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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00ANKARA8112TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMILAR TO THE USG'S INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED APPROACH. THE DANGER POSED TO TURKEY BY TERRORISM IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE THREE POSTS OF TH [...]
2000-12-11 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
00BOGOTA106662000 TERRORISM REPORT (COLOMBIA)
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY BOGOTA'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL: A. RESPONSE OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO TERRORISM: COLOMBIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL (A BRANCH OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE) CONTINUES TO GIVE HIGH P [...]
2000-12-05 14:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CO
00HANOI686VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION
[...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...]
2000-04-05 07:48:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL
00HARARE2203APRIL 24 HARARE UPDATE
[...] (U) AS OF THE MORNING OF APRIL 24 HARARE IS QUIET. THE WEEKEND BOMBING IN THE CITY CENTER (REFTEL) RAISED FEARS AMONG CITY DWELLERS, BUT THE GENERALLY LESSENING TENSION ON THE FARMS APPEARS TO HAVE MORE THAN OFFSET THIS AS ZIMBABWE PREPARES TO RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW AFTER A FOUR-DAY EASTER [...]
2000-04-24 12:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE2297AMBASSADOR PUTS HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER ON NOTICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 26 THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS REPEATED THE PARTY LINE TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMS IS A "POLITICAL ISSUE" WITH WHICH NEITHER HE NOR THE POLICE MAY INTERFERE, AS LONG AS THE TAKEOVERS ARE PEACEFUL. DABENGWA MAINTAINS THAT THE POLIC [...]
2000-04-27 15:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI
00HARARE2339MEDIA REPORT POLICE RELEASE JOURNALIST; HARARE
[...] No summary [...]
2000-05-02 13:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ZI
00HARARE2515"RED GUARDS" AND SQUATTERS: MUGABE'S
[...] (C) THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY IS BEING VITIATED IN ZIMBABWE. IN ORDER TO WIN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE DATE OF WHICH IS STILL NOT FIXED, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS UNLEASHED A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, COMPARABLE IN PURPOSE TO CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION. HIS TRUSTED AGENTS ARE T [...]
2000-05-11 14:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE3963SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON BURUNDI WITH A RECEPTIVE NELSON MANDELA ON JULY 17 REGARDING THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT AND PLANS FOR THE JULY 19-20 MEETING OF REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE. WOLPE MADE INROADS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE DANGER OF SIGNI [...]
2000-07-19 12:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BY SF
00HARARE5052CIVIL SUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE
[...] (U) THE FILING OF A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05052 111737Z LAST WEEK IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT PRESS. THE MEDIA FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE BASIS FOR THE LAWSUIT -- HUMAN [...]
2000-09-11 15:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
00HARARE5072IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, PROVIDED THE DONOR COMMUNITY WITH AN HOUR- LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE COMPLETED 2 1/2 WEEK-LONG ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS AN [...]
2000-09-12 14:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ZI
00HARARE5302ZIMBABWE MINISTER'S STATEMENT PRELUDE TO MORE INTIMIDATION AGAINST MDC
[...] (C) IN A PARLIAMENTARY SESSION ATTENDED BY POLOFF, HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO READ A BRIEF GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE POLICE RAIDS AGAINST THE MDC LAST WEEK (REFS B AND C). AFTER READING WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A POLICE REPORT ON THE BOMBING OF THE MDC HEADQUARTERS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE RAIDS [...]
2000-09-19 15:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
00HARARE5581MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI CALLS ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CALLED THE BOMBING OF MDC HEADQUARTERS AND SUBSEQUENT RAIDS ON ITS OFFICES "AMATEURISH." THE GOZ HAS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MDC LEADERSHIP BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PAINT THE PARTY AS A SUBVERVISE ORGANIZA [...]
2000-09-29 15:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI MDC
00KINSHASA8008(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO): 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-11-29 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CG
00KINSHASA8621DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...]
2000-12-28 13:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
00LONDON8980UNITED KINGDOM: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE UNITED KINGDOM CONTINUED ITS AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 2000. IT PASSED A NEW TERRORISM LAW THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT EXPANDED POWERS TO FIGHT BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORISM, AND IT CONTINUED ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES TO BRI [...]
2000-12-28 17:06:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
00RABAT5272MOROCCO: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO. THE GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO (G [...]
2000-11-30 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
00RIYADH3360SAUDI 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 08:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
00THEHAGUE1797DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-16 13:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO
00ULAANBAATAR1422MONGOLIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-11-28 03:56:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MG
01ABUJA1000Lunch Conference on Drugs and Financial Crimes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Special Advisor on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Dr. Ibrahim Lame hosted a three hour lunch and meeting on drugs and related crimes on April 19. Media questioned Dr. Lame, Attorney General Bola Ige and NDLEA Chairman Lafiaji, among others, on current crime and [...]
2001-05-04 19:02:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR CJAN PREL NI
01ABUJA1587NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND OTHER ISSUES
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...]
2001-07-05 15:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI
01ABUJA1941MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS
[...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The fo [...]
2001-08-06 10:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC NI
01ABUJA1950MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS
[...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The foll [...]
2001-08-06 15:15:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC NI
01ABUJA2404NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...]
2001-09-21 10:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER XA
01ABUJA2416NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1333
[...] Reftel demarche was delivered September 20 to Central Bank Governor Joseph Sanusi and September 21 to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Governor Sanusi, while unaware of the reporting requirements per UNSCR 1333, w [...]
2001-09-21 15:54:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER NI
01ABUJA2421NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...]
2001-09-22 13:52:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER XA
01ABUJA2491NIGERIA: PRE-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Embassy received Ref A request for pre-deployment assessment on 26 September. By this date, deployments for Operation Focus Relief trainers were already well underway, and training had already begun at Birnin-Kebbi (training in Ilorin and Serti is scheduled to begin on 8 October). Additio [...]
2001-09-28 09:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC 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 15:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI
01ABUJA2617TFUS3: PETROL BOMB AT KANO BRITISH COUNCIL
[...] (U) On 15 October 2001, Embassy Abuja received information from a reliable source that the British Council in Kano had been the target of a petrol bomb during the early morning hours. 2. (C/NF) RSO met British High Commission Security Officer, Keith Rowland, who offered the following deta [...]
2001-10-15 17:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PTER NI
01ABUJA2667NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]
2001-10-18 20:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2710NDLEA EXHIBITS GREATER DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROWESS
[...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2.(C) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, NDLEA Chairman Bello Lafiaji extolled the drug enforcement agency's more energetic efforts. Drug seizures made thus far already surpass last year's totals and t [...]
2001-10-24 21:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALSNAR NI
01ABUJA2786RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...]
2001-10-31 13:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI
01ABUJA2792RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...]
2001-11-01 11:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP
01ACCRA2992 GHANA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-05 12:56:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL GH
01ANKARA6815IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...]
2001-10-26 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TU IR
01ANKARA7811TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...]
2001-12-14 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER
01BANJUL854GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...]
2001-10-15 15:04:00Embassy BanjulSECRETPTER PINR XA GA
01BEIJING11971CHINA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] BELOW IS THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA STRONGLY AND PROMPTLY CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHICH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN DESCRIBED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AS AN ATTACK BOTH ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON WORLD PEACE. [...]
2001-12-12 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CH
01CAIRO5770CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
[...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...]
2001-09-19 10:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO EG
01CAIRO7997EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE)
[...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE),IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...]
2001-12-10 16:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG
01COLOMBO2233 SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS
[...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REF B REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARAS 2-3 ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO REF A CONCERNING UPGRADING HOST COUNTRY ANTI-TERRORISM LA [...]
2001-12-12 11:51:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CE MV
01COLOMBO579COLOMBO CALM AFTER THREE MONTHS OF LTTE CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS IN COLOMBO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN DECEMBER 2000 BY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) OF A UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE (SEE REFTELS A-C, F-H). AFTER A SERIES OF OFFENSIVES TO RECLAIM PART OF THE JAFFNA PENINSULA, SRI LANKAN AR [...]
2001-04-03 10:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CE
01GABORONE3355 MANY BATSWANA SOMEWHAT DUBIOUS ABOUT U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: ENERGETIC OUTREACH EFFORTS BY THE AMBASSADOR AND MISSION STAFF REVEAL THAT INITIAL SYMPATHY FOR THE U.S. POST-SEPTEMBER 11 HAS ERODED WITH RECENT AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN. BATSWANA QUESTION U.S. FOREIGN POLICIES; COMPARE THE ASCETIC IMAGE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH THE ARRAY OF [...]
2001-10-15 07:50:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER BC
01GABORONE3435TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES
[...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...]
2001-10-22 16:00:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPINR PTER BC
01HANOI2885SPOUTING THE PARTY LINE ALONG ROUTE ONE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE EXPRESSED TO POL/C THEIR CONDOLENCES ON THE 9/11 TRAGEDIES AND OPPOSITION TO TERRORISM, SATISFACTION OVER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, AND DEEP OPPOSITION TO THE DRAFT VIETNAM H [...]
2001-11-05 09:52:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM CTERR BTA HUMANR
01HANOI2949CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. EVIDENCE OF CATHOLIC LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI IS ABUNDANT IN MANY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOCATIONS BUT TENDS TO DIMINISH FARTHER NORTH. BISHOPS AND PRIESTS REPOR [...]
2001-11-13 06:37:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI2985PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL
[...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...]
2001-11-15 09:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR
01HANOI3086 LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. ROUTE ONE IS BEAUTIFUL DRIVE BUT A SURPRISINGLY POOR NATIONAL ARTERY LINKING THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THERE IS LITTLE INDICATION OF MUCH USE OF LAND OR RAIL TRANSPORT FOR INTER-PROVINCIAL TRADE. SMALL-SCALE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SEEMS TO THRIVE. RICE IS CLEARLY KING A [...]
2001-11-26 06:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PINS PGOV ETRD VM
01HANOI3308 DISCUSSING TERRORISM IN NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM
[...] DURING OFFICIAL TRAVEL IN TWO NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES -- HAI DUONG AND QUANG NINH -- DECEMBER 18-19 (SEPTEL),POL/C DISTRIBUTED PAS-PRODUCED "RESPONSE TO TERROR" AND "NETWORK OF TERROR" (AS WELL AS OTHER PAS MATERIALS ABOUT THE U.S.),EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR GVN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORIS [...]
2001-12-21 09:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR
01HARARE1026ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED
[...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...]
2001-03-15 11:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI
01HARARE1066IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 20 THE IMF RESREP, GERRY JOHNSON, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, GAVE THE DONOR COMMUNITY AN HOUR-LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE RESULS OF ITS 12 DAY VISIT TO ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS ANTICIPATED, THAT "THE CURRENT ECO [...]
2001-03-21 05:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ZI
01HARARE1082FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES COMMONWEALTH HEADS
[...] (C) ZIMBABWEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STANISLAUS MUDENGE SUMMONED COMMONWEALTH AND SADC HEADS OF MISSION IN HARARE ON MARCH 21 TO DELIVER A TWO-HOUR HARANGUE ON THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) STATEMENT ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE IN LONDON. "NOTHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN ZIMB [...]
2001-03-21 15:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ZI ADCO
01HARARE1257ROAD MAP FOR IMPROVING ZIMBABWE-U.S. RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICA PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR RELATIONSHIP ITH ZIMBABWE. THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DETERIORATED BADLY AS THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASINGLY ELIED ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION TO PRESERVE IS HO [...]
2001-04-06 09:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE2455MEDIA REPORT -- DR. MICHAEL SWANGO CASE
[...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY 'THE CHRONICLE' DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 15 EDITORIAL TO A CALL FOR THE EXTRADITION OF AMCIT DR. MICHAEL SWANGO, NOW SERVING LIFE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02455 201428Z SENTENCE IN COLORADO FOR KILLING PATIENTS IN T [...]
2001-08-20 14:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE2682MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.;
[...] THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVED BLANKET COVERAGE IN BOTH THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. THE STATE-FUNDED NATIONAL BROADCASTING TELEVISION STATION, ZTV 1, SUSPENDED NORMAL PROGRAMMING YESTERDAY (SEPTEMBER 11) AFTERNOON WHEN CABLE NEWS NETWORK STARTED [...]
2001-09-12 12:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2692IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, GERALD JOHNSON, AND THE NEW IMF COUNTRY TEAM LEADER, DAVID COE (REPLACING PAULO NEUHAUSS),PROVIDED THE DCM AND ECONOFF WITH AN OUTBRIEF ON THE TEAM'S TWO WEEK ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. COE PROVIDED NO SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, AND LAID OUT AN ASSESSMEN [...]
2001-09-13 13:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ZI
01HARARE2716TFUSO1: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE
[...] SEPTEMBER 14 EDITORIALS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRINT MEDIA FOCUS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. THE NEWSPAPERS ALSO CARRY LENGTHY OPINION PIECES ABOUT THE DISASTER. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "TERROR, VIOLENCE WON'T END WORLD'S CONFLICTS," THE INDEPENDENT DAI [...]
2001-09-17 05:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2733MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.;
[...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY THE "CHRONICLE" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 17 EDITORIAL TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. UNDER HEADLINE "INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM A THREAT TO ALL," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U. S. LAST WEEK IS BOUND T [...]
2001-09-18 06:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2769MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.;
[...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 20 EDITORIAL TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES. UNDER HEADLINE "TARGETING ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN BE DANGEROUS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ACTED QUICKLY TO DOU [...]
2001-09-20 09:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2771TFUS1: MEDIA REPORTING ON TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO CARRY OPINION PIECES AND OP-ED ARTICLES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 BOMBINGS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. THESE ARTICLES BOTH REFLECT AND LEAD ZIMBABWEAN POPULAR OPINION ON THE ATTACKS. IN GENERAL, THE ZIMBABWEAN MOOD IS [...]
2001-09-20 13:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2813MEDIA REPORT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON U. S.
[...] THERE HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTPOURING OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, PUBLISHED IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CENTERING ON THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. SAMPLES OF THE LETTERS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "INJUSTICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWE [...]
2001-09-25 05:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3004TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]
2001-10-09 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3063MEDIA REACTION WAR AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO DEDICATE SIGNIFICANT SPACE TO WIRE ARTICLES BY REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. THE NATIONAL STATE-RUN TELEVISION STATION, ZTV I, IS CARRYING CABLE NEWS NETWORK [...]
2001-10-16 05:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3158MEDIA REPORT STRIKE AGAINST TERROR OPINION PIECES;
[...] THE OCTOBER 21 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED TWO OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.-LED STRIKE AGAINST TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. UNDER HEADLINE "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND," THE [...]
2001-10-23 07:50:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3463UNEASY CALM RETURNS TO BULAWAYO AS CRACKDOWN ON MDC
[...] (C) IN A SEVERAL-HOUR RAMPAGE THROUGH BULAWAYO ON NOVEMBER 16, WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS BURNED TO THE GROUND THE OPPOSITION MDC'S OFFICE, RANSACKED THE OFFICE OF THE CITY'S MAYOR, BEAT THOSE SELLING AND READING INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS, AND SMASHED CAR WINDSHIELDS. THEY WERE ESCORTED [...]
2001-11-19 14:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE655ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CRACKDOWN ON
[...] (C) SINCE FEBRUARY 1, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS INTENSIFIED AND EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF ITS INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN IN URBAN AREAS. IT HAS SENT ARMY AND POLICE UNITS INTO TOWNSHIPS NEAR HARARE TO INDISCRIMINATELY BEAT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND PUBLIC PLACES. ON FEBRUARY 3, POLICE SQU [...]
2001-02-06 16:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI MDC
01HARARE662 MUGABE PROBABLY WILL WIN ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION IN
[...] (C) UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE RESEARCH FELLOW BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS TOLD CHARGE AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 1 THAT, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ZANU-PF WILL EMPLOY INCREASED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE OPPOSITION PARTY MOVEMENT FOR DQOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),INDEPENDENT MED [...]
2001-02-07 15:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE741GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...]
2001-02-13 14:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI
01HARARE856 THREATS AGAINST WHITE OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS
[...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP AND SECRETARY FOR POLICY FORMULATION AND RESEARCH TRUDY SIPDIS STEVENSON EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT ESCALATING HARASSMENT OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S LEADERS. SHE RECOUNTED A TROUBLING CO [...]
2001-02-27 15:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE897GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS
[...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...]
2001-03-02 11:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI
01HARARE903 TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
[...] (U) IN HIS FIRST-EVER BRIEFING FOR THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID ZIMBABWE IS IN A STATE OF "TERMINAL PARALYSIS" DUE TO THE BREAKDOWN IN THE RULE OF LAW AND INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. TSVANGI [...]
2001-03-05 12:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE970ZIMBABWE'S CFU DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS PERSONAL
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 8, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE' EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE. HASLUCK STATED THAT WHILE [...]
2001-03-11 05:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PINR ZI
01HAVANA4690CUBA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-14 13:43:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CU
01HOCHIMINHCITY1181CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC),ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND CONOFF. HAI EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE CG AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE BOTH COMFORTABLE AND BUSY IN HCMC. HE SAID THE [...]
2001-10-17 05:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM
01KUWAIT3338 AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - AND UBL SPEECH
[...] (S) USAMA BIN LADEN'S NOVEMBER 3 STATEMENT WAS THE SPEECH OF A DESPERATE MAN DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HAD NOT GENERATED GREATER SUPPORT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, KUWAIT MFA UNDERSECRETARY AL-JARALLAH TOLD THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 4. AL-JARALLAH DID NOT EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE PR [...]
2001-11-04 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER AF KU
01LONDON7384UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT
[...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...]
2001-12-21 16:23:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
01MANAMA3641 AMIR TO SECRETARY POWELL ON AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY. BAHRAIN'S AMIR WELCOMES THE U.S. FOCUS ON REPLACING THE TALIBAN AND FORMING A BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT. HE URGED THAT WE GET SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE SPOKESMAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND TURN THE TALIBAN INTO INSURGENTS. WITH SUCH A STEP HE TH [...]
2001-10-29 14:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL AF BA
01RIYADH1771THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY
[...] (C) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REGIME CRITICS HAVE BEEN EXILED OR MARGINALIZED ABROAD AND CO-OPTED OR MUZZLED AT HOME, AND A LARGELY APOLITICAL CITIZENRY SHOWS NO INCLINATION TO DEMAND GREATER [...]
2001-06-27 12:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI SA
01RIYADH3968SAUDI 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 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL SA
01STATE157144SITREP NUMBER ONE: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CONUS
[...] THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TO PROVIDE POSTS WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON A RASH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 IN NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, D.C. BE ADVISED THAT THIS INFORMATION IS DRAWN FROM OPEN SOURCES AS THE SITUATION IS DEVELOPING. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATI [...]
2001-09-11 15:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
01TELAVIV4047HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...]
2001-07-27 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ
01VATICAN1192VATICAN - "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 11:45:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL
01VATICAN3118VATICAN ENVOY VISITS ISRAEL; ISRAEL/VATICAN
[...] (C) POPE JOHN PAUL II DISPATCHED PIO CARDINAL LAGHI TO MEET ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHARON AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN ARAFAT ON JUNE 2. VATICAN MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR MONS. GIOVANNI D'ANIELLO ACCOMPANIED LAGHI. CHARGE CALLED ON D'ANIELLO JUNE 6 FOR READ-OUT OF TRIP. D'ANIELLO SAID THAT [...]
2001-06-11 16:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XR VT
01VATICAN5546 OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR JEFF LUNSTEAD, SENIOR
[...] SUBJECT: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHANISTAN BRIEFS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05546 01 OF 02 251050Z VATICAN. REF. STATE 184178 2. (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR ADVISOR AND AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 [...]
2001-10-25 10:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AF VT VTPREL
01VATICAN6604SPECIAL ENVOY DANFORTH DISCUSSES BACK-
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/E DANFORTH AND DELEGATION DISCUSSED STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD SUDAN PEACE PROCESS 12/20 WITH SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY AFRICA SPECIALISTS FABIO RICCARDI AND DON MATTEO ZUPPI. RICCARDI PROPOSED CONFIDENTIAL TALKS BETWEEN TRUSTED SENIOR GOS AND SPLM REPRESENTATIVES AT A LOCATIO [...]
2001-12-27 16:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU VT VTPREL
02ABUJA1572 INCREASED DRUG SEIZURES AT LAGOS AIRPORT
[...] Since the beginning of April 2002, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) unit at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos has reported seizures of cocaine and heroin amounting to 40 kilograms. All of these narcotics shipments were either entering Nigeria from k [...]
2002-05-22 18:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NI
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 21:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER NI UNGA
02ABUJA3309 AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NIGERIAN
[...] Summary. Interest in Afghanistan and USG actions in rebuilding the country is low among Nigeria's southern journalists. There is more interest in the print media in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, which occasionally publishes Afghan-related material, mostly in the context of stories on Iraq, [...]
2002-12-13 14:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI AF
02ABUJA366NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO - SPECIAL APPEAL TO
[...] (C) President Obasanjo convoked Ambassador Jeter (accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff) on February 4 and stated, "Howard, we need help." Explaining that he did not initially realize the extent of the destruction caused by the explosion at the Ikeja ammunition depot, the President said he was ma [...]
2002-02-04 18:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SENV PHUM PREF NI
02ABUJA418NIGERIA: TERRORIST LIST 9
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Mission officers met on February 6, per Ref C, to discuss possible scenarios to lessen the negative impact of freezing the assets of NASCO Nigeria and its affiliated subsidiaries. We found no way to separate [...]
2002-02-07 14:56:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PINS EFIN ECON TU NI
02ABUJA462NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR
[...] No summary [...]
2002-02-08 16:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL
02ACCRA2693GHANA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-25 10:18:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL GH
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 08:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA428 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 24, 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 ------------------------- [...]
2002-12-24 14:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADDISABABA3801ETHIOPIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ETHIOPIA IS A CONFIRMED AND COMMITTED PARTNER IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) AT ALL LEVELS. ALTHOUGH OFTEN LACKING IN CAPACITY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) HAS RESPONDED PRO-ACTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL THREAT. EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO FORE [...]
2002-11-25 04:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL PINS ET
02AMMAN2184JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SITUATION IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-02 10:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2243MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate factions in Amman's Wihdat refugee camp is suspicious and uneasy about Israeli and U.S. intentions. In a May 1 meeting with emboffs, Palestinian notables from Wihdat questioned U.S [...]
2002-05-07 13:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2432SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM
[...] (C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli violence in the West Bank and of suicide bombings, but asked that the U.S. adopt a "more just" position defending the rights of Palestinians against Israeli oc [...]
2002-05-16 09:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SOCI IS JO
02AMMAN2527JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-20 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2696MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-28 08:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN2938STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA
[...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...]
2002-06-04 14:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3304MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-19 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3403MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QA'EDA AND RADIO `SAWA'
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-24 12:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3548STATUS OF JORDAN'S ACCESSION TO UN CT CONVENTIONS
[...] Poloff delivered Ref points to Aiyman Aamri, Acting Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 30. Poloff explained that the U.S. has now ratified all twelve UN CT Conventions and pressed Aamri on the GOJ's progress in ratifying the four remaining UN [...]
2002-06-30 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL OSCE OSCE
02AMMAN3549ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT
[...] (C) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its circulation is small compared to that of the daily newspapers, but it has grown recently when other Jordanian weeklies have not. Insiders aver that the paper seeks to convey "qual [...]
