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00BEIRUT1411	ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. IF THE DEAL HOLDS, HIZBALLAH WOULD HAVE A NET GAIN OF TWO SEATS, PLUS A STRONGER FIGURE IN A THIRD ONE. THESE EXPEDIENT PAIRINGS ARE TYPICAL [...]	2000-04-17 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL LE

00BEIRUT4016	SLOUCHING TOWARD THE GRAND SERAIL (II) -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PM HARIRI IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED VERY SHORTLY AS LEBANON'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, WITH A NEW CABINET PRESENTED FOR PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WITHIN THE WEEK. THE GREEN LIGHT FOR HARIRI'S APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN BY SYRIA FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO AND HERE OVER T [...]	2000-10-23 13:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY
00HANOI1160	A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...]	2000-05-26 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL
00HANOI1615	AVERAGE VIETNAMESE COMMENT ON ECONOMIC CHANGE IN TWO POOR HANOI NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF HANOI ARE ATTRACTING LARGE NUMBERS OF "IMMIGRANTS" FROM DEPRESSED RURAL AREAS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. MANUFACTURING JOBS HERE, THOUGH MISERABLY PAID BY U.S. STANDARDS, NEVERTHELESS PAY FAR MORE THAN THE PEASANT FARMS THEY LEAVE BEHIND. TO GET A FIRST HAND L [...]	2000-07-27 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PREL ECON VM
00HANOI2667	THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF FREE TRADE AND FREE IDEAS REVERBERATES AFTER HIS VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO VIETNAM ELECTRIFIED THE VIETNAMESE PUBLIC -- AND SURPRISED THE COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERSHIP. ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND LINED THE STREETS TO GREET THE PRESIDENT AND F [...]	2000-12-08 13:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR VM DPOL
00HANOI2777	BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S FORUM: PROFOUND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE "TWO VIETNAMS" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S WOMEN'S FORUM REVEALS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN AND MEN IN VIETNAM TODAY. OVER LUNCH BEFORE THE EVENT, IN CANDID DISC [...]	2000-12-26 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB PINR VM DPOL
00HARARE1842	MUGABE CONFERRED STATUS OF A CARICATURE OF AN AFRICAN LEADER [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S INCREASINGLY DESPERATE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF HAS RESORTED TO VIOLENCE, BOTH RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL TO COMBAT ITS ERODING POPULARITY. AS THREATS ISSUED BY ZANU-PF ESCALATE, SO DO INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND MAYHEM AND THE DANGER THAT LESS STABLE ELEMENTS IN ZANU-PF WILL INTERP [...]	2000-04-06 10:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI MARR ZI
00HARARE2199	EARLY WEEKEND UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) AS OF THE MORNING OF APRIL 22--ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE LONG EASTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND - THE SITUATION IN HARARE IS FAIRLY QUIET, WITH SOME SIGNS OF LESSENING TENSIONS. HARARE IS FINE AND ROADS ARE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MOST NOTABLY, A PEACE MARCH IN DOWNTOWN HARARE ON APRIL 21, [...]	2000-04-22 08:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE3460	DESPITE STIFF COMPETITION, POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, THIS CABLE OFFERS POST'S PREDICTIONS FOR HOTSPOTS AND TOUGH RACES AMONG CONSTITUENCIES IN ZIMBABWE'S TEN PROVINCES. THE MDC IS EXPECTED TO FARE VERY WELL IN MOST PROVINCES, WITH ITS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE COMING FROM THE TRADITIONA [...]	2000-06-23 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PINR ZI
00HARARE3680	SUSPECTED CIO MOLE RENDERS ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS INEFFECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISADORE ZINDOGA, WHO WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY PROMOTED TO SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) IN APRIL AFTER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE POSITION TO LEAD THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),IS WIDELY ACCUSED BY MANY UNIONISTS [...]	2000-07-07 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PINR PGOV PREL ZI
00HARARE4057	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WIN OF 57 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS BY THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN THE JUNE, 2000 ELECTIONS MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEW STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN DEMOCRACY. AFTER 20 YEARS AS A ONE-PARTY STATE, THE RULING ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION - PATR [...]	2000-07-24 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP ZI KPAO
00HARARE4362	WITH MUGABE IN CRUSADE MODE, THE STATE'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE IS IN CRUSADE MODE, CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS PARTY'S CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN 2002. HE HAS MADE CLEAR HIS LEGACY WILL BE THAT OF THE BLACK ZIMBABWEAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE WORLD TO RETURN THE LAND TO HIS PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE COUNTRY AND [...]	2000-08-07 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4492	WINDOW DRESSING OR REFORM? FOR NOW AT LEAST, [...] (C) AFTER ONLY FOUR MEETINGS, ZIMBABWE'S CABINET APPEARS TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN FACTIONS: ONE LED BY INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO AND THE OTHER LED BY FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI AND INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO. THESE LAT [...]	2000-08-15 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ZI
00HARARE5214	RAID ON MDC PARTY HEADQUARTERS CONTINUES ON SEPTEMBER 15 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) AFTER SEARCHING THE MDC HEADQUARTERS ON SEPTEMBER 14 (REFTEL),HEAVILY ARMED POLICE EXPANDED THEIR SEARCH TO TWO OTHER MDC OFFICES, ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 14, INCLUDING THE ONE CONTAINING THE OFFICE OF PARTY PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. MDC LAWYE [...]	2000-09-15 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
00HARARE5270	GOVERNMENT RESORTS TO HAM-FISTED INTIMIDATION [...] (C) IN THEIR TWO-DAY RAID ON MDC OFFICES, POLICE AND CIO AGENTS SEIZED PAPER FILES AND DISKETTES, AND DOWNLOADED COMPUTER FILES. SEIZED DOCUMENTS INCLUDED THE MDC'S MEMBERSHIP LISTS, FUNDING SOURCES, STRATEGIES FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND EV [...]	2000-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5352	ZANU-PF MODERATE WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 21, DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS, AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDERE. THE DEPUTY MINISTER, A RELIABLE EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR IN HIS EARLIER POSITIONS, WAS CHARACTERISTICALLY FRANK IN HIS DISCUSSION OF ZANU-PF POLITICS AND H [...]	2000-09-22 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5829	ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IGNORING CLAMOR FOR CHANGE AT ITS OWN PERIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLITICAL PUNDITS AND WOULD-BE REFORMERS ARE AGAIN RAISING THEIR HOPES THAT THE ZANU-PF EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS DUE TO BE HELD BY THE END OF THE YEAR WILL RESULT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO MUGABE AND A REJUVENATION OF THE PARTY. THE POPULATION AT LARGE, VICTIMIZED BY T [...]	2000-10-13 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE6644	FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT IN CONFIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE, FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE SIPDIS SIGNALED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS READY TO RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1998 DONORS CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON LAND REFORM. THE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MIS [...]	2000-11-28 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE6658	ZANU-PF WINS MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION; LOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING PARTY ZANU-PF CANDIDATE WON THE BY-ELECTION FOR THE MARONDERA WEST PARLIAMENTARY SEAT HELD NOVEMBER 25 AND 26. VOTING WAS PEACEFUL, BUT THE TURNOUT WAS LOW - JUST UNDER A THIRD OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS. DISTRICT RESIDENTS TOLD EMBASSY AND NGO PERSONNEL ON NOVEMBER 25 [...]	2000-11-28 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6677	ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED FOUR SIPDIS SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS COULD UNFOLD. HE BELIEVES A TRANSITIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF THE [...]	2000-11-29 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA
00HARARE7164	ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY CRANKS UP INTIMIDATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IS CRANKING ITS VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION MACHINE INTO HIGH GEAR FOR THE BIKITA WEST BY-ELECTION NOW SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 13-14, 2001. THE BY-ELECTION IS BEING HELD TO REPLACE THE MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHO DIED OF AN ILLNESS IN NOVEMBER. YOUTH DEVE [...]	2000-12-20 13:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
00HOCHIMINHCITY1121	SCIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND CHARITY IMPROVE LIVES IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS [...] SUMMARY. IN POOR POCKETS OF THE MEKONG DELTA, AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, VIETNAMESE AND FOREIGN, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THEIR OWN AND OTHER'S LIVES. CONGEN STAFF VISITED VIETNAM'S MAIN RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PRIVATE ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIERS, [...]	2000-07-11 04:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PGOV SOCI ENRG EWWT EAID KIPR ETRD VM KDTB
00KINSHASA8538	KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS (II) [...] (C) Following is the second and final part of a report on an Embassy staff member's visit to Kisangani November 28-December 1. This message covers the political and economic situation in Kisangani. 2. (C) Political Situation Emboff accompanied a Human Rights Law Group represe [...]	2000-12-26 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CG ECON PGOV PINS PREL
00KINSHASA8561	GOMA POLITICAL NOTES [...] (C) Goma is not a very political town, despite its status as administrative headquarters for the RCD. While numerous general strikes (villes mortes) closed down Bukavu for days at a time over the last year, in Goma only one part of the city shut down and that for only one day. Residents of Go [...]	2000-12-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM CG
00LIMA2475	ALEJANDRO TOLEDO BIOGRAPHY: POLITICAL ASSETS AND [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN HAMILTON, REASONS 1.5 B AND D. 2. (S) SUMMARY: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO'S CHARISMA, ABILITY TO APPEAL TO VARIOUS AUDIENCES, INCLUDING PERU'S INDIGENOUS AND POOREST COMMUNITIES, AND POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC MESSAGE HAVE HELPED TO CA [...]	2000-04-25 12:30:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PINR PGOV PREL PE SECRET PAGE LIMA OF
00STATE117658	SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-20 21:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC
00STATE229009	OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGES GRANT TO THE AMERICAN [...] ACTION SUMMARY: THIS TELEGRAM HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH M/PP (SEP). U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE#S OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GRANT AWARD TO THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS (AAM) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AMONG MUSEUMS (IPAM) PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM [...]	2000-12-01 23:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
00STATE229049	CIPRIS PROGRAM UPDATE: INS WILL COLLECT F/M/J FEE [...] IN REFTEL, THE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ON INS' CIPRIS PROJECT, A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONICALLY MONITORING STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE VISITORS IN THE U.S. ALTHOUGH CIPRIS HAS HAD A SLOW START SINCE ITS 1995 CONCEPTION, INS HAS PLANS TO LAUNCH A BETA TEST OF THE PROGRAM IN MID-2001 [...]	2000-12-01 23:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT
00THEHAGUE1673	DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO ETTC IZ CY UK NL UNSC
01ABUJA1046	SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW [...] (U) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in February, 2000. The victim had been convicted of stealing three bicycles in July 2000, and the sentence had been held in abeyance since that time. The timin [...]	2001-05-09 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL
01ABUJA1133	KANO HOTEL BURNED BY SHARI'A ENFORCERS [...] (C) Summary: In a recent crackdown, the Government of Kano State authorized the quasi-vigilante enforcement of the State's new liquor law by sending the Deputy Governor, accompanied by Hisbah members (Shari'a enforcers) to five hotels to enforce a ban on the sale or purchase of alcohol by Mus [...]	2001-05-16 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SOCI EAID NI ASEC
01ABUJA1957	(C) NIGERIA: PRIVATIZATION DIRECTOR TO QUIT JOB [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Jeter hosted Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE),for lunch on August 1 to discuss the current status of the NITEL GSM Equipment contract. EconOff attended as notetaker. El-Rufai was very candid about his relationship with the [...]	2001-08-07 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	EINV PGOV ECON PINR NI
01ABUJA2445	NIGERIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT [...] In response to Reftel information request, the USG does not currently have an environmental program in Nigeria, although USD 2 million has now been identified for an environmental program. USAID/Nigeria ha prepared a scope of work for an overall assessment of the environment in Nigeria. The [...]	2001-09-25 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID NI
01ABUJA2520	THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...]	2001-10-03 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI
01ABUJA2568	NIGERIA: OBASANJO BELIEVES NIGERIA WILL REMAIN [...] (S) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 9 MEETING, PRESIDENT OBASANJO, JOINED BY SPECIAL ADVISOR ADOBE OBE, EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT NIGERIA WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATIONS AS A RESULT OF COALITION STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. HOWEVER, HE ADMITTED THAT NIGERIA HAD ISLAMIC RADICALS WHO BE [...]	2001-10-11 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL NI
01ABUJA2786	RADICALIZATION 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 13:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI
01ABUJA2792	RADICALIZATION 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 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP
01ABUJA2973	NIGERIA: OPUTA PANEL WRAPS UP HEARINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oputa Panel held its final session on October 19, and has begun to draft its findings, due by year's end. While Panel proceedings kept Nigerians glued to their televisions, many came away feeling the Panel did not delve far enough into the death of Abiola. Nor was the Panel [...]	2001-11-24 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA2985	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator on Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on recent events in Benue. 2. (C) SUMMARY CONTINUED: Def [...]	2001-11-27 05:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR PINS NI
01ABUJA993	NIGERIA: OBASANJO REPLACES SERVICE CHIEFS [...] (U) President Obasanjo on April 24 abruptly retired Chief of Army Staff LTG Victor Malu, Chief of Naval Staff VADM V.K. Ombu and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa. MG A.O. Ogomudia will replace Malu, and RADM S.I. Afolayan and AVM J.D. Wuyep will replace, respectively, Ombu and Alfa. [...]	2001-05-04 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS PINR NI
01ANKARA6815	IRANIAN 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 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TU IR
01BANJUL878	GAMBIAN ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS - JAMMEH [...] WE DEPLOYED A TEAM OF SIX IEC-ACCREDITED ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR THE OCTOBER 18 POLL. WE CONTRIBUTED OUR CDA, IROG, GSO, OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND OUR POLITICAL ASSISTANT. IN THEIR CONTINUING TRADITION OF UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR US, EMBASSY DAKAR CONTRIBUTED THE DATT. CDA AND OUR POLITI [...]	2001-10-22 15:33:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM PREL GA
01BEIRUT1018	KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...]	2001-04-26 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE
01BEIRUT1935	ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...]	2001-08-06 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE
01BEIRUT2254	TFUS01: LEBANESE EXPRESS OUTRAGE AND SYMPATHY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. AS THE MASSIVE SCALE OF TRAGEDY UNFURLED DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE WORLD, LEBANESE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OFFERED FRESH OUTPOURINGS OF CONDEMNATION AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ATTACKS ON AMERICA. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF OFTEN FRACTIOUS SECTARIAN GROUPS, THE NATION UNITED IN THE CONVICTION TH [...]	2001-09-13 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
01CAIRO3303	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...]	2001-05-31 09:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER EG
01CAIRO3757	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...]	2001-06-21 11:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER EG
01CAIRO5603	TFUSO1: EGYPT RESPONDS TO U.S. DISASTER [...] THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED QUICKLY TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11. A CLEARLY DISTRAUGHT PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPEARED ON TELEVISION, EXPRESSING SORROW AND SADNESS AT THE EVENTS. HE LATER CALLED A CABINET MEETING, DIRECTING THAT ALL FORMS OF ASSISTANCE BE OFFER [...]	2001-09-12 16:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EG IS
01CAIRO7997	EGYPT: 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 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG
