head of Department for Middle East Bilateral Economic Affairs Akif Ayhan called in econoff together with the British DCM May 8 to deliver the following demarche regarding Turkey's pending Oil for Food (OFF) contracts. Ayhan said he had delivered the same demarche earlier to the Russian, C [...]	2003-05-09 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3093	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3097	LETTER FROM FM GUL TO AMB PEARSON THANKING USG FOR [...] Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul sends a letter to Ambassador Pearson dated May 8, 2003. Following is the text of the letter received by the Embassy on May 12, 2003. Begin Text: 2. Dear Mr. Ambassador, I would like to express my appreciation to you personally and to the Governm [...]	2003-05-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA31	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-02 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3157	USG CONTRACTOR BEGINS TO EXPORT TURKISH LPG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) has successfully delivered its first shipment of Turkish Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and gasoline from Turkey to Iraq, which will be donated as humanitarian assistance to Iraqi civilians. The U.S. military has contracted K [...]	2003-05-14 04:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3173	REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3197	HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]	2003-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3225	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister reacted positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the UN Security Council draft Iraq sanctions lift resolution. However, other MFA and Foreign Trade officials stressed the GOT's strong view that all pending, signed co [...]	2003-05-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA324	TURKEY AGREES ON U.S. APPROACH TO EU BALKAN OPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA3268	MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic and Director General For Energy Hakki Akil told Econ Couns May 15 that, as the MFA had told us previously (reftel),the lack of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipel [...]	2003-05-17 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3287	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3305	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3306	Turkish Red Crescent Travel to Iraq to Explore [...] (U) MFA Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Issues Ahmed Rifat Okcun called in Econ Counselor April 21 on Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) plans to visit Iraq to discuss assistance for hospitals with the Iraqi Red Crescent. MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Political Organizations Feza Ozturk [...]	2003-05-21 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IZ TU
03ANKARA3393	EXPORT OF TURKISH LPG AND GASOLINE TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3397	UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22 that he had returned from a three-day visit to Washington with agreement on several specific initiatives to bolster the bilateral relationship. They include: - establishing a [...]	2003-05-23 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3416	THE TURKS AND THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The GOT continues to express an interest in participating in the stabilization force in Iraq. The Turks understand the political sensitivity of a neighboring state putting troops in Iraq. According to MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli, Turkey is not looking to use NATO as a "bac [...]	2003-05-27 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3475	COMMUNICATING WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Reftels instructed embassies to identify a high-level point of contact in host governments for a virtual e-mail contact group on Iraq reconstruction, and to ask host governments to send resumes to State and ORHA of experts who might be able to support Iraqi ministries. Embassy strongly s [...]	2003-05-28 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3509	TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform package but has rejected AK proposals to sell state-owned forestry lands and to allow local administrations more control over health and education services. The CHP stance refle [...]	2003-05-30 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA352	FOREIGN TRADE CLAIMS TUZMEN'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Econoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, on January 14 for a readout on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's January 10 to 12 visit to Baghdad. Mengu characterized the visit as very successful, noting that, in addition to Tuzmen's one [...]	2003-01-15 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA3524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA358	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-06 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3731	FACILITATING TURKEY-IRAQ FUEL OIL FOR GASOLINE/LPG [...] (C) In separate June 9 meetings, Ambassador and EconCouns urged MFA U/S Ziyal and Foreign Trade U/S Kayalar, respectively, to facilitate GOT approval of the pending SOMO-Delta Petroleum barter deal (reftel),under which SOMO would export fuel oil to Turkey in return for benzine (gasoline) and [...]	2003-06-09 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ETRD IZ TU
03ANKARA3748	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3753	TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson urged Turkish officials to consider a wider, European context as it pursues foreign policy over the next 18 months. GOT interlocutors embraced Jackson's message and seemed will [...]	2003-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3784	TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]	2003-06-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3794	KDP'S CONTINUED PRACTICE OF CHARGING FEES AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Recent reports that the KDP intends to continue charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border threatens to stall our ability to facilitate the flow of goods to Iraq and could hamper our overall reconstruction efforts. [...]	2003-06-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3798	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3826	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3827	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3830	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3832	GOT Offer of Assistance on Iraqi Hotels [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) This cable contains an action request in para 5. 3. (SBU) In a June 11 meeting with Econ Counselor, Ambassador Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan and Iraq, conveyed a GOT plan to fund construction of and equipment for 2 hosp [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3848	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister had instructed an interagency group to resolve the problems holding up trade at the Habur Gate, including those involved in the Delta Petroleum products ba [...]	2003-06-13 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-15 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3913	IRAQ: GOT DESIRES TO SHIP OFFICE FURNITURE TO [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has responded positively to requests from the Iraqi MFA and the Iraqi Tribal Coalition to provide these organizations office supplies. The MFA is prepared to send these goods (via the Habur Gate) as soon as authorization from OCPA is received. The MFA requests that US aut [...]	