2002-06-30 13:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3860JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-15 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4067JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S WASHINGTON
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-23 15:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4089JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE GAZA BOMBING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-24 12:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4138JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA BOMBING RAID
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-25 15:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4179JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-29 11:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4317MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-05 08:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4377MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-06 12:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4594SFRC 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 08:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN5185JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-11 13:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
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 05:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ JO
02AMMAN5527HAMZA MANSOUR AND THE IAF/MB: MODERATE LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-25 14:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN6691JORDAN: 2002 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 be a strong supporter of the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to our requests for assistance. To support Oper [...]
2002-11-13 18:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CASC
02AMMAN6939UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) COMPLIANCE: VIEWS FROM GAZA
[...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (C) Summary: In the course of November 18 meetings with UNRWA's Gaza program chiefs, regional refcoord reviewed UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Relief and Social Services Chief told refco [...]
2002-11-27 14:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UN
02AMMAN7388JORDAN: DETAILS ON RJ BOMB THREAT
[...] (C) Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar and Royal Jordanian Airlines Executive VP Ghassan Ali provided the following details on the bomb threat against a Royal Jordanian Airlines Airbus A-340 flight 602 from Amman to Abu Dhabi the early morning of December 22. -- At abou [...]
2002-12-22 14:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC PTER JO
02ANKARA8110TURKEY: 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 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8305TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-15 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
02ANKARA8993TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN TURKEY
[...] Post appreciates message of sustained interest in telling the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has a long historical tie to Afghanistan and is proud of its current status as a leader in Afghan reconstruction. Our responsibility is to demonstrate to the Turkish populace that [...]
2002-12-16 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AF PREL SOCI TU
02ANKARA9109ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-24 09:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ATHENS4072GREECE: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, THE GOG HAS ROTATED THREE FRIGATES (HS SPETSES, HS ADRIAS, AND HS PSARA) THROUGH ARABIAN SEA DUTY. EACH FRIGATE CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 200 CREW MEMBERS, A S-70B6 HELICOPTER, AND A UNIT OF HELLENIC NAVY COMMANDOS. GREECE HAS ALSO BEEN CONT [...]
2002-11-26 09:18:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER GR
02BEIJING11889CHINA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] BELOW IS THE 2002 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA TREATS DESIGNATIONS OF TERRORISTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH THOSE DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THE PRC REGULARLY INSTRUCTS ITS FINANCIAL INS [...]
2002-11-15 08:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CH
02BEIRUT3741 LEBANON: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] SECURITY CONDITIONS IN LEBANON WORSENED DURING 2002 WITH THE KILLING OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY, EXPLOSIONS AT SEVERAL AMERICAN FRANCHISE RESTAURANTS, AND A SPIKE OF CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS INTO ISRAEL IN MARCH-APRIL. LEBANON, LIKE MANY COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN TER [...]
2002-11-29 15:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV LE
02BOGOTA1025PUBLIC PROTESTS GROW IN THE FACE OF FARC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AS THE FARC'S WAVE OF VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT PASTRANA MET WITH HIS TOP MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ADVISORS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO COMBAT THE GUERRILLA ATTACKS. MEANWHILE, POPULAR ATTITUDES ARE HARDENING AGAINST THE FARC, AS PEOPLE TAKE TO TH [...]
2002-02-04 11:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINS CO
02BOGOTA3159FARC RESUMES ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: FARC ACTIONS AGAINST THE MILITARY, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, AND COLOMBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE FLARED DURING A THREE-WEEK PERIOD FOLLOWING THE END OF THE DESPEJE. SINCE THEN, FARC ACTIVITY AGAINST THE POPULATION HAD BEEN MINIMAL, UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK: FROM MARCH 24 TO 27, FARC REBELS [...]
2002-04-08 23:35:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINR SOCI CO
02BOGOTA7088FARC INAUGURATION DAY VIOLENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 7, PRESUMED MEMBERS OF THE FARC'S URBAN MILITIAS CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF BOGOTA. THE FIRST ATTACK, WHICH TARGETED A GOC MILITARY INSTALLATION, WAS PROBABLY MEANT TO CONFUSE AND DISTRACT THE COLOMBIAN SECURITY SERVICES. SEVERAL HOURS LAT [...]
2002-08-09 00:53:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MOPS CO
02COLOMBO1433 Breaking down possible cohabitation scenarios
[...] (C) Summary: Colombo is aswirl in reports that the tense cohabitation relationship between President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe is coming to a head. At this point, three possible scenarios seem to be emerging, all of them equally plausible. The first scenario is that both [...]
2002-08-05 01:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1629 Sri Lankan government lifts ban on the
[...] (U) Suggested press guidance for Department's review is contained in Para eight. 2. (C) Summary: The GSL lifted its ban on the Tamil Tigers late September 4. By doing so, the government acceded to a key demand of the Tigers, paving the way for the planned high-level talks in Thailand. [...]
2002-09-04 15:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1720 Incident remains very murky, but hijack
[...] (C) Summary: Amid many conflicting, convoluted reports, Mission has received tentative information that the attempted hijacking of an Air Seychelles flight near the Maldives last week may have had an Islamic connection. Information is very sketchy, but DAO has learned that of the ten men no [...]
2002-09-16 11:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV EAIR ASEC MV IN SE
02COLOMBO1758 Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sri Lanka update
[...] (C) Per Reftel Action Request, Mission has carefully reviewed the Sri Lanka section of the 2001 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Mission provides the following update for Department's review: -- The Sri Lankan government continues to support the global campaign against terrorism. -- [...]
2002-09-20 05:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC KCRM PINS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1993SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-10-24 14:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL
02COLOMBO2055 GSL says court judgment convicting LTTE leader
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A court has convicted LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in absentia of planning a 1996 terrorist attack. The GSL has said the judgment will not affect the peace process. The LTTE has not yet formally reacted. The announcement came on the same day as GSL and LTTE negotiators sat down [...]
2002-11-01 06:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2137 SRI LANKAN/MALDIVES: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] MISSION'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARA 2 IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS A THROUGH K IN PARA TWO OF REFTEL. PARA 3 CONTAINS A REVIEW OF THE SITUATI [...]
2002-11-15 06:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE MV
02COLOMBO2184 Meeting of Sri Lankan PM with LTTE nets heavy
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and LTTE negotiator Balasingham in Oslo on November 24 has received extensive press coverage in Sri Lanka. In other peace process developments, LTTE leader Prabhakaran is preparing to give his annual speech on November 27. Missi [...]
2002-11-25 10:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPAO PHUM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2294BOMB THREAT CALLED IN TO AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
[...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 12, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 HOURS, AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE CALLED THE EMBASSY AND SAID TO THE OPERATOR, "THERE IS A BOMB IN THE EMBASSY." THE CALLER WAS DESCRIBED AS A LOCAL MALE, WELL EDUCATED WITH CLEARLY SPOKEN ENGLISH. THE CALLER IMMEDIATELY HUNG UP. 2. (SBU) GIVEN T [...]
2002-12-12 11:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CE
02COLOMBO2319 Tensions rise incrementally as LTTE demands
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The last few weeks have seen continued tension between the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The tension was briefly highlighted when the LTTE stated that the EPDP must leave Jaffna. In return, the EPDP is accusing the LTTE o [...]
2002-12-17 11:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
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 15:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS SY
02FRANKFURT10187FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...]
2002-11-04 14:46:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
02HANOI1405AA/S WOOD HOLDS WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 20-22 VISIT TO HANOI, IO AA/S WOOD DISCUSSED COUNTERTERRORISM, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC),NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REFORM, THE MONTAGNARDS, MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITH GVN AND COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) OFFICIALS, STUDENTS FROM THE [...]
2002-06-03 06:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR DPOL HIV AIDS
02HANOI149 COUNTER-TERRORISM: THE WORD IS GETTING OUT
[...] EVEN DURING AN EMBASSY-SPONSORED LANGUAGE IMMERSION TRIP TO THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF HUE JANUARY 19-22, THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM REMAINED A SURPRISINGLY RECURRENT THEME. IN RANDOM AND INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE [...]
2002-01-23 04:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR
02HANOI2692 VIETNAM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] EMBASSY'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH 2. THE RESPONSE IS KEYED TO THE PARAGRAPHS IN REFTEL. 2. A) THE GVN HAS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM AND TAKEN A NUMBER OF MEASURES AGAINST AL- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02692 [...]
2002-11-06 10:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL VM CTERR
02HANOI2709 VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC"
[...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...]
2002-11-08 04:47:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM
02HANOI573 POVERTY AND REMINDERS OF WAR IN CENTRAL VIETNAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: DIVIDED BY THE OLD DMZ, QUANG TRI AND QUANG BINH ARE UNITED IN POVERTY NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF WAR'S DESTRUCTION, BUT BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE GEOGRAPHY. REMOTE AND WITH LITTLE SURVIVING PRE-WAR INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND A GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK ARE AS [...]
2002-03-14 04:06:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI ECON PHUM EAID PGOV VM
02HARARE1448ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, RUNNING SCARED, RENEWS
[...] (C) Summary: In the last week, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has renewed its crackdown on the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),which is still considering some sort of mass action to force the GOZ to rerun the flawed March presidential election. Police have arrested hundreds [...]
2002-06-18 14:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
02HARARE1611GOVERNMENT PAPER TAKES AIM AGAINST BIOTECH
[...] Under the headline "We say NO to GM food" the editorial in the July 9 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" offered a stunningly uninformed diatribe against the supply of biotech food to hungry Zimbabweans. Excerpts: 2. ".It.boggles the mind [...]
2002-07-10 06:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1779MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD;
[...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...]
2002-08-05 10:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI
02HARARE1784MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD;
[...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...]
2002-08-05 10:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI
02HARARE1849MEDIA 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 08:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1851MEDIA 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 08:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1984INDEPENDENT RADIO OFFICES BOMBED
[...] Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 29 the offices of independent radio "Voice of the People" (VOP) were firebombed and destroyed. The offices were in a house in a residential neighborhood near downtown Harare. There were no injuries, but the house and its content [...]
2002-08-29 09:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2001LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED
[...] (C) On August 29, police detained Frances Lovemore, acting director of Zimbabwe's leading human rights organization, Amani Trust. She was charged with violating the section of the repressive Public Order and Security Act (POSA) which prohibits publication of "falsehoods" prejudicial to the s [...]
2002-08-30 09:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM ZI
02HARARE2008 GOVERNMENT PAPER BLAMES OPPOSITION PARTY AND "THE
[...] The government-controlled "Herald" used its August 31 editorial to suggest that the bombing of the "Voice of the People" radio station offices on August 29 was the work of western-sponsored "enemies of Zimbabwe" bent on sullying the nation's reputation. 2. Unde [...]
2002-09-03 13:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2211 Press Conference Briefing Notes for
[...] (U) The following offers briefing notes for Ambassador Hall's press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, scheduled for Friday morning, 11 October 2002. The press conference will be held at the conclusion of Ambassador Hall's visit to Zimbabwe. ----------------------------- Goal of the Press Con [...]
2002-10-03 06:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ZI
02HARARE2215MEDIA BACKGROUND AND THEMES FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Media Background: The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) has deliberately and successfully limited media freedom and the flow of information into and out of Zimbabwe. The majority of Zimbabweans must rely on heavily propagandistic government media for news and analysis of lo [...]
2002-10-03 10:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ZI
02HARARE2324"DAILY NEWS" COMMISSIONS NEW PRINTING PRESS
[...] Twenty months after its presses were destroyed by expertly placed, sophisticated explosive devices (no arrests were ever made) the independent "Daily News" inaugurated new presses. In an October 22 ceremony attended by Zimbabwean media, human rights, law and business lea [...]
2002-10-23 07:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2401GOZ VIOLENCE AGAINST MDC TARGETS COUNCILORS
[...] (C) Since the September 28 - 29 Rural District Council elections, ZANU-PF supporters have carried out a violent campaign of retribution against winning MDC councilors and MDC supporters in districts that elected MDC councilors. At least one MDC supporter was beaten to death. Winning (and los [...]
2002-11-04 14:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
02HARARE2414 U.S. COMMENTS ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S FOOD CRISIS
[...] Drawing on the Reuters report of Deputy Assistant Secretary Bellamy's November 2 interview with the Washington Times, both the government-owned Herald and independent Daily News lead with reporting on U.S. concern about Zimbabwe's food crisis. The Herald's page [...]
2002-11-06 06:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE2480GOVERNMENT 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 09:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2737MEDIA REPORT "WORLD MUST FIGHT TERRORISM"; HARARE
[...] Under headline "World must fight terrorism" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its November 30 editorial to calling for "a united front against terrorism" and urged world leaders to "desist from harboring terrorist groups." Excerpts: 2. "Ter [...]
2002-12-02 13:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2871MATABELELAND: FOOD ACCESS REMAINS TENUOUS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Ambassador, USAID Officer, State Zimbabwe Desk Officer and Political Officer visited Matabeleland North province December 3 to December 6 to meet with people affected by the food and HIV/AIDS crises. Food issues dominated discussions as scarcities intensified across the country. [...]
2002-12-30 10:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR SOCI ZI
02HARARE2891MEDIA REPORT: NYAROTA FIRED; HARARE
[...] Geoffrey Nyarota (52),award-winning Editor-in-Chief of the "Daily News," has been fired by the newspaper's board of directors. His deputy, Davison Maruziva, who had been asked to step in as acting editor by management, has also resigned in protest against Nyarota's d [...]
2002-12-31 13:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ZI
02HARARE323MEDIA REACTION ZDERA; HARARE
[...] UNDER HEADLINE "WHERE IS THE PATRIOTISM OF THE ZANU PF LEADERSHIP?" THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS FEBRUARY 6 EDITORIAL TO A WARNING THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS STUDYING ABROAD COULD, BE AFFECTED BY ASPECTS OF THE ZIMBABWE [...]
2002-02-06 12:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE965MEDIA REPORT -- U.S. ACCUSED OF COORDINATING
[...] The lead story in the April 22 edition of the government-controlled "Chronicle" accuses the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of "planning a massive terrorist attack" in Harare and Bulawayo in a move "to invoke civil unrest and pave way for military interven [...]
2002-04-22 12:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE973MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Israeli attacks on civilians abhorrent," the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its April 23 editorial to calling for the cessation of the "cycle of violence and counter- violence" in the Middle East. Excerpts: 2. ". . .No rational person can [...]
2002-04-23 07:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE974MEDIA REPORT KUDOS TO AFRICA; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Don't abuse UN" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its April 21 editorial to hailing African countries for blocking a call for an investigation into alleged human rights violations in Zimbabwe during a United Nations human rights forum [...]
2002-04-23 07:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE998ZIMBABWE: VIOLENCE OF RETRIBUTION CONTINUES;
[...] (C) Summary: Ruling party militants continue their campaign of violent retribution against opposition supporters, six weeks after Zimbabwe's presidential election ended. Since March 11, at least 18 people have died in political violence, bringing the total for the year to at least 54. The n [...]
2002-04-24 15:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI
02KATHMANDU1183 Consular Visit Assesses Conditions Outside
[...] Summary. Consul and Consular Assistant completed a five-day road trip last week to assess concerns about the safety of AmCit travel outside the Kathmandu Valley given the continuing Maoist insurgency, surveying primary travel routes and remote destinations frequented by American citizens. T [...]
2002-06-15 03:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC ECON NP
02KATHMANDU1198ARMY COUNTS VICTORY IN SALYAN WHILE MAOIST ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. Nepal's army has confirmed that fifty-four Maoists and four Nepalese soldiers were killed during the June 12 clash in Salyan district (Ref A). One general ascribed the army's success to better weapons and training, although other military sources related that the Maoists' ambush [...]
2002-06-18 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1255NEPAL: IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NECESSARY?
[...] (C) When Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to dissolve Parliament, he cited MPs' refusal to extend the state of national emergency as a primary reason (Ref A). Legal experts and others, however, hold different opinions on the continued need of the state of emergency, as Parliament pas [...]
2002-06-26 10:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
02KATHMANDU1315Bomb Explodes at PM's Party Headquarters
[...] (U) A bomb exploded July 5 at the newly-opened Kathmandu office of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction of the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) around 10:45 a.m. local time. Police sources confirmed ten people injured and hospitalized. One remains in critical condition. Security forces im [...]
2002-07-05 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1332POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cancelled by Nepali police. The police reportedly acted out of concern for heightened sensitivities in the run-up to the first official visit to China by Nepal's [...]
2002-07-09 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1371LARGE GROUP OF NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE,
[...] (C) Summary. Several hundred Maoists attacked a village near western Nepal's largest city July 10, killing two mainstream party workers apparently in retaliation for cooperating with security forces. The attackers also brutalized other villagers and warned family members of the victims not t [...]
2002-07-15 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1532Maoist Students Bomb Kathmandu School, Injuring
[...] (SBU) Summary. Students shouting Maoist slogans set off a bomb at a private business college in Kathmandu August 8, injuring six. The school occupies a building owned by the King's Press Secretary, who lives next door and was not harmed. The motive for the attack is unclear as no large-scal [...]
2002-08-08 06:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1640UPDATE ON MAOIST INSURGENCY: JULY-AUGUST 2002
[...] (U) This message highligts significant events in the Maoist insurgency since July. On August 21 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) attacked a Maoist training camp in Rolpa, reportedly killing 30 insurgents. Maoists continue to attack civilians and rural infrastructure, but staged no large-scale atta [...]
2002-08-22 13:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV MCAP NP
02KATHMANDU1674BOMB BLAST MARS LAPSE OF EMERGENCY IN NEPAL
[...] (SBU) A mid-morning bomb blast in the heart of Kathmandu's commercial center marred the August 28 lapse of the state of national emergency. One person was injured in the blast, which is believed to have been set by Maoist insurgents. The explosion marked the second bombing in Kathmandu in [...]
2002-08-28 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1693MORE EXPLOSIONS IN KATHMANDU AS STRIKE DATE NEARS
[...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their campaign of bombings in urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley throughout a long holiday weekend August 30-September 1. The explosions targeted businesses in the city, although two armed invasions of the homes of prominent politicians were also reported. [...]
2002-09-03 11:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1762SPECULATON BUILDS FOR POSSIBLE ROYAL INTERVENTION
[...] (C) The Embassy believes that King Gyanendra is now actively considering use of his Constitutional authority to dismiss the current government, appoint an interim government, and postpone general elections scheduled for November 13. The King's decision is likely shaped by numerous factors, i [...]
2002-09-11 10:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1797NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE GENERALLY OBSERVED IN
[...] (U) The general strike, or "bandh," called by Maoist insurgents nationwide for September 16 appeared to have been generally observed in the Kathmandu metropolitan area. Only about five percent of the shops along main thoroughfares in the city opened (although some along less-traveled side st [...]
2002-09-16 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1885NEPAL: MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE
[...] This message updates reporting on Maoist attacks on civilian targets (Ref D) during the month of September. In addition to their demolition of a helicopter on a humanitarian mission and the kidnapping of schoolchildren reported Ref A and the series of bomb explosions in Kathmandu before the [...]
2002-09-27 10:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINS NP
02KATHMANDU1890NEPALI ARMY'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In the ten months it has been mobilized against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has had to change from a ceremonial, parade-ground army, occasionally deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations, to a combat-ready fighting force, expected to counter and overcome an enemy who uses [...]
2002-09-27 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM MCAP PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1970NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK FOREIGN HYDRO PROJECT;
[...] (C) On October 8 Maoist insurgents attacked a Norwegian hydropower project northeast of Kathmandu, cutting its power production in half. The motive for the attack, according to a Nepali employee of the company, was "out-and-out extortion," rather than anti-Western ideolgoy. The same day sus [...]
2002-10-10 10:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2035NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITIES CONTINUE DESPITE NEW
[...] (SBU) This message updates Maoist activities since the October 11 appointment of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand. Efforts by Chand's Cabinet to initiate dialogue with the insurgents have so far succeeded in lessening neither the Maoists' violent activities nor their anti-government rh [...]
2002-10-24 13:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2052KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE OBSERVED; MAOISTS CLAIM
[...] (SBU) Four people were slightly injured in a series of small explosions in the heart of Kathmandu--including two in or near the Thamel tourist district--October 27. The Maoists' October 28 strike in the Kathmandu Valley and October 27 strike in the southern Terai plains region bordering Indi [...]
2002-10-28 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU2152NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 2-14
[...] Maoist bombs claimed the lives of at least two children during the last two weeks, adding to the more than 100 children reported killed by the ongoing violence. Among other incidents taking place during the same period, 50 Village Development Committee offices and at least 20 post offices wer [...]
2002-11-15 01:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC
02KATHMANDU2188NEPAL: MAOIST SPOKESMAN PUSHES PARTY LINE ON CNN
[...] Summary: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, one of the top leaders of Nepal's Maoist insurgency, granted an interview to CNN on November 14. Mahara, speaking in an open setting with no apparent fear of capture, unabashedly used the opportunity to spread misinformation and propaganda on the international [...]
2002-11-18 12:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM IN PREL
02KATHMANDU2217 NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed more than 7000 lives, the impact on Nepal's environment, natural resources and conservation efforts also has been severe. Maoist attacks on forest and park p [...]
2002-11-22 08:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP
02KATHMANDU2223NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY
[...] (C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Maoists are "slowly winning." After making significant inroads against the Maoists during the first three months of the state of emergency (late November-mid-F [...]
2002-11-22 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU2228NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around the country. Two children, aged fourteen and nine, were among the victims. In Kathmandu Valley, the rebels assassinated a police officer, burned a Village [...]
2002-11-22 10:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2280NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 22-29
[...] Summary: A year after Maoist insurgents unilaterally broke a four-month truce with the government, this week saw further reports of civilian deaths and widespread destruction of public facilities. As two United Nations agencies criticized the insurgency for exacerbating the already precarious [...]
2002-11-29 11:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2307NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
[...] Summary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than 100 have been killed during the course of the "People's War," and an estimated 1500 orphans and 15,000 displaced children face an uncertain future. Death or [...]
2002-12-05 08:09:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2369 NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 07-13
[...] (U) Summary: While the Government of Nepal explored opportunities for peace talks this week, Maoist attacks on passenger buses, schools and other non-military targets continued to kill and injure civilians. Violence and extortion prompted hundreds of additional Nepalis to join the thousands [...]
2002-12-13 11:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2442NEPAL'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEVASTATED BY MAOISTS
[...] Summary: The Nepali education system has suffered tremendously in the country's nearly seven years of ongoing Maoist insurgency. Private schools have been shut down by the insurgents and teachers afraid of Maoist violence have abandoned their posts. Public schools that are open often are cro [...]
2002-12-20 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2443NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 14-DEC 20
[...] On December 18 the European Union issued a statement calling for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents to move ahead toward negotiations. A December 19 report by Amnesty International found human rights abuses in Nepal at an unprecedented high. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan' [...]
2002-12-20 09:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2484NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 21-DEC 27
[...] The Centre For Economic and Social Development released a study on December 24 that showed an overwhelming majority of Nepalis, particularly those in Maoist infested areas, support a multi-party democracy. The local press reported that India has tightened security along its northern borders [...]
2002-12-27 08:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
02KATHMANDU2490NEPAL: MAOISTS BOMB SCHOOL DORMITORY, SEVEN INJURED
[...] Summary: Five children, a teacher and a secondary school principal were injured when Maoists bombed an occupied school dormitory in Kathmandu on the evening of December 27. The attack was apparently aimed at the home of the Minister of Education, and the local group of insurgents has apologize [...]