01DJIBOUTI401	DJIBOUTI: NEW PRIME MINISTER NAMED [...] PRESIDENT ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 4 THE APPOINTMENT OF DILEITA MOHAMED DILEITA AS PRIME MINISTER. DILEITA IS AN AFAR, AND IS PRESENTLY DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA. THE PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTER, BARKAT GOURAD HAMADOU, RESIGNED FEBRUARY 6 BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH, REF A. SI [...]	2001-03-07 00:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL DJ
01DUBAI1141	POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, DUBAI-BASED TRADERS, AND IRANIANS RESIDENT IN DUBAI PROVIDED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF IRAN'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OF THOSE WHO EXPRESSED OPINI [...]	2001-09-15 08:41:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC
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 07:50:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER BC
01GABORONE3435	TFUS01: 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 16:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER BC
01HANOI2962	NHAN DAN ON FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) A SIGNED COMMENTARY UNDER THE HEADLINE OF "NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE" IN NHAN DAN, THE LEADING PARTY DAILY NEWSPAPER, ON NOVEMBER 13 DENOUNCED FOREIGN MEDIA COVERAGE, ESPECIALLY BY RFI AND BBC, REGARDING THE 15 YEAR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02962 [...]	2001-11-14 01:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI2963	PROVINCIAL EDUCATION: DOING THEIR BEST BUT. . . [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCES BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI CLEARLY HAVE DEVOTED STAFF AND GOOD INTENTIONS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, BUT AN ENDEMIC LACK OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...]	2001-11-14 01:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV VM
01HANOI2964	THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LOCAL LEGISLATURES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE GVN IS EMBARKED UPON A COURSE TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02964 01 OF 03 140146Z STRENGTHEN THE POWERS OF LOCAL LEGISLATURES BUT IS HAMPERED BY ITS OW [...]	2001-11-14 01:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VM DPOL
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 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PINS PGOV ETRD VM
01HANOI313	LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS END IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, 20 DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK SUGGEST LARGE-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ENDED FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF AT LEAST 20 PROTESTERS. THOUSANDS OF VIETNAM'S ETHNIC MINORITIES PRO [...]	2001-02-09 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI3269	VIETNAM: "RIGHTS OF PERSONS" EMPHASIZED AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING [...] SUMMARY: AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 7-8, THERE WAS A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM DONORS ON THE ISSUE OF "RIGHTS" WRIT LARGE. THE CONSISTENCY AND THE CLARITY OF THE STATEMENTS BY BOTH INDIVIDUAL DELEGATIONS AND NGOS ARE WORTH NOTING. WHILE IT IS CLEAR THAT FOR [...]	2001-12-17 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB ECON EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI396	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS APPEAR CALM; VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MONITORING CLOSELY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO KEY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK HAVE STABILIZED, WITH NO MORE DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 10- 11. POLICE AND MILITARY PRESENCE REMAINS HEAVY IN THE [...]	2001-02-16 12:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HANOI598	DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIGHLAND EVENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS G. HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SWEDISH DCM TOLD CHARGE SHE BELIEVED THE REPORTS OF UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EXAGGERATED AND BELIEVES FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY WELL BEFORE PUBLICITY OF FEBRUARY [...]	2001-03-14 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
01HANOI638	LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...]	2001-03-19 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL
01HANOI919	LEANER POLITBURO AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO BE UNVEILED AT WEEKEND COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOUR NEW POLITBURO MEMBERS -- REPORTEDLY INCLUDING MASS MOBILIZATION HEAD DUOC AND FORMER LABOR MINISTER HOAN -- ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN A SLIMMED-DOWN, 15- MEMBER LEADERSHIP TO BE UNVEILED AT THE NINTH [...]	2001-04-18 11:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI965	NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...]	2001-04-23 11:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL
01HANOI985	POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED AS UNITED IN OFFICIAL MEDIA IN RUN-UP TO PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE JUST-COMPLETED NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, VIETNAM'S OUTGOING POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED IN STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA AS UNITED IN T [...]	2001-04-25 10:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL
01HARARE1102	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS AGREE AT CONGRESS [...] (C) ON MARCH 22, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS HELD THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE ISSUE OF REPLACING THE CURRENT CFU LEADERSHIP (REFS A, B AND C) WAS NOT RAISED AT THE CONGRESS, [...]	2001-03-23 05:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE114	REJUVENATION OF ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY UNLIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU-PF HAS REENERGIZED ITSELF AND WRESTED SOME OF THE POLITICAL MOMENTUM FROM THE OPPOSITION MDC, BUT IT FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN MAINTAINING ITS MOMENTUM THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN EARLY 2002. ZANU-PF'S VICTORY IN THE MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION, TH [...]	2001-01-08 16:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE1178	ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...]	2001-03-30 12:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE1210	ZANU-PF INSIOER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENQEQWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATINQ UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REQIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEINQ BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...]	2001-04-03 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE125	ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH [...] (C) IN RECENT WEEKS, THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAS CRITICIZED THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FOR FUMBLING ALONG WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF URGENCY OR DIRECTION. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHQ NCUBQTRONGLY REJECTED THE CRITICISM, SAYING SOME WERE UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DE [...]	2001-01-09 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ZI
01HARARE1275	ZANU-PF INSIDER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENGEGWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATING UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEING BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...]	2001-04-09 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE1495	MDC CAMPAIGNING ACTIVELY BUT QUIETLY FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT [...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS STRENGTHENED ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURES AND PUT IN PLACE A RIGOROUS POLICY-VETTING PROCESS. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO POSE A PROBLEM, EXACERBATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO GIVE THE MDC FUNDS TO WHICH IT [...]	2001-05-02 15:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1672	RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE UNDERMINE RULING [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERMINE A ZANU-PF THAT HAD BEEN INFUSED WITH NEW CONFIDENCE SINCE ITS DECEMBER 2000 CONGRESS. THE SUDDEN DEATH OF PARTY COMMISSAR BORDER GEZI, THE RESIGNATION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO, THE LOSS OF THE [...]	2001-05-22 12:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE2678	MDC WINS BULAWAYO IN LANDSLIDE BUT LOSES MAKONI WEST [...] (U) AS EXPECTED, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SWEPT THE SEPTEMBER 8-9 ELECTIONS IN BULAWAYO, WINNING THE MAYORAL RACE AND ALL SEVEN CITY COUNCIL SEATS UNDER CONTENTION BY A LANDSLIDE. THE MDC'S MAYORAL CANDIDATE, JAPHET NDABENI-NCUBE, WON 83 PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST (R [...]	2001-09-12 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE2771	TFUS1: 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 13:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3221	ZIMBABWE: NOT TOO LATE FOR FREE AND FAIR [...] (U) IN AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING, AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MET WITH MASVINGO SOUTH MP AND LONG-STANDING ZANU-PF POLITICIAN EDDISON ZVOBGO ON OCTOBER 19. AMBASSADOR WAS JOINED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF. AMBASSADOR AND ZVOBGO QUICKLY FOUND COMMON GROUND: BOTH HAD ATTENDED TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN THE U [...]	2001-10-26 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3367	AMBASSADOR AND VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA DISCUSS [...] (C) IN AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA ON NOVEMBER 8, THE VICE PRESIDENT OFFERED HIS VIEW OF ZIMBABWE'S RECENT HISTORY AND A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S (GOZ) RECORD ON RULE OF LAW AND LAND REFORM. HE PLEDGED CONTINUED SUPPORT OF [...]	2001-11-13 14:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3530	GOVERNMENT-OWNED RADIO ABOLISHES CALL-IN CURRENT [...] THE STATE-OWNED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) HAS CONVERTED ONE OF ITS FOUR RADIO STATIONS INTO AN 18-HOUR PER DAY SPORTS CHANNEL. THE NEW CHANNEL, NAMED "SPORTS FM," OCCUPIES THE FREQUENCY FORMERLY USED BY RADIO Â [...]	2001-11-26 05:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3550	BULAWAYO AFTER NOVEMBER 16 - A CHANGED CITY [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: MBOFF VISITED ZIMBABWE'S SECOND CITY ON NOVEMBER21 TO GAUGE THE SITUATION IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEBER 16 VIOLENCE AND TO MEET WITH AMERICAN CITIZES TO DISCUSS THEIR SAFETY. ON THE SURFACE, THE ITY APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, BUT THERE S A NEW AND WIDESPREAD SENSE OF TE [...]	2001-11-27 07:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ZI
01HARARE3672	A/S KANSTEINER MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 9, A/S KANSTEINER MET WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BULAWAYO SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY, ONGOING GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ATTEMPTS TO SUBVERT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE DETERIORATING ECONOMY AND LOOMING FOOD SHORTAGES, PASSAGE [...]	2001-12-11 09:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI
01HARARE3689	ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION WINS A THIRD MAYORAL [...] (U) IN DECEMBER 8-9 POLLING, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WON ITS THIRD MAYORAL ELECTION IN NINE MONTHS IN THE TOWN OF CHEGUTU, WHICH IS ABOUT 100 KM SOUTHWEST OF HARARE IN THE TRADITIONAL RULING PARTY STRONGHOLD OF MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. MDC CANDIDATE BLESSING DHLA [...]	2001-12-12 14:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3741	MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" USED ITS DECEMBER 14 EDITORIAL TO URGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AND INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS TO SUPERVISE AND OBSERVE THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL POLL. UNDER HEADLINE "AN ELECTION NEEDS TO BE RECOGN [...]	2001-12-17 20:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE507	MDC MP URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO GET TOUGH [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP DAVID COLTART TOLD POLOFFS ON JANUARY 24 THAT ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MUST BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND MARCH 31, 2002, AND SAID ANY ATTEMPT TO CALL AN EARLIER ELECTION WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HE CLAIMED THAT THE MDC HAS THE SUPPORT TO [...]	2001-01-25 05:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ZI
01HARARE524	DEALING WITH ROBERT MUGABE, THE CONSUMMATE SURVIVOR [...] (C) OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL FACE HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE IN 20 YEARS TO STAYING IN POWER. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN WHICH MUGABE INTENDS TO RUN, IS SLATED FOR EARLY 2002. HE MUST CONTEND WITH A SIZABLE AND RELATIVELY UNIFIED POLITICAL OPPOSITION, A COSTLY AND UNPOPULAR INT [...]	2001-01-26 09:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR ZI
01HARARE765	THE CURRENT STATE AND PROJECTED CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 15 THE START OF PHASE II OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, AIMED AT RESETTLING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AS COMMERCIAL FARMERS. WHILE THIS PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE BASED ON A PREVIOUS MODEL DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATIO [...]	2001-02-16 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE944	MEDIA UPDATE: CNN CREW PREVENTED FROM FILMING NEAR [...] POLICE OFFICERS, ARMY PERSONEL, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN PREVENTED AMCIT BOB COEN, THE CNN STRINGER IN ZIMBABWE, FROM FILMING NEAR THE SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 7. COEN, WHO HAS LIVED IN ZIMBABWE AND WORKED OFF AND ON FOR CNN FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAPE [...]	2001-03-08 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM PINR ZI
01HARARE975	ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE DOWN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE HAS NARROWED TO TWO PEOPLE SHOULD PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DECIDE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN THE EARLY 2002 RACE. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IS IN THE STRONGEST POSITION TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY'S REINS, WITH HIS VERY CLOSE [...]	2001-03-12 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ZI
01HOCHIMINHCITY1345	ON THE EVE OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DZUNG'S VISIT: VINATEX HAS HIGH HOPES FOR THE U.S. MARKET [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S PUSH TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01345 291026Z ENTER THE U.S. MARKET HAS ALREADY BEGUN, ACCORDING TO MR. LE QUOC AN, HEAD OF VIETNAM'S STATE-OWNED TEXTILE ENTERPRISES (VINATEX),AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL TEXTILE [...]	2001-11-29 10:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX PREL VM BTA
01KUALALUMPUR2464	MALAYSIA PROBES MISUARI TIES TO ABU SAYYAF GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONCERNED THAT ANY CHARGES FILED AGAINST NUR MISUARI HERE WOULD PROVOKE A DOMESTIC BACKLASH, MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INSIST THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEPORT THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF) LEADER TO THE PHILIPPINES. NEVERTHELESS, MALAYSIA'A SECURITY APPARATUS IS INCR [...]	2001-11-28 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS MY RP
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 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER AF KU
01LIBREVILLE603	OMAR BONGO AND THE GABONESE POLITICAL SCENE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AFTER NEARLY 34 YEARS IN OFFICE, GABONESE PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO IS A WILY POLITICIAN WHO STILL HAS A FIRM GRIP ON POWER. HE IS UNQUESTIONABLY "THE BOSS" AND MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE CIRCLE OF FAITHFUL AND PANDERING ALLIES. MANY [...]	2001-04-23 15:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GB
01LIMA3418	TOLEDO AT THE HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALEJANDRO TOLEDO WAS TENACIOUS IN HIS STRUGGLE TO REACH THE PRESIDENCY AND WILL APPLY THE SAME TENACITY TO SUCCEED IN OFFICE. HE COMES TO OFFICE WITH NO GOVERNMENT OR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, AND HIS PROPENSITY TO BE A ONE-MAN SHOW CAN BE A NAGGING SHORTCOMING. NONETHELE [...]	2001-06-19 14:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PE
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 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF BA
01PRISTINA1593	THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...]	2001-09-11 07:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR
01RIYADH1771	THE 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 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI SA
01TUNIS325	GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY [...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL),TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...]	2001-02-09 08:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS
01VATICAN3149	BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: MEPP [...] (C) BELOW IS DRAFT EMBASSY VATICAN BACKGROUND PAPER FOR POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE VATICAN. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03149 121501Z --------------------------------------------- THE VATICAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ---------------- [...]	2001-06-12 16:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM XF VT
01VATICAN4659	AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGINS CREDENTIALING PROCESS: [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGAN THE VATICAN'S FORMAL CREDENTIALING PROCESS MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 6 BY PRESENTING COPIES OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENTIAL TO ARCHBISHOP LEONARDO SANDRI, "SUBSTITUTE" FOR VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT SODANO. THE AMBASSADOR WILL HAVE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION TO POPE JOHN PAUL [...]	2001-09-06 15:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE IS MX VT
01VATICAN5288	POPE'S VISIT TO ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: VATICAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-11 14:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM KZ TU RO UP BO BU VT

