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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04ABUJA17 |
Army Fights Fundamentalist Group in Yobe [...] (SBU) On Christmas Day, Nigerian members of an extremist Islamic sect destroyed the police station in the town of Kanamma in Yunsari Local Government Area (LGA) in Yobe State near the border with Niger, killed a policeman, and carried away arms and ammunition. The sect lost three of its own m [...] |
2004-01-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF PHUM NI POLMIL |
| 05BRUSSELS1549 |
DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...] |
2005-04-20 09:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05MANILA2675 |
MILF VALIDATING WANTED TERRORIST LIST FROM GRP [...] (SBU) Below is a list of 53 suspected militants provided to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (a copy has been faxed to EAP/PMBS). MILF officials have publicly stated they are in the process of "validating" the list, and the names will form [...] |
2005-06-09 06:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP |
| 05NEWDELHI9752 |
GOI NON-PAPER ON LINKAGES AMONG TERRORIST GROUPS [...] (S) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha in a December 27 meeting passed to Acting DCM a 10-page non-paper on connections among various terrorist groups, entitled "Inter-Group Linkages". The terrorist groups addressed in the non-paper include the following: al-Qaida an [...] |
2005-12-27 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN PINR SNAR IN PK BG AF |
| 06DUBLIN798 |
IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478) [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...] |
2006-07-07 16:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR |
| 06KHARTOUM2623 |
DARFUR PARTNER'S MEETING: LITTLE GOOD NEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Darfur Partners exchanged notes and ideas on addressing the issues of Darfur with few solid recommendations during a November 2 meeting hosted by the UK Charge. The UN representative assured the group of a seamless leadership transition with the departure of UN Secretary G [...] |
2006-11-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UN CD ER |
| 06KHARTOUM2731 |
DARFUR DRY SEASON OFFENSIVE GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: The Government has mobilized thousands of tribal and factional militia and authorized tactics that bring the scope of fighting almost full circle to that of late-2003 and early 2004. Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are functioning in a supporting role, providing mobile infantry, Ant [...] |
2006-11-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS SU CD |
| 06KHARTOUM474 |
DISPLACEMENT TRENDS IN DARFUR [...] After a relative lull in fighting and displacements for most of 2005, November and December marked an increase in the size and frequency of population movements within Darfur that has yet to subside. Many movements have resulted, in large part, from struggles for territory and influence betw [...] |
2006-02-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
| 06MOSCOW2327 |
NORTH CAUCASUS MUSLIMS: INDEPENDENT VOICE? [...] (C) Summary: The election of Magomed-Khadzhi Albogachiyev as leader of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus marks a clear step to distance the Moscow-based Center -- and by extension the Muslim clerics in the region, whom it purports to represent -- from the clan-based lead [...] |
2006-03-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
| 06TELAVIV2272 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...] |
2006-06-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR SETTLEMENTS |
| 07BAGHDAD265 |
IRAQ: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy POC: Allison Monz; monza2@state.gov. Telephone: 914-822-9289. 2. (SBU) Iraq remains at the center in the global war on terror battling al-Qaida and affiliated terrorist organizations; insurgent groups fighting against Coalition Forces (CF); along with militias and death squads inc [...] |
2007-01-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IZ |
| 07JAKARTA725 |
INDONESIA RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] (C) EAP DAS Eric John inquired about Pakistani President Musharraf's Middle East peace initiative during his meeting with Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director General Imron Cotan. According to Cotan, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda attended the meeting as part of Indonesia [...] |
2007-03-13 22:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL ID |
| 08ISLAMABAD3373 |
BOUCHER REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. In two separate wide-ranging discussions with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Interior Minister Malik reported that the Pakistani government remained firmly committed to completing military action against extremists in Bajaur. Malik expressed co [...] |
2008-10-25 08:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 08KHARTOUM1745 |
SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between rebel and government forces in South Darfur had been largely absent for several months until the November 19 SLA/MM and SLA/U attack on a central police convoy and subsequent government bombings, sources told poloffs during a trip to Nyala November 24-26. Meanwh [...] |
2008-12-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
| 09CAIRO218 |
EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON COUNTER PIRACY, SOMALIA AND SUDAN REF: A. KHARTOUM 51 B. KHARTOUM 75 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT SO SU EG |