2002-12-30 09:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2492KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE SHUTS DOWN BUSINESS, HALTS
[...] The December 29-30 general strike ("bandh") called by the Maoists in the Narayani and Bagmati zones, the latter of which includes the Kathmandu Valley (Reftel),was generally well observed throughout the city. The roads were empty of most public and private transportation both days, with the [...]
2002-12-30 11:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU278MAOISTS KILL 16 POLICE; CALL FOR NATIONWIDE
[...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their attacks against police with a deadly assault on a police post in Kavre District the morning of February 5. On February 4 Maoists also attacked an airport and guest house in the popular tourist area of Lukla, Solukhumbu District, causing property damage [...]
2002-02-05 13:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNP PTER PGOV CASC ASEC
02KATHMANDU340MAOISTS PAMPHLETEER, PREPARE FOR STRIKE IN
[...] (U) Maoist insurgents continue to publicize a nationwide strike called for Feb. 22-23 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the insurgency and had some success enforcing a local strike in the mid-western and western regions Feb. 10. Security forces have increased checkpoints along c [...]
2002-02-12 09:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU376ONE FEARED DEAD IN BOMB EXPLOSION, ARSON AT
[...] (U) Suspected Maoists set fire to files and set off a timed explosive device at a Kathmandu Land Revenue Office a little after 10:00 a.m. on February 15. Four people, including a police officer attempting to extinguish the fire were injured. Embassy has heard unconfirmed reports that at lea [...]
2002-02-17 12:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU410NATIONWIDE STRIKE BRINGS SCATTERED VIOLENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Insurgents attacked a remote police post in Salyan district, killing 34 policemen, on the eve of a strike called by the Maoists for February 22 and 23. Scattered bombings were reported throughout the country in the run-up to the strike, including a fatal incident along a major [...]
2002-02-22 10:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU496LIVING IN TERROR IN WESTERN NEPAL'S PLAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Violence increased in two western Nepal districts bordering India following the end of the Maoist- government cease-fire in late November, 2001, but western Nepal's largest city remained calm. Ambassador had visited the area February 22 to 24 and Poloff revisited the region in [...]
2002-03-08 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU592MAOISTS TARGET GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, OFFICES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of weekend attacks within the capital and its environs, Maoist insurgents bombed Government of Nepal (GON) vehicles and offices, including telecommunications facilities and the office of the state-owned press. The attacks come as the Maoists attempt to marshal popul [...]
2002-03-25 10:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU632SECURITY INCIDENTS IN RUN-UP TO NEPAL BANDH
[...] (U) A bomb exploded in the middle of a small bridge west of Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square March 29 at approximately 8:45 a.m. At least 26 people were injured in the blast, including four school children who were transiting the area, two of whom sustained serious injuries. There were no [...]
2002-03-29 12:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINS NP
02KATHMANDU633MAOIST ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ON THE INCREASE
[...] (U) MAOIST ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A MORE VIOLENT TURN, WITH ATROCITIES PERPETRATED AGAINST HELPLESS CIVILIANS ESCALATING BOTH IN NUMBER AND SEVERITY. REPORTS OF THE MAOISTS DECAPITATING VICTIMS OR TORTURING THEM TO DEATH WITH KNIVES IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME A HEART-RENDING CO [...]
2002-03-29 12:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP
02KATHMANDU655WEAVING TERROR: MAOIST ATTACKS ON CARPET INDUSTRY
[...] (C) Summary. For five minutes on the evening of March 25, forty to fifty suspected Maoist youths terrorized a carpet business at the edge of Nepal's capital city, setting fires and causing extensive property damage. No one was injured. Now fearful and discouraged, the owner of the business e [...]
2002-04-01 11:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ELAB ECON ASEC CASC PREF PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU696NEW MAOIST TACTIC: ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an apparent change of tactics, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have begun a systematic campaign of attacks against the kingdom's infrastructure. In recent days the Maoists have hit bridges - including one in the capital - telephone repeater towers, hydropower stations, electricit [...]
2002-04-05 13:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU701AMBUSH KILLS FIVE SOLDIERS; ABORTED GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Maoists attacked an army convoy in a remote western district April 6, killing five, including the Major in command of the local detachment. Army personnel immediately launched a counter-attack that reportedly killed thirteen insurgents. The attack occurred less than a mile fr [...]
2002-04-08 11:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU747MAOIST CASUALTIES IN DANG REPORTEDLY HIGH;
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief District Officer (CDO) in Dang told the Embassy that he has seen "hundreds" of bodies of Maoist dead in shallow graves in the vicinity of the April 11 attacks on police and Armed Police Force posts (Ref A). According to local press reports, some of those dead may be [...]
2002-04-15 12:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU751MAOISTS REPORTEDLY LINK ATTACK ON COCA-COLA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Nepali manager of a Coca-cola factory where Maoists set off two bombs the night of April 14 (Ref A) said the armed attackers told Coke employees at the plant their facility was being targeted because of its affiliation with the U.S. and because of USG aid to victims of th [...]
2002-04-16 11:09:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER CASC BEXP NP
02KATHMANDU753MAOIST LEADERS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU
[...] (C) Summary. At least two important Maoist leaders have been detained by security forces in recent days, police sources told us. Leading female cadre Rekha Sharma and her husband were picked up in Kathmandu April 13. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) confirmed the arrests April 16, but [...]
2002-04-16 12:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU771TWO DEAD IN RASH OF CAPITAL BOMBINGS; MAOISTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. A string of seven Maoist attacks across the Kathmandu valley April 17-18 killed two and wounded eight. Maoists attacked three street-side police posts, in one case killing one officer and one civilian by- stander. Attacks on government offices and the home of an advisor to th [...]
2002-04-18 11:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PINR NP
02KATHMANDU778MAOISTS DISRUPT BUSY INTERSECTION WITH FOUR
[...] At approximately 1508 (local) area residents in the Gyaneshwor section of Kathmandu reported seeing several individuals leave improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in one of the city's busiest intersections. Police detailed to the American Center, located about 400 meters from this junction, r [...]
2002-04-19 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU795FIRST DAY OF MAOIST STRIKE QUIET
[...] (SBU) Summary: The streets of Kathmandu were comparatively quiet during the first day of the five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. Most city shops remained closed, and public transportation was sparse. Most vehicles on the road bore either diplomatic plates or Go [...]
2002-04-23 12:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU803 New Peril on the Trails - Maoist Banditry
[...] Summary. Three recent incidents of Maoists demanding "donations" from American citizens in Nepal's backcountry, coupled with an increase in reported robberies from other Western tourists, create a new area of concern for the security of American citizens traveling in Nepal's remote areas. Qu [...]
2002-04-24 11:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC NP
02KATHMANDU804MORE TRAFFIC MOVING, BUSINESSES OPEN IN STRIKE'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: More traffic was moving and shops open on the second day of the general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. One mini-bus was torched inside Kathmandu after a crowd attacked it; no injuries were reported. In districts outside Kathmandu Maoists hijacked four ambula [...]
2002-04-24 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU813QUIET REIGNS ON STRIKE'S THIRD DAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The third day of a Maoist-declared general strike passed relatively quietly, with ever more businesses and vehicles daring to risk retaliation from the insurgents. Three bomb blasts were reported in the capital - including a petrol bomb attack on a motorcyclist who broke the s [...]
2002-04-25 11:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU828MAOISTS ATTACK CIVILIAN VEHICLES AS COMPLIANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kathmandu continued to move toward normalcy on the fourth day of the Maoists' five-day general strike with traffic even heavier than yesterday. A bomb went off April 26 injuring two on a bus about one kilometer from the Embassy, while on April 25 Maoists bombed a private reside [...]
2002-04-26 11:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU838NORMALCY RETURNS AFTER FIVE-DAY STRIKE; MAOISTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Normalcy returned to Nepal's capital April 28 after a five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents ended the day before. On the strike's last day scattered violent incidents were reported in the Kathmandu Valley, including the deaths of three Maoists who had tried to st [...]
2002-04-29 12:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU882ARMY SCORES INTELLIGENCE, PR VICTORY IN ATTACK ON
[...] (C) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) troops have been engaged since late May 2 in an attack on what may be a major Maoist logistics base in Lisne Lek, Rolpa District in western Nepal. According to the RNA, the Maoists, who have sustained at least 100 casualties, are attempting to withdraw from the are [...]
2002-05-06 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU921Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...]
2002-05-10 10:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP
02KATHMANDU925Child Victims of Maoist Insurgency
[...] Summary. At least eighty-five children have been killed during the six-year-long Maoists insurgency and many others wounded or pressed into service, according to a recent report by a local child-welfare NGO. The conflict will take a heavy psychological toll on Nepal's children, the report co [...]
2002-05-10 13:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM KWMN PINR NP
02KATHMANDU933Maoists Attack Remote University
[...] (U) Approximately 300 Maoist insurgents attacked a university in the remote southwestern district of Dang late on May 11, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) for the area. The insurgents set fire to offices at Mahendra Sanskrit University, approximately 300 kilometers west of Kathma [...]
2002-05-13 11:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU964UPDATE: ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) Nearly 4,000 people--civilians, military, police and insurgents--have been killed in Nepal's six-year-old Maoist insurgency to date. According to Ministry of Defense figures, more than 10 percent of that number--572--were killed in the first half of May alone. (Note: MOD figures, espec [...]
2002-05-17 10:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ECON ECPS ENRG NP
02KATHMANDU977Maoists Attack Orphan School
[...] (U) Insurgents set off a bomb at a well-known INGO- funded orphanage and boarding school in Surkhet district 400 km west of Kathmandu late on May 17. No one was injured in the blast, caused by a pressure cooker bomb placed in the window of the principal's residence. The event garnered wide p [...]
2002-05-20 11:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU979UK BOMB EXPERT PREDICTS GROWING MAOIST CAPABILITY;
[...] (C) On 20 May, Ambassador received a letter from UK Charge Andrew Mitchell the text of which follows: Begin Text You may be aware that an expert in explosives from the British Army has recent(sic) visited Nepal for consultations with the Royal Nepal Army on the level of bomb technology b [...]
2002-05-20 12:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL NP
02KATHMANDU985LEFTISTS LAMBASTE MAOIST VIOLENCE; PRACHANDA
[...] (SBU) In a joint public statement May 20, nine left-wing opposition parties criticized Maoist tactics and called for the insurgents to "reinstate their credibility" by initiating a unilateral ceasefire. Eight of the parties--only three of which have Members in Parliament--asked Opposition Lea [...]
2002-05-21 13:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV NP
02LONDON8320UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]
2002-11-25 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
02MILAN338 QADHAFI'S SON ON ITALY-LIBYA RELATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: SEIF QADHAFI, SON OF LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMOR QADHAFI, SPOKE AT ISPI (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS) IN MILAN, JUNE 10 ON "LIBYA AND ITALY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA." SEIF QADHAFI, WHO WAS INTRODUCED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE "LIBYAN [...]
2002-06-12 15:05:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON
02MUSCAT730BIN ALAWI ANGRY, FRUSTRATED BY U.S. "BIAS" TOWARDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OMANI MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BIN ALAWI STRONGLY CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND COMPLAINS THAT U.S. IS "COMPLETELY BIASED" TOWARDS ISRAEL. BIN ALAWI SAYS THAT IT IS "IMPOSSIBLE" NOW FOR ARAB LEADERS TO CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBING, WHICH THEY SEE NOT O [...]
2002-04-10 14:14:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MEPN MU XF
02RANGOON1592 DRUGS, THUGS AND FACTS
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon wants to provide clarification and counterpoint to reftels reporting on Burma counterterrorism and counternarcotics issues. When discussing drugs and thugs, accurate information is absolutely crucial to framing USG counternarcotics stategy in the context of Burma-T [...]
2002-12-13 09:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER PINS BM
02ROME1182 SIERRA LEONE: A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN FOOD
[...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01182 01 OF 13 070642Z FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALL [...]
2002-03-07 06:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME1797AFGHANISTAN: ALL SYSTEMS (STILL) GO FOR FORMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SON-IN-LAW TO THE FORMER AFGHAN KING SAID THREATS AND DISTURBANCES WILL NOT DETER THE KING AND HIS PARTY FROM THEIR RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY ARE PLEASED WITH ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE BY ITALY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AIA, THEY REMAIN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH CHAIRMAN KARZAI, A [...]
2002-04-10 14:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS AF IT AFGHANISTAN
02ROME3296GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE
[...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDINS CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN HEALTH, SURVIVAL, AND WELL-BEING," AT THE SANTO SPIRITO MONUMENTAL BUILDING IN ROME, ITALY. EXPERTS WERE PRESENT FROM GOVERNMENT, IN [...]
2002-07-05 11:38:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON IT TSPL KSCA
02STATE250963DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]
2002-12-07 02:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
02TEGUCIGALPA2523HONDURAS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. GOALS FOR
[...] EmbOffs have demarched MFA officials several times in August/September on U.S. goals for the 57th UNGA and the GOH will be generally supportive. Post has the following comments about the GOH positions on key issues raised in ref F, in addition to those included in ref E e-mail: -- On counter [...]
2002-09-10 15:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC PHUM ECON OTRA HO UNGA UN
02TEGUCIGALPA2928PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION PROTESTS COLUMBUS DAY,
[...] (U) On October 11 approximately 100 peaceful demonstrators protested outside Embassy Tegucigalpa. The protesters included representatives of the Convergence of Movements of the Peoples of America (COMPA),the public university worker's union (SITRAUNAH),the Civil Council of Indigenous and Po [...]
2002-10-22 23:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL PTER ETRD PHUM SOCI HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2987POPULAR BLOCK AND TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE VIOLENTLY
[...] (U) On October 24-25 several thousand demonstrators that included the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, the labor union SITRASANAA, secondary teachers (COPEMH),and three Democratic Unification Party (UD) congressmen clashed with police in violent demonstrations that include [...]
2002-10-29 23:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3318HONDURAN ACTION ON SEVEN COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: PolOff met December 6 with Honduran MFA Director General for Treaties Ivonne Bonilla to demarche Bonilla on the 1988 maritime counterterrorism (CT) convention and protocol and to get a status report on the GOH's slow acti [...]
2002-12-09 22:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
02VATICAN2229HOLOCAUST ENVOY'S VATICAN FAREWELL CALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR BINDENAGEL MET WITH VATICAN OFFICIALS APRIL 26 FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02229 01 OF 02 081737Z A LAST UPDATE ON THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO PONTIFICAL ARCHIVES FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO THE S [...]
2002-05-08 12:27:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALFR GM IT KNAR PHUM PREL SOCI VT VTFR
02VATICAN326PRESSING VATICAN ON PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A FRIDAY, 01/18 MEETING WITH VATICAN FM EQUIVALENT JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TO PRESS REFTEL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00326 221703Z POINTS ON THE ZINNI MISSION AND TO ASK TAURAN TO REQUEST PRESIDENT ARAFAT TO HALT THE VIOLENCE AND [...]
2002-01-22 16:49:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS PREL VT MEPP
02VATICAN3985POPE APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN MIDDLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IN HIS AUGUST 11 ANGELUS MESSAGE, POPE JOHN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03985 01 OF 02 131618Z PAUL II MADE A STRONG AND EMOTIONAL APPEAL FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CALLING ON ISRAELIES AND PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO THE PATH OF NEGOTIATIONS, A [...]
2002-08-13 16:13:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS PREL PHUM KIRF VT VTIS
02VATICAN3986POPE APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN MIDDLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IN HIS AUGUST 1 ANGELUS MESSAGE, POPE JOHN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03986 01 OF 02 150143Z PAUL II MADE A STRONG AND EMOTIONAL APPEAL FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CALLING ON ISRAELITES AND PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO THE PATH OF NEGOTIATIONS, A [...]
2002-08-13 16:15:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS PREL PHUM KIRF VT VTIS
02VATICAN4991JERUSALEM PATRIARCH PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE LAST PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE POPE, CATHOLIC PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM MICHEL SABBAH MADE AN URGENT PLEA TO AMBASSADOR OCTOBER 10 FOR U.S. HELP TO STOP THE VIOLENCE, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA [...]
2002-10-14 13:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS VT VTPREL
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 14:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP 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 13:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 12:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP 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 09:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 10:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALASEC 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 11:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV 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 10:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1437 TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 6, MARCH 25
[...] (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, 3/25. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...]
2003-03-25 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV 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 10:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV 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 12:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 14:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALBEXP 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 11:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP 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 13:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL 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 10:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1813 MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN BIN ZAYID ON
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) During a 4/13 meeting, the Ambassador asked for MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid's opinion on Dubai's recent decision to establish elected district councils. Hamdan briefed that de facto Dubai Ruler Shaykh Muh [...]
2003-04-15 10:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM 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 11:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI237S/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 10:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3039 SHAYKH ZAYID BESTOWS THE EMIRATES'
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) UAE President Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al- Nahyan conferred upon CENTCOM Commander General Tommy R. Franks the Emirates Military Order of First Class in a meeting on June 24 at Al-Bahr Palace in Abu Dhabi. [...]
2003-06-25 11:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3178UAEG LARGEST AID DONOR TO THE PALESTINIANS
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: Despite ongoing humanitarian assistance activities in Afghanistan and now Iraq, the UAEG is continuing its robust aid programs to the Palestinians. The UAEG already has channeled nearly [...]
2003-07-07 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG 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 09:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP 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 11:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 08:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR 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 12:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL KMDR ECON PGOV ZP
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 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL 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 07:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL 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 03:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5095 UAE: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The following information is keyed to reftel section two. (A separate complementary classified cable will follow with additional information.) A) In 2003 the UAE continued to provide outstanding assistance and cooperation in the Global War on Terrorism. The UAE played a critical role in as [...]
2003-11-29 12:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV ASEC 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 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA1138NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES COURT DELTA MILITANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-01 12:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PREL PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1206NIGERIA: APGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OJUKWU MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, APGA's Presidential candidate in the recent elections and leader of Biafra's failed secession in the sixties, met Ambassador Jeter at his residence on June 25 to discuss the Nigeria's elections, his observations on Obasanjo, and the way forward for Nigeria. [...]
2003-07-10 10:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA1973ATA TRAINING FILLS GAP IN GON SECURITY PREPARATIONS
[...] Summary: From October 27 through 31, 2003 Embassy Abuja hosted an ATA sponsored Weapons of Mass Destruction and Postal Management Training Course. The course was well received by the GON with significant representation from practically all elements of the federal government. All participants [...]
2003-11-19 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NI
03ABUJA353 IRAQ: NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO SECRETARY POWELL'S
[...] (C) The Ambassador February 16 conveyed Ref A message to Ad'Obe Obe, International Affairs Special Advisor to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. In view of Obasanjo's stance (Ref B) that Iraq must disarm but that disarmament had to be accomplished through the Security Council, the Ambassad [...]
2003-02-18 16:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ NI UNSC
03ABUJA404NIGERIA: ANPP/PDP FUELED VIOLENCE IN KWARA STATE
[...] (U) Kwara state is located on Nigeria's ethnic and religious divide and its divisive politics provide a study of the difficulties facing Nigerian politics in general. Until the Islamic Jihad in the early 19th century, Ilorin, the modern capital of Kwara state, was a part of the Oyo (Yoruba) [...]
2003-02-25 15:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NI
03ABUJA630 IALOGUE BETWEEN U.S. AND NORTHERN
[...] Summary: Hosted by the Emir of Kano, a two day dialogue to discuss perceptions about U.S. Middle East Policy, the U.S. and Islam, the Global War on Terror and Poverty Alleviation in Northern Nigeria took place in the ancient Northern Nigerian city of Kano on January 27-28. The conference, t [...]
2003-04-04 11:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL PREL OIIP NI
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 15:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA122 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 26-27, 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 2. Hurriyet: As a r [...]
2003-04-29 08:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA128 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet/Turkiey: [...]
2003-05-05 15:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA130 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 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: Although the [...]
2003-05-06 15:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA159 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 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 2. Hurriyet/Sabah/Milli [...]
2003-06-16 10:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 15:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA168 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 30, 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, / UNESCO i [...]
2003-06-30 13:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA169 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 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. Evrensel, / "The Sto [...]
2003-07-02 16:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA215 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 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. Hurriyet / Turkish [...]
2003-08-13 16:12:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA22 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 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 -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-24 15:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA224 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 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. Zaman, Bolge, Milli [...]
2003-08-26 16:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA234 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 05, 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. Bolge / A bag, [...]
2003-09-05 13:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA235 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 06-07-08, 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. Evrensel [...]
2003-09-09 10:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA262 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 8, 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. Ekspres, Zaman, Sa [...]
2003-10-09 15:35:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA272 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 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. Turkiye, Hurriyet [...]
2003-10-17 16:49:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA279 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 29-30, 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 / Nevz [...]
2003-10-30 16:27:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 11:50:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA282 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 15-17, 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. Ekspres, Bolg [...]
2003-11-17 17:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA285 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet, Bolge [...]
2003-11-18 16:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
03ADANA286 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ekspres / Adana [...]
2003-11-19 17:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA30 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 29, 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 -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-30 10:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 08:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 08:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 09:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA44 INCREASING UNREST IN SE TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Imprisoned PKK/KADEK leader Abdullah Ocalan has been denied access to lawyers and family by the GOT since November 2002. In SE Turkey, reaction against this enforced isolation has been angry. There have been demonstrations, hunger strikes, and Molotov- cocktail threats. K [...]
2003-02-07 13:00:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
03ADANA45 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 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 -------------------------- [...]
2003-02-18 10:22:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA47 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 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. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-02-20 08:43:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 13:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 13:00:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA84 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 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. 2. Tercuman: After granting overflight rights to U.S. and B [...]
2003-03-25 14:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ 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 13:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 17:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 11:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 16:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA98 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet/Bolge/Cumh [...]
2003-04-07 17:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADDISABABA4636ETHIOPIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] This is post's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. Post Responses A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the Global Coalition Against Terrorism: The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( [...]
2003-12-30 12:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PINS ET
03AMMAN1531MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-13 09:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1620JORDANIAN 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 14:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN1667MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-19 15:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1705MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 12:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1716JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-22 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1718KING'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 12:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1744TFIZO1: 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 12:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO
03AMMAN1769MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-24 12:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1798TFIZ01: 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 15:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1800TFIZO1: 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 16:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1842TFIZO1: 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 16:13:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1849MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 12:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1864TFIZO1: 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 15:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1867TFIZO1: GOJ BRACES FOR COUNTRYWIDE ANTI-WAR
[...] (C) Although the coalition's military actions against Iraq started a week ago, this Friday will be the first time that Jordanians will congregate for Friday prayers and express their pent up frustrations with the "US aggression" after watching events unfold on t.v. all week. Adding to the hei [...]
2003-03-27 17:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1885MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-30 12:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1910MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-31 10:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1922TFIZO1: 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 16:10:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC PREL CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1951MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-01 13:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN1953TFIZO1: 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 15:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN EAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN2072TFIZO1: 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 15:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2083TFIZO1: 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 11:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2128MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-08 13:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2155MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-09 14:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2179MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-10 09:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2616IRAQI "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 13:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN2678MEDIA REACTION ON ROAD MAP, ALTERNATIVE PALESTINIAN HOMELAND IN JORDAN, IRAQ, SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-06 13:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2844MEDIA REACTION ON RIYADH BOMBINGS, PEACE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-15 12:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2928MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-19 11:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2956MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-20 12:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3050MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-22 10:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3242UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...]
2003-06-03 14:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO
03AMMAN3332FBI 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 13:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL CJAN PGOV JO
03AMMAN3461MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-11 11:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3514IRAQ'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 06:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3870MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-29 10:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN5006AFTERMATH OF ATTACK ON JORDAN'S EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD
[...] (S/NF) Charge spoke to Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Muasher on August 7 to convey our condolences and sympathies for the losses and injuries suffered in the attack on Jordan's Baghdad Embassy. Both stressed in the course of the day their gratitude for U.S. and CPA action o [...]