02ABUJA1024	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION HITS DEAD-END AS IIL [...] Summary: Investors International (London),Ltd. (IIL) was unable to meet the GON deadline for its $1.185 billion payment for NITEL. The GON must now decide what to do with NITEL, IIL, and the privatization process. Of immediate issue is whether the GON will refund IIL,s 10% deposit. Through [...]	2002-03-28 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1068	NIGERIA,S OBASANJO IN TROUBLE IN THE NORTH [...] (U) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's probable re-election bid faces deep opposition in the North, but he seems to have a strategy for recovery. Nigeria's leader benefits from a lack of credible opponents and the apparent readiness of some Northern elites to join his government, if [...]	2002-04-04 16:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NI
02ABUJA1090	INITIAL REACTIONS TO POST INITIATIVES TO ENGAGE [...] This cable reports initial reactions from two Post initiatives to engage mostly Muslim northern Nigeria in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (Large numbers of Muslims are also in other parts of Nigeria, especially the populous southwest. Nigeria probably has the largest Muslim population in all [...]	2002-04-08 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC NI
02ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STATES'S INABILITY TO PAY WAGES RAISES [...] (C) Summary. State governments are sounding the alarm that they can no longer pay civil service salaries and retiree pensions. When oil prices and revenues were high in May 2000, civil servant wages were more than doubled. However, federal revenues allocated to the States have dropped in tan [...]	2002-04-12 12:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EFIN PINS NI
02ABUJA1184	NIGERIA 2003: OO BOOSTERS TRY TO PRE-EMPT [...] (C) Summary: From the perspective of recent history, the processions of sycophantic visitors and Obasanjo's own words strongly suggest Nigeria's President will seek a second term. At a minimum, Obasanjo boosters seek to pre-empt anyone else contemplating a run -- the better to assure continue [...]	2002-04-15 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI
02ABUJA122	NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...] (U) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST),the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos septel). Although showing slightly less than normal activity, Abuja has not been greatly affected by the strike. However, there was substantial compliance in [...]	2002-01-16 17:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI
02ABUJA1327	NIGERIA: A LOOK AT THE EDO STATE TIP PROBLEM [...] No summary [...]	2002-04-29 16:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN NI IT
02ABUJA1408	NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...]	2002-05-06 19:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI
02ABUJA1448	NIGERIA: OPPOSITION PARTIES TALK MERGER [...] (C) In reporting President Obasanjo's formal announcement to seek reelection, reftel forecasted that Obasanjo's statement would force his opponents to respond. His political adversaries wasted little time making that prediction come true. 2. (C) Most major daily newspapers have been repor [...]	2002-05-09 12:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA1597	NIGERIA: A SLIDE IN THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: The return of democratic government in Nigeria brought relief and great expectations in both Abuja and Washington. Visions of a strategic partnership between the world's preeminent republic and Africa's largest democracy tantalized policymakers in both capitals. Committing to sign [...]	2002-05-23 19:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1748	THE A-B-C-D OF AIDS -- NIGERIAN [...] SUMMARY: Nigerians who focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic use A-B-C-D (A-Abstain, B-Be faithful, C-use Condoms, OR D-you Die) as a mnemonic device with target audiences. Sixty activists and program leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- who attended one of the two two-day workshops in Kaduna and L [...]	2002-06-12 11:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV KPAO OIIP SCUL NI
02ABUJA1816	COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...]	2002-06-19 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA1843	MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE GBEMI SARAKI, KWARA [...] (C) Gbemisola "Gbemi" Saraki Forowa, a member of the House of Representatives from Kwara state, was born into Nigeria's political elite. Her political muscle comes from being the daughter of Olusola Saraki, the godfather of Kwara State politics and an important cog in the APP. As with most su [...]	2002-06-20 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN NI HUM
02ABUJA1850	NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the other by his strongest opposition. The President appears content to steamroll the PDP nomination through tightening his grip on the party apparatus. To win t [...]	2002-06-21 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA1851	MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE GBEMI SARAKI, KWARA STATE [...] (C) Gbemisola "Gbemi" Saraki Forowa, a member of the House of Representatives from Kwara state, was born into Nigeria's political elite. Her political muscle comes from being the daughter of Olusola Saraki, the godfather of Kwara State politics and an important cog in the APP. As with most su [...]	2002-06-21 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN NI HUM
02ABUJA1943	IBB, ALIYU AND THE RACE FOR NIGERIA'S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: IBB is not running, for now, and neither is Aliyu Mohammed, according to several political insiders. But both retired generals are deeply frustrated with incumbent retired general Olusegun Obasanjo. There are pressures on IBB to run, but he carries heavy baggage. If the North c [...]	2002-06-27 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI
02ABUJA2165	NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...]	2002-07-23 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS
02ABUJA2262	NIGERIA: LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO NEEDS A [...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stated that President Obasanjo was in deep trouble politically. Reelection hinged on a deal with Tinubu's Alliance for Democracy (AD). However, Tinubu claimed Obasanjo was still trying to assert PDP su [...]	2002-07-30 18:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2322	NIGERIA: OBASANJO FACES VIOLENT PROTEST IN KANO [...] (C) Summary: Instead of being a vehicle to improve his image in Northern public opinion, President Obasanjo's visit to Kano has been mired in controversy over the police response to anti-Obasanjo protests in that city. Over 35 people were arrested when their demonstration turned violent July 2 [...]	2002-08-02 12:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA2435	NIGERIA: HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MOVE SIGN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The House of Representatives on August 13 passed a resolution demanding President Olusegun Obasanjo resign within two weeks or face an impeachment motion from the House. The resolution cited a list of deficiencies identified by the Representatives, including the members of Oba [...]	2002-08-21 09:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
02ABUJA2506	NIGERIA: LOCAL SHARI'A COURT DENIES APPEAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The upper Shari'a court in Fantua, Katsina State August 19 denied the appeal of Amina Lawal, convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Poloffs twice met Lawal's chief attorney Hauwa Ibrahim (strictly protect),once prior to the appellate decision and immediately aft [...]	2002-08-23 11:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA2539	NIGERIA -- FORMER VP EKWUEME SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During two meetings with the Ambassador in late July and mid-August, former civilian Vice President and current Chairman of the PDP Trustee Board Alex Ekwueme waxed about the danger of massive defections from the party due to President Obasanjo's waning popularity. As a result, [...]	2002-08-28 09:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA2652	CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In attendance were key Executive Council members and members of the Codel accompanied by Ambassador Jeter and Poloff. Obasanjo began by giving the Codel a brief hi [...]	2002-09-12 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2707	NIGERIA: THE PRESS GETS IT WRONG: NO DEBT PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports have incoreectly claimed Nigeria had stopped foreign debt payments. Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Joseph Sanusi, whose August 27 press statement was cited as the basis of the report, as well as other government sources, confirm that Sanusi was the victim o [...]	2002-09-19 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID NI
02ABUJA2712	NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE BUHARI--PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Disaffection with President Obasanjo has placed three words into the lexicon of Northern politicians: "Northern Consensus Candidate." One of the bruited names is Mohammadu Buhari, former military Head of State from 1983 to 1985. Known as an honest, highly disciplined, hard-working [...]	2002-09-20 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2727	NIGERIA: KANO GOVERNOR ON OBASANJO PERFORMANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 5 call on Ambassador Jeter, Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso offered his assessment of the Obasanjo Presidency and urged continued USG support for Nigerian democratization. Kwankwaso, Nigeria's youngest state governor and at the helm of the nation's large [...]	2002-09-23 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2736	NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S IMPEACHMENT DRAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once dismissed as another hollow threat by a feckless National Assembly, the ongoing impeachment drama is now the central political issue in Nigeria, eclipsing even voter registration. Obasanjo's removal from office remains unlikely however the odds against him are stronger than l [...]	2002-09-24 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI
02ABUJA2837	NIGERIA: ABACHA FAMILY'S TIGHT GRIP ON LOOT [...] (C) Summary: Chances are fleeting that President Obasanjo will see USD 1.2 billion in stolen Abacha loot. Under pressure from Northern political leaders, Obasanjo released late military leader Sani Abacha's son Mohammed from prison September 24. With Mohammed's release, Obasanjo surrendered h [...]	2002-10-11 18:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS NI
02ABUJA2862	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU -- DISTANCING [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar admitted his relationship with President Obasanjo was on the shoals, attributing the deterioration to Obasanjo's poor political skills and reliance on malevolent, imprudent advisors. Atiku stated Oba [...]	2002-10-16 13:57:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2892	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU MULLS A PROMOTION [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Atiku Abubakar wants to be Nigeria's next President; however, he no longer wants to wait for 2007. Competing ambitions and mutual mistrust have placed Atiku and Obasanjo on a collision course. Atiku thinks he can snatch the PDP Presidential nomination from an unpo [...]	2002-10-22 11:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA2934	NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...]	2002-10-24 02:34:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA2990	NIGERIA: YORUBA TRADITIONAL RULER SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Ooni of Ife declared that Nigeria would disintegrate if President Obasanjo were not reelected. The most influential Yoruba traditional ruler, Ooni Sijuwade claimed that the desire of Northern politicians to control national [...]	2002-11-01 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA3015	NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu is a key power broker in Northeast Nigeria. Deputy Governor Joshua M. Lidani is an intelligent technocrat; a Christian who balances Gombe State's Muslim-dominated government. The Emir of Gombe Alhaji Shehu Usman Abubakar remains an important [...]	2002-11-05 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR NI KISL
02ABUJA3037	NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER SAYS "NO" TO A NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 Lagos meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Afenifere leader Senator Abraham Adesanya labeled the impeachment threat against Obasanjo a ruse to return national political power to the North. Although not an Obasanjo supporter, Adesanya was adamant that the Presidency [...]	2002-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
02ABUJA3105	NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO [...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...]	2002-11-14 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
02ABUJA3140	DOMESTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND BUDGET WOES [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa discussed possible deployment of Nigerian forces in the ECOWAS monitoring force for Cote d'Ivoire. Citing Nigeria's role in peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone and Liberia, [...]	2002-11-15 18:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO NI IV
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 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI AF
02ABUJA3313	NIGERIA--AN IMPEACHMENT POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: Roughly a month has passed since the impeachment threat against Obasanjo was effectively shelved; however, its repercussions continue to be felt throughout the Nigerian polity. President Obasanjo has been made painfully aware of his electoral vulnerabilities, and is trying to dra [...]	2002-12-16 09:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NI
02ABUJA3341	YEAR-END ECONOMIC POTPOURRI [...] This cable covers: -- Ambassador's Meets with World Bank and IMF prior to Article Four Consultation Meetings in Washington -- Central Bank is Optimistic about Near Term -- CBN and IMF Statistics on GDP Differ -- GON Not Worried About Drop in FOREX Reserves -- CBN Claims States Continue to [...]	2002-12-19 14:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA3344	NIGERIA: KADUNA GOVERNOR BLAMES RECENT VIOLENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 11 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Schrage and Ambassador Jeter, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi discussed the late November violence in Kaduna. Makarfi blamed the riots on pro-sharia Islamic groups [...]	2002-12-19 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
02ABUJA38	NIGERIA: SOKOTO STONING SENTENCE FOCUSES ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: The death sentence imposed against Safiya Husseini has generated international and domestic attention, lending her case political overtones perhaps more significant than its legal ones. To a certain degree, the judgment against Husseini has also put Nigerian Shari'a on trial. In [...]	2002-01-08 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA494	STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ENJOYS [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos saw increased usage of policy materials and coverage of mission events in Nigerian media in January compared to recent months, with 49 placements. A particular highlight was four broadcast placements of excerpts of President Bush's State of the Union address giving promi [...]	2002-02-14 08:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP NI OPRC
02ABUJA680	NIGERIA: WEEKLY POLITICAL WRAP UP - FEB 25 TO MAR 1 [...] (C) The Senate on February 27 consented to the President's February 26 nomination of Dr. Olu Agunloye as Minister without Portfolio. Agunloye, a physicist by training, was a close friend of slain Attorney General Ige. Like Ige, Agunloye hails from the Southwest and is a member of the Yoruba- [...]	2002-03-01 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NI
02ABUJA823	NIGERIA: CLEANING HOUSE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) Summary: The March 6 sacking of Police Inspector General Musiliu Smith and his seven Deputies (DIGs) sent a clear message of reform from the Presidency. Through his newly minted Police Service Commission, the President is also challenging the police old guard by reaching below the seven [...]	2002-03-13 11:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV PINS NI
02ABUJA828	NIGERIA TO "TARRY" BEFORE PRONOUNCING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: MFA PermSec says Nigeria will avoid a rush to judgment on the Zimbabwe election. Abuja will consult with Pretoria and Canberra, as well as various observer groups, before developing a position. The GON might even await the results of electoral challenges. DCM urged the GON, c [...]	2002-03-13 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI ZI
02ABUJA829	NIGERIA: RECENT EVENTS TEST NIGERIA'S RESILIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has seen its share of calamity and contention in recent months. The Ikeja cantonment explosion, abortive police and general strikes, and an electoral law enmeshed by controversy have decreased public confidence in the Government's competence and have added to a general s [...]	2002-03-13 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR NI
02ABUJA852	A SNAPSHOT OF OBASANJO'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Three years ago, Obasanjo rode into office on a wave of optimism: Gone was the military; democratic rule had returned. Now, with a year until the elections, Obasanjo's prospects are uncertain. His abrupt manner, callous public remarks, and unwillingness to listen have alienated [...]	2002-03-15 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA882	OBASANJO NOT DOING WELL ACCORDING NASSARAWA STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, Governor Alhaji Abdullah Adamu warmly welcomed Ambassador Jeter him as the first American Ambassador to ever visit Nassarawa State. Adamu noted that the dangers to democracy were mounting and gave low marks to Obasanjo as a politician and a communicator. However, [...]	2002-03-19 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
02ABUJA959	NIGERIA: READOUT ON SOKOTO APPEALS COURT HEARING [...] (C) Summary: Media reports indicate that the Sokoto Sharia appeals court on March 25 reversed a lower court stoning sentence, clearing Safiya Husseini of all charges in the case. During a March 22 conversation with PolCouns, Hauwa Ibrahim, one of Husseini's attorneys, stated that the Sokoto ap [...]	2002-03-26 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI NI
02ABUJA979	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 18-22 [...] (SBU) Because of shrunken government revenues due to lower world oil prices, most State governments have become cash strapped. Some have not paid civil servants since January. Wage costs grew exponentially in May 2000 when the minimum civil servant wage was increased from N3,500 to N7,500/month [...]	2002-03-27 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PHUM NI
02AMMAN2221	DEMARCHE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. AND ISRAELI PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the boycott issue to Ali Al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Al-Ayed offered no substantive comment but promised to convey the message to FM Muasher who is currently in Washington with King Abdullah and other senior members of [...]	2002-05-06 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT PREL ETRD AL IS US JO