2003-06-17 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3914	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN UN HOSTED TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3922	UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY KURDISH GROUPS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The KDP's June 17 refusal to allow a 40-person delegation of Iraqi businessmen to cross into Turkey to meet with Turkish businessmen, together with the KDP's continued practice of charging taxes/fees for good [...]	2003-06-18 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-18 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-19 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3975	TURKEY WAITING FOR RESPONSE TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 2 and 4. 2. Summary and action request: The GOT has proposed various types of Iraq Reconstruction assistance, including: the donation of office supplies, vegetable seeds, and two hospitals; the provision of electricity and mobile phone l [...]	2003-06-19 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3997	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-20 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-24 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]	2003-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4070	IRAQI SOMO-DELTA PETROLEUM BARTER DEAL UNDERWAY [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Delta Petroleum and the MFA confirmed to us that the GOT had given final approval for the pending SOMO-Delta barter deal (reftels),under which SOMO will export fuel oil to Turkey in return for Turkish benzine (gasoline) and LPG. Delta Petroleum o [...]	2003-06-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4072	KURDISH GROUPS' UNILATERAL ACTIONS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary and action request: Reftels report the KDP's practice of charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border. Reports from GOT officials, local businessmen, and UN officials indicate that the KDP continues to charge fees for ce [...]	2003-06-25 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC TU IZ
03ANKARA4105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4131	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4155	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-30 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4161	TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked companies against Turkish citizens in Turkey, are having a negative impact on his populist, xenophobic Genc Party's standing in the public eye. The controversy surrounding the notori [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4171	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4178	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-02 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4222	IRAQ: TURKS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT KURDISH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Classified by DCM Robert Deutsch. Reasons: 1.5 (B and D). 3. (C) Action Request: Refs A and B list GOT offers of assistance related to the reconstruction and stability of Iraq, for which Post has requested guidance from the Department or OCP [...]	2003-07-03 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4224	BOTAS READY TO RESUME PIPELINE OPERATIONS; WAITING [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told econoff July 3 that the storage tanks at Ceyhan, which store Iraqi crude from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik line, were nearly empty. The only remaining oil in the storage tanks was bound for Turkey's Kirakkale refi [...]	2003-07-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4230	TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM the evening of July 4th to formally protest the reported arrest by US forces of Turkish Special Forces (SF) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. According to Ilkin, at approximately 14:30 July 4, Turkish SF re [...]	2003-07-04 20:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4251	GOT REOPENS HABUR BORDER CROSSING TO OCPA [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Following the reported release of detained Turkish special forces in northern Iraq, both Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) and the World Food Program told us that the Habur border crossing with Iraq returned to normal operation at approximately midday [...]	2003-07-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4318	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4349	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4358	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]	2003-07-11 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4464	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-16 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4468	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-17 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4477	SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY [...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]	2003-07-17 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4481	Humanitarian Assistance Update: UN and Energy [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary: -------- 2. The World Food Program, Kellogg, Brown and Root, and Delta Petroleum advise that food and fuel supplies continue to flow across the Habur border crossing into Iraq. Noting good cooperation with the GOT, WFP reports that Turkey [...]	2003-07-17 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4486	GOT AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 3. (SBU) At a July 14 meeting with Assistant Air Attache and Econoff, MFA and Civil Aviation Authority (Turkish acronym DHMI) representatives agreed to receive a [...]	2003-07-17 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4489	Delivery of Treasury Letter on Iraqi Assets and [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4490	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4500	SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]	2003-07-18 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4539	MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR-GENERAL: THERE IS A [...] (U) Action request at para 7. Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) SUMMARY. DCM met with Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18 at the latter's request. Burcuoglu passed the DCM a paper outlining the reasons why the GOT beli [...]	2003-07-18 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	IZ KPAO PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4540	MFA DENIES VISA TO THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN THE PRC [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) In a meeting between the DCM and Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18, Burcuoglu noted that the MFA had recently instructed the Turkish embassy in Beijing to deny a visa to the Iraqi A [...]	2003-07-18 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4583	TURKISH NGO ASAM ARGUES FOR GREATER ROLE FOR [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, Umit Ozdag, Director of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM -- a leading Establishment think-tank),offered poloff his take on the July 4 incident in Iraq and the way forward in U.S.-Turkey relations. 2. (C) Ozdag called the July 4 incident, in which [...]	2003-07-22 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA461	IRAQ: TURKEY TO HOST IRAQ SUMMIT FOR SIX [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk 1/17 about Turkey's plans for a "peace" summit of heads of state or government of Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Gokturk confirmed that FM Yakis had called in ambassadors/charges from the five other countries [...]	2003-01-17 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC

03ANKARA462	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-17 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

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