2003-08-07 17:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL JO IZ
03AMMAN5041AFTER THE BOMBING, JORDAN REQUESTS U.S. PROTECTION
[...] (S) Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director, told PolCouns August 10 that, despite the August 7 bombing of the Jordanian Embassy building in Baghdad (ref),Jordan wishes to maintain a diplomatic and security presence in Baghdad. Al-Ayed said Jordan hopes to m [...]
2003-08-10 15:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MOPS PTER IZ US JO
03AMMAN5067MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 12:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN5100MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ROAD MAP
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-12 12:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN5188A/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 16:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS ASEC EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN5329GOJ 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 14:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5336JORDANIAN 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 15:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL JO
03AMMAN5378MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-25 12:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN5532JORDAN 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 16:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN5569SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN
[...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...]
2003-09-02 16:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO
03AMMAN5620PEACE 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 13:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5907PROSECUTION WITNESSES TESTIFY IN FOLEY TRIAL
[...] (U) The state security court trial of five suspects in the October 2002 assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley resumed on September 2 and 9 with the appearance of several more witnesses for the prosecution. The first round of prosecution witnesses appeared before the court on September [...]
2003-09-14 14:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5940JORDANIAN 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 15:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN6064GOJ 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 13:09:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN6184PRM 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 08:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6276JORDANIANS WEARY ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (C) While the third anniversary of the al-Aqsa intifadah passed with little fanfare in Jordan, Jordanians remain frustrated with continuing violence and lack of movement toward a settlement. Beneath weariness, the most common themes we hear include the need to restrain Israeli security poli [...]
2003-10-01 07:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL PGOV IS JO
03AMMAN6409GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling it a "dangerous escalation" which threatened the security of the entire region. Muasher further said that the attack "does not at all help the peace process [...]
2003-10-06 17:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IS JO SY
03AMMAN6414JORDAN-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 07:17:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR IS IZ JO
03AMMAN6580MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-15 12:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN6599JORDANIANS CONDEMN BOMBING OF U.S. CONVOY IN GAZA,
[...] (C) Jordanians expressed shock and condemnation in the immediate aftermath of the October 15 attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip. The GOJ strongly condemned the bombing and extended its condolences to the families of the victims. Noting that the investigation into the atta [...]
2003-10-15 16:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL IS ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN6613MEDIA RECTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-16 14:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7003MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-29 14:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7157MEDIA REACTION ON THE DAMASCUS MEETING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-03 10:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7187MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE DAMASCUS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-04 11:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7239MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-05 13:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7276MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-06 13:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7339AMMAN, MEDIA REACTION ON REACTIONS TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-10 12:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN7449NEW 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 15:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN7594AQABA CROSSING SHOOTING, RIYADH AND ISTANBUL
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the shooting of foreign tourists at the southern Jordanian-Israeli border and bombings in Riyadh and Istanbul, Jordan is in a state of heightened alert as the country prepares for the week-long holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Security authorities believe the Jorda [...]
2003-11-22 17:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN77RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD
[...] (U) The State Security Court on January 5 upheld the death penalty conviction of Jordanian-American Raed Hijazi for conspiring to bomb tourist sites in Jordan during the Millennium celebrations. An Embassy Legal contact has confirmed press reports that Hijazi will be able to appeal the decisi [...]
2003-01-06 13:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CASC PTER JO
03AMMAN7805KING 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 10:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7813JORDAN: 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 12:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN7820COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF F-16 UPGRADES FOR
[...] (U) PER REFERENCE B ABOVE, THE US EMBASSY ) AMMAN IS PROVIDING A COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT (CTA) IN SUPPORT OF THE GOJ,S REQUEST THAT F-16 UPGRADES BE COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE WEAPONS SYSTEMS IDENTIFIED IN REFERENCE A. 2. (C) THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN HAS REQUESTED IN REFERENCE A, AS [...]
2003-12-02 14:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMAP
03AMMAN7832IAF MP COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. MEPP POLICY, GOJ
[...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met November 16 with Dr. Tayseer Fetyani, an MP from the Islamic Action Front (IAF). Although Fetyani was cordial and talked about mutual understanding, he strongly criticized U.S. support of Israel and rejected arguments in support of U.S. peace process policies. He [...]
2003-12-02 17:05:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN8123COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES, AND ORDERS THE RELEASE
[...] (U) The State Security Court on December 10 convicted five men of sabotage and possession of explosive material for a plot dating back five years. The court sentenced a sixth man involved in the group, known as "Reform and Challenge," to four years for complicity in plotting subversive acts [...]
2003-12-11 18:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN8169WASHINGTON 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 10:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JO
03ANKARA1461ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-07 06:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1624GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...]
2003-03-13 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1720AK ECONOMIC POLICY: REFORM ONLY AS A LAST RESORT
[...] (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's decision not to make any changes in the AK economic team suggests he is unlikely to break sharply with the Gul government's economic appraoch. That is unfortunate. In its four months in office, the AK leadership has proven that it neither un [...]
2003-03-19 08:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1742TURKEY: POLITICAL RETURN OF ISLAMIST LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Returning from the political wilderness, Islamist former Prime Minister Erbakan is bent on using Saadet Party and the Iraq issue to hammer the ruling AK Party and P.M. Erdogan, a former Erbakan protege. It is unlikely the septuagenarian Erbakan can reclaim his once dominant place [...]
2003-03-19 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1809ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 11:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1811ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-24 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2015ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2018REPORT OF GROWING WAR ANXIETY IN TURKEY'S KURDISH
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdish M.P. from Diyarbakir who is also a member of opposition CHP's Central Administrative Board has elaborated on concerns expressed to us recently by other Kurdish politicians (ref A) regarding fallout in southeastern Turkey from the war in Iraq. Moreover, he asserted that (1) [...]
2003-03-27 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA2099ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-31 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2173ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-03 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2353TURKEY: 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 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2467TURKISH 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 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2865ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-02 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2975ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-07 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3011ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-08 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-13 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3186ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-14 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-15 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3257ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-16 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3305ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-21 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3481ANKARA OSAC DISCUSSES SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY
[...] RSO, CONS and FCS hosted a reconstituted OSAC Country Council on 5/27/03 to discuss the critical nature of the global terrorist threat and the focus on "soft" targets. RSO provided an overview of the historical terrorist threat in Turkey, the worldwide threat from Al-Qa'ida and its network o [...]
2003-05-28 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KSAC PTER
03ANKARA3826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4013ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH OSCE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (U) Bio: Ahmet Tan, currently the head of the Turkish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, is a journalist, former member of Parliament for Bulent Ecevit's left-of-center DSP, and former Minister of Tourism. He graduated from Ankara University's Faculty of Political Science, and rec [...]
2003-06-23 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA4231ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the morning of July 5 concerning the arrest of Turkish Special Forces in Iraq (reftel). Ilkin said that US military authorities in northern Iraq told the Turkish Liaison team with the 173rd in Iraq th [...]
2003-07-05 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL TU IZ
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 04:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4545 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-21 08:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA462ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-17 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-13 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5227ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-18 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5356ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-21 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5515AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...]
2003-09-02 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5530ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-03 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5584AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS PKK, IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu called on the U.S. to take action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq and offered training for Iraqi police. The Ambassador said the USG and GOT will soon discuss an approach to the PKK/KADEK pro [...]
2003-09-05 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA5750ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-10 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5900AMBASSADOR, ANKARA MAYOR DISCUSS LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek expressed hope that the AK Government will pass local administrative reform. He expects that the more controversial aspects of the reform will be taken up after local elections, which are scheduled for next Apri [...]
2003-09-18 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6053ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-25 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-03 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6266ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-06 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6291ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-07 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6441ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-15 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6499MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]
2003-10-17 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6614PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 12:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
03ANKARA6620SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6752ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-28 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6870SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY NOV. 1-3, 2003
[...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. 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, Hurriy [...]
2003-11-04 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6923IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS,
[...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]
2003-11-05 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA7007AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...]
2003-11-10 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL TU GR
03ANKARA7019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-10 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7037ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-12 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7100ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-14 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7164ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-18 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7184DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) We delivered ref B demarche and, subsequently, Canadian draft resolution November 18 to Turkish MFA South Asia Department Head Soner. 2. (U) After reviewing the draft and citing "established practice that Turkey does not co-sponsor or vote in favor of resolutions against neighboring [...]
2003-11-19 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR TU
03ANKARA7205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-19 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7242ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-20 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7273TERROR ATTACK'S IMPACT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Though it is still early to judge, Turkish financial markets showed initial resilience in dealing with today's Istanbul terror attacks. The stock market fell sharply before it stopped trading. The foreign exchange, government security and interbank markets continued to function [...]
2003-11-20 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PTER TU
03ANKARA7297ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7319ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN
[...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]
2003-11-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7338ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7360ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-01 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7363PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...]
2003-12-02 09:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PGOV PTER TU
03ANKARA7377TERRORIST FINANCE: USG TEAM VISITS TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17-19, a three-person team from DOS and DOJ met in Ankara with GOT officials to assess the status of Turkey,s efforts to combat terrorist financing, and determine what assistance USG should offer. GOT officials were generally receptive, and the USG team is likely t [...]
2003-12-02 09:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA7378TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]
2003-12-02 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7388ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-02 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7389TURKISH FINANCIAL MARKETS RECOVER IN POST-HOLIDAY
[...] (U) Summary: In the first full trading day following the Istanbul bombings and a week of local holidays, Turkish financial markets more than recovered, with stocks rising 9.5 percent December 1, the lira strenthening, and interest rates resuming their downward trend. On December 2, equity mark [...]
2003-12-02 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA7416ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-03 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7446UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE
[...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]
2003-12-04 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7448ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-04 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-05 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7509ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-08 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7510SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]
2003-12-08 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7580ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-10 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7597MORE ON TURKISH AIRPORT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In December 3-4 meetings with Turkish officials responsible for aviation security, EconCouns reiterated the USG's strong interest in Turkish airport/aviation security efforts and expressed concern about a loophole in the current system that enables some passengers arriving on [...]
2003-12-10 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7610ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-11 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7612U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]
2003-12-11 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7631ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-12 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7699ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-16 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7727TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-17 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7738AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized to Interior Minister Aksu U.S. willingness to offer FBI-sponsored training and to arrange visits to the U.S. terrorism counterintelligence center. Ambassador also raised concerns about Turkish airport security and lack of visa requirement for Iranians. Aks [...]
2003-12-18 09:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA783ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-30 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7881COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK"
[...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...]
2003-12-23 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER TU
03ANKARA7933ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-24 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7972ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-29 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA838ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-03 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA934ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-06 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03BEIRUT4629LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Interior Minister Elias Murr October 31 to discuss Hizballah interference with an embassy motorcade, progress on the McDonalds bombing investigation, and the preparation of municipalities/electoral laws. Murr comprehends the seriousness of Hizballah interfe [...]
2003-10-31 17:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV LE
03BEIRUT5034LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 15:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER LE
03BOGOTA11615COLOMBIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Colombia continues its struggle against the country's three main terrorist organizations ) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- all of which have been designated by the U.S. as Foreign Terr [...]
2003-12-12 19:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
03BOGOTA342FARC KIDNAPS CIVILIANS FOR CAR BOMB ATTACKS
[...] (U) IN ITS LATEST WAVE OF CAR BOMB ATTACKS IN ARAUCA, THE FARC REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN KIDNAPPING CIVILIANS AND USING THEM AS UNWITTING SUICIDE DRIVERS OF CARS LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES. ONCE THE CARS REACH THEIR TARGET, THE EXPLOSIVES ARE DETONATED VIA REMOTE CONTROL. SINCE JANUARY 8, THERE HAVE BE [...]
2003-01-15 22:02:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER CO
03BOGOTA9806TOP FARC COMMANDER KILLED BY COLOMBIAN ARMY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 19, THE COLOMBIAN ARMY KILLED EDGAR NAVARRO, ALIAS "MOCHO," DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE FARC'S TEOFILO FORERO MOBILE COLUMN (TFMC),ONE OF THE FARC'S MOST ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE UNITS. THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE NAVARRO, WHICH ENDED WITH HIS DEATH, WAS BASED ON EFFECTIVE USE [...]
2003-10-20 22:58:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS CO
03BRUSSELS5525U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...]
2003-12-08 10:25:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1075 In visit to central region, some interlocutors
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15-16 visit, Kandy, an important city in Sri Lanka's Sinhalese belt, was quiet and peaceful. Many interlocutors, however, expressed anxiety about Tamil Tiger intentions. Buddhist monks, an influential group, were more serene. There was much comment -- in a favorable [...]
2003-06-18 10:35:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SOCI CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1304 IRF report: Draft 2003 Sri Lanka submission
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per the request in Ref A, Mission submits the draft 2003 International Religious Freedom report for Sri Lanka. As also requested in Ref A, a Word document with tracked changes based on the 2002 report h [...]
2003-07-28 10:42:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF CE
03COLOMBO1389INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 07:10:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1425 No breakthroughs in meeting with Tigers, but
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with the Charge', Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim and Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar said the atmospherics of their meeting with the Tigers earlier that day had been positive. They said they had discussed the Tigers' upcoming meeting in Paris. Re conte [...]
2003-08-14 11:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1517 MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA ACCUSE U.S. of
[...] In a 9/1 editorial, "Self-inflicted wounds," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily),launched one of the most vigorous criticisms of U.S. policy seen in Sri Lanka's mainline press since the occupation of Iraq. "Self- inflicted wounds" accuses the U.S. of searching for "a new bogeyman" [...]
2003-09-02 09:38:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1545 Terrorism Finance: Amid Indo-Pakistani
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) legal experts met August 27-29 in Colombo to discuss regional implementation of UN provisions related to terrorism financing. Rohan Perera, the Sri Lankan MFA's chief legal adviser, told us that progress was made on a dra [...]
2003-09-01 02:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL CE XD EFIN PGOV UN
03COLOMBO1551MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN COLUMNIST SAYS U.S.,
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-08 05:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1601LANDMINES AND TIGERS AND "BEARS" OH MY! ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-15 08:14:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PTER PGOV CE LTTE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1630COLOMBO EAC MEETING DATED 9/18/03
[...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Colombo EAC met on September 18 to discuss the upcoming Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) due September 19. EAC members in attendance were the AMB, DCM, RSO, ARSO, POL, PD, AID, CLO, ECON and IBB. 2. (C) The EAC reviewed post's current threat ratings on the [...]
2003-09-19 05:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO1684 Ambassador Lunstead presents credentials to
[...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Mission, called on President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on the evening of September 26 at her official residence to present his credentials. In a very brief ceremony (according to Sri Lankan practice, no formal remarks were made [...]
2003-09-29 07:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EINV US CE LTTE
03COLOMBO17252003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-03 06:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE ELAB KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
03COLOMBO175 Close adviser to president downplays talk of
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had a very interesting conversation on January 29 with Ronnie De Mel, a close adviser to President Kumaratunga and a senior MP in her People's Alliance (PA) party. De Mel downplayed recent reports that the president was angling for early parliamentary elections. [...]
2003-01-29 10:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR CE LTTE
03COLOMBO183MEDIA REACTION: State of the Union Address;
[...] "Flights of fancy? We hope not" Independent English daily, Daily Mirror, commented (1/31): "The key phrase is `where it began'. Yes, it all began in the United States, a country responsible for the mayhem that the world is in today and the coming cataclysm. "It is the United States lopsi [...]
2003-01-31 06:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC
03COLOMBO1867 President Kumaratunga lashes out -- and
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An in-depth review of President Kumaratunga's behavior over the past several weeks shows her lashing out in numerous ways. The main subject of her broadsides continues to be her cohabitation rival, the Prime Minister, but she also hit out at a slew of targets during a recent vi [...]
2003-10-30 10:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER CE NO
03COLOMBO1916 President's moves place spotlight on deep
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's dramatic November 4-5 moves against the UNP government have placed the spotlight on Sri Lanka's deep cohabitation divisions. The Constitution gives her office overwhelming executive powers. Without access to Parliament, which has been suspended, the Pri [...]
2003-11-05 13:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC SOCI CASC CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO2010 Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremist Sihala Urumaya
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sihala Urumaya (SU) party is minuscule as an electoral force. The party packs a political wallop, however: its leadership is articulate and generates press coverage; its cadre are devoted to the party's extremist views; and it maintains strong support in the influential Bu [...]
2003-11-20 10:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI CE
03COLOMBO2022 Annual Terrorism Report for 2003: Submissions
[...] Mission's response to Reftel requesting input for the Department's 2003 Annual Terrorism Report follows. Data on Sri Lanka is contained in Para Two and data on the Maldives in Para Three. Para Two is keyed to questions A through I in Reftel. Para Three contains an overview of the situation [...]
2003-11-24 03:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PINS CE MV
03COLOMBO2191 Political Gleanings: President hits out at PM;
[...] (C) This edition of Political Gleanings for Sri Lanka reviews the following: -- In more bad news for cohabitation, President Kumaratunga lashes out at Prime Minister in interview. -- Troubling questions arise as to the length of the President's term in office. -- Muslim leader Rauf Hak [...]
2003-12-24 14:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM SOCI PINR ELTN CE
03COLOMBO2201 Maldivian Gleanings: Human rights commission
[...] (C) This edition of Maldivian gleanings reviews the following: >> Maldivian government establishes national human rights commission >> Report on September rioting submitted to President Gayoom >> Former attorney general reflects on Gayoom and country's political system >> Tourism b [...]
2003-12-31 10:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ECON PINR MV
03COLOMBO480 MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ
[...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend Colombo's newspapers continued to criticize the war. "Stop this war forthwith," insisted the independent English DAILY MIRROR. The government-owned Sinhala weekender, DINAMINA, spoke of the "Middle East war environment: crisis and impact." "Alas! War" said the opp [...]
2003-03-24 05:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO481D'S MEETING WITH G L PERIIS
[...] (C) You have met with GL before and will thus recall that he is a man of spectral gauntness, extraordinary intellect and unfailing optimism. It is this latter quality that I want to draw your attention to prior to your meeting. By all accounts, and despite having been wounded himself in an L [...]
2003-03-24 05:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV CE LTTE
03COLOMBO513 Peace process update: More re sinking of
[...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> Sinking of Chinese fishing boat still under investigation, but Tigers look more-and-more like the culprits >> In brave but dangerous move, Tamil leader hits out at the Tigers >> Unconfirmed reports that the Tigers [...]
2003-03-25 13:13:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PINS CE NO JA CH LTTE
03COLOMBO550MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ
[...] Sri Lanka's English-medium front pages found room for only two war-related headlines on 4/1: "U.S. pounds Baghdad, battles to the south," said one; "U.S. in first major clash with Republican guard" said the other. More -- and more strident -- headlines appeared on the vernacular front pages, [...]
2003-04-01 09:09:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO556MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ
[...] Under the front-page headline, "CBK hits out at Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwide circulation) pursues a leitmotiv that often appears in the Sri Lankan media's coverage of the war: mixing local issues with news from Iraq. (See reftel, which reported that an edito [...]
2003-04-02 08:16:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO560 TFIZ01: Mission conveys latest message re
[...] (C) This update, focused on reaction to Operation Iraqi Freedom in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, reviews: >> Mission conveys latest points re blocking possible UNGA meeting >> Taking a different tack than the government, President Kumaratunga hits out at the U.S. >> NGO, Muslim criticis [...]
2003-04-02 09:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ UN
03COLOMBO587PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA TELLS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: I spent two hours 15 minutes with President Kumaratunga on Saturday, April 5. I didn't learn much. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) I met with President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga for two hours 15 minutes at her residence Saturday afternoon, April 5. She was attended by forme [...]
2003-04-07 07:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM
03COLOMBO66 Journey of a human rights activist: From a
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Father Harry Miller (AMCIT -- strictly protect),a Catholic priest and resident of Sri Lanka for almost 55 years, is changing his tune on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. Prior to the start of the peace process in December 2001, Miller was for many years harshly critica [...]
2003-01-10 06:33:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER SOCI CE LTTE
03COLOMBO734 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 67 (04-30-03)
[...] (C) We have received a copy of the Prime Minister's letter to LTTE chief negotiator Anton Balasingham replying to the Tigers' April 21 pullout from the peace talks. We received the copy late this afternoon and will provide an analysis of it to you shortly. It seems to be conciliatory in natu [...]
2003-04-30 10:41:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE MV AGMT
03COLOMBO876COLOMBO EAC MEETING May 23, 2003
[...] (SBU) On May 23, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss our local security situation following the recent bombings in Saudi Arabia and Casablanca, and as recommended in reftel. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC agreed that Colombo continues to be c [...]
2003-05-27 11:16:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO982 MEDIA PLAY: (June 7) Tokyo Conference; Colombo
[...] Summary. The Sri Lankan media continued its feverish coverage of whether or not the Tigers will go to Tokyo. The LTTE's Tamilchelvan said that if the Tigers' request for an interim administration is met, they might yet go to Japan. Tamil newspaper headlines buzzed with Minister Moragoda's pr [...]
2003-06-09 05:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03DJIBOUTI1644DJIBOUTI: TERRORIST DOES NOT MATERIALIZE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Because of the request for an immediate report, we have been unable to reach non-State offices for clearance. For this reason, this cable is less detailed and shorter than a full report would be. 2. (S) Summary: Thursday, September 4, Combined Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa (CJTF/H [...]
2003-09-04 17:38:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC MOPS DJ
03DJIBOUTI1836THREAT INFORMATION
[...] (S) On 4 October 2003 about 1400 hours, the Embassy received threat information indicating that a Protestant church in the down town area of Djibouti was targeted for a bomb attack on that same evening. Notifications were immediately made to all appropriate authorities and the Embassy issued [...]
2003-10-07 09:12:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPTER ASEC CASC PREL DJ
03DJIBOUTI536DJIBOUTI: FOUR INJURED IN ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Four people have been injured, two seriously, in three days of anti-war student demonstrations in Djibouti City. Two local students were seriously wounded when local police fired on demonstrators on March 24; they remain hospitalized. In addition, two German soldiers were injured on the sa [...]
2003-03-25 13:04:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL CASC KPAO DJ
03FRANKFURT1549 FRANKFURT AIRPORT EXPANSION: 2006 COMPLETION TOO
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: The expansion of Frankfurt airport, Europe's second largest, is moving forward, though several obstacles may delay the new runway planned for 2006. Legal complaints, a chemical factory in the flight path of the planned northwest runway, a controversial night flight b [...]
2003-02-20 08:10:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN PGOV SENV GM
03FRANKFURT2405 VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE
[...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]
2003-03-20 11:51:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03GUATEMALA1906UPDATE ON VIOLENT POLITICAL PROTESTS IN GUATEMALA
[...] (U) At 2:00 PM local time on July 25, the disturbances seem to be winding down. In a second day of protests, pro-Rios Montt demonstrators focused their morning activities around the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, and Supreme Electoral Tribunal buildings--all related to Rios Montt's effo [...]
2003-07-25 21:07:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT
03GUATEMALA2412CAMPAIGN POLITICS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the registration of twelve presidential tickets complete, the presidential race has narrowed to four main contenders (only the top two in the first round, on November 9, will contend in the second round, on December 28). Oscar Berger of the tripartite GANA coalition is a [...]
2003-09-18 19:49:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA369AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...]
2003-02-10 23:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT
03HANOI2260 VIETNAM AND IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman for the past six months and now sitting back in Hanoi) Nguyen Quang Khai is planning to return to Baghdad at Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's request on September 13 for a meeting at the Iraqi foreign trade ministry. Ambassador Khai [...]