02AMMAN2243	MODERATES 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 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2251	PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE GREETED WITH [...] (C) A survey of political contacts suggests a general lack of enthusiasm over the recent Quartet proposal to stage a Middle East conference in the next few weeks. The GOJ has endorsed the proposal with some caveats. While several contacts condemned outright the idea of a conference, a few ma [...]	2002-05-07 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN2329	IBB's Radio Sawa an initial hit among the [...] (Summary) The experimental broadcast of IBB's Radio Sawa, which offers an attractive mix of Arabic and American music, became an instant hit among Jordan's young, who are the main target audience and the majority of the population. Whether this popularity will continue now that Radio Sawa h [...]	2002-05-12 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO KPAO
02AMMAN2432	SENIOR 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 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO
02AMMAN2529	TENSE REGIONAL SITUATION INCREASES ELECTION [...] (C) Developments across the river and elsewhere in the region continue to place strong pressure on King Abdullah's reformist agenda. Along with the pressure, speculation concerning the status of parliamentary elections that were tentatively scheduled for the fall has grown. On May 10, Jordan [...]	2002-05-20 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KISL PGOV PREL
02AMMAN2559	COURT FINDS FORMER MP GUILTY OF SLANDERING [...] (C) The State Security Court May 16 sentenced former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal to one and a half years in prison. Because she was convicted of only "misdemeanors," she has no right to appeal. Faisal was convicted on all of four charges levied against her: 1) slandering the judici [...]	2002-05-21 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3009	JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIENTS. THE FLYERS DO NOT STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT BURGER KING'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AMERICAN, BUT IT DOES LABEL EACH INGREDIENT AS JORDANIAN, ARAB, OR AUSTRALIAN. T [...]	2002-06-09 06:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO PREL KPAO ECON
02AMMAN3044	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES [...] (c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the kingdom's economic decision-making arena. These recidivist groups have been encouraged by an increase in anti-American, and hence anti-globalization, feelin [...]	2002-06-10 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3249	THE CASE OF TOUJAN FAISAL: SCRATCHING ONLY MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal continues to be a topic of discussion and debate within various elements of Jordanian society. Following her arrest and sentencing (reftel),the outspoken and antagonistic former MP has reportedly gone on a hunger strike in pr [...]	2002-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM JO PGOV
02AMMAN3408	JORDANIAN PALESTINIANS NOTCH UP CRITICISM OF ARAFAT [...] (C) While Jordanian Palestinians have long grumbled about Arafat, two prominent Jordanian Palestinian leaders recently expressed to us a new level of criticism of the PA President. Some Palestinian Jordanians are even calling into question Arafat's true nationality in another round of anti-Ara [...]	2002-06-24 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN3484	MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE: SURVEY ON [...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Amman supports the continuation and development of basic education reform projects in Jordan and attests to the GOJ's and Jordanian education sector's interest and receptivity to such programs. The GOJ has demonstrated a high-level of receptivity to USG as [...]	2002-06-27 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL SCUL JO
02AMMAN3549	ASSABEEL: 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 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3622	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PIPELINE ISSUES [...] (u) Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh briefed DCM and econoff on recent developments on the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and the Iraq-Zarqa oil pipeline. The projects could save Jordan a combined $50 million per year on their current energy bill. Meanwhile, Jordan is moving closer to [...]	2002-07-03 06:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD JO
02AMMAN3726	AND THE SURVEY SAYS . . . GOJ POPULAR [...] (C) On June 23, 2002, the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan released the most recent iteration of its opinion poll assessing government popularity. The poll indicates that a large segment of the Jordanian public continues to support Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb [...]	2002-07-08 15:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL SOCI IS JO
02AMMAN3727	QUIET IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS: [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with refcoord, GOJ Department of Palestinian Affairs Director-General Abdulkarim Abulhaija shed some light on the calm that currently prevails in Jordan's refugee camps, in spite of continued tensions in the West Bank and Gaza. Abulhaija attributed the calm to three f [...]	2002-07-08 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL KWBG JO
02AMMAN3861	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-15 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3910	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-16 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3916	JORDANIAN YOUTH UNCONVINCED ABOUT THE WAR ON [...] The following cable is a report prepared by a foreign service national and based on extensive contacts in the student community. ------- Summary ------- 2. Through the eyes of most Jordanian young adults, America's war on terrorism is a war on Islam and the Arabs. America's support fo [...]	2002-07-16 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN4145	IRAQ AND THE JORDANIAN POPULACE'S MOOD DOMINATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-28 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN4217	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND T OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-30 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4526	GOJ RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO QATAR FOR CONSULTATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan closed the al-Jazeera office in Amman on August 7 and subsequently recalled its Ambassador to Qatar for consultations in response to an "inflammatory" episode of "Opposite Direction" by al-Jazeera. The program featured a guest who was aggressively criti [...]	2002-08-12 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM QA JO
02AMMAN4820	Jordanian Youth and the Future of Jordan [...] (SBU) The following cable was drafted by an FSN member of the Embassy staff. We thought it was particularly interesting as a description of the youth scene from the inside. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Frustrated and insecure about the future and the prevailing social and economic [...]	2002-08-25 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM JO
02AMMAN5196	GOJ PUSHES BACK AT POPULAR DISSATISFACTION [...] (S) In recent weeks, the GOJ--through the King's public address on August 15 (see Ref A),the Prime Minister's speech to the Jordan press association on September 2, and Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh's September 2 address to the Amman World Affairs Council (see Ref B)--has respondcd more ag [...]	2002-09-11 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IZ XF IS JO MEPP
02AMMAN5238	DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-12 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5295	PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...]	2002-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC
02AMMAN5510	AMMAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) On September 19, poloff met with Dr. Muhammad Kheir Mustafa, Director of the Amman Center for Peace and Development (ACPD) to discuss a proposed ACPD project "to develop an operational definition to the security aspect of the Arab Initiative." The ACPD, one of the few remaining active pro [...]	2002-09-24 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS JO MEPP
02AMMAN5922	DAS CHENEY MEETS WITH QUEEN RANIA: US ASSISTANCE, [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-10 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO AID
02AMMAN5967	MEDIA REACTION ON CONGRESS' DECISION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-15 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN6520	PRESIDENT BUSH'S RAMADAN GREETING: [...] PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOVEMBER 5 RAMADAN GREETING RECEIVED WIDE MEDIA PLACEMENT IN JORDAN. PA AMMAN DISTRIBUTED THE STATEMENT TO EACH OF THE LOCAL DAILIES, FOLLOWED BY PERSONAL PHONE CALLS TO EDITORS- IN-CHIEF, RESULTING IN PLACEMENT IN EACH OF JORDAN'S ARABIC AND ENGLISH DAILIES TODAY, NOVEMBER 6 [...]	2002-11-06 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR JO
02AMMAN6535	ISLAMIST ABU SAYYAF POSES CHALLENGE TO GOJ IN MA'AN [...] (C) Jordanian Security Forces are currently engaged in a tense standoff with Islamist activist Mohammad Shalibi aka Abu Sayyaf, which started when the PSD attempted to take Abu Sayyaf into custody on October 29, at a road block on the Desert Highway near Ma'an in Southern Jordan. Abu Sayyaf ( [...]	2002-11-06 16:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV JO
02AMMAN6862	JORDAN CELEBRATES THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN WITH [...] The following cable was drafted by one of our FSNs and conveys the mood of Ramadan 2002 in Jordan from her perspective. 2. Summary: While last year's Ramadan was marked with pessimism and lethargy, one would have thought that the situation wouldn't and couldn't [...]	2002-11-25 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM JO IS
02AMMAN7349	MEPI REACTION: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH REACTION BEST DESCRIBED AS COMPLEX: SOME WRITERS HAVE WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSING A KIND OF RELIEF AT THE ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF CORE DEFICIENCIES PLAGUING ARAB SOCIETIE [...]	2002-12-19 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KISL JO
02ANKARA7726	TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national elections on Nov. 3, and has a strong shot at a Parliamentary majority. Deniz Baykal's Establishmentarian, left-of-center Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) will [...]	2002-11-01 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA7739	ELECTION INTERFERENCE FEARS IN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While political leaders acknowledge that the restrictions in expression in Turkey's Southeast have generally loosened, villagers remain concerned that their voices will not be heard in Ankara. Based on conversations with politicians, business leaders, and NGO representatives, [...]	2002-11-01 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
02ANKARA8087	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8165	CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's strong parliamentary majority, there should be a straightforward, if sequential, legal way ahead for disenfranchised AK Party chairman Erdogan to reclaim his political rights, gain election to Parliament, and be appointed Prime Minister. [...]	2002-11-13 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8252	TURKEY'S DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Deep State, the behind-the-scenes machinery and power relationships among selected members of the military, judicial, and bureaucratic elite, has endured as an essential factor in political life and in citizens' wary calculations of their relation to the State. Now, however [...]	2002-11-15 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8310	AK PARTY MOVES STEP BY STEP TOWARD FORMING [...] (C) We understand from top AK Party official Bulent Arinc that in his Nov. 15 call on President Sezer, AK Party chairman Erdogan submitted AK number two Abdullah Gul's name as AK's first choice for Prime Minister. Arinc intimated that Gul is AK's preferred candidate not only owing to his popu [...]	2002-11-15 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8358	AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul (ref A),who announced he will submit his proposed cabinet list to Sezer Nov. 18. We expect the government to be in office a week to ten days thereafter. Gul bio in para 5. [...]	2002-11-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8633	CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21 with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc. Speaker Hastert congratulated Gul on AK's landslide election victory and Turkey's recent progress on political and economic reform. Gul echoed AK leader Erdogan's commitment to EU [...]	2002-11-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8852	SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party government and public opinion on Iraq and other strategic U.S. interests. His heightened sense of pride is undiminished, indeed boosted, by the Kemalist State's continuing attempts to [...]	2002-12-04 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINS TU
02ANKARA8994	TURKEY: CONTROVERSIAL MEHMET AGAR REPLACES TANSU [...] (C) Summary: Mehmet Agar, elected in November as in independent M.P. and a notorious figure in the Susurluk "State-Mafia" scandal of the mid-1990s, is the new leader of center-right DYP, elected to replace former P.M. Tansu Ciller at Dec. 14 DYP Convention in Ankara. Agar will likely steer DY [...]	2002-12-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
02ANKARA9051	TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing sharp differences between the ruling AK (Justice and Development) Party/Government and the Establishmentarian foreign policy class, including elements that predominate in the MFA. [...]	2002-12-19 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA9071	SEZER VETO CALLS SIIRT ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION [...] (C) President Sezer's Dec. 19 veto of a constitutional amendment package, which is designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into government (septel),calls into question the date for the "new" elections in Siirt Province and Erdogan's immediate [...]	2002-12-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA9073	TURKEY: PRESIDENT'S VETO CLOUDS ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: President Sezer Dec. 19 vetoed a constitutional amendment package (including changes to Articles 67, 76, and 78 -- ref A) designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into Parliament and the Government. Contacts across the spectrum say [...]	2002-12-20 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
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 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV LE
02BOGOTA1025	PUBLIC 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 11:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS CO
02BOGOTA3159	FARC 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 23:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR SOCI CO
02COLOMBO1693	On the eve of talks with the Tamil Tigers, [...] (C) Summary: The Sri Lankan government's decision to lift its ban on the Tamil Tigers last week has provoked surprisingly little negative reaction. The pro-peace mood of the public has clearly buoyed the GSL ahead of next week's talks with the Tigers. In fact, after a large pro-peace rally [...]	2002-09-10 02:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE

02COLOMBO1709	Initial draft submission of the 2002 Annual [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified and Noforn. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU/NF) Below is Mission's initial draft submission of the 2002 Annual Human Rights Report for the Maldives: Begin Text: The Republic of Maldives has a parliamentary style of government with a [...]	2002-09-16 00:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KSEP PREL MV
02COLOMBO1719	Sri Lankan government-Tamil Tiger talks [...] (C) Summary: The opening ceremony kicking off talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers on September 16 was constructive, with both sides making conciliatory remarks. The talks, which are being held at a naval base in Thailand, are now in closed-door session until a closing ceremony and pr [...]	2002-09-16 05:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE TH NO LTTE
02COLOMBO1790	Peace process update: Report of tensions in [...] (C/NF) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Reported tensions in military toward government's peace initiative -- President muted in public re peace process -- Largest Tamil Tiger cadre movement to date goes smoothly, according to monitors -- The flavor [...]	2002-09-26 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1858	To ease cohabitation tensions, president and [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister Milinda Moragoda and Norwegian Ambassador Westborg on October 5. In a wide-ranging discussion, Moragoda reviewed his recent meeting with President Kumaratunga, and said the two sides had agreed to hold regular high-level discussions on peace process a [...]	2002-10-07 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1891	Peace process update: Detainees go on [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Demanding immediate release, Tamil detainees go on hunger strike -- Amid strong hints that a resolution may be near, standoff involving captured soldiers continues -- Tigers reportedly attack office of pro-governmen [...]	2002-10-09 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1942	GSL plan to rein in executive powers in [...] (C) The GSL's proposed constitutional amendment reining in executive powers has run into a major roadblock. While not officially announced, the Supreme Court has reportedly decided that one part of the proposal is unconstitutional and the other subject to a referendum. This apparent decisio [...]	2002-10-17 06:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CE
02COLOMBO1975	Adverse court ruling and coalition stresses [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a widely anticipated decision, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has shot down the government's bid to rein in President Kumaratunga's powers. The government is still developing its reaction to the adverse ruling. On another front, the GSL continues to try to squelch a mutiny by a [...]	2002-10-22 06:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE
02COLOMBO1993	SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-24 14:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL
02COLOMBO2142	In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...]	2002-11-16 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2261	FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION [...] DUE TO A PERSONAL COMMITMENT, POST'S SECOND APPROVED NOMINEE FOR SUBJECT PROJECT, DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, HAS DECLINED ACCEPTING INVITATION TO ATTEND PROGRAM. POST, THEREFORE, WISHES TO SUBSTITUTE HIM WITH THE NOMINATION OF MR. KEITH NOYAHR, DEPUTY EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR" - ENGLISH DAILY. [...]	2002-12-09 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2285	Colombo, City of Lights [...] SUMMARY: Colombo is lit up this holiday season, with electric lights draped all over the city. The GSL is sponsoring the effort in a bid to increase the city's attractiveness. For Sri Lankans, it is the first time since the conflict began almost 20 years ago that they remember the city loo [...]	2002-12-11 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI CE
02COLOMBO2293	Sri Lanka: Muslim leader Rauf Hakeem's [...] (C) SUMMARY: With his party fragmenting around him, Rauf Hakeem of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) finds himself in a very precarious position. While he is respected in Colombo circles for his support of the peace process, Hakeem is considered a lightweight politician. The fact that h [...]	2002-12-12 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS CE
02COLOMBO2323	During Mission visit, Maldivian MFA says it is [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 17 meeting in Male, Polchief urged the Maldivian government to sign an ICC Article 98 agreement with the U.S. MFA Permanent Secretary Shaheed replied that the GoRM continued to SIPDIS review the proposal, which it viewed in a "favorable light." Shaheed [...]	2002-12-18 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ECON MV KICC UN
02COLOMBO2329	Normally placid Maldivian political scene seems [...] (C) SUMMARY: The normally placid Maldivian political situation is stirring a bit with the approach of the 2003 presidential election. In December 16-17 meetings in Male, polchief was told that President Gayoom is expected to run and win the election. That said, there is some dissonance eme [...]	2002-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI MV
02DAMASCUS1761	ASAD TELLS NODEL US LACKS VISION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5 B/D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR DISCUSSION WITH CONGRESSMAN DAVID PRICE, PRESIDENT AL-ASAD SAID THE US ADMINISTRATION HAS NO CLEAR MIDDLE EAST VISION. THE DISPARATE ADMINISTRATION VOICES HURT THE US REGIONALLY. PROGRESS TOWAR [...]	2002-05-09 07:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY
02FRANKFURT11843	HESSE ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN: CDU CONFIDENT, BUT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Hesse state elections will take place February 2, 2003. The current Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Free Democratic Party (FDP) state coalition government is hoping the current voter mood against the national SPD- Green government will help it win votes. The CDU is optimist [...]	2002-12-23 09:23:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
02HANOI133	HA GIANG: SLEEPY BORDER PROVINCE TRYING TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. HA GIANG PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE RECENTLY DECLARED "BORDER ECONOMIC ZONE" WILL STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE OF NORTHERN VIETNAM'S POORER MOUNTAIN PROVINCES. THE DISTANCE AND DIFFICULTY IN TRAVELING TO HANOI AND OTHER LOWLAND PROVINCES REMAIN HINDRANCES TO ECO [...]	2002-01-18 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV VM
02HANOI2345	VIETNAM'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02345 01 OF 04 270928Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE EXPANSION OF PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND DIMINISHMENT OF CPV AND STATE CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL LIVES HAVE BEEN WELCOME TREN [...]	2002-09-27 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM DPOL HUMANR
02HANOI2622	NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...]	2002-10-30 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM
02HANOI2845	SEX AND THE CITY -- HANOI STYLE [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) ADMIT THAT PROSTITUTION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY. DISCOS, KARAOKE BARS, MASSAGE PARLORS, AND OTHER "FUN" LOCATIONS EVEN IN STAID HANOI INCREASINGLY OFFER PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL [...]	2002-11-26 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV KHIV VM HIV AIDS TIP
02HANOI931	SETTING VIETNAM'S IDEOLOGICAL COURSE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CPV'S CENTRAL THEORETICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING TO REDEFINE VIETNAMESE SOCIALISM IN THE FACE OF MARKET-DRIVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION, AS WELL AS INTERNAL CONFIDENTIA [...]	2002-04-16 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CH VM DPOL
02HARARE1270	MAY 23 U.N.-SPONSORED DIALOGUE WITH FINANCE [...] ON MAY 23, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT COORDINATOR (RESREP) J. VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED AN "INFORMAL" MEETING WITH SENIOR-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF MOST RESIDENT MISSIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD [...]	2002-05-28 14:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE1398	ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT HINDERING FOOD DELIVERIES IN [...] (C) Summary: Assertions of humanitarian food aid manipulation for political purposes have been increasingly frequent in recent weeks. Investigations have tended to indicate that such abuses are episodic rather than centrally manipulated. However, recent reports from the Matabeleland town of [...]	2002-06-11 06:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1448	ZIMBABWE 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 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
02HARARE1851	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...]	2002-08-15 08:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE2033	MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Government-owned print and broadcast media in Zimbabwe gave prominent coverage to the heckling of Secretary of State Powell at the WSSD on September 4. The story featured prominently on television and radio news programs and was page 1, above-the-fold in the gov [...]	2002-09-05 12:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2087	NATIONWIDE LOCAL ELECTIONS A DEMOCRATIC CHARADE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 10. Summary -------- 2. (C) Nationwide rural council elections are scheduled for September 28-29, and the Government of Zimbabwe has used all the means at its disposal to block genuine competition from the opposition MDC. Aspiring MDC candidates have be [...]	2002-09-12 14:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE215	KING COMMEMORATIONS [...] HARARE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 2002 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO SPREAD DR. KING'S MESSAGE OF NON-VIOLENCE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF NON- VIOLENCE FROM MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IS AN ESPECIALLY USEFUL THEME AS ZIMBABWE EDGES TOWARD THE MARCH [...]	2002-01-24 05:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE2193	ZANU-PF APPEARS HEADED FOR LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN [...] (C) Voter turnout was low in Zimbabwe's nationwide rural council elections September 28-29, and early returns suggest a likely landslide victory by the ruling ZANU-PF, not surprising given pre-election violence, intimidation, and electoral manipulation. The GOZ stepped up efforts to diminish [...]	2002-10-01 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE2295	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI [...] On October 16, Embassy was asked to convey a letter from Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai to President Bush and other current and former SIPDIS USG officials seeking a more active UN role in addressing Zimbabwe's crises. We have pouched the letters to AF/S and [...]	2002-10-16 17:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ZI
02HARARE268	ZIMBABWE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT GRANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 11, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DRACONIAN PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT (POSA),WHICH WAS GAZETTED AND WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 22. THE POSA REPLACES THE EQUALLY DRACONIAN LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA),LEGISLATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED BY TH [...]	2002-01-29 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE61	ZIMBABWE: ZVOBGO PREDICTS MUGABE WILL LOSE THE [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 20 LUNCH WITH AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN AND POLOFF, ZANU-PF MP AND MASVINGO "SUPREMO" EDDISON ZVOBGO RUMINATED ON REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION BEFORE PARLIAMENT (REPORTED REFTEL),MASVINGO POLITICS, AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ZVOBGO HAD FEW KIND WORDS FOR HIS OLD BROTHER-I [...]	2002-01-08 09:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
02HARARE611	DESPITE BEHIND THE SCENES SCHEMES, A PAN- [...] (C) WE HAVE PICKED UP A NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT THERE ARE MOVES AFOOT TO LINE UP AFRICAN ELECTION OBSERVATION DELEGATIONS TO AGREE TO A COMMON POST-ELECTORAL STATEMENT FAVORABLE TO ROBERT MUGABE. DEPUTY ELECTIONS SUPERVISION COMMISSIONER'S NYIKAYARAMBA INVITATION TO AFRICAN CHIEFS OF MISSION [...]	2002-03-07 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE96	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR AND DCM MET WITH PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR CHARLES UTETE AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ON JANUARY 9. THE AMBASSADOR CITED CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- COUNTER-TERRORISM, HIV/AIDS ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE -- BUT NOTED THAT PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS OVER N [...]	2002-01-10 11:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
02JAKARTA1407	EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO WINS PRESIDENCY; [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO HAS WON A RESOUNDING VICTORY TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. XANANA WON 83 PERCENT OF ALL VALID VOTES CAST. XANANA, WHILE MINDFUL OF THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, INTENDS TO PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN [...]	2002-04-18 01:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN
02JAKARTA685	EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO -- FINALLY -- DECLARES [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO DECLARED HIS INTENT TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. WITH LESS THAN 90 MINUTES TO GO BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE EXPIRED, GUSMAO ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION OF MINOR OPPOSITION PARTIES TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE MAJORITY PARTY [...]	2002-02-27 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN
02KATHMANDU1119	REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Maoists and Peru's Shining Path. The meeting marked Paras' first formal contact with U.S. officials as Crown Prince. (Note: Nepal's Royal Palace has asked th [...]	2002-06-06 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR NP GON
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 03:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC ECON NP
02KATHMANDU1245	TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...]	2002-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH
02KATHMANDU1373	Maoist Leader Calls September 16 General Strike, [...] (SBU) In a press release dated July 11, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a nation-wide general strike September 16. It would be the first such show of force since late April (Reftel). The release also charges "feudal elements" backed by "foreign imperialist [...]	2002-07-15 13:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU1674	BOMB 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 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1762	SPECULATON 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 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1797	NEPAL: 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 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1832	MAOISTS DESTROY MEDEVAC HELO; HOLD PILOT, PASSENGER [...] (U) A commercial helicopter on a mission to medevac a sick Nepali in the remote northeastern district of Solukhumbu has been destroyed by Maoists. According to an employee at Karnali Air, Ltd., the company's helicopter was surrounded by armed Maoists upon landing in the village of Jubu, and i [...]	2002-09-19 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR PHUM CASC NP
02KATHMANDU1890	NEPALI 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 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MCAP PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1964	NEPAL'S EX-PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS OUSTER BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING ON OCTOBER 7 WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SHER BAHADUR DEUBA DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS OCTOBER 4 DISMISSAL AS PRIME MINISTER BY KING GYANENDRA. CLEARLY STUNG BY THE KING'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF HIS COMPETENCE, DEUBA SAID THAT HE HAD REJECTED ON CONSTITUTIONA [...]	2002-10-10 08:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU1970	NEPALI 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 10:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1988	NEPAL KING NAMES NEW PM, MEMBERS OF CABINET [...] (C) On October 11 King Gyanendra appointed National Democratic Party Leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as Prime Minister. Chand, who has been PM three times before, will head a caretaker government until national elections can be held on an unspecified date. Biographic information on Chand foll [...]	2002-10-11 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU2044	NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In October 23 meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald Camp and the SIPDIS Ambassador, newly appointed Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya both stressed that the change in government will not affect Nepal's inclin [...]	2002-10-25 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINR NP IN LICC
02KATHMANDU2052	KATHMANDU 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 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU2057	SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948 [...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...]	2002-10-30 05:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL
02KATHMANDU2091	TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: THE NEPALI PARTIES' [...] (C) King Gyanendra's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and appointment of an interim government have spotlighted long-standing tensions--and mutual suspicions--between the political parties and the Palace. Conversations with leaders of the two largest po [...]	2002-11-01 13:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2152	NEPAL: 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 01:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC
02KATHMANDU2264	NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced plans to form a 3,000-man "industrial security force" within the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). If approved by the Cabinet, this new force, which he expects to be ope [...]	2002-11-27 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2295	NEPALI CONGRESS STILL HOLDING HARD LINE AGAINST [...] (C) The polarization between the Palace-appointed interim government and mainstream political parties continues. Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, who maintains that the previous Parliament should be reinstated, led a rally November 26 against the King's Octo [...]	2002-12-03 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP GON
02KATHMANDU2302	NEPAL: MAOISTS SEEKING DIALOGUE FOR TACTICAL ENDS [...] (C) A December 3 statement by Maoist leader Prachanda claimed that the insurgents are suspending violent attacks against infrastructure and against mainstream political party members in order to create a conducive environment for dialogue. Despite their frequent calls for dialogue with the [...]	2002-12-04 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER 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 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU2393	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2002-12-16 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU2492	KATHMANDU 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 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU278	MAOISTS 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 13:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NP PTER PGOV CASC ASEC
02KATHMANDU363	NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn criticism from the Muslim community. Some Muslim leaders view the measure as an empty gesture, probably performed at the behest of the Indian government, that [...]	2002-02-14 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF SOCI NP
02KATHMANDU371	FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...] Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 03 funding via South Asia Bureau regional Economic Support Funds (ESF). While all of the proposals have an environmental dimension, they are cross- cutting, m [...]	2002-02-15 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO
02KATHMANDU390	NEPAL'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES MERGE, BUT REMAIN [...] (U) Nepal's main opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist and Leninist (UML),merged February 15 with a smaller former offshoot, the Communist Party of Nepal - Marxist-Leninist (ML). (Note: The combined parties will continue to use the UML name. Although communist by na [...]	2002-02-20 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU412	OPPOSITION SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT IN RATIFYING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lower House of Parliament ratified the state of national emergency by well over the two-thirds majority necessary to continue the emergency for another three months. The three largest Opposition parties voted with the ruling Nepali Congress Party for ratification after Co [...]	2002-02-22 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER NP
02KATHMANDU446	TALES FROM TRIBHUVAN HOSPITAL: MAOIST VICTIMS [...] (U) In addition to the 650 policemen and 90 Royal Nepal Army soldiers they have killed, Maoists have beaten, stabbed, shot or burned to death nearly 400 civilians since the insurgency began in 1996--more than 50 of those victims in just the three months since the insurgents unilaterally broke [...]	2002-02-28 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU498	NATIONAL PARK CLOSED TO ALL BUT TOURISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Deteriorating security conditions have all but closed Royal Bardiya National Park in western Nepal to researchers and conservationists and have disrupted some development projects. Tourists still have access to the park, but the local economy has taken a deep hit from the dras [...]	2002-03-08 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ASEC CASC SOCI NP