| 09CAIRO339 |
DARFUR LEADER MINNI MINAWI'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: We met with Minni Minawi, SLA leader and Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority on February 19, and his foreign affairs advisor on February 12. During his three-day visit to Cairo, Minawi met with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Field Marshall Tantawi, and F [...] |
2009-02-24 16:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SU EG |
| 09ISLAMABAD947 |
ANP'S WALI KHAN PRAISES MILITARY SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party President Asfundyar Wali Khan told Charge May 3 that he was pleased (for the first time) with vigorous Army/Frontier Corps action against militants in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). GOP forces were moving into Shangla, completing the encirclement [...] |
2009-05-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09KARACHI138 |
SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI [...] (S) Summary: The police in Karachi are only one of several armed groups in the city, and they are probably not the most numerous or best equipped. Many neighborhoods are considered by the police to be no-go zones in which even the intelligence services have a difficult time operating. Very f [...] |
2009-04-22 11:52:00 | Consulate Karachi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
| 09KHARTOUM151 |
NCP WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
| 09KHARTOUM153 |
SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISE TO ISSUE PUBLIC DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley, Shura Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur, Dajo and Birgit tribes expressed a willingness to issue a public declaration of the intent of the Darfurian people to pursue peace negotiations with the [...] |
2009-02-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
| 09KHARTOUM51 |
JEM CLASHES WITH SLM/MM IN MUHAJIRIYA, BUT SCALE OF [...] (SBU) Multiple rebel and UN sources confirmed the fighting between JEM and SLM/Minnawi forces in the Minnawi stronghold of Muhajiriya the morning of January 15 (Ref A), but details remain scarce and the scope of the fighting remains in question. According to UN sources, clashes apparently star [...] |
2009-01-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
| 09KHARTOUM75 |
THE CHANGING DYNAMIC IN DARFUR: ZAGHAWA MOVEMENTS TURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) now controls the key South Darfur villages of Labado and Muhajarriya after attacking SLM/Minnawi positions. One UNAMID source claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) started bombing both JEM and SLM/MM on the periph [...] |
2009-01-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
| 09KHARTOUM83 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS NEW MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail acknowledged a tactical mistake on the part of the SAF for failing to intervene quickly against JEM in recent clashes with the forces of Minni Minnawi (reftel). He admitted that t [...] |
2009-01-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
| 09KHARTOUM84 |
SLM/MM ALLEGES JEM MANIPULATED BY GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The SLA/MM commanders who defected to JEM last month are in fact government agents who instigated JEM's attack on Minnawi forces in Muhajiriya to sow discord amongst the rival Zaghawa movements at the behest of the government, SLM/MM reps told poloffs in a meeting on January 22. [...] |
2009-01-23 09:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
| 09STATE8780 |
TALKING POINTS ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 and 4. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Department requests that Embassy Khartoum and Embassy N'Djamena urge the Governments of Chad and Sudan to cease support of opposing rebel groups and continue to work toward normalized relations. T [...] |
2009-01-31 00:22:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SU CD |
| 09STATE9857 |
TALKING POINTS ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Tripoli only. Request was sent earlier to other embassies in Reftel (B), but technical difficulties precluded Department from sending to Embassy Tripoli at that time. Please see paragraph 3 and 4. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Department requests [...] |
2009-02-03 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SU CD |
| 09TBILISI2204 |
GEORGIA: CONSTRUCTIVE EXCHANGE ON THE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On December 11 Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili led a discussion with international partners of a draft strategy on engagement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Characterizing it as a "human-centric" engagement (not de-occupation) plan, Yakobashvili called it the government's [...] |
2009-12-15 13:39:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EAID RS TU GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK43 |
U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3 [...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...] |
2009-01-23 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK |
| 10BAGHDAD224 |
PRT KARBALA: TENSIONS MOUNT DURING COUNTDOWN TO [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Dissension is mounting in the Shi'a religious community in Iraq's south following a reported decision from the Iraqi Commission on Shi'a Religious Endowments (Awqaf) to cease most live broadcasts [...] |
2010-01-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PTER IR IZ |