2003-09-05 06:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EAGR EAID IZ VM
03HANOI2413 UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S.
[...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...]
2003-09-24 01:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL VM CTERR
03HANOI3073 VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...]
2003-11-26 10:47:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER VM CTERR
03HARARE1222MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...]
2003-06-16 11:59:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP ZI
03HARARE142Black Farmer's Take on Land Reform
[...] (U) Summary: A large-scale black commercial farmer believes most settlers on expropriated white commercial farms will fail and give up during 2003, leaving a future government to pick up the pieces of uncompensated land redistribution. At the same time, he expressed regret that white farmers [...]
2003-01-21 14:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR ECON ZI
03HARARE151ZANU-PF, MDC YOUTHS CLASH IN HARARE
[...] Youths from the ruling ZANU-PF clashed with counterparts from the opposition MDC late on January 20 in Harare's high-density suburb of Kuwadzana. Although precise details of what occurred remain sketchy, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told journalists that one person died from severe burn [...]
2003-01-22 12:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE1651MEDIA REACTION TRUCK BLAST AT U. N.'S IRAQ HQ;
[...] The August 19 truck bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, has received extensive coverage in both the local print and electronic media. The blast made the lead story in the August 20 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The [...]
2003-08-21 05:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1669Update of Child Labor Information for Zimbabwe
[...] Summary. Given the ongoing political, economic, and governance crises in Zimbabwe, little attention has been paid to elimination of child labor. Zimbabwe has ratified both ILO Convention 138 (Minimum Age Convention)and ILO Convention 182 (Convention on the Prohibition and Elimination of the [...]
2003-08-25 14:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ZI
03HARARE1711TALKS ON TALKS: MOMENTUM TOWARD ZIMBABWE POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of meetings between political players here and HIRC Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka illuminated the tentative state of play of various efforts to get ZANU-PF/MDC talks resumed. ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo highlighted improvements in the political atmosphere and [...]
2003-08-28 14:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE1717MIXED REPORTS IN RUN-UP TO ZIMBABWE'S LOCAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe will hold two parliamentary by-elections, and mayoral and urban council elections in twenty cities across the country on August 30 - 31. Embassy Harare has been coordinating with other missions in Harare to mount an observation effort to cover most of the constituencies. [...]
2003-08-29 10:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1731OPPOSITION SCORES WELL IN ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS
[...] SUMMARY. (C) The MDC retained its parliamentary seat, won six out of seven mayoral races, and gained more than half of the urban council seats that were up for grabs in local elections held August 30 - 31. Voting at polling stations, observed by independent observers including emboffs, was g [...]
2003-09-02 17:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI ZI
03HARARE1846MEDIA REACTION 9/11; HARARE
[...] Under headline "U. S. foreign policy to blame for September 11 attacks" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (09/11) carried an op-ed by Caesar Zvayi on page 8, in which he accuses President George W. Bush of "busy stepping on more toes" after the terror [...]
2003-09-15 05:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1853MEDIA REACTION U. S. AND WAR AGAINST TERROR;
[...] Under headline "U. S. losing war against terrorism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 14 editorial to encouraging the United States to "abandon its current Middle East foreign policy" as a panacea to win the U. S.-led war against glo [...]
2003-09-15 09:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1885MEDIA REACTION REMEBERING 9/11; HARARE
[...] Two weekend newspapers - the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and independent weekly "The Standard" - dedicated huge acres of space to opinion articles reflecting on the second anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Las [...]
2003-09-17 11:33:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1886MEDIA REACTION 9/11; HARARE
[...] Under headline "U. S. foreign policy to blame for September 11 attacks" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (09/11) carried an op-ed by Caesar Zvayi on page 8, in which he accuses President George W. Bush of "busy stepping on more toes" after the terror [...]
2003-09-17 11:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2208"DEFECTION" FROM ZCTU EFFECTED BY GREEN BOMBERS
[...] Summary. The GOZ-sponsored press reported triumphantly that the Grain Marketing Board's (GMB's) workers have seceded from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to ally instead with the ZANU-PF organization, the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU). However, the increasing numbe [...]
2003-11-06 12:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV ZI
03HARARE2313MASS ACTION IN THE OFFING?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandi Mudzingwa on November 25 advised poloff that the opposition party was laying the groundwork for another "mass action" in late January or early February 2004. He predicted that the bishops would soon publicly declare their mediation e [...]
2003-11-28 10:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE2415"GREEN BOMBERS" JOIN THE RANKS OF LAND
[...] Summary. Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Joseph Made, recently announced that two farms in each province will be set aside "for utilization by graduates of the National Youth Training" program. Now, the notorious youth militia graduates -- commonly known as "green bo [...]
2003-12-16 06:10:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR PGOV ZI
03HARARE2437LETTER FROM MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TO SECRETARY POWELL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-18 12:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ZI MDC
03HARARE30FOOD CLASHES IN URBAN AREAS
[...] SUMMARY: Last week, police, national youth service members, and ordinary citizens clashed over food in two of Zimbabwe's most populous cities--Bulawayo and Chitungwiza. The two incidents signal an increased level of tension surrounding food availability and access, particularly in the case of [...]
2003-01-06 15:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR ZI
03HARARE322GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES ANTI-MDC VIOLENCE AND
[...] (C) In the past three weeks police have arrested and detained four MDC MPs, arrested 28 other MDC officials, beaten three, tortured at least one and denied permission, and / or halted at least four planned gatherings. As the opposition attempts to organize for upcoming parliamentary by-electi [...]
2003-02-14 08:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE366MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "World must block Bush, Blair's belligerence" the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in which he calls on Arab governments to restrain the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: 2. [...]
2003-02-24 09:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE516BOMB ATTACKS PLANNED: LOW-LEVEL MDC INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S) Charles Mutama, Harare regional coordinator for intelligence for the MDC, reported to Poloff that the Security, Intelligence, and Youth branches of the MDC are planning bomb attacks on police stations, militia bases, and ZANU-PF-owned shops and gas stations in five cities around the countr [...]
2003-03-12 11:45:00Embassy HarareSECRETPGOV PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE562MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "End of the road for U.N. system" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States and Britain of usurping United Nations authority over the Iraq crisis. ".the U.N. system will never be the same again af [...]
2003-03-19 12:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE563MEDIA REACTION U.S. BLAMED FOR ZIM'S WOES; HARARE
[...] Under headline "MDC lacks respect for human life" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States of stirring up the current socioeconomic and political turbulence in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .As if to giv [...]
2003-03-19 12:17:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE595MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...]
2003-03-24 09:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE600MUGABE INCITES BRUTALIZATION OF MDC SUPPORTERS
[...] (C) In the wake of the successful March 18 - 19 MDC stayaway the GOZ has embarked on a massive retribution campaign against lower-level MDC officials, and some MDC MPs. Police, suspected CIO officers and soldiers have arrested, beaten, raped and tortured several hundred MDC supporters. The GO [...]
2003-03-24 16:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE610MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...]
2003-03-25 10:54:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE622MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Economic effect of war devastating" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its March 27 editorial to denouncing the war to disarm Iraq, saying the invasion could sap the strength of the global economy for years to come. "Tougher t [...]
2003-03-27 09:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE624MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Humanitarian disaster in Iraq" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 27 editorial to urging the United Nations to provide emergency food and medical aid to the civilian population in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. ". . .The [...]
2003-03-27 10:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE628MDC ELEMENTS STILL CONTEMPLATING VIOLENCE
[...] (C) On March 26, MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube assured the Ambassador that the party remains committed to peaceful change, while acknowledging that some party elements had been planning bombing attacks prior to the March 18-19 stayaway. Solomon Chikowero, the MDC Head of Intelligence s [...]
2003-03-27 15:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE636TWO BY-ELECTIONS CRITICAL TO ZANU-PF PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Upcoming parliamentary by-elections pit the MDC's National Youth Chairman, Nelson Chamisa, against ZANU-PF businessman David Mutasa in Kuwadzana, and MDC businessman Pearson Mungofa against ZANU-PF heavy Joseph Chinotimba. The pre-election period has been marred by violence perpetrated mo [...]
2003-03-28 10:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE642MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION
[...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...]
2003-03-31 12:04:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE680MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "What liberation?" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its April 6 editorial to condemning the United States-led war against Iraq, charging that the war is "creating untold hardships" for the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Adama [...]
2003-04-07 09:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE767MUGABE READY TO LEAVE, WITH CONDITIONS
[...] (C) In an April 16 conversation with the Ambassador, ZANU-PF spokesman and elder statesman Nathan Shamuyarira seemed concerned about the implications of USG actions in Iraq for Zimbabwe. He deemed a U.S. or British invasion "unlikely," but thought attempts would be made to destabilize the co [...]
2003-04-17 14:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE783SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SECURITY
[...] A monthly food monitoring report issued by the National NGO Food Security Network (FOSENET) suggests a slight improvement in the food security situation across the country since January due to wider distribution of relief food and early harvests. Despite these gains in rural areas, the urban [...]
2003-04-23 13:22:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ZI
03HARARE954MDC BOMBER CONFESSES
[...] (S) MDC activist Sedweak Munyaradzi Mupazviripo Munya (protect) has informed embassy officer that he had made and thrown nine petrol bombs at three different ZANU-PF meetings-in-progress on about April 25. It is likely that MDC security head Solomon Chikowero is the highest MDC official aware [...]
2003-05-19 08:38:00Embassy HarareSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HELSINKI1579U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904)
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited Helsinki for two program days (November 20-21) to participate in the Atlantic Council of Finland's (ACF) major conference on the transatlantic security relationship on Nov. 21. A total of 4 U.S. spe [...]
2003-11-26 12:56:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO FI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1020VIETNAM'S FIRST OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE - NO NUDE BEACHES YET
[...] In another example of the GVN channeling resources to the relatively poor central coast of the country, Vietnam's first "Open Economic Zone" has opened for business. More a vision than a reality, the zone is different from the many industrial parks and export processing zones scattered throug [...]
2003-10-21 11:33:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR VM ETRD
03HOCHIMINHCITY257COMMUNIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION
[...] Summary: The HCMC Youth Union organized a boisterous, but peaceful demonstration by more than 5000 high school and college students at the District One Youth Center on March 17. The rally featured speakers and musical performances to appeal to the kind of young audience which frequents the Y [...]
2003-03-19 06:30:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ
03ISLAMABAD89502003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-01 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PK
03ISTANBUL1703ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUES BOMBED
[...] (u) Bombs detonated simultaneously at two of the major Jewish synagogues in Istanbul at approximately 9:30 am have claimed dozens of lives and injured over a hundred people. Based on observations by the Consul General, RSO, and poloffs at both sites, it appears that both buildings were targeted [...]
2003-11-15 11:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1711ISTANBUL REACTS TO SYNAGOGUE BOMBINGS
[...] (sbu) Summary: Istanbul is still stunned by the shock and horror of Saturday's synagogue bombings. The overwhelming response has been to view this as a senseless and unjustifiable attack, not merely against Turkey's small Jewish community, but against Turkey itself. Despite widespread specul [...]
2003-11-17 14:12:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER TU
03ISTANBUL1744NEW BOMBING WAVE TARGETS BRITISH INSTITUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-20 13:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1752BOMBING UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 14:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1759ISTANBUL GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] (U) After examining sites of the November 15 and 20 terrorist attacks, the Ambassador visited the Istanbul Mayor and Governor on November 24 to extend the condolences of the United States and to offer any further assistance that might be required during the investigations Istanbul Gover [...]
2003-11-26 09:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1760TURKEY: A NEW FRONT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERROR
[...] (U) Summary: Istanbul is slowly recovering from the shock of two separate sets of terrorist bombings that claimed over 50 lives and wounded 750 in one week. Although both the synagogue bombings (ref a) and the latest bombings of the British Consulate and HSBC Turkey headquarters (ref b) appear [...]
2003-11-26 11:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1821U/S GROSSMAN'S 12/9/03 MEETING WITH ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Grossman met with the Governor of Istanbul to express U.S. solidarity with the people of Istanbul and Turkey, and our ongoing cooperation in the war on terror. Guler outlined a series of "lessons learned" from the attacks, and expressed optimism that Turkey would be better pr [...]
2003-12-11 10:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALASEC OVIP PGOV PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1872TOURISM'S POSTWAR REBOUND FACES TERROR CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tourism industry executives are again wondering what the future holds for their sector following November's suicide bombings in Istanbul. The attacks interrupted a strong sectoral recovery that saw visitor figures surpass last year's level by the end of November, and tourism r [...]
2003-12-23 12:53:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03JAKARTA13041INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...]
2003-11-28 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID
03JERUSALEM2819THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...]
2003-09-08 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
03KABUL1226AMBASSADOR'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Afghan Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Sayed Hussain Anwari on May 2. Anwari requested the Ambassador,s intervention on eight areas of need for the Ministry. First, the Minister requested help in establishing an Institute for Livestock Research. Second, the Mini [...]
2003-05-12 02:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON AF
03KABUL1744NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT
[...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...]
2003-06-29 05:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR AF
03KAMPALA2587UGANDA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Kampala's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report is keyed to reftel as follows: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA OPERATIVES, BUT INCLUDING DIPLOMTIC EFFORTS [...]
2003-12-02 13:06:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UG
03KATHMANDU1212UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 21-27
[...] The notable absence of Baburam Bhattarai, number two leader and head of the Maoist negotiating team, has raised speculation that the Maoist ideologue is once again out of the country. Senior Maoist leaders continue to condemn alleged US "interference" in Nepal. Uncertainty persists over the [...]
2003-06-27 10:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1263WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 24 - 30, 2003
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-06 08:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU135NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 18-24
[...] Peace talks remain elusive with conflicting reports about backchannel Government-Maoist communications. The Government of Nepal has said it will not send a formal invitation to the Maoists until they stop their violence, while Maoists have warned of severe consequences if talks are not held [...]
2003-01-24 09:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1353UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 12-18
[...] The deadlock over peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists remains unresolved. The GON has increased security in many districts throughout Nepal following reports of increased Maoist activities. The local press reported on July 14 that Maoists are importing weapons [...]
2003-07-18 07:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1369NEPAL: JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING MAOIST
[...] (U) Ref A cable resent to expanded list of addressees (AmEmbassies Berlin and Paris). 2. (U) On July 21, the Industrial Security Group in Nepal released a press statement condemning Maoist extortions of individuals and businesses during the current cease-fire. Despite provisions in the c [...]
2003-07-21 23:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV ECON EINV NP
03KATHMANDU138MAOISTS MAY FORCE COCA-COLA FROM NEPAL
[...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) On January 22, Embassy officers met with Security Managers for Coca-Cola, who are in Nepal to assess the risk posed to its plants, distributors, and retailers after a Maois [...]
2003-01-24 10:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1391UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 19-25
[...] Maoist leaders responded to the Government of Nepal's (GON) invitation to sit for a third round of talks by issuing more demands as a prerequisite to dialogue (Reftel). The GON maintains that the peace process is not in jeopardy, but senior Maoist leaders increasingly talk of notably absent [...]
2003-07-25 09:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1458UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 26-AUGUST
[...] On July 31 Maoists agreed to sit for a third round of formal peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON). Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and GON negotiating team member, welcomed the decision but remained cautious, saying that a date for a third round of talks would be set through "mutu [...]
2003-08-01 08:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU15NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 27-JAN 3
[...] The GON said it is receptive to and ready to create an environment for peace talks with the Maoists. Prime Minister Lokendra Chand said the GON will accede to the Maoists' demand for information on imprisoned rebels. Despite the GON's conciliatory gestures, the Maoists have called another tw [...]
2003-01-03 10:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1511UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 2-8
[...] Despite agreement by the Maoists to sit for another round of peace talks with the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team (Ref A),no date has yet been set, and the Maoist leadership remains out of the public eye and reportedly out of Nepal. Nepal's main political parties have once again [...]
2003-08-08 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1593UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 16-22
[...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist rebels finally met for a third round of negotiations on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj (Ref A). Tensions reportedly were high, as the GON acceded to Maoist demands for a roundtable conference and formation of an interim government [...]
2003-08-22 08:16:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1644NEPAL: MAOISTS BREAK CEASE-FIRE, ATTEMPT TO BLAME
[...] (SBU) On August 27, the Maoists unilaterally withdrew from the cease-fire, blaming the Government of Nepal (GON) for refusing to accept a constituent assembly and for alleged attacks on Maoist cadres over the past month. The security forces have adopted new Rules of Engagement that allow com [...]
2003-08-27 12:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1670NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY AUGUST 23 - 29
[...] ON AUGUST 27, NEPAL'S MAOIST REBELS ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVEN-MONTH LONG CEASE- FIRE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) (REF C). IN THE PRESS STATEMENT, THE INSURGENTS ATTEMPTED TO BLAME THE GON FOR THE FAILURE OF THE PEACE PROCESS, CITING ALLEGED GON VIOLATIONS OF [...]
2003-08-29 10:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1674NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS SEEKING US MEDIATION
[...] (S) Mainstream political parties are reassessing plans for a large joint demonstration to be held in the capital on September 4 in light of the Maoists' unilateral decision to break the ceasefire and return to violence. Party leaders have indicated that they are seeking an overture from King [...]
2003-08-29 10:48:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PREL NP GON
03KATHMANDU1684NEPAL: FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND AHTISAARI
[...] (C) Summary. Former President of Finland Marti Ahtisaari paid a three-day visit to Nepal August 28-30 at the request of British aid agency DFID to provide assistance to the facilitators of the GON-Maoist peace talks. During a meeting with Ambassador Malinowski, Ahtisaari expressed optimism t [...]
2003-09-02 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU1685 WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST 26
[...] MAOISTS BREAK CEASEFIRE - - Maoi sts break cease - fire , blame government : The Maoi sts un i latera 1 ly broke of f ( 8/27 ) the seven-month-old cease-fire and the subsequent peace process with the government "for the time being" saying it had lost its relevance while b [...]
2003-09-02 09:11:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1721UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 30-
[...] Sixty-three Maoists and fifteen security personnel died in clashes this week. The Government of Nepal (GON) imposed curfews on twenty-three of Nepal's districts in an attempt to maintain law and order. Pyar Jung Thapa, Chief of Army Staff, pledged to maintain peace in Nepal and declared that [...]
2003-09-05 04:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1727NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTEMPT TO KILL BRIGADIER GENERAL,
[...] (SBU) At 14:30 on August 4, Maoists attempted to kill Fifth Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Gaurav SJB Rana, while in a vehicle convoy driving from his command headquarters in Dipayal, Doti (in Nepal's Far-West Development Region) south to Dhanghadi. Two pipe bombs were used in the atta [...]
2003-09-05 09:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1744NEPAL: MAOIST BOMBS IN THE CAPITAL; BATTLES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: One person was killed and twelve injured after Maoist insurgents set off a series of six bomb blasts in Kathmandu and its environs on the morning of September 8. The explosions are believed intended to intimidate the general population into observing a general strike, or "ban [...]
2003-09-08 09:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC MOPS NP
03KATHMANDU1758WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT:
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties' protest to continue despite blasts: The five agitating parties will not halt their protests scheduled for the afternoon despite the series of bomb blasts in the Valley Monday morning, a UML leader said Monday. (Nepalnews.com, 9/8) - - UML back on stree [...]
2003-09-09 07:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1796NEPAL: MAOISTS EXECUTE INFORMANT, CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) On September 12, Maoists continued their wave of violence in urban areas. A Maoist hit squad killed two people in northern Kathmandu. The Maoists planted two bombs on the rim of Kathmandu Valley; one detonated causing USD 2,700 in damage. Four bombs exploded in an industrial city 222 [...]
2003-09-12 09:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1805NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ALLEGES HUMAN
[...] (C) On September 12 the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted a report to the Prime Minister that implicates the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) in the summary executions of 17 Maoist prisoners and two civilians in Ramechhap District on August 17. Although the Embassy has not seen the re [...]
2003-09-15 09:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER MCAP PINR NP
03KATHMANDU1835NEPAL: PUBLIC OBSERVED FIRST DAY OF GENERAL
[...] (SBU) On September 18, the first day of a Maoist-imposed three day general strike, Embassy police contacts reported that 95 percent of businesses in Kathmandu Valley were closed. Traffic was limited to police and army vehicles, diplomatic vehicles, and ambulances, with most people opting to [...]
2003-09-18 09:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ECON ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1841UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 13-
[...] According to local press accounts 68 Maoists, 19 policemen, and 7 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with 19 civilians, including a child. 40 security personnel suffered injuries. The Maoists' call for a three-day nationwide strike from September 18-20 closed dow [...]
2003-09-19 07:30:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1849NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE INSIDE BHUTANESE
[...] (C) Summary. On September 22, Post received reports from WFP and UNHCR that as many as 150 Maoists attacked the police post inside a Bhutanese refugee camp in Eastern Nepal, killing one unarmed police officer. No refugees were injured in the attacks. According to UNHCR, the Home Ministry has [...]
2003-09-22 09:05:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER NP BH
03KATHMANDU1874UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 20-
[...] According to local press accounts fifty-three Maoists, nine policemen and two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with two civilians. Two other policemen were also assassinated by Maoists. Senior officials from the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) declared that the Maoists [...]
2003-09-26 07:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1904NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 1
[...] ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 39 MAOISTS, 18 POLICEMEN AND 7 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA) SOLDIERS DIED IN CLASHES FROM SEPTEMBER 26 - 30. MAOISTS ALSO KILLED SIX PERSONS IDENTIFIED AS NEPALI CONGRESS MEMBERS AND SEVEN OTHER CIVILIANS. AN RNA SPOKESPERSON CLAIMED ON OCTOBER 1 THAT 300 MAOISTS [...]
2003-10-01 09:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1926NEPAL: MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONOR PLEDGE TO
[...] SUMMARY. MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONORED THEIR PLEDGE TO "SUSPEND ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS" DURING THE OCTOBER 2 - 10 DASAIN HOLIDAY. REPORTS INDICATE THAT MAOISTS INTENTIONALLY TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, WHILE CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES CONTINUED, ALBEIT SOMEWHAT A [...]
2003-10-07 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1964NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 10
[...] DESPITE THE MAOIST PLEDGE TO HALT ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS DURING OCTOBER 2 - 10 FOR THE DASAIN HOLIDAY, THE INSURGENTS CONTINUED TO TARGET NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND ATTACK SECURITY FORCES (REFTEL). ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 19 MAOISTS, 2 POLICEMEN AND 2 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA [...]
2003-10-10 08:25:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1978NEPAL: HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH US INVESTMENT TO
[...] (C) After Nepali Army intelligence of an impending Maoist attack forced its temporary shutdown on October 12, the Bhote Koshi hydrolectric power plant will resume full service late on October 14. Sam Nott, the American plant manager, says he expects all staff to return to the site and the 3 [...]
2003-10-14 07:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ENRG EINV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU2048NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE CONCILIATORY STATEMENT;
[...] (C) In an October 21 press statement, Maoist leader Prachanda announced that the insurgents would no longer attack infrastructure, political party workers, members of the security forces on leave, and assistance projects, except those funded by "American imperialists." The statement, which [...]
2003-10-22 08:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC ASEC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU2076NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 18 - OCTOBER 24
[...] After a relatively quiet Dasain holiday, the period of October 18-24 has been marked with increased violence. According to local press reports, 57 suspected Maoists, 3 security personnel and 5 civilians were killed during this week's clashes around the country. Despite the Maoists' press rel [...]