02KATHMANDU510	NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...] (C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a February 28 dinner with emboffs. Rana stated unequivocally that a coup by the RNA was "out of the question." According to Rana, the RNA's role is to quell the [...]	2002-03-11 13:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP NP PGOV MASS
02KATHMANDU592	MAOISTS 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 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU633	MAOIST 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 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP
02KATHMANDU680	HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL [...] SUMMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, and the prolonged slump has negatively affected every sector of the tourism economy, from hotels and airlines to trekking agencies. International arrivals at [...]	2002-04-04 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL CASC NP
02KATHMANDU701	AMBUSH 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 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP
02KATHMANDU737	50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...] (SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post in the western district of Dang about 30 km from the Indian border late April 11. The insurgents are reported to have looted armories at both posts, making o [...]	2002-04-12 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU741	50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...] (SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post in the western district of Dang about 30 km from the Indian border late April 11. The insurgents are reported to have looted armories at both posts, making o [...]	2002-04-13 08:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC NP
02KATHMANDU891	Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...] " Deuba's US, UK trip" Editorial, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/7): "...Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's trip to the United States of America and the United Kingdom has come at a crucial time when Nepal needs international support for its development initiatives and security. The serious att [...]	2002-05-07 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
02KATHMANDU893	MAOISTS SEND LETTER TO AMERICANS ON PM'S VISIT [...] Local media outlets received by e-mail the afternoon of May 7 a letter from the International Department of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) addressed "To Our Friends in America." A copy of the letter has been faxed to SA/INS. 2. The three-page letter, written in turgid but grammat [...]	2002-05-07 13:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV OVIP PREL NP
02KHARTOUM162	THE CHANGED FACE OF POLITICAL ISLAM IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE REMOVAL OF TURABI IN 1999 EFFECTED A REVERSAL IN SUDAN'S POLITICAL APPROACH TOWARD ISLAM, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSONNEL OF THE REGIME OTHERWISE REMAINED LARGELY IN PLACE. THE REGIME MAINTAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE MOSQUES, IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS RATHER THAN FOMENT ISLA [...]	2002-08-23 16:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SU
02KUWAIT5418	SADDAM'S SPEECH RALLIES KUWAITIS AGAINST HIM [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's December 7 speech to "the sons of the People in Kuwait" has inspired Kuwaitis to rally around their leadership and reaffirm their gratitude for the U.S. military presence, by reminding them of the existential threat he poses to their country. END SUM [...]	2002-12-17 08:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SOCI KU
02LAGOS146	SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]	2002-12-07 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI
02LAGOS1870	FUTURE OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: The wetlease agreement of Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with Air Atlanta Icelandic (AAI) was set to expire on September 19, but was extended at the last minute. The Ministry of Aviation had hoped until the last moment to replace NAL with a new national carrier, Air Nigeria, t [...]	2002-09-19 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON NI
02LAGOS76	SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]	2002-12-07 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02MADRID4435	SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]	2002-12-05 09:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
02RANGOON1468	BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent months. The government's increasing reliance on trade restrictions, rather than fiscal and monetary policy measures, has slashed imports and halted temporarily the [...]	2002-11-14 08:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM
02RANGOON1585	KACHIN JADE MINING: THE ROAD TO RICHES AND RUIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Jade mining and smuggling are big business in Kachin State. Concession sales provide revenue for both the government and the Kachin ethnic cease-fire groups. However, little trickles down to the average citizen. End summary. Jade Mining Ain't What it Used to Be 2. (SBU) [...]	2002-12-12 06:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON PHUM BM
02RANGOON1616	WAR AND PEACE IN KAREN STATE [...] (U) Summary: In a recent visit to the small border town of Myawaddy in eastern Karen State, Poloff found some residual conflict between regime forces and Karen National Union (KNU) forces. Although the KNU appears to have been reduced to hit and run, guerilla-type attacks, the rugged mounta [...]	2002-12-17 07:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM
02RANGOON1633	AUTHORITIES ATTEMPT TO BLOCK ASSK IN RAKHINE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have attempted to block citizens from greeting Aung San Suu Kyi over the last four days as she toured Rakhine State in western Burma. ASSK has commended those who have turned out for their bravery and scolded authorities for threatening instead of serving the people [...]	2002-12-20 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM ASSK
02ROME1196	AS PREDICTED, ITALYâ€™S HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: AS POST PREDICTED, THE U.S. COUNTRY REPORT FOR ITALY PROVIDED IMMEDIATE GRIST FOR DOMESTIC POLITICAL MILLS. PAPERS POUNCED ON THE REPORT TO TRUMPET "HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. "˜FLUNKS' ITALY;" "POLICE ABUSES IN ITALY;" AND ESPECIALLY "MISTREATMENT OF DETAINEES" BY THE ITALIAN POLICE DURING G [...]	2002-03-07 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OPRC IT HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME1335	REPORT OF IFAD 25TH GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: THE 25TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET FEBRUARY 19-20. NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S KEY NOTE SPEECH EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT -- ESPECIALLY PEACE -- IN ORDER TO ATTACK POVERTY. IFAD M [...]	2002-03-15 10:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID IFAD
02ROME1744	TWO DEMONSTRATIONS DOWN, ONE GENERAL STRIKE TO GO [...] STRIKES AND LABOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN ITALY ARE MOUNTING. WORKING HOURS LOST TO STRIKES IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY WERE NEARLY 1,500 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN COMPARABLE MONTHS OF 2001. TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION CGIL ORGANIZED A RECORD MILLION- PLUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN ROME 3/23, FOLLOWED 3/26 BY [...]	2002-04-08 13:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV IT
02ROME241	BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS STRONGLY IN EUROPE, BUT THINKS OF NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WITHIN EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE EURO AND REAFFIRMED THAT ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE A SEA CHANGE DURING HIS TIME AT T [...]	2002-01-15 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME2551	ALEMANNO TO SEMBLER: LESS OPEN ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MET MAY 17 WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO TO DELIVER SECRETARY VENEMAN'S LETTER ON ALEMANNO'S BIOTECH WHITE PAPER AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE MAY 27 MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI. ALEMANNO INDICATED THAT HIS POSITIO [...]	2002-05-24 15:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME2794	BERLUSCONI'S FIRST YEAR ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. TWELVE MONTHS AGO, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI TOOK OFFICE WITH A PROMISE TO JUMPSTART THE FALTERING ITALIAN ECONOMY. A MUCH-HERALDED 100-DAY ECONOMIC PLAN WAS DESIGNED AS AN INITIAL STIMULUS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC REFORMS. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE, THE PRIME MIN [...]	2002-06-10 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT
02ROME2862	GOI TO NAME SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS; WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 10, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, MAURIZIO MORENO, AND DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN EUROPE, GIOVANNI RICCIULI, TOLD SPECIAL CYPRUS COORDINATOR TOM WESTON THAT ITALY WOULD APPOINT ITS OWN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CYPRUS, SOMEONE OF APPROPRIATE RANK AND [...]	2002-06-12 17:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY GR IT TU EU EUN
02ROME3942	CAREFUL USG-GOI COORDINATION ESSENTIAL ON ITALIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) WE UNDERSTAND FROM E-MAIL TRAFFIC THAT THE USG PREFERS TO ACCEPT ITALY'S OFFER OF TROOPS FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) RATHER THAN THE GOI'S OFFER TO BACKFILL IN THE BALKANS (REF A). IT WILL TAKE CAREFUL HANDLING BY PRIME MI [...]	2002-08-09 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5131	OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, CGIL (THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS) BROUGHT MUCH OF ITALY TO A CRAWL, IF NOT A COMPLETE HALT, DURING ITS ONE-DAY STRIKE OCTOBER 18. THE EIGHT-HOUR ACT [...]	2002-10-22 04:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV IT
02ROME5750	FIAT: WORKER PROTESTS CONTINUE; SICILIAN SOLUTION IN SIGHT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT AUTO, TRADE UNIONS AND THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE THEIR POSTURING AROUND THE AUTOMAKER'S PLAN TO CUT COSTS BY IDLING THREE PLANTS AND LAYING OFF OVER 8,000 EMPLOYEES. ALTHOUGH FIAT'S LENDERS APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY ONES CONTENT WITH THE PLAN AS CONCEIVED, WORKER ACTI [...]	2002-11-27 11:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI IT
02ROME73	RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE DOES NOT EQUATE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MEDIA ANALYSIS TO THE CONTRARY, THE WEEKEND "RESIGNATION" (UNDER DURESS) OF FM RENATO RUGGIERO DOES NOT EQUATE TO AN ABOUT-FACE IN ITALY'S PRO-EUROPEAN STANCE. ITALY WILL REMAIN SOLIDLY IN EUROPE -- AND IN NATO, AND A SOLID PARTNER OF THE U.S. RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE [...]	2002-01-07 13:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT EU ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME783	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH PRESIDENT CIAMPI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A PRIVATE LUNCHEON, ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI EXPRESSED HIS DEEP CONCERN OVER A DETERIORATING SITUATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS. HE MADE A DETAILED ARGUMENT THAT ITALY CAN AND MUST BE BOTH PRO EUROPE AND PRO US, WITH WHICH I AGREED. CIAMPI WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE [...]	2002-02-15 13:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL ITALIAN POLITICS
02TEGUCIGALPA1927	ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN HONDURAS [...] This cable responds to the action requested in Reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Over the course of the last three years, there has been considerable activity in the battle against corruption in Honduras, in which the government of Honduras (GOH),civil society and the private sector have been involv [...]	2002-07-02 15:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM KSEP PGOV EAID HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2928	PEACEFUL 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 23:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PTER ETRD PHUM SOCI HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2934	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire contained in REFTEL. POLITICAL VIOLENCE 2. (SBU) Demonstrations: Responses keyed to REFTEL question paragraphs. (1-A.) Yes. Indigenous groups such as the civic council of popular indigenous o [...]	2002-10-23 20:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC HO PTER

02TEGUCIGALPA2987	POPULAR 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 23:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3062	MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS [...] Orlando Henrquez writing in "La Tribuna" Tegucigalpa- based daily (11/05): "The Free Trade of the Americas even though it is viewed with skepticism and opposition by many Latin American countries, especially for the subsidy that U.S. agricultural sectors receive-- the trea [...]	2002-11-07 16:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA
02TEGUCIGALPA3170	MEDIA REACTION:"GREEN LIGHT" [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-20 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA
02TEGUCIGALPA3407	POSSIBLE CABINET SHAKEUP IN HONDURAS AS MADURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro staggers to his first anniversary in office, there are emerging signs that he will make some changes in his Cabinet in an effort to recapture the political initiative in the country. One rumored change is a new Foreign Minister. Other more probable t [...]	2002-12-19 23:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON HO
02VATICAN2268	AG-BIOTECH: GETTING THE VATICAN TO "YES." [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BECAUSE OF THE VATICAN'S MORAL AUTHORITY, IT CAN INFLUENCE GOVERNMENTS' SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL POLICIES. PERSUADING THE VATICAN TO COME OUT MORE FORTHRIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF GMOS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02268 01 OF 03 10 [...]	2002-05-10 05:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO VT VTPREL
02VATICAN4991	JERUSALEM 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 13:42:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS VT VTPREL
02VATICAN5607	HOLY SEE URGES CHURCH TO PROMOTE VENEZUELAN DIALOGUE, AVOID POLITICAL ACTIVISM [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF CIVIL VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND THE POPE HIMSELF HAS URGED THE VENEZUELAN BISHOPS TO "COOL IT" ON POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND INSTEAD TO ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE. THE HOLY SEE VIEWED THE BISHOPS' OCTOBER LETTER ENCOURAGING DIALOGU [...]	2002-11-19 09:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
03ABUDHABI1349	MEDIA REACTION AND PUBLIC OPINION: WAR AGAINST IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE INITIATION OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ ENVELOPED PRINT AND SATELLITE TV COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV IS REPORTING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS LIVE FROM BAGHDAD, WASHINGTON, AND OTHER PLACES IN THE REGION. ABU DHABI TV ALSO CARRIED LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN'S MARCH 20TH SPE [...]	2003-03-20 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1439	TFIZ01: UAE POISED TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: Under the aegis of the government-run Red Crescent Authority (RCA),the UAE is gearing up to provide significant humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people. In addition to direct contri [...]	2003-03-25 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI1482	UAE STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (U) This cable is classified by Ambassador Marcelle Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: War coverage dominates most UAE print and electronic media, whether state-owned or private. Because of the federal structure of the UAE, virtually all state-owned media are owned by the [...]	2003-03-29 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPRC OIIP KPAO KWWW TC
03ABUDHABI1564	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ WARNINGS TO SYRIA CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, CASUALTIES AMONG IRAQI CIVILIANS, SUICIDE BOMBERS HEADED TO BAGHDAD, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. EDITORIALS IN "AL KHALEEJ" AND "AL BAYAN" CLAIM THAT POWELL'S THREAT TO SYRIA SERVES ISRAEL'S INTERESTS AND WHAT WAS SAID I [...]	2003-04-01 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1727	TF1Z01: EMPOWERMENT, NOT CHARITY: PRESENTING [...] NOW THAT THE BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD IS LARGELY WON, THE MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR MESSAGE SHOULD BE THE RESTORATION OF ORDER AND RULE OF LAW, THE REBUILDING OF IRAQI INSTITUTIONS, AND THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY, GRADUAL OR OTHERWISE, TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AS WE MOVE TO GET FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, AND OTHER [...]	2003-04-09 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1852	GETTING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OUT: WINNING [...] SUMMARY: TO GET THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OUT, THE ABU DHABI PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION ENGAGED KEY UAE MEDIA ON MULTIPLE LEVELS PRIOR TO AND DURING THE WAR. PD EFFORTS INCLUDED INTENSIVE TARGETED OUTREACH WITH KEY PUBLIC DIPLOMACY MATERIALS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH UAE NATIONALS, ARAB EXPA [...]	2003-04-16 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI2391	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST ATTACKS, ROADMAP, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RIYADH AND CASABLANCA, ESCALATING CONFLICT IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALLEGED THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THESE ATTACKS IS ISRAEL. AN "AL BAYAN" [...]	2003-05-19 08:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI246	MEDIA REACTION: OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, LONDON SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: UAE AND REGIONAL MEDIA FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON IRAQ. HOWEVER, EDITORIALS COMMENTED ON THE PALESTINIANS AND THE LONDON CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PALESTINIAN REFORMS. MEDIA CRITICIZED ISRAEL'S DECISION TO BAR SEVERAL PALESTINIANS FROM ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WHILE ALLOWING THEIR PARTICIPATI [...]	2003-01-15 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2654	(S/NF) INFORMATION ON IRAQI SUNNI [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Post provides the following information, gleaned from conversations with resident Iraqis and Emirati leaders and academics on Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. It is by no means comprehensive and we a [...]	2003-06-04 10:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3164	UAE: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