2003-10-25 04:58:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2163NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE, LEADERSHIP ELABORATE ON
[...] (SBU) Recent public announcements by Nepal's Maoist leaders indicate an awareness of the movement's dwindling popular support and a continuing attempt to explain ideologically their failure to win power. For example, following the recent Maoist Politburo meeting (Reftel),the Maoists have po [...]
2003-11-05 05:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2187UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7
[...] The local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly killed seven civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy, and abducted ten others. In a statement issued on November 4, the Maoists reacted angrily to the USG [...]
2003-11-07 06:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2309WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24,
[...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]
2003-11-25 03:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2323UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 22-28
[...] Forty Maoists, one Royal Nepal Army soldier and twelve police died in clashes this week, while twelve security personnel were injured. Maoists reportedly killed three civilians and abducted five. Three children died after bombs left by the insurgents exploded. Police seized a large cache o [...]
2003-11-28 06:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2332NEPAL: MAOIST ATTACKS AND THREATS AGAINST COCA-COLA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Colonel Mohan Singh, Coca-Cola's Chief Security Officer in Nepal, two bombs exploded on November 28 approximately 100 meters from the main gate of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bharatpur, Chitwan District. In addition, Col. Singh reported a separate incident in whic [...]
2003-11-28 10:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2363NEPAL: MAOISTS CHANGE TACTICS AND TARGETS
[...] (C) Summary. Since 2002, improvements in the effectiveness of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA),among other reasons, have caused Nepal's Maoist insurgents to shift the focus of many of their operations from the hills to the lowland Terai. The Maoists' expansion into the Terai has enabled them to w [...]
2003-12-03 08:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2383UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 29-
[...] On November 28, Interpol re-issued red corner notices for fourteen Maoists including top leaders Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai. Despite a highly publicized meeting between Maoist leaders and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) last week [...]
2003-12-05 06:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2469NEPAL: A/S ROCCA AND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISCUSS
[...] (C) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jung Thapa, to discuss the army's counter-insurgency efforts and human rights. The two also touched upon the possibility of Nepal providing peacekeepers in Iraq [...]
2003-12-19 07:05:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNPARM PHUM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU25MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL
[...] Nepal emerged from its feudal isolation in the 1950s with virtually no modern economic infrastructure and little intellectual capital. Development, while still very uneven, has improved the lives of many Nepalis, whose number has tripled in the past half century. The US Government, as one of [...]
2003-01-06 11:09:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU309LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES STAGE ANTI-AMERICAN
[...] On Tuesday, 18 February, a group of ten leftist political parties staged an anti-American protest, culminating with the delivery of a protest letter to the Embassy. The crowd numbered around 100. Their slogans decried US war with Iraq and North Korea, and US Imperialism. The protest was pe [...]
2003-02-21 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDASEC NP
03KATHMANDU311UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 15-21
[...] The Kathmandu press has reported that an informal meeting has been set for February 24 between Government of Nepal (GON) representatives and Maoist negotiators. Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dinnath Sharma, members of the Maoist negotiating team, reportedly are in the capital to meet with polit [...]
2003-02-21 10:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU313NEPAL: INFORMATION ON U.S. MISSION ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) This message contains business sensitive information; please handle accordingly. 2. (U) AmEmbassy Kathmandu welcomes the efforts of EB and H in highlighting Embassy initiatives to promote American business. The mission submits the following four key efforts and successes, as requeste [...]
2003-02-21 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BBSR ETRD EINV NP
03KATHMANDU352NEPAL: COCA-COLA FACES CONTINUED MAOIST EXTORTION
[...] (SBU) Nepal's Coca-Cola bottler is continuing to receive extortion demands from the Maoists, despite the cease-fire and a claimed commitment by Maoist leader Prachanda to stop such practices (Ref C). In coordination with Coca-Cola's Country Manager and its corporate offices in Atlanta and Ba [...]
2003-02-27 10:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS ASEC CASC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU471UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 8-14
[...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists jointly announced the signing of a code of conduct on March 13. Dinanath Sharma, senior-level Maoist and member of the Maoist negotiating team, arrived in the capital and met with the major leftist political parties. Prime Minister Lokendra Bahad [...]
2003-03-14 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU57NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 4-10
[...] Interpol has issued five more warrants for Maoists, bringing the total to sixteen. The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists still have not agreed on a date for peace talks, but the GON announced a plan aimed at rehabilitating Maoists. The insurgency, meanwhile, has created a demand for [...]
2003-01-10 10:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU89NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 11-17
[...] Progress toward Government-Maoist peace talks reportedly is at a standstill. The Government of Nepal announced the creation of a 20,000-man task force to combat the insurgency. The GON responded to criticism over food distribution programs and human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch releas [...]
2003-01-17 10:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU967NEPAL'S MAOISTS STRIVING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS
[...] (C) From April 26 to May 4, Embassy and USAID representatives traveled to Nepal's northwest district of Dolpa. Fifteen of the district's twenty-five villages are affected by Maoist activities, with six in the southwest highly affected. Maoists in the district have begun some development wor [...]
2003-05-27 03:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER NP
03KUWAIT1005KUWAIT AIRWAYS PREPARES FOR WAR
[...] SUMMARY. In the face of a potential US-led attack on Iraq and any retaliatory strikes, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) unveiled its emergency plan, which includes reduced flights and the possibility of relocating operations to Dubai. Officials at Kuwait International Airport will continue to [...]
2003-03-20 04:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC KU
03KUWAIT1048KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]
2003-03-23 17:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1056SADDAM,S DEFEAT COULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Long before the fighting began on Kuwait's northern border, Kuwaiti firms were bombarding the Embassy with requests to do business with U.S. and coalition forces here, and expressing commercial interests in a post-Saddam Iraq. Kuwaiti businessmen see Kuwait as the logical jumpin [...]
2003-03-24 11:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT1065TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 12
[...] SITREP NO. 12 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1159 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24, 2003 . 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1310 Duck and Cover Alert; gas masks donned. 1320 All C [...]
2003-03-24 20:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1177KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 30: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB
[...] SUMMARY: Media commentary reflects a sense of alienation and resentment vis-a-vis Kuwait's Arab League confreres. Demonstrations were held this week in front of the Libyan and Syrian embassies in Kuwait, and a proposal now before the National Assembly calls for parliamentary approval of any f [...]
2003-03-31 15:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1215KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB
[...] SUMMARY: Commentators call for moderation of the Kuwaiti rhetoric denouncing other Arab states that has dominated opinion over the last week, appealing to feelings of Pan-Arabism. However, frustrations remain keen, with reports that the Kuwaiti government has decided not to fund the Al-Arabi [...]
2003-04-02 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT1221TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF PROPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-27 23:09:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT1446 TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 14 APRIL 2003
[...] The results of the Coalition assessment of health facilities in Basrah City were briefed at the Humanitarian Operations Center on 10 April. The assessment found that most of the 82 primary health centers are functioning and have sufficient staff, supplies, and equipment for the present time. [...]
2003-04-15 16:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1830 TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF HEET AND AL HADITHAH
[...] DART Field Team West began assessing communities along the Euphrates River northeast of Ar Ramadi on 27 April. The DART traveled the main highway between Ar Rutbah and the intersection with Highway 12. The DART assessed both the Heet and Al Hadithah communities in Al Anbar governorate. In g [...]
2003-05-04 13:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1831 TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AR RUTBAH
[...] Members of DART Field Team West traveled from Jordan to Ar Rutbah in western Iraqi on 26 April. The team met with local officials including the newly selected mayor, health officials, PDS food agents, education officials and local community members. CARE sent two water engineers to Ar Rutba [...]
2003-05-04 13:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1849 TFIZ01: DART AN NASIRIYAH TRIP REPORT 1 - 2 MAY
[...] Between 1 and 2 May, the DART traveled to An Nasiriyah. Accompanied by GOAL and IMC, the DART visited two hospitals and local water and sewage treatment facilities. The DART attended the CMOC briefing on 2 May, during which, local leaders presented the town's most critical needs: food, propa [...]
2003-05-05 15:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1851 TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL ANBAR
[...] Between 26 and 29 April, DART Field Team West traveled more than 1,400 km inside Iraq conducting an assessment of communities in the western governorate of Al Anbar. The DART conducted assessments in Ar Rutbah, Hadithah, Anah, and Heet. The DART also stopped in Baghdad to talk with some com [...]
2003-05-05 15:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1929PROTECTING IRAQ'S CULTURAL HERITAGE: UPDATE MAY 6
[...] SUMMARY: Ongoing investigations at the Iraqi National Museum are revealing the extent of losses from display galleries and stores from the early April looting. Present reports indicate 38 items, including some well-known pieces, were lost from or damaged in the display galleries. Tallies of [...]
2003-05-10 07:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV MOPS IZ
03KUWAIT1969 TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF ANAH AND KHAN AL
[...] DART Field Team West conducted an assessment of the village of Anah on 28 April. Although the visit was abbreviated, the DART was in town long enough to determine that electricity was functioning, water was flowing in the piped system, the PDS was in place and functioning, and the health cen [...]
2003-05-10 15:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2062KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI
[...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...]
2003-05-14 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2106 DART AR RUTBAH UPDATE
[...] The DART Field Team West visited Ar Rutbah, Anbar Governorate on 10 May, meeting with cooperative agreement partner World Vision, the former hospital director, and Coalition forces. Since the DART's last visit to Ar Rutbah on 6 May, the town of 25,000 people experienced a failed distribution o [...]
2003-05-19 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2118KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST
[...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...]
2003-05-19 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2137 DART FOOD UPDATE
[...] Members of the DART Food Team attended the weekly food and nutrition sectoral meeting on 5 May with members of WFP, UNICEF, Save the Children, and IMC. Topics addressed during the meeting included a briefing on the progress made by WFP in re-starting the PDS, a briefing on vulnerable group f [...]
2003-05-20 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2298 DART REPORT ON MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAQ
[...] This is a DART report. Muslim fundamentalists are among the groups maneuvering for power in southern Iraq, traditionally the most conservative region of the country. Some conservative Muslims are threatening and harassing the country's Christian minority and instigating reprisals against for [...]
2003-05-28 16:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2452KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE-
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-04 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2639 DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 2 JUNE
[...] DART Field Team West witnessed the smooth start up of the public distribution system in Al Hillah on 2 June with numerous food trucks dropping off and picking up commodities. Public response to the mistaken release of a notorious killer, linked to thousands of victims in the mass graves of B [...]
2003-06-16 15:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT3830KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN
[...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...]
2003-08-20 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3946KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN
[...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...]
2003-08-26 09:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3970KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 25-27: ISRAELI-
[...] SUMMARY: Conservative commentators accuse the US of "unification with the Zionists" for a "lack of condemnation" of Israeli attacks on Hamas members and the freeze of Hamas assets earlier in the week. One commentator defends the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard H. Jones, from allegations [...]
2003-08-27 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4053KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1:
[...] SUMMARY: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior denies media reports of the arrest of two Kuwaitis in Iraq in connection with the August 29 bombing in Najaf that killed Shiaa cleric Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim. While Al-Hakim's death is viewed as a great loss, one Shiaa writer feels Al-Hakim's "martyrdo [...]
2003-09-02 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4078(U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...]
2003-09-04 18:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA
03KUWAIT4433 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-24 14:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT4456(U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...]
2003-09-29 08:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT4486(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES AID TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Action Request - see paragraphs 8, 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Iraq -- and, briefly, Afghanistan -- with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah September 30 (other topics septels). The Minister was keenly interested in how the Madrid donors conference will be st [...]
2003-10-01 05:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON ETRD OPDC IZ AF KU
03KUWAIT4709(U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...]
2003-10-15 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ETTC KU
03KUWAIT4990 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ
[...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...]
2003-10-30 04:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT5080 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON
[...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...]
2003-11-05 07:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT5186KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12:
[...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...]
2003-11-12 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5381KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL
[...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...]
2003-11-24 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5737KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION DECEMBER 12-16: CAPTURE OF
[...] SUMMARY: News of Saddam Hussein's capture was trumpeted in banner headlines on the front pages of all Arabic dailies as "The End of the Tyrant" and "The Mother of All Good News." Commentators call for a public trial and hope that Saddam's capture will contribute to a "change in the Arab menta [...]
2003-12-18 05:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5805GCC COMMITS TO ANTITERROR PACT, INCREASED ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Wrapping up its annual summit in Kuwait on December 22, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed its member states would enter into an anti-terror pact, but did not specify a deadline. In the organization's closing statement, the Supreme Council (SC),composed of heads of states [...]
2003-12-23 15:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD KU
03KUWAIT920KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR
[...] SUMMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Emergency Response Committee tasked with protecting the country's environment. Still stinging from the devastating consequences of Saddam's campaign of "environ [...]
2003-03-16 04:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPET KU
03LAGOS265EXPLOSION IN LAGOS
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...]
2003-02-03 16:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI
03LAGOS307LAGOS EXPLOSION AND NNPC FIRE FOLLOW-UP
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met with police officials on Thursday and Friday 02/06 and 02/07 regarding last Sunday's explosion in Lagos. Police provided some insight into the explosion. RSO staff has also been in contact with the bomb squad in an effort to see explosives taken from the scene. One poli [...]
2003-02-07 16:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC NI PINS
03LONDON9572UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-11-26 17:34:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PREL PGOV UK
03MBABANE147THE JET SAGA: IS AN END IN SIGHT?
[...] SUMMARY: A SELECT COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER AND THREE OTHER CABINET MINISTERS ACTED ILLEGALLY IN CONTRACTING TO PURCHASE A PRIVATE JET FOR KING MSWATI III AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $72 MILLION USD. THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR AND ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER TOLD TH [...]
2003-03-20 06:20:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AGOA WZ
03MONTREAL553 Air Canada Bankruptcy and Restructuring
[...] SUMMARY: Air Canada's recent filing for bankruptcy protection follows efforts over the past several months to restructure its operations and lower its costs in order to remain competitive during a difficult time in the airline industry. However, a combination of its own business decisions, th [...]
2003-04-30 13:06:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD EFIN ECON CA
03MONTREAL910Bombardier Aerospace Focuses on Regional Jet
[...] This cable contains contributions from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: The flagship of Quebec's aerospace industry, Bombardier Inc., identifies itself as the number three airplane maker after long-haul jet makers Boeing and Airbus. But the company is known in the aerospace business as the leadi [...]
2003-07-11 21:05:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL CA
03MONTREAL999YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO-
[...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA),a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...]
2003-07-30 13:47:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PREF CA CO
03NASSAU1066POWERS BEHIND THE THRONE IN THE PLP GOVERNMENT -
[...] (C) In two separate meetings May 27 and 28, DCM and POL/ECON section chief met the two individuals outside of the Bahamian government considered to have the most influence on Prime Minister Perry Christie's government. Wealthy businessman Frankie Wilson, a prominent campaign contributor and [...]
2003-06-03 20:54:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BF
03OTTAWA1474CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 18:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CA FR
03OTTAWA1758AFGHANISTAN FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT: CANADIAN
[...] (SBU) The Canadian Government reacted very evenly to the June 19 decision by U.S. Air Force LTGEN Bruce Carlson not to proceed with courts martial against two pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Chretien said the matter is now closed as far as the Canadi [...]
2003-06-20 18:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CA AF
03OTTAWA2149 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA
[...] "Bush can't afford to go it alone" Columnist Carol Goar commented in the liberal Toronto Star (7/25): "On the one hand, there's pride. It would be humiliating for U.S. President George Bush, who dismissed the United Nations as ineffectual and irrelevant just four months ago, to turn to the [...]
2003-07-29 14:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2174 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...]
2003-07-31 16:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2237 MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM; MIDDLE EAST;
[...] "Secrets of Sept. 11" The leading Globe and Mail (7/31) editorialized: "...The intelligence and technical flaws, many of which were already known or the subject of intense speculation, are detailed in a damning report [the joint U.S. congressional inquiry into the terrorist attacks of Sept. [...]
2003-08-07 19:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2306 MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH
[...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]
2003-08-12 20:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2388 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA
[...] "Rebuilding Iraq remains crucial" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/21): "Horrific as Tuesday's bomb attack was on Iraq's United Nations headquarters, no one who has followed events in that country can be surprised that matters have taken a turn for the worse. From the moment the United S [...]
2003-08-21 19:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2389 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE
[...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...]
2003-08-21 19:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2420 MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ
[...] "Shared vision can spare us from descent into barbarism" Columnist Catherine Ford observed in the right-of- center Calgary Herald (8/22): "...Moderation shouldn't be the dirtiest word in the lexicon of the Middle East, but it might as well be. As soon as the voice of reasonable compromise r [...]
2003-08-25 18:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2429 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...]
2003-08-26 12:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2452 MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST
[...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...]
2003-08-27 20:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA659 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY
[...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...]
2003-03-10 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA679 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA
[...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...]
2003-03-11 20:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA695 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; UN; NORTH KOREA
[...] "The truth that Blix can't hide" The nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (3/12): "The United States and Britain are angry with Hans Blix, the United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, over the information he deliberately withheld from his most recent public report to the Security Counci [...]
2003-03-13 15:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA701 MEDIA REACTION: SERBIA; IRAQ; NORTH KOREA
[...] "A murder in Serbia" The leading Globe and Mail stressed (3/13): "...We hope the world sees this [assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjicas] more than just another in a line of troubles that have historically made the Balkans a powder keg. We hope its concern is for the cou [...]
2003-03-13 21:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA709 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA
[...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...]
2003-03-14 19:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03PRETORIA5198SOUTH AFRICA AND HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD, HIZBULLAH
[...] (C) THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TALKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD AND HIZBULLAH AT THE DIRECT REQUEST OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) LEADERS SUCH AS ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALLAH, ACCORDING TO SAG FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIRECT [...]
2003-09-26 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS SF
03RABAT1086CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...]
2003-05-19 17:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL MO
03RABAT2632MOROCCO: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post responses are keyed to reftel. (A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the global coalition against terrorism. The government of Morocco (GOM) continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism. Following the May 16, 2003 bombings in Ca [...]
2003-12-19 11:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MO
03RANGOON1423 EVEN THE DEAD ARE OPPRESSED
[...] SUMMARY: The Burmese junta on November 1 ordered the demolition of a large Christian cemetery in a Karen neighborhood of Rangoon. Graves not exhumed by family members of the deceased by December 2 will be bulldozed, as the regime plans to build a condominium on the site. Emboff witnessed [...]
2003-11-06 08:33:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SCUL BM
03RANGOON1529 BURMA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (SBU) Letters below correspond to questions in ref A, para 2. A. Burma's solid position against international terrorism continued in 2003. Burma has ratified, acceded to, or signed six of the twelve international counter-terrorism conventions and indicated it is considering fast action on [...]
2003-11-25 09:45:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER BM
03RANGOON1566ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Embassy sources, a secret SPDC court on November 28 sentenced to death nine persons, including a magazine editor and several individuals actively involved with opposition movements, for allegedly planning to assassinate regime leaders and bomb key government installa [...]
2003-12-05 00:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON30DANGERS LURK WITHIN BURMA'S SHADOW BANKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The surprisingly large informal banking sector in Burma has become a major cause of inflation, and a threat to the stability of the already weakened Burmese economy. A crackdown combined with a general liberalization of the official banking sector would be the best course for [...]
2003-01-08 10:25:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON BM
03RANGOON398A DAY OF CONTRASTS AND BOMBS IN RANGOON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Armed Forces Day, March 27, saw the military government mount its traditional large military parade and host a state banquet in the posh Armed Forces grand hall and theater. The pro-democracy parties celebrated Anti-Fascist Resistance Day (commemorating the 1945 switch of Gene [...]
2003-03-28 09:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS BM NLD
03RANGOON554EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH SPDC SECRETARY ONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and DCM (note taker) met with Secretary 1, General Khin Nyunt April 27 in Rangoon. General Khin Nyunt emphasized counter-terrorism cooperation and the added security the GOB has provided to the U.S. Embassy. Daley urged the GOB to accelerate dialogue wi [...]
2003-05-07 10:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BM
03RANGOON637BOMBINGS IN TACHILEIK
[...] (C) Summary: No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings in Tachileik on May 21, though the Burmese have blamed the Shan State Army (South) and the Thai blame the Wa. The good news is that Thai and Burmese police officers are cooperating in the investigation, though it remains to b [...]
2003-06-02 06:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS BM
03RANGOON665RAZALI: NO ACCESS TO ASSK AS YET, MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Late on June 7, Special Envoy Razali briefed COM Martinez on his meeting earlier in the day with SPDC Secretary One Khin Nyunt. Khin Nyunt told Razali that the crackdown on the NLD was in response to actions by ASSK that constituted an unacceptable threat to the SPDC. He assur [...]
2003-06-07 15:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON910BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions  [...]
2003-07-31 07:15:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB BM OPIC
03ROME2299PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]
2003-05-23 11:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2598ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. Its significant presence in the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is complemented by expansion within Europe, including recent acquisitions in Spain a [...]
2003-06-10 17:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT
03ROME2737FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO
[...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...]
2003-06-17 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN
03ROME3386ITALIAN FAST BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA
[...] (S) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ROBERT MAGGI, TOGETHER WITH ECMIN AND ECONOFF, RAISED CONTINUING U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING ITALIAN EXPORTS TO IRAN AND LIBYA (REFTEL) ON JULY 22 WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO AND NO [...]
2003-07-25 08:22:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT LY IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME353ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-29 16:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDIT MARR MCAP NATO PREF
03ROME3570NORTH KOREA TELLS ITALY U/S BOLTON SHOULD NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: DPRK AMBASSADOR TO ITALY CHOE TAEK-SAN REQUESTED ITALY SUPPORT NORTH KOREA'S DEMAND THAT U/S BOLTON NOT ATTEND UPCOMING SIX-PARTY TALKS. HE ALSO MENTIONED NORTH KOREA DID NOT CURRENTLY POSSESS A NUCLEAR BOMB, ALTHOUGH CONTINUED U.S. AGGRESSION WOULD FORCE IT TO CREATE ONE. THE [...]
2003-08-07 07:41:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PARM KN IT UN
03ROME4022FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...]
2003-09-04 18:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP
03ROME4775Immigration: Deputy Prime Minister Fini's Bold
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Alliance leader Gianfranco Fini's proposal to extend voting rights to legal immigrants has jolted Prime Minister Berlusconi's center-right coalition, set the chattering classes abuzz and intensified intracoalition squabbles. Fini's gambit complicates Berlusconi's polit [...]
2003-10-20 12:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME4957IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Special Envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Antonio Armellini, met with EmbOffs on October 27 to discuss the reconstruction process to date and Italy's pledge of Euro 200 million at the Madrid Donors Conference. Armell [...]
2003-10-31 07:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ECON PREL IZ IT EUN
03ROME5217ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...]
2003-11-18 14:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5317SHARON'S VISIT TO ITALY: ISRAELIS ECSTATIC
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Ambassador Gol described Israeli PM Sharon's November 17-19 visit to Rome as "extraordinary" for its warmth and level of reception, in part due to the confluence of events -- the synagogue bombings in Istanbul and the state funerals for fallen Italian carabinieri and civi [...]
2003-11-21 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IT UNSC
03ROME5688ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSES EUROPEAN
[...] (U) Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino reiterated the need for Europe to improve actual military capabilities while building a European security concept that continues to features NATO as its core. Speaking at the Italian Defense Academy recently, Martino noted that the traditional, narr [...]