03ABUDHABI320	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA. THE GENERAL TONE IN THE ARABIC EDITORIALS OPPOSES A WAR WITH IRAQ OF WHICH "NO ONE CAN ANTICIPATE THE CONSEQUENCES." HOWEVER, THE SAME EDITORIALS URGED IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH UN RES [...]	2003-01-21 08:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3930	MEDIA REACTION: SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WEST BANK IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE VISIT OF FAROUQ AL SHARA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF SYRIA, AND EVENTS IN IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN TERROTORIES DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON THE "BRAVE" FRENCH ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDIT [...]	2003-08-27 08:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI447	COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES: U.S. AND UAE [...] SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 7, 2003, APAO ATTENDED A DIGITAL VIDEO CONFERENCE BETWEEN EMIRATI WOMEN FROM ZAYED UNIVERSITY AND STUDENTS OF A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. AS PART OF A COMMUNICATIONS COURSE PROJECT, THE EMIRATI STUDENTS DESIGNED A SURVEY AND A SERIES OF DVCS TO BRIDGE A [...]	2003-01-28 06:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TC
03ABUDHABI5076	UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is the first in a series of "Talk About Town" cables that the U.S. Mission in Abu Dhabi and Dubai hopes to provide on a periodic basis. These cables will report on local business atmospheric [...]	2003-11-23 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC
03ABUDHABI5411	WHAT YONDER LIGHT DOTH SHINE? UAE NEWSPAPER [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ARABIC DAILY AL KHALEEJ NEWSPAPER RECENTLY PUBLISHED A TWO-PART COMMENTARY ON A POLL CONDUCTED RANDOMLY OF 500 UAE NATIONALS IN SEVERAL UAE CITIES. THE POLL ASKED A WIDE RANGE OF QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A UAE PAPER PU [...]	2003-12-29 03:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TC
03ABUDHABI676	UAEG WELCOMES SECRETARY'S PRESENTATION [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). UAEG PRIVATELY SUPPORTIVE ------------------------- 2. (S) Initial UAEG reaction to the Secretary's presentation has been very encouraging. UAE Information Minister Shaykh Abdullah Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, who w [...]	2003-02-08 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI724	UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]	2003-02-09 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI728	UAE DEPUTY PM PANDERS TO PUBLIC [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The Emirates News Agency reported 2/9 that UAE Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, on the margins of a meeting with visiting former UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter, "stressed the need [...]	2003-02-11 04:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN IZ TC
03ABUDHABI844	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S MEDIA. EDITORIALS LAUDED THE FRENCH AND GERMAN POSITIONS AND URGED THE ARABS TO SUPPORT THESE POSITIONS IN FACE OF U.S. DETERMINATION FOR A WAR AGAINST IRAQ. THE EDITORIALS CRITICIZED ARABS' FAILURE T [...]	2003-02-19 13:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA1107	NIGERIA: NLC THREATENS GENERAL STRIKE OVER FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called on June 24 for a nationwide strike beginning Monday June 30 to protest the GON's fuel price hike. Some in the NLC leadership were lukewarm about a strike; however, the decision was no surprise. The Union's long standing and perhaps its m [...]	2003-06-26 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1150	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO PROPOSES REFORMS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo appears committed to using the first months of his new Administration to introduce key political and economic reforms. On June 18, Obasanjo proposed significant changes to the federal government system and the conduct of elections. The two most salient are: (1) [...]	2003-07-02 11:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1206	NIGERIA: 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 10:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA1385	MOGEROA - ENTERING A SEASON OF POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Politically, Nigeria is tense and this probably will not significantly abate in the near future. Opposition politicians and much of the general populace remain disenchanted with the results of the April elections and the irregularities that attended them. Many opposition figu [...]	2003-08-14 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA15	NIGERIAN RULING PARTY CONVENTION SURPRISE [...] (C ) Summary: President Obasanjo's renomination is highly probable but not certain. The 3,349 delegates to the ruling PDP's national convention began voting around sundown, but the process could drag into Monday morning. On convention eve, the President's renomination seemed assured (Ref A) [...]	2003-01-06 07:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA1516	POLITICAL ISLAM: NIGERIA SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Reftel questions appear to pertain primarily to countries with active Islamist political parties or NGOs, and Nigeria does not fit neatly into these cookie-cutter categories. Nigeria has no national parties or groups that pursue policies consistent with the definition of Political Islam [...]	2003-09-04 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG NI
03ABUJA1559	PUBLIC REACTION TO TAYLOR ASYLUM AND LIBERIA [...] (U) The Nigerian press headlined President Bush's recent commendation of President Obasanjo's efforts in Liberia, and the Nigerian President, received a heroic welcome in Liberia early this week. Nevertheless, Obasanjo is still facing criticism at home for granting political asylum to Charle [...]	2003-09-05 16:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR LI NI
03ABUJA1560	NIGERIA: RULING PARTY COHESION (C-AL3-00674) [...] (S) Responses to specific reftel questions are below. They are based on the assumption that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the ruling party after the various legal challenges to the 2003 elections. BACKGROUND 2. (C) The PDP was founded in the wake of Abacha's death [...]	2003-09-05 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PINS NI KPRP
03ABUJA1627	NORTHERN NIGERIA'S MOST STRIDENT ANTI-U.S. RADIO [...] SUMMARY: "America gives more freedom to Muslims to practice their religion than anywhere else in the Islamic world," says FRCN Kaduna on the eve of 9/11 in the seventh episode of the program series on "Muslim Life in America" presented by State Department-sponsored TV Co-op producer, Buhari A [...]	2003-09-18 13:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NI
03ABUJA1646	VOA SPORTS REPORTING WORKSHOP ON TARGET [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-22 13:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NI
03ABUJA1735	OBASANJO CRITICIZES NLC IN NATIONAL SPEECH JUST [...] (U) On the evening of October 8 President Obasanjo delivered a nationally televised speech sharply criticizing the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Obasanjo bitterly denounced the NLC's strike threat, but also called on the NLC to reach an agreement with the oil marketers (including the GON-ow [...]	2003-10-09 16:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1868	BABANGIDA POSITIONING FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While he had been seen by some as a potential challenger for the 2003 elections, former military Head-of-State Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) faded during the party conventions. Apparently he is now maneuvering for a political comeback in 2007, and "IBB For President" organizations a [...]	2003-10-30 07:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA1976	AMINA LAWAL: OUTCOMES FOR SHARI'A IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) The overturning on appeal September 25 of Amina Lawal's Shari'a court adultery verdict will have different, though minor, effects on the various Nigerians supporting the application of Shari'a in criminal law. Opportunist Muslim politicos and Islamist demogogues are still using Shari'a t [...]	2003-11-19 14:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF NI
03ABUJA2205	NIGERIA,S MOOD REMAINS SOUR [...] (C) Nigerians remain in the same funk as in August (Ref A). Throughout the country the loudest sound is that of grumbling, both stomachs and mouths. While the economy continues to fester, President Obasanjo's policies -- whether reform or asserting his authority -- stoke the coals of discont [...]	2003-12-24 07:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
03ABUJA2207	Success Stories Take Media Beyond Visas [...] Summary. Dozens of PAS success story placements over the last six months broadened Nigerians' perception of USG involvement in southern Nigeria. Beyond the routinely negative visas stories, audiences now see, and want more, stories on the positive USG programs in agriculture, health and edu [...]	2003-12-24 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC
03ABUJA2208	World AIDS Day Activities in Nigeria [...] Summary. The U.S. mission held events in Lagos and Abuja in commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1, as well as throughout the month. PAS Abuja on December 1 screened the AIDS film documentary, "A Closer Walk," to a variety of government officials, NGO activists, and journalists, and [...]	2003-12-24 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KPAO OIIP NI
03ABUJA27	Why Nigeria's PDP Governors Could Not Lose [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP's national convention (Refs C and D) was more competitive than caucuses that renominated every PDP governor regardless of his popularity or lack of it. However, this praise is faint indeed, as the gubernatorial caucuses were blatantly rigged while the national convention [...]	2003-01-06 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM NI
03ABUJA386	NIGERIA: VP ON CURRENT POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Vice President claims his earlier flirtation with running for President was a ruse to distract IBB. According to Atiku, the ambitious former military ruler is now effectively sidelined for 2003. Buhari's base in the North is narrower than most observers believe, Atiku [...]	2003-02-21 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR NI
03ABUJA401	NIGERIA: DID VP ATIKU OUTFOX BABANGIDA AND [...] (C) Summary: During a late January conversation with Ambassador Jeter and PolCouns, Lagos-based businessman Leno Adesanya contended that VP Atiku finessed both President Obasanjo and former Head of State Ibrahim Babangida during the PDP convention in early January. Prior to the convention, Ati [...]	2003-02-25 12:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR NI
03ABUJA650	NIGERIA - OPPOSITION PARTIES IN MARCH MEETING [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a March 10 meeting with numerous opposition political party leaders, Ambassador implored the group to do their utmost to conduct fair and credible elections in April, to eschew violence, and not to condemn and compromise the process before it is started. He cautioned [...]	2003-04-07 23:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI
03ABUJA653	NIGERIA: DELTA OIL CRISIS MAY PINCH THE ECONOMY [...] News that Chevron returned to Escravos to gradually resume oil production is encouraging. Shell also may soon return. However, armed local groups remain a wild card. Their ability to foil resumption of oil production is all too real as evidenced by the April 6 pipeline disruption only a few day [...]	2003-04-08 09:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI
03ABUJA660	NIGERIA: A SWING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST [...] (C) Poloff completed a pre-election trip toigeria's northeast region, the home of incumbent Vice President Atiku Abubakar and a key to President Obasanjo's re- election bidPoloff found crumbling infrastructure, pessimism about the elections and worried Obasanjo-Atiku campaign officials. Pol [...]	2003-04-09 18:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA665	NIGERIA: ANPP AND BUHARI FIGHT THE PARTY'S [...] (C) The ANPP, Nigeria's second largest party in the 1999 elections, has survived its subordinate status for the past four years and remains the strongest opposition party. With its power base in the North, the ANPP also has produced the staunchest presidential challenger to President Obasanjo [...]	2003-04-10 18:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA670	EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...]	2003-04-11 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA674	NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ON APRIL 12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 12 National Assembly elections will demonstrate if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was right when it said it was ready to hold these and the April 19 gubernatorial and presidential polls. In addition to being a logistical "dry run" for the April 1 [...]	2003-04-11 19:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA681	NIGERIA: INEC UNREADY AS BUHARI AND OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF visited local party officials, domestic and international election monitors, academics, and local INEC officials during an April 3- 4 trip to Benue State. Most believed violence is likely if electoral manipulation is obvious. Only a few people believed INEC is prepared f [...]	2003-04-14 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA697	NIGERIA: LEGISLATIVE RESULTS AND REACTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has posted results from about 80 percent of the Senate and House races around the country. Registering over 50 percent of the vote nationwide, the ruling PDP will retain its majority in both chambers unless there is a radical [...]	2003-04-16 19:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03ABUJA715	NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The United States-Nigeria bilateral relationship recently has experienced more friction than has been noted for months. A confluence of foreign policy differences, bilateral concerns, and Nigeria's domestic politics produced this strain. Disagreement over Iraq and our suspension [...]	2003-04-17 20:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS NI
03ABUJA717	NIGERIA: SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As with the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP). Overall, ANPP candidates are expected to benefit from the popu [...]	2003-04-17 21:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA860	NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S MANDATE - HOW HE WON IT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Obasanjo won the election with 62 percent of the vote, with the ANPP's Muhammadu Buhari trailing in the distance at 32 percent. Despite his first Administration not living up to popular expectations, most Niger [...]	2003-05-09 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA905	NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...]	2003-05-16 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI
03ABUJA910	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MAY 16 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Approves World Airways --Ministry of Aviation Launches Nigerianglobal --Nigeria Bans Ice Cream Imports GON Approves World Airways -------------------------- 2. Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe announced at an April 10 p [...]	2003-05-19 07:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAIR NI
03ABUJA934	NIGERIA: READOUT ON ELECTION TRIBUNALS [...] (U) Begin Summary: The Nigerian constitution and the Electoral Act of 2002 allow candidates or parties to petition State Election Tribunals to correct alleged electoral irregularities. Defeated Gubernatorial and Assembly candidates in 24 states have filed cases before their states, tribunals. [...]	2003-05-22 15:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA999	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES POLITICAL ELITES IN [...] (U) Summary: On May 19-20, Ambassador Jeter traveled to the North,s largest city, Kano, for meetings with prominent community leaders and key political players. Four themes dominated the discussions: 1) electoral irregularities; 2) potential for violence after the elections; 3) the independen [...]	2003-06-06 09:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ACCRA632	RULING PARTY WINS FOURTH BY-ELECTION IN A ROW [...] (U) On March 25 the Ruling NPP party won its fourth consecutive by-election since assuming power in January of 2001, handily defeating the leading opposition candidate of the NDC, and two small party candidates. By a vote of 12,220 to 4,929 for the NDC (with 3,705 for the PNC candidate and 24 [...]	2003-03-31 15:16:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GH
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 10:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA66	THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST, [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 16:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU OSCE ADANA
03AMMAN1053	JORDANIANS TAKE PART IN SIZABLE BUT SOGGY ANTI-WAR [...] (SBU) On Saturday, February 15, thousands of demonstrators participated in a 2 kilometer anti-war march through the Shmeisani district of Amman ending at the UN Headquarters there. The demonstration, organized by the Higher Coordination Committee for Opposition Parties, was approved by th [...]	2003-02-18 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1215	DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SAME CONCLUSION: THE USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 24th PolOff met together with former senator Hosni Ayesh, a Palestinian-Jordanian, and former parliamentarian Dr. Ahmad Ennab, an East-Banker. The two men differed in their background, reasoning and style of discourse. Both however, arrived at the same conclusion: [...]	2003-03-02 08:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1356	IAF URGES CITIZENS NOT TO COOPERATE WITH US TROOPS [...] (U) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) issued a statement--published in the Muslim Brotherhood mouthpiece Al-Sabil on March 4--urging Jordanians to boycott US soldiers. The statement called on Jordanians to refuse leasing land, housing, or cars, and not to provide US soldiers with food or servi [...]	2003-03-06 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IZ JO