2003-12-22 18:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME5694ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]
2003-12-23 11:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03SANAA1105ESTABLISHING THE FACTS IN IBB
[...] At approximately 0900 on May 14, 2003 an explosion occurred at a courtroom next to Ibb central prison, slightly injuring Judge Haizam Naji Fadl. Fadl was not/not the judge who presided over the recently concluded trial of Mr. Kemal who was convicted of killing three Amcits at the Jibla hospita [...]
2003-05-14 14:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1117SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS
[...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...]
2003-05-15 14:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YE
03SANAA11195/14/03 IBB COURTROOM EXPLOSION: LIKELY A CRIMINAL
[...] On May 15, one day after an explosion occurred in the same courthouse in Ibb as the recently concluded trail of the Jibla hospital murders, more details have emerged that point to this incident being a result of a tribal dispute. 2. Ibb PSO officer al-Kudaimi, told Consular FSN that a nigh [...]
2003-05-15 15:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER AMGT COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1256FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...]
2003-06-04 20:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1313MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-10 09:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA1377RECENT REPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES UNSUBSTANTIATED
[...] (C) AP reported on 6/13 that Yemeni police defused a time bomb outside the Hadda Hotel late on Thursday, June 12. The hotel is located about 150 yards from a residential compound housing many foreigners, including Embassy staff. Foreign Minister Qirbi, the Ministry of Interior (MOI),and the [...]
2003-06-16 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1690 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]
2003-07-13 07:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA2125SANAA EAC MEETING - AUGUST 20, 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on August 20 to assess the recent bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was a recent internet news item concerning terrorism and security in Y [...]
2003-08-24 07:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA2186YEMEN PONDERS NAJAF STATEMENT
[...] (c) Pol/Econoff met with Abdul Hakim Al-Iryani, assistant to Foreign Minister Qirbi, on September 1 to discuss a number of Iraq-related issues, including the August 28 car bombing in Najaf. Drawing on reftel, Pol/Econoff noted the apparent absence, in local media or diplomatic channels, of a R [...]
2003-09-02 10:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER YM
03SANAA2204CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND
[...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...]
2003-09-03 12:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY
03SANAA2336TRIBAL ATTACK ON U.S. OIL PIPELINE LIKELY
[...] (s/nf) Summary: On September 12, tribal elements succeeded in damaging U.S.-based Yemen Hunt Oil Company's pipeline approximately 60 kilometers from the Marib production facility. A single explosion from an IED of unknown specifications made three or four holes in the pipeline. No personnel [...]
2003-09-17 13:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY
03SANAA2410GEN ABIZAID'S 9/19 MEETING WITH SALEH: EMPHASIS ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In his first visit to Yemen, GEN Abizaid, CDR USCENTCOM, met with the Country Team and called separately on Chief of Staff Qasimi (septel) and President Saleh. Saleh briefed the CDR on the ROYG's discovery and arrest of a terrorist cell over the previous few days. Saleh revea [...]
2003-09-24 07:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2440ROYG BRIEFING ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL IN
[...] (C) Summary: On 9/28 Interior Minister Alimi called in Ambassador, with ambassadors of Italy, France, UK and Germany, to brief on ROYG's recent disruption of a Sanaa-based al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. Alimi's briefing elaborated on preliminary informatio [...]
2003-09-30 15:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2463NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]
2003-10-08 06:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2979YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-12-21 07:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA516SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 18; UPDATE ON MARIB
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 18 to assess threat information in light of the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (ref a) and the Iraq contingency. An uncorroborated source from an accounting firm that wor [...]
2003-03-18 17:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA521(TFI201) SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 19
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 19 to assess threat information in light of further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel) and the Iraq contingency. Because the investi [...]
2003-03-19 15:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA593TF1Z01: SHIFT IN YEMEN MEDIA COVERAGE AND RISING
[...] (C) Summary: Yemen media coverage of Operation Iraq Freedom and anti-war protests underwent a noticeable shift in tone from low-key for several days to more sensationalist since March 23. Initially, it appears that the ROYG attempted to down-play media coverage to minimize public outrage. H [...]
2003-03-25 10:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA602IRAQI SOURCE PROVIDES THREAT-RELATED INFORMATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On March 26 Italian Ambassador to Yemen called on AMB Hull stating that he had information regarding an Iraqi plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy on March 27. Italians arranged for an alleged IIS operative responsible for the plot to come to Embassy Sanaa for interview by ORCA. S [...]
2003-03-27 04:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANTIAGO263BIO FOR JUAN GABRIEL VALDES, CHILE'S PERMREP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: JUAN GABRIEL VALDES IS THE GOC'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN AS CHILE BEGINS ITS TWO-YEAR TOUR ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHILE'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND IN A PAIR OF TRADE POLICY POSITIONS. VALDES LIVED AND WORKED IN THE U.S. FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING T [...]
2003-01-29 10:24:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UNSC CI
03SANTODOMINGO6302PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL
[...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...]
2003-11-05 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN
[...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]
2003-12-12 21:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7536HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESIGNS:
[...] (C) On December 18 the Haitian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Guy Alexandre called on the Ambassador and Acting DCM to confirm his resignation. The sudden news (prompted by the violent December 5 crackdown on student demonstrators in Haiti) was widely covered December 16 while Ambassador [...]
2003-12-23 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR DR HA
03SEOUL5653ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 01:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KS
03STATE23994TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL
[...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]
2003-01-28 02:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03STATE9334NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM:
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]
2003-01-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA2109 HONDURAN SALES TAX -- FULL RECIPROCITY STILL
[...] SUMMARY: MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HONDURANS CHANGED ITS SALES TAX LAWS AND REVOKED LOCAL TAX CARDS FOR THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY, EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO ESTABLISH RECIPROCAL TAX TREATMENT FOR THE U.S. MISSION. THE JUNE 2002 TAX LAW PROMPTED REVOCATION [...]
2003-09-04 21:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP AMGT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2656HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...]
2003-11-12 17:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2814HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...]
2003-12-02 14:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA552EAC TO REVIEW CURRENT SECURITY STATUS
[...] At 10:00am on 02/19/03, a meeting of the EAC was convened by the Ambassador and chaired by the DCM. 2. The following sections/agencies were present during the EAC meeting: RSO, POL, JTF-B, USAID, PEACE CORPS, CONS, IPC, ADM, MSG, DEA, CLO, ECON, PAS, ORA and DAO. 3. The following issu [...]
2003-02-28 17:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA748 HONDURAN ATMOSPHERICS - IRAQ
[...] Moderate Daily El Heraldo 3/22 - Article on a forum for students on the conflict in Iraq sponsored by the youth of the Democratic Unification Party (a leftist party made up of the remnants of the Socialists and Communist parties of the 1980s). Among the speakers was Carlos Reyes of the Bloque [...]
2003-03-25 18:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO PA
03THEHAGUE1632PORTUGAL; NETHERLANDS; CTRY CLR. GRANTED DOE;
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Thomas Sarkus for travel to The Netherlands July 6 - July 12,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State [...]
2003-06-25 09:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA
03THEHAGUE1640NIH/FIC -DR. BARSONY- TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Julianna Barsony for travel to The Netherlands July 4 - July 13,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of Sta [...]
2003-06-26 07:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL TBIO OTRA
03THEHAGUE1649NETHERLANDS CTRY CLR. GRANTED BOISSEVAIN + 0,
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Jan G. Boissevain for travel to The Netherlands July 16 - July 25,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of S [...]
2003-06-26 10:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA
03THEHAGUE1699EMBASSY THE HAGUE WELCOMES ANDREW SCHOFER AND
[...] (U) Embassy the Hague welcomes Andrew Schofer and Karen Enstrom and grants Country Clearance for travel to The Netherlands July 13 - July 17 2003. 2. (U) Embassy is arranging meetings and hotel reservations per ref B and C. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following th [...]
2003-07-02 06:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OTRA PREL
03THEHAGUE1754EMBASSY THE HAGUE WELCOMES A/S BETH JONES
[...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary of State Beth Jones and Kent Logsdon for July 15 - July 16, 2003. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Embassy The Hague Political Counselor Mary Daly, (31) 70-310-9341 (Office),(31) 70-310-9348 (Fa [...]
2003-07-09 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OTRA PREL
03THEHAGUE1755 TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 9, 2003, at approximately 1539 hours an employee of the U.S. Embassy The Hague received a telephonic bomb threat from a male individual stating he was a member of the activist group called RA-RA and stated the American Express in Rotterdam was going to explode within 30 [...]
2003-07-09 16:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1759 TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 9, 2003, at approximately 1539 hours an embassy employee of the U.S. Embassy The Hague received a telephonic bomb threat from a male individual stating he was a member of the activist group called RA-RA and stated the American Express in Rotterdam was going to explode [...]
2003-07-10 05:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1777 TELEPHONIC BOMB THREAT FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-11 15:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1859COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE NETHERLANDS: ACQUITTALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent acquittals of Islamist terrorist suspects in two high profile cases (see Ref A) and increasing realization that terrorist threats affect the Dutch homeland have prompted the government of the Netherlands to propose more measures to strengthen counterterrorism legislatio [...]
2003-07-23 05:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM CASC XG PREL ECON ETRD ETTC EFIN NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1882EPA/OIA FIDLER
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Dave Goodwin, Anhar Karimjee, Stephen Andersen, and Sally Rand for travel to The Netherlands August 9 - August 14, 2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat as [...]
2003-07-25 08:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
03THEHAGUE1924NASA (JPL) COUNTRY CLEARANCE: NOORDWIJK,
[...] (U) Country Clearance is granted for Terry Fisher for travel to The Netherlands September 24-26,2003. 2. (U) Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. (U) Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on [...]
2003-07-31 09:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL TSPA OTRA
03THEHAGUE2009MEPN - WORKING GROUP ON WATER RESOURCES:COUNTRY
[...] Country Clearance is granted for the MEPN - WORKING GROUP ON WATER RESOURCES U.S. DELEGATION for travel to The Netherlands August 23-30, 2003. 2. Kami Witmer will be the Control Officer. She can be reached at the following numbers/addresses: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-9339, (H) 31-70-354-0639, [...]
2003-08-08 14:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL PREL SENV OTRA
03THEHAGUE2033TRAVEL CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA PERSONNEL E.O.
[...] Country clearance is granted for Joseph Eugene Masini for travel to the Netherlands August 17 - August 23, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. Please note that the country clearance request cable was not received in Amsterdam Consulate or Embassy The Hague. Pleas [...]
2003-08-13 08:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA NL
03THEHAGUE2113TERRORIST FINANCE:THE HAGUE - NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) The GONL has responded to the August 19 suicide attack in Jerusalem by calling on fellow EU members and the EU Commission (via diplomatic demarche) to convene the EU clearinghouse as quickly as possible in order to move forward with designating Hamas. Because large numbers of European offi [...]
2003-08-21 14:27:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2298RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TURKS (300,000),MOROCCANS (280,000),IRAQIS (33,000),SOMALIS (29,000) [...]
2003-09-12 14:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
03THEHAGUE2593TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSORS TO AL AQSA
[...] (C) Summary: Several Dutch organizations have been identified as assuming the tasks carried out by Al Aqsa Foundation (NL) in providing support for Hamas. Dutch authorities are investigating and trying to build a case for legal action or further asset freeze orders. End Summary. 2. (U) T [...]
2003-10-09 13:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2675DUTCH DELEGATION TO MADRID BUSINESS CONFERENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The following Dutch companies will attend the Iraq business forum in Madrid: Shell, Philips, ABN Amro, Nedeco, and Friesland Coberco. Dutch businesses, with the financial and moral support of the government, are positioning themselves for entree into Iraq "as soon as the [...]
2003-10-21 19:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2715COUNTRY CLEARANCE: U.S. DELEGATION TO BOSNIA WAR
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation attending the October 30, 2003 donors conference for the Bosnia War Crimes court. This delegation includes Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Pierre-Richar [...]
2003-10-29 06:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL BK
03THEHAGUE2769ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]
2003-11-04 11:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2818ICTY: AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S MEETINGS WITH ICTY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Pierre-Richard Prosper met with the President and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in separate meetings on October 30 in The Hague. Ambassador Prosper, meeting with ICTY officials on the margins o [...]
2003-11-07 16:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3008THE NETHERLANDS, CTRY CLR, EPA: DELANEY,
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Maureen Delaney for travel to The Netherlands December 11-14, 2003. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Post provides the following threat assessment for The Netherlands: The Department of State on November 2 [...]
2003-12-04 12:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
03THEHAGUE3042CODEL PAYNE (DEC 10-14)
[...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Rep. Donald M. Payne for travel to the Netherlands, December 11 and 14, 2003 to and from Accra, Ghana. 2. Control officer will be Special Assistant to Amb. Sobel, David Vennett, (w) 31-70-310-9342, (h) 31-70-362-8051, (c) 31-62-221- [...]
2003-12-10 14:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN
03THEHAGUE3087NETHERLANDS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2003 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. Immediately following 9/11, the Dutch government announced a 46-point Plan of Actio [...]
2003-12-16 16:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL NL
03THEHAGUE3121CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] Del grants country clearance to the following individual traveling to The Hague as a consultant on national implementation measures to the OPCW Technical Secretariat: -- Ron Nelson -- State -- Arrive: Jan 3, 2004 -- Depart: April 3, 2004 Del confirms hotel reservations at the Dorint, Joh [...]
2003-12-17 14:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL ASEC OTRA PARM
03USUNNEWYORK299UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE
[...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...]
2003-02-06 01:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK707UN/IRAQ: UNDECIDED SIX INITIATIVE DEAD
[...] (C) CAMEROONIAN PERMREP BELINGA-EBOUTOU REPORTED THAT THE U-6 INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAD HIT A DEAD END, BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF A MEETING BETWEEN U-6 PERMREPS EARLY AFTERNOON ON MARCH 14. CAMEROON, ANGOLA, GUINEA AND PAKISTAN HAD ALL DECLINED TO [...]
2003-03-14 22:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ ETTC
03VANCOUVER819AIR INDIA "TRIAL OF THE CENTURY" CONTINUES IN VANCOUVER
[...] SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF TWO SUSPECTS IN THE 1985 BOMBING OF AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182, WHICH BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, CONTINUES AT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT. THE AIR INDIA CASE IS THE LARGEST CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN CANADIAN HISTORY AND THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE UNPRECEDENTED IN LENGTH AND CO [...]
2003-07-07 18:17:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL PTER XD CA
03VATICAN5264VATICAN-NORTH KOREA CONTACTS ON HOLD PENDING
[...] (C) THE HOLY SEE'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA, MONSIGNOR LUIS MONTEMAYOR, TOLD DCM NOVEMBER 18 THAT THE VATICAN'S PERIODIC SENIOR LEVEL CONTACTS WITH PYONGYANG WERE IN SUSPENSION PENDING THE RESULTS OF THE SIX-PARTY TALKS ON NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR ARMS PROGRAM. THE HOLY SEE HOPED [...]
2003-11-20 07:13:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF KN KS PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN683SADDAM MEETING WITH CARDINAL ETCHEGARAY: VATICAN
[...] (C) THE HOLY SEE'S MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR, MONSIGNOR FRANCO COPPOLA, WHO ACCOMPANIED PAPAL SPECIAL ENVOY CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY TO BAGHDAD, GAVE DCM A FULL READOUT FEBRUARY 19 OF ETCHEGARAY'S VISIT AND FEBRUARY 15 MEETING WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN. ACCORDING TO COPPOLA, THE PAPAL MISSION TO BAGHDAD [...]
2003-02-20 06:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM VT VTPREL
03ZAGREB2490ETHNIC SERBS VOTE FOR MODERATES
[...] (U) With the official vote count still days away, moderate Serbs from the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS) are almost certain to fill the three designated ethnic Serb seats in the next Parliament. Milan Djukic, the confrontational former representative of ethnic Serbs in Parliament [...]
2003-11-25 13:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB470OTP BOMBAST ON GOTOVINA / CROATIAN NON-COOPERATION
[...] (S) THOMAS OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT),HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US MARCH 4 THAT RECENT STATEMENTS BY OTP SPOKESPERSON HARTMANN AND OTP POLITICAL ADVISOR JORIS LAMBASTING THE GOC FOR ITS FAILURE TO CAPTURE ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA WERE "UNPROFESSIONAL." OSORIO TOLD US THAT HE HAS S [...]
2003-03-04 18:25:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETKAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY
03ZAGREB862DONJI LAPAC STRUGGLES AHEAD
[...] (SBU) REFUGEE RETURNS, RECONSTRUCTION, AND ETHNIC RELATIONS DOMINATED A RECENT VISIT TO DONJI LAPAC, A MUNICIPALITY OF 3,400 NEAR CROATIA'S WESTERN BORDER WITH BOSNIA. SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE WAR, BOTH IN TERMS OF DISPLACEMENT OF THE POPULATION AND DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MUNICIPA [...]
2003-04-18 08:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF HR
04ABUDHABI1782 UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN
[...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al- Nahyan (HBZ) issued a very strong condemnation on May 29 against those who carried out the terror attacks in Al-Khobar. The official statement quoted HBZ as saying that UAE President Shaykh Zayed, the [...]
2004-05-31 12:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER TC
04ABUDHABI2217UAE - Iraqi expats not rushing to return home
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi expatriates residing in the UAE are not rushing to return to their homeland now that there has been a transfer of power from the Coalition to a sovereign Iraqi government. On the contrary, most of the estimated 60,000 Iraqis living in the UAE are taking a wait-and-see appro [...]
2004-07-05 11:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2272A trickle, but no rush of people and capital
[...] (C) Summary: Terror attacks and insecurity have prompted a small number of expatriates to leave Saudi Arabia and relocate to the United Arab Emirates, according to business, government, and diplomatic contacts, as well as press reports. The limited exodus concerns individuals, not entire firm [...]
2004-07-07 13:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV SA TC
04ABUDHABI2508CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 09:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC
04ABUDHABI2583DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONDEMNING HOSTAGE TAKING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-03 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI2589 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/DARFOUR/SECURITY IN THE U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. WARNINGS AGAINST FUTURE TERRORISTS ATTACKS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND THE REVELATION THAT THESE WARNINGS WERE BASED ON VERY OLD INFORMATION, THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ, AND THE SITUATION IN DARFOUR DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN [...]
2004-08-04 10:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI2596 CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR THINKS DIFC SET BACK BY
[...] (C): Summary: In meetings over the last week with the Central Bank Governor and the American CEO of a local bank, Econchief had the opportunity to discuss the impact on the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) of the firing of its top two regulators DFSA Chairman Ian Hay Davison and DF [...]
2004-08-09 07:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC PREL TC
04ABUDHABI2678UNITED ARAB EMIRATE YOUTH DON'T TRUST WESTERN NEWS
[...] Summary: A July 2004 survey by Public Affairs Office Abu Dhabi of 535 Arab youth in the UAE, age 18-25, determined that the majority use television as their primary source of news. The survey also determined that among television stations, Arabic channels such as Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi T [...]
2004-08-11 12:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR TC PREL
04ABUDHABI2998 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/WEST BANK
[...] Summary: The suicide bombings in Beersheeba yesterday and the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq dominated coverage in local print and electronic media. An editorial in "Al Khaleej" noted that the suicide bombings in the West Bank are defensive acts. An editorial in "Al Bayan" su [...]
2004-09-02 03:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI3077 MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/IRAQ/WEST BANK
[...] SUMMARY: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN RUSSIA AND THE DETORIARATING SECURITY SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABDULLAH RASHID NOTED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES RELIGIOUS WHO LEAD OUR YOUTH TO BECOME TERROISTS. [...]
2004-09-08 13:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI3709 UAE CONDEMNS TABA AND IRAQ TERROR; MEDIA
[...] The UAE condemned the blasts that took place in Taba on October 9. In a statement carried in the press on October 10, the MFA Undersecretary, Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi, stated, "The UAE condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombings which occurred in Taba." He added that the bombings, [...]
2004-10-19 10:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER TC
04ABUDHABI434COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP - EMBASSY ABU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador convened the Abu Dhabi G- 8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on February 17. Representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Canada attended. Spain and Switzerland also sent representatives. CTAG members discussed their contributi [...]
2004-02-18 14:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC ETTC TC
04ABUDHABI571DEDICATION OF `THE DUNES' - THE NEW EMBASSY
[...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI COMMEMORATED ON MARCH 2 THE OPENING OF ITS NEW COMPOUND, `THE DUNES', IN A DEDICATION CEREMONY ATTENDED BY THE GUEST OF HONOR, SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SEVERAL UAE SHAYKHS AND MINI [...]
2004-03-05 06:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT TC
04ABUDHABI905CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...]
2004-03-29 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC
04ABUJA1347SANCTIONS/DARFUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF ALSO
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Defense, who was optimistic the President would deliver the requested speech on military accountability, but he had not spoken to the President regarding Nigeria's role in the Darfur peacekeeping mission. The Minister, [...]
2004-08-04 05:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1515DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...]
2004-09-03 09:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA2068DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...]
2004-12-15 11:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA2144SOUCRE CLAIMS "SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN" MAY BE IN THE
[...] (S) Poloff met with a contact on December 23 to discuss the recent Appeals Court decision and other related topics. The source, Aliyu Adamu Jimeta, claimed that "a group" of political activists had considered sabotaging government infrastructure during the COJA games and the CHOGM meeting in [...]
2004-12-28 15:08:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL ASEC NI
04ADANA102SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 16, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-19 05:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA109SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 20, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-24 11:13:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA110SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 05:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA131SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 30, 2004. 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. ZAMAN/MILLI [...]
2004-10-04 06:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA134SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 2-4, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 02-04, 2004. 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. MILLIYET/ULKEDE OZ [...]
2004-10-05 11:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA139SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 15, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 12:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA164SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-17 15:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA2 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 1-2, 2004. 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 / A gro [...]
2004-01-08 16:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ EFIN KCRM ADANA
04ADANA53FIRE BOMB IN ADANA ATM, REMOTE MINES IN SE TURKEY
[...] (SBU) According to the TNP, there was an explosion at the ATM machine for the Pamuk Bank located in north Adana in the vicinity of Turgut Ozal Boulevard, 100 meters from post's three officer residences, on April 21. An unidentified person used a plastic water bottle to contain an explosive [...]
2004-04-30 20:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PINR TU ADANA
04ADANA59SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 14, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 14, 2004. 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. Ulkede Ozgur [...]
2004-05-17 06:31:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA81SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 15, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-16 07:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA95SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 06. 204
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 05:38:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA96SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 07, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 05:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA99SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 23, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 23, 2004. 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: 400 [...]
2004-08-04 08:35:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN10040JORDAN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. This text also will be e-mailed to the S/CT POCs, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Jordan continued its strong support for the global war on terrorism in 2004. Jordanian security services [...]
2004-12-21 10:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL JO
04AMMAN10062JORDAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (U) Poloff delivered ref demarche to MFA Legal Adviser Samer Naber on December 21. He confirmed that Jordan had acceded to two additional conventions and protocols earlier this year, adopting the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and t [...]
2004-12-21 15:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL ASEC JO
04AMMAN10245KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON
[...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...]
2004-12-29 13:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN10307MEDIA REACTION ON US FOREIGN POLICY, IRAQ AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 12:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN1054RESULTS OF G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP
[...] (SBU) DCM on February 5 hosted a discussion ref agenda items in preparation for the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Washington on February 20. Participants were counterparts from G-8 missions in Amman, in addition to representatives of interested states and organizations [...]
2004-02-11 08:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER EFIN JO
04AMMAN1120UN REP SAYS UN STAFF TO GO IN AND OUT OF IRAQ FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Special Representative Ross Mountain said the UN would re-enter Iraq gradually with "in and out" trips from Amman and Kuwait. He confirmed that major UNAMI operations would be based in Amman, while HQ would remain in Cyprus. A February 10 UNAMI donor briefing, co-chaired by Mou [...]
2004-02-12 16:10:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN122SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES:
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...]
2004-01-07 08:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC
04AMMAN1286FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...]
2004-02-19 20:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV AL IZ JO
04AMMAN1292FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...]
2004-02-19 20:58:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV AL IZ JO
04AMMAN1293FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL SUMMIT
[...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...]
2004-02-19 21:10:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV AL IZ JO
04AMMAN1302MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-23 11:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN1334PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 16 meeting with PRM PDAS Greene, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Morjane requested U.S. assistance in finding durable solutions for 345 Iraqi-Palestinians in Jordan's Ruweished refugee camp. Morjane -- to the surprise of the UNHCR Jordan re [...]
2004-02-23 16:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN1576MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 09:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN1638JORDAN STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points March 3 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas agreed on the need for Arab states to publicly denounce the March 2 terrorist bombings in Iraq and noted that King Abdullah had strongly condemned the attacks [...]
2004-03-04 09:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER IZ JO
04AMMAN1737JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING
[...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...]
2004-03-08 16:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN1738JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON REFORM
[...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on March 8 provided a visiting delegation with a preview of his agenda for his upcoming visit to Washington. He said he will emphasize to U.S. officials that any reform efforts in the Middle East must be homegrown, country-specific, and linked to solvi [...]
2004-03-08 16:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS JO
04AMMAN1870JORDANIAN COURT PONDERS VERDICT IN FOLEY
[...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court proceeded with a number of high-profile cases during the last two weeks. The attorneys for accused assassins of U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley concluded their argument on February 24, and the judge adjourned indefinitely to consider his verdict. The Court in [...]
2004-03-11 12:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER IS JO
04AMMAN1991MEDIA REACTION ON SPAIN'S BOMBINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-16 13:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN2140MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-22 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR JO
04AMMAN2195MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-23 14:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN2197JORDANIANS UNITE TO PROTEST YASSIN KILLING
[...] (C) Following harsh public condemnation from Jordan's King and Prime Minister, cabinet ministers and other government officials joined large and emotional demonstrations in Jordan against Israel's assassination of HAMAS leader Ahmad Yassin on March 22. Protesters and the Islamic Action Fron [...]
2004-03-23 17:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC IS JO
04AMMAN3288VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST
[...] (C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who planned to unleash massive truck bombs against GOJ targets and the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The GOJ's motivations in airing the confessions appear to have been to [...]
2004-04-28 15:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KISL JO
04AMMAN3303ANOTHER GROUP OF ANTI-U.S. PLOTTERS ON TRIAL;
[...] (U) Jordan's state security court in late March initiated another trial against men suspected of planning attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in Jordan. Authorities charged three men from the "Obedience and Compliance" group with possessing illegal weapons and ammunition with illicit intent [...]
2004-04-29 12:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN3305JORDAN BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHING A U.S. MISSION IN
[...] (C) Per ref, PolCouns on April 26 briefed Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. Action Officer, on the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Ayed and Dabbas took extensive notes and said they would brief the Minister. [...]
2004-04-29 13:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT IZ US JO
04AMMAN3352GOJ BACKTRACKING ON BOMB PLOT REINFORCES PUBLIC
[...] (U) The April 29 Zarqawi audiotape acknowledging sponsorship of the recent bomb plot in Amman but denying a chemical agent was involved got wide publicity in Jordan. It prompted the GOJ to walk back from previous claims that the bombers aimed to kill 80,000 Jordanians with chemical bombs (r [...]
2004-05-03 14:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV ASEC JO
04AMMAN3406IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF
[...] (C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to America's image in the region may be "irreversible." The bombardment of images of naked Iraqi men forced into humiliating sexual positions, as American personn [...]
2004-05-04 17:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3739MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-13 12:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN399MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-19 15:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN4329MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-01 10:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN4470EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING
[...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...]
2004-06-02 15:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN5278JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT CLEARS OUT MORE CASES
[...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court has ruled in a number of terrorism cases involving al-Qa'ida/Abu Musab al-Zarqawi-related anti-U.S. plots in Jordan in recent weeks. On June 23, the Court affirmed its guilty verdict (first handed down in September 2000) against ten men accused of plotting [...]
2004-06-28 12:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV JO
04AMMAN5725GOJ APPROVAL RATING RISES IN POLL, BUT HOW LONG
[...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez enjoyed a rise in public approval ratings, according to an opinion poll conducted 200 days after the government's formation. The poll director attributed this development to low initial expectations and a combination of one-time factors, a [...]
2004-07-11 13:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PTER ECON JO
04AMMAN5989JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...]
2004-07-18 04:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS
04AMMAN6212MEN CONVICTED IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION, CAR BOMBING
[...] (U) Jordanian officials on July 20 announced that two Jordanians who were sentenced to death in absentia for separate attacks in Amman -- including the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley -- had been apprehended in Iraq earlier this year. Now in Jordan, the two will face re-trial [...]
2004-07-22 14:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN6369JORDANIAN ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN-AL-QA'IDA/ZARQAWI
[...] (S/NF) Jordanian officials over the last several weeks have expressed their concern about alleged Syrian support for al-Qa'ida and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi operatives, pointing to ongoing smuggling activity through Jordan's northern frontier as a major worry. There is no indication available to [...]
2004-07-27 16:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SY JO
04AMMAN7319MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-01 11:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN7360MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...]
2004-09-02 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN7400MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-07 12:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN7404GOJ REFORMERS TOUT PROGRESS DURING MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Key GOJ reformers presented a positive picture to S/P Director Mitchell Reiss of Jordan's pioneering progress to implement key economic, political and social reforms, but acknowledged that significant obstacles remain. Several activists, including a former Prime Minister, are no [...]
2004-09-07 14:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN7752ISLAM AND POLITICS IN JORDAN
[...] (C) There has been a steady and unmistakable increase in the influence of Islam in Jordanian society over the last two decades. The younger generation, in particular, has embraced its Islamic roots. Surprisingly, participation in the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Ac [...]
2004-09-19 08:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER JO
04AMMAN7960STATE SECURITY COURT RESUMES AFTER SUMMER HIATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-23 15:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN832JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS
[...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...]
2004-02-03 17:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN8544ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS
[...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...]
2004-10-14 15:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN8595MEDIA REACTION ON ANTI-SEMITISM LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 13:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN8601JORDAN INDICTS ZARQAWI - COMMUTES HIJAZI DEATH
[...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court indicted Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and 12 others October 17 for plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets in Amman. Separately, the Court of Cassation commuted the death sentence of Raed Hijazi October 11 to 20 years with labor. End Summary. -------- [...]
2004-10-18 16:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN8693MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 11:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN9502MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-30 12:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN9602JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE - UPDATE
[...] (C) Ref A previewed requests for assistance that we expect King Abdullah to pursue during his December 6 meetings in Washington with President Bush and others. Updates follow on likely requests for FMF, ESF, Gulf state support, and debt relief. 2. (C) Military assistance: Prince Faisal p [...]
2004-12-05 08:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JA JO GCC
04AMMAN9851MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 12:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04ANKARA1208ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-01 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1232TERRORIST FINANCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey has been unsuccessful in locating terrorist assets in its financial institutions or on its territory. Post believes that Turkey,s failure is a consequence of inherent limitations in Turkey,s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. Although Post and other [...]
2004-03-02 10:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA1276ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-03 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA14ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-02 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1445ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 16:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1500ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1539ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-15 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1577ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-16 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1665ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-19 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1674ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-19 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1698ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-22 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1786ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1984ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-05 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA226PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]
2004-01-14 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2268ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2282ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2321ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-22 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2391ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-28 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2419ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-29 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2467GERMAN POLICE LIAISON'S TAKE ON TERROR FINANCE AND
[...] (C) Summary. According to Heinrich Reiser, the German Police Liaison to Turkey, Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, MASAK, is not effective. Reiser considers the Turkish National Police (TNP) a much more effective partner in fighting terrorism financing and narcotics. End Summary. 2. [...]
2004-05-03 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PTER SNAR TU
04ANKARA2509ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2623ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-10 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2717ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-13 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2857ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-20 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2878S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]
2004-05-21 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2881ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-21 16:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3033ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-01 18:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-02 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3048TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]
2004-06-02 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA340INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]
2004-01-20 08:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-16 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3603ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-27 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 08:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3676 EXPLOSION ON THY PLANE IN ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A bomb detonated on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 today in Istanbul following its arrival from Izmir as it was being cleaned. There are conflicting reports as to the number of injuries to cleaning crew and the explosive used. End Summary. 2. (SBU) News agencies reported an [...]
2004-06-29 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3724ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 11:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3753LEYLA ZANA HOSTS LUNCH FOR EU, U.S. DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: Leyla Zana and the three other recently-released DEP deputies hosted a lunch on July 5 for diplomats from the EU and U.S. Although Zana and the other deputies said people in southeastern Turkey do not want violence, some EU diplomats -- and we -- left the lunch frustrated that [...]
2004-07-06 08:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA3791ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-12 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3976ARE SE TURKEY PROTESTS AGAINST PKK TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-16 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU
04ANKARA4186MERSIN REFINERY FIRE CONTROLLED
[...] (U) A FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 25 AT ATAS OIL REFINERY IN MERSIN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A TANK CONTAINING SOME NINE THOUSAND CUBIC METERS OF CRUDE OIL WAS ABLAZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE REFINERY. MERSIN F [...]
2004-07-28 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET TU IZ
04ANKARA4285 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. 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, Evrensel, Vak [...]
2004-08-02 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4320ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-03 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4370ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4397ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-05 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4451ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-09 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4454CONDEMNING TERRORISM IN IRAQ: FURTHER TURKISH
[...] (SBU) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 6 with MFA Iraq Department Chief Mehmet Kemal Bozay, who called our attention to the OIC Secretary General's Aug. 2 statement condemning the recent church bombings in Iraq (ref c). Bozay had made it clear in our initial discussion on this issu [...]
2004-08-09 16:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-10 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4526ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4563ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4587ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-16 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA465TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...]
2004-01-23 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MARR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4742ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-20 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4878ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-27 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4946ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-01 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-03 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5013ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-07 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5014IAEA/IRAN - TURKEY TO SPEAK OUT AT UNGA, BUT FEARS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul is expected to voice Turkey's concerns about Iran's nuclear program at the UNGA, but MFA worries that referring Iran's case to the Security Council before the outcome there is assured might actually accelerate Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. End summary. [...]
2004-09-07 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR TU
04ANKARA5029AMBASSADOR'S SEPT. 1 MEETING WITH FONMIN GUL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's EU candidacy; pressed for Turkish agreement with Greece/Cyprus to forego annual exercises in Aegean and Cyprus; urged Turkey to use its weight in OIC to persuade Sudan to abide by UNSC resolutions on Darfur; asked for a rapid decisio [...]
2004-09-08 06:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MARR TU
04ANKARA5110ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-10 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA512ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-27 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5143ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-13 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5183ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-14 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5221ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-15 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5370ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-21 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5373ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-21 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5395ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-22 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5535ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-27 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5587DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S.-Turkish security cooperation relationship during their September 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff (DCHOD) Ilken Basbug agreed on the need to elevate the level [...]
2004-09-29 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS OVIP PGOV MOPS TU
04ANKARA5596ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-29 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5660ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-01 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5741ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5742MFA TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT INCREASED PKK ACTIVITY MEANS IRAQ AND COALITION MUST ACT
[...] (S) Summary: PKK/Kongra Gel's increased terrorist activity in Turkey will stir up public opinion and prompt more Turks to ask why the United States has not taken firmer action against the organization, MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Nabi Sensoy told the Ambassador Oct [...]
2004-10-06 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA5751TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5777ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-08 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5807ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-13 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5830ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-14 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5934ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-19 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5993ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6069ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-26 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6092ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-27 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6134AEGEAN ISSUE: TURKS DENY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has not significantly increased flights in the Aegean and is not seeking confrontation with Greece, MFA and TGS officials told the embassy. The Turks provided data which (if accurate) indicate that they have not in fact significantly increased flights, but merely resumed n [...]
2004-10-28 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA6407ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-12 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6428ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-17 17:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6440ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-18 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6513ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-23 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6599ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-26 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA660ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-05 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6615DISTORTED TURKISH REACTION TO FALLUJAH OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, Turkish media portrayal of the al-Fajr operation in Fallujah has been unabashedly biased, vehemently anti-U.S. and often flat-out wrong. The MFA did not react to the most outrageous misstatements until November 26; the military has been publicly silent. [...]
2004-11-29 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIZ KPAO MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6620ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-29 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-07 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6838ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 13:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6907ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6939ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-14 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-02 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7038DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...]
2004-12-17 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU
04ANKARA7042TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQI SUNNIS, URGE THEM TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is reaching out to Iraqi Sunni groups and urging their participation in January elections and in forming a democratic Iraq. The GOT hosted a delegation from the Islamic Council of Sunni Foundations Dec. 15-16, and h [...]
2004-12-17 16:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7059TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...]
2004-12-20 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7100ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7211ERDOGAN AND AK PARTY AFTER TWO YEARS IN POWER:
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan and his ruling AK Party seem to have a firm grip on power -- if for no other reasons that there is currently no viable alternative and inertia weighs heavily in politics. Nevertheless, Erdogan and his party face enormous challenges if they are successfully to embrace c [...]
2004-12-30 05:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA749AK GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO BROADEN ACCESS TO KORAN
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT in December withdrew new regulations that would have made it easier to open Koran courses after opponents called them a threat to the "secular" State. An official from the Religious Affairs Directorate acknowledged political mistakes in the handling of the regulation, but [...]
2004-02-08 08:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA790ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA792MEETING OF THE COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP IN
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, on Jan. 29 DCM convened a meeting of the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) to discuss anti-terrorism programs in Turkey. Reps from all G-8 countries and from Australia, Spain and Switzerland attended. A representative from the EU Commission could not attend but [...]
2004-02-10 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA814ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-11 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA849ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-12 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA921PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...]
2004-02-18 07:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEG IZ PREL TU
04ASMARA192ERITREA: COMMENTS ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
[...] (C) POLOFF MET IN EARLY FEBRUARY WITH MUHYADIN SHENGEB, HEAD OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF ERITREAN YOUTH AND STUDENTS (NUEYS) TO DISCUSS SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES AFFECTING ERITREAN YOUTH. SHENGEB SAID THAT, ALTHOUGH CHRISTIAN/MUSLIM RELATIONS ARE "CORRECT" IN ERITREA, THERE ARE EXTREMI [...]
2004-02-23 09:28:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER PINR ER
04BAGHDAD58 USEB 039: IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT DECREE ON THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IIG) ENACTED A DECREE ON THE DEFENSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY TODAY. THE LAW IS AIMED AT BETTER COMBATING THE INSURGENCY WHILE MAINTAINING BASIC RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE LAW COMPLIES WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (TAL),W [...]
2004-07-07 17:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ
04BANGKOK6647THAILAND: IMPRESSIONS FROM THE SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: In an effort to gage the current situation in Thailand's south, Bangkok PolOffs recently completed an extended trip through Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces, meeting with a cross-section of interlocutors including local Islamic groups, security officials, academi [...]
2004-09-23 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPAO TH
04BEIRUT3713LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE --
[...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...]
2004-07-30 17:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY
04BEIRUT4941LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL?
[...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...]
2004-11-30 14:34:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV KISL PTER LE SY
04BOGOTA1067MAJOR COLOMBIAN PRINT MEDIA TRENDS FALL 2003
[...] This report on Colombian media covers the period September - November 2003. In this time frame, major Colombian print media (dailies El Tiempo, El Nuevo Siglo, La Republica, and Portafolio, and weeklies El Espectador, Semana, and Cambio) published 88 editorials, op-eds, and other signed commen [...]
2004-02-03 13:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
04BOGOTA1764THE LAST COLOMBIAN MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT A PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) On February 12, the GOC reinstalled police forces in Murindo, Antioquia department, a region in Uraba that has long lacked a public security presence. Murindo was the last of Colombia's 1,098 municipalities (equivalent to a U.S. county) to receive a public security force -- completing a [...]
2004-02-20 20:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2071FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT
[...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...]
2004-02-27 20:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC
04BOGOTA2764UNHCHR PRESENTS ITS 2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 22:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UN
04BOGOTA3628GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST
[...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels),which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...]
2004-04-07 16:31:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON KJUS EPET CO PROL
04BOGOTA3714MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN
[...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...]
2004-04-13 14:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA5327GOC ORDERED TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF
[...] On May 25, the Administrative Tribunal of Arauca department ordered the Government of Colombia to pay 2 billion pesos (approximately USD 770,000) to the families of 17 persons killed in an Air Force bombing of the village of Santo Domingo, Arauca department, in December 1998. The Tribunal rul [...]
2004-05-26 20:51:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MARR MASS PTER PINR PREL CO
04BRASILIA1985BRAZIL-VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE TO MRE ON REFERENDUM,
[...] (C) Summary, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Andean Division Chief Rubem Barbosa disagreed with reftel demarche's assertions about GOV manipulation and harassment in the run-up to the 15 August referendum, saying the MRE has received no such reports from the OAS observer mission or its embassy. He sai [...]
2004-08-06 19:23:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM VE BR
04BRASILIA2129AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV'S BRASILIA MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials assured Ambassador Siv that Brazil will wholeheartedly back the USG TIP agenda item at the 59th UNGA, but sounded more ambivalent on the four other U.S. UNGA initiatives (Ref C). To Ambassador Siv's suggestion that UNHCR has become a group mingling " [...]
2004-08-24 19:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC SOCI BR UNGA UN
04BRATISLAVA110Slovakia Political Roundup January 23-31, 2004
[...] By the January 30 deadline, there were 12 presidential candidates, listed here in order of preference among potential voters in the most recent poll: Eduard Kukan, Vladimir Meciar, Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gasparovic, Lubo Roman, Martin Butora, Frantisek Miklosko, Jan Kralik, Jozef Kalman, Stanis [...]
2004-02-03 10:59:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA137COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/OEERIS GOOD GOVERNANCE
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. IGOR ABRAMOV AND MS. ELIZABETH RAMBORGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 17 TO FEBRUARY 20, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS SANFORD OWENS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920- 5320(OFFIC [...]
2004-02-10 10:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD AM LO
04BRATISLAVA188COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIPLOMATIC POST OFFICE
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. ALEX KIRKPATRICK, MR. TIM KEITZ, MR. ED FRITTS, AND MR. MIKE FRANCIS AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 2 TO MARCH 4, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS MARCIA DOUGHERTY, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER. PHONE NUMBE [...]
2004-02-25 14:26:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ADPM LO
04BRATISLAVA255COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROGRAM MANAGER ELIZABETH
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MS. ELIZABETH RAMBORGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 21 TO MARCH 27, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS SANFORD OWENS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920-5320(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5920 [...]
2004-03-17 15:57:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD AM LO
04BRATISLAVA42COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 28 TO JANUARY 29, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-310 [...]
2004-01-08 11:54:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA43COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTERMITTENT TREASURY ADVISOR
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MICHAEL BURR AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 27 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHO [...]
2004-01-07 14:07:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA44COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEITH CLARK, RESIDENT TREASURY
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES KEITH CLARK AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 22 TO JANUARY 31, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHONE [...]
2004-01-09 14:53:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA99COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JIM RUTH.
[...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. JIM RUTH AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 8 TO FEBRUARY 10, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KATHY MCENANY, FASCELL FELLOW. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922- 3376(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922 3026. CELLPHON [...]
2004-01-21 16:22:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON LO
04BRUSSELS1134EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID
[...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...]
2004-03-17 17:01:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1162U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]
2004-03-19 09:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1274TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT
[...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...]
2004-03-25 10:54:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1337EU SUMMIT: FOREIGN POLICY TOPICS
[...] (SBU) The EU's March 25-26 Summit ran quickly through a series of foreign policy issues during dinner on March 25, followed up by a lunch discussion on Cyprus March 26 that lasted less than one hour. The final Conclusions (available on at ue.eu.int/latest news) consisted of language largely r [...]
2004-03-26 17:53:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ZL CY IS IZ IV EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1338EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT
[...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...]
2004-03-26 18:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1450COUNTER-TERRORISM/LAW ENFORCEMENT: EU
[...] The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers on March 30 displayed a new momentum to meet its obligations to deal with the Declaration by EU leaders on combating terrorism as well as its own rolling agenda. The ministers agreed on a "general approach" (no formal agreement yet) [...]
2004-04-05 06:07:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PREF CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1907INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE U.S.-EU POLICY DIALOGUE
[...] Summary. The inaugural meeting of the new Policy Dialogue on Border and Transport Security April 26 addressed biometrics, the US-VISIT and Visa Waiver Programs, the joint initiative on lost and stolen passports, "flights of concern" and air marshals. Newly appointed Counter-terrorism coordin [...]
2004-05-03 12:36:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCA EAIR ECON PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1997EU/COUNTERTERRORISM: VITORINO AND DE VRIES: TIME
[...] (SBU) For the past two years, we have struggled with the EU bureaucracy on a range of counter-terrorism measures aimed at tightening border security, enhancing control of container traffic, improving travel document security, and strengthening law enforcement cooperation. After the Madrid bom [...]
2004-05-07 12:03:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PINR ECON ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2211BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-25 11:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2498EU HI-REP SOLANA PROPOSES EU INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: At the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) June 8 meeting, Council Hi-Rep Javier Solana said he would call on leaders at next week's European Council to extend the scope of the EU Situation Center (SitCen) from external threats to internal threats within the EU. Sola [...]
2004-06-10 13:35:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2589SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25 VISIT OF DHS DEPUTY
[...] Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the European Union as it absorbs 10 new member states and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and possibly a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU is in the waning days of the Irish Presidency, an [...]
2004-06-17 13:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3741NEW COMMISSION STEPS ON HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] This is an action message, see paragraphs 2 and 19. Introduction, Summary and Action Request ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) This message provides a snapshot of the state of play of homeland security initiatives and organizations within the Commission. It is organized [...]
2004-09-03 14:47:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ECPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4016EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DARFUR "TANTAMOUNT TO
[...] (U) Summary. In a resolution dated September 16, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the U.S. view that events currently happening in Darfur are "tantamount to genocide." A multi-party fact-finding mission undertaken September 2 - 7 provided the impetus for the strong statement. The Dutch [...]
2004-09-21 13:22:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4274US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...]
2004-10-05 10:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4334DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT
[...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Francois Lamoureux October 1. Lamoureux briefed Hutchinson on the growing Commission program of airport inspection. Hutchinson committed to Lamoureux that DHS wo [...]
2004-10-08 08:47:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4475EU COTER TROIKA ON LIFTING LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) S/CT European Regional Director Brent Hartley delivered reftel points to the EU Counter-terrorism troika (COTER) during consultations in Brussels October 14. Reponding for for the EU Presidency, Dutch MFA officer Wouter Jurgens underscored that the US and EU were "on the same page" regardi [...]
2004-10-18 12:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4536EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...]
2004-10-21 08:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5035MIGRANT INTEGRATION AND REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: CAN
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 20. 2. (U) Summary. Two unfolding migration-related crises have riveted Europe in recent days: 1) the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by a Muslim extremist of Moroccan descent, and 2) the uncontrolled arrival of shiploads of mig [...]
2004-11-29 11:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PREF PHUM KPAO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3445 ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...]
2004-12-15 16:29:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO
04BUENOSAIRES2540AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...]
2004-09-03 21:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA
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