03AMMAN141	ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK [...] Summary: PAS Amman supports PAS Cairo's request for increased funding, and seeks an additional USD 65,000 supplement for Amman's Arabic Book Program. Funds will be used to encourage greater initiative on the part of publishers and to expand program capacity to publish books in support of ME [...]	2003-01-08 09:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OIIP JO
03AMMAN1433	LOOKING AHEAD: JORDANIAN ELECTIONS AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (C) We believe it is essential that we start to think seriously about Jordan's position in a post-Iraq war environment: what the GOJ will expect us to do, and how Jordan can contribute to achieving our longer term regional goals. Assuming that a military campaign is of limited duration and fu [...]	2003-03-11 09:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN1580	GOJ WELCOMES POTUS STATEMENT ON ROADMAP BUT [...] (C) In what most here see as the final days before the beginning of a U.S.-led war against Iraq, senior GOJ officials have issued a series of public statements welcoming the President's March 14 Statement on the Roadmap and calling for national unity in the face of imminent challenges. At the [...]	2003-03-16 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN1620	JORDANIAN BANKS: WILL WEATHER STORM, BUT FACE [...] (SBU) While fundamentally sound, the Jordanian banking sector faces a number of short- and long-term challenges: Exposure to a military conflict with Iraq, a surplus of banks, high infrastructure costs, and implementation of modern banking and technological advances that are only now beginnin [...]	2003-03-18 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN1621	JORDAN GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES BOARD OF CENTURY [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade has dissolved the Board of the Century Investment Group following accusations of financial and managerial improprieties made by some stockholders. Century is a leading investor in QIZ companies and an outstanding example of business [...]	2003-03-18 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD BEXP JO
03AMMAN1685	TFIZ01. JORDANIAN STREET ON THE EVE OF WAR: [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of likely coalition military action against Iraq, the mood in Jordan is resigned to war, but nevertheless very angry. Although the street is relatively quiet, EmbOffs' conversations with Jordanians on the subject of USG policy, while often beginning politely, invariab [...]	2003-03-19 16:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JO
03AMMAN1867	TFIZO1: 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 17:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1951	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1954	TFIZO1: 99 PROMINENT JORDANIANS LETTER EXHORT KING [...] (C) On March 31, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published an open letter to King Abdullah, signed by 99 prominent Jordanians, urging the King to toughen his stance against the "U.S. aggression" in Iraq. The letter's signers include former prime ministers, ministers, deputies, former intelligence o [...]	2003-04-01 17:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1973	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2007	ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY EYES PARLIAMENTARY [...] (sbu) Although they doubt elections will occur as scheduled on June 17, business leaders in Jordan's main industrial center believe a new parliament will redress the balance of political power in Jordan, giving areas outside Amman a greater voice in policy decisions. While a new parliament [...]	2003-04-03 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON JO
03AMMAN2117	TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher April 8 continued U.S. concerns over the unbalanced coverage in the Jordanian media of events in Iraq. MFA Officer Samer Dabbas and PolCouns also sat in. The Ambassador cited for Muasher several examples of factually incorrect [...]	2003-04-08 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2132	IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...]	2003-04-08 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03AMMAN2206	FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S [...] (S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told PolCouns that King Abdullah and Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb have mis-handled their public approach to the war in Iraq. Majali said that the King and PM have "only an eco [...]	2003-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN2240	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2294	TFIZ01: WHY JORDANIANS OPPOSE A ROLE FOR AHMED [...] (S) Both the official and popular reaction in Jordan to the return to Iraq of Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmed Chalabi has been sharply negative. Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador that a Chalabi role in Iraq would cause "serious problems" for Jordan. Press and popular [...]	2003-04-15 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KCRM PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2363	TFIZ01: DISBURSAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AID TO JORDAN [...] (s) Summary. With preliminary assessment of the political and economic impact of the war in Iraq revealing substantially greater costs than foreseen last year, senior leadership of the Jordanian government, including King Abdullah himself, have urged prompt disbursal of the recently appropr [...]	2003-04-18 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN237	JORDAN FIRST CAMPAIGN PRESSES AHEAD: [...] (C) The "Jordan First" campaign continues to make headlines almost daily as the GOJ moves to implement recommendations put forward in December by the Jordan First Committee--consisting of 31 political and business leaders. While some of the initiatives are straightforward, others--particularly [...]	2003-01-13 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN2528	IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING [...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...]	2003-04-29 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2539	LABOR SUPPORTING PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE; UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fathallah Omrani, Vice President of the Jordanian International Textile Workers Union, told us April 29 he is optimistic a parliamentary candidate in Irbid endorsed by the textile union would be elected. He was also pleased to report increased contact with the Palace on QIZ/lab [...]	2003-04-30 08:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB JO ILAB
03AMMAN2989	JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS, [...] (U) This cable provides background on Jordan's political parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on June 17. Jordan's political landscape, runs the gamut from religious to secular and from left to right, complicated by tribal and family loyalties. The Islamic Action Front, t [...]	2003-05-20 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN3365	TRAVEL OF NEA ADVANCE TEAM FOR WORLD ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance to State/NEA personnel Gary Grappo, Amy Schedlbauer, Jessica Davies and Sonia Franceski to Amman, Jordan from o/a June 10 to o/a June 25, 2003. Purpose of the trip is to assist in coordinating and preparing for USG participation in the World Economic For [...]	2003-06-09 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OTRA ECON AMGT JO POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN3420	ZARQA ELECTION PRIMER [...] (c) Summary: Mohammed Arsalan, a long-time Embassy contact and candidate for the "Chechen" seat representing Zarqa in the new parliament, spoke with econoff at some length about the election process (Byzantine),his chances (good),and the primary concerns of the Zarqa constituency (surpris [...]	2003-06-10 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO INRB
03AMMAN3454	2003 Jazz Ambassadors Fall Tour [...] PAS wishes to be included in the Jazz Ambassadors Program for the fall FY03. We request the Jazz Ambassadors, Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope for four or five program days during their fall tour. We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity. There is a great interest here in Latin jazz, [...]	2003-06-11 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3461	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3513	JORDAN ELECTION MISCELLANY: LAST FULL WEEK OF [...] (C) Front page news in Jordan's English daily, The Jordan Times, details the IAF's last minute threat to boycott the elections due to perceived bias against it by the GOJ. IAF Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour accuses the government of SIPDIS bias against his party by alleging that the gover [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4189	ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT TO PARTICIPATE IN AMMAN [...] The Islamic Action Front (IAF) declared 2 July that it would participate in municipal elections on 26 July but only for seats in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM). IAF plans to boycott all other municipal polls. 2. IAF Secretary-General Hamzeh Mansour announced the boycott in protest [...]	2003-07-10 06:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4403	POLL SHOWS JORDANIANS WANT PARLIAMENT AND SEEK [...] (U) Summary: The University of Jordan,s Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) released an opinion poll 8 July which suggests Jordanians want an active Parliament but doubt that their newly elected Lower House will be an effective law-making body. It also reveals that domestic concerns, not fo [...]	2003-07-16 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
03AMMAN4420	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4441	JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE [...] The following is an Embassy translation of a commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language magazine now on the stands in Jordan, that appeared in the independent, mass appeal Arabic language daily, "Al Arab Al Yawm.". Begin Embassy Translation: . "HI: Connection or Communication? T [...]	2003-07-20 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
03AMMAN4629	JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD JULY [...] (C) Despite a petition endorsed by the Islamic Action front (IAF) and its allies in the Lower House of Parliament to delay municipal elections and review the electoral laws, the government has decided to move forward with the process on Saturday, July 26. In Amman, low voter turn-out is exp [...]	2003-07-24 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
03AMMAN4827	POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM [...] (C) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its political arm, the Islamic Action Front. There are no other Islamic groups in the country that match the MB/IAF in influence a [...]	2003-08-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG
03AMMAN4849	POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR [...] (C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a growing disconnect between government pronouncements on democracy and the popular perception of Jordanian "half-democracy." In a recent conversation with Pol In [...]	2003-08-04 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO

03AMMAN5067	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5245	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S [...] (U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Despite this support, many MPs criticized the prime minister's cabinet and agenda during the five days of debate that preceded the vote. In the end, Abul Rag [...]	2003-08-19 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL JO
03AMMAN5339	BIRTH OF A JORDANIAN "SUPERSTAR" -- AND SOME [...] (U) Diana Corazan, a young Jordanian singing sensation, was declared the new "Superstar" of Lebanon's Future TV August 18 after winning an Arab-world wide vote. Thousands of Jordanians got on the internet or called in to vote for their favorite daughter. After the announcement of Corazan's [...]	2003-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM SY JO
03AMMAN5567	COMPLETION OF FY02 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND [...] SUMMARY: POST'S TWO PROJECTS FUNDED IN FY02 UNDER PRM'S AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE COMPLETED BY JULY 2003. THE TWO PROJECTS - PURCHASE OF A MINIBUS FOR THE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTER AT BAQA'A CAMP AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTE [...]	2003-09-02 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
03AMMAN6185	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-28 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6261	JORDAN'S AMB. IN SYRIA ON TERRORISM IN IRAQ, HAMAS [...] (C) An Embassy contact outlined for us a recent meeting he had with Jordan's Ambassador in Syria. The Ambassador worried about the flow of terrorists from Syria into Iraq, and pressure he feels to permit old Palestinian fedayeen into Jordan. End Summary. ----------------------------------- [...]	2003-09-30 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO JY
03AMMAN6276	JORDANIANS 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 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV IS JO
03AMMAN6409	GOJ 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 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS JO SY
03AMMAN6562	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN673	THE VIEW OF A POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, PolOff met with Nadia Alool, a long-time human rights contact who is contemplating a bid for a parliamentary seat in the forthcoming elections scheduled for this summer. Alool attended Post's political campaign workshop in January. She "is about 65 percent certa [...]	2003-02-02 04:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN7276	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7403	JORDANIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S DEMOCRACY MESSAGE, BUT [...] (C) Despite initial negative press reaction in Jordan to President Bush's November 6 speech calling for democratic reform in the Arab world, several of our contacts inside and outside the government lauded the initiative. At the same time, they almost universally highlighted the lack of U.S [...]	2003-11-13 17:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KDEM PGOV PTER IS JO
03AMMAN7429	ALLEGED CENSORSHIP HIGHLIGHTS PRESS RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) The local press this week reported the alleged GOJ censorship of a political cartoon scheduled for publication in the weekly newspaper Al-Wahda. The government spokesperson denied that the GOJ censors at all, and some commentators are accusing the weekly's editor of trying to get the GO [...]	2003-11-16 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
03AMMAN7449	NEW ROYAL COURT MINISTER ON KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, [...] (C) New Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai told the Ambassador that, on his recent trip to the Gulf, the King had thanked the Kuwaitis for providing Jordan with free oil and had expressed the hope that it continue for a while longer, but neither sought nor received a commitment. PM Fayez will [...]	2003-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN7594	AQABA 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 17:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN7804	JORDANIAN ELITE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll showed that, despite falling confidence in government on the part of "ordinary" citizens, "opinion leaders" have higher hopes for the success of the new government's reform agenda. Embassy sources split along similar lines, with members of the well-educated elite m [...]	2003-12-02 09:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM JO
03AMMAN8169	WASHINGTON BASED IRAQI DIPLOMATS STRESS IMPROVED [...] (C) PolOff met December 8 with two Washington bound Iraqi diplomats assigned to the Iraqi Interests Section. Both cited the critical need for improved security in Iraq to gain popular support for the U.S. presence. The diplomats said many Iraqis resent Jordan's support for Saddam and believe [...]	2003-12-15 10:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8175	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8225	JORDANIAN ISLAMIST LEADERS CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (U) In recent press interviews, the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front welcomed government dialogue efforts, but warned that they would judge the government by its actions, rather than its words. The Islamists called for political reform, a new electoral law, and [...]	2003-12-16 18:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KISL JO KTER
03AMMAN8520	Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History [...] Summary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing the influence of African Americans in Popular American Music. 2. We expect an audience of 60 - 70 people for this DVC program. The audience will consist of st [...]	2003-12-29 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN8605	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER EASILY WINS VOTE OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his Cabinet easily won a parliamentary vote of confidence December 23 with 85 out of 110 MPs backing his government. Twenty-two MPs cast a "nay" vote, including all 17 members of the Islamic Action Front who chided the government for failing to spell out [...]	2003-12-31 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN893	SUPPORT FOR KING ABDULLAH SOLID, BUT CHANGING: [...] (C) This is the first cable in a series that will examine the stability of the Hashemite regime based on the support of its traditional pillars. 2. (C) Despite troubling times in the region and a majority Palestinian population angry over continued Arab-Israeli violence, King Abdullah maint [...]	2003-02-09 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL JO
03AMMAN941	SUBJECT: TV CO-OP PROPOSAL: BILATERAL AND [...] Summary: Embassy Amman proposes a TV Co-op with a three-person crew from Jordan Television, the government-owned and sole local television station in Jordan, to produce original news features in the United States on the role of the Arab and Jordanian community in the United States, with spec [...]	2003-02-10 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
03AMMAN980	PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART III OF IV: JORDAN'S [...] (C) As Jordan prepares to face a possible war on its Eastern border, and then looks beyond the immediate crisis to longer term challenges, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Public Security Directorate (PSD) will serve as key pillars ensuring the stabi [...]	2003-02-14 10:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PINS PGOV PREL ASEC JO
03ANKARA1232	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1447	TEKEL PRIVATIZATION: DOWNSIZING A MONSTER OR JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The AK government has highlighted its commitment to accelerate privatization, and to realize $4 billion in privatization revenue in 2003. The feature privatization in the first half of 2003 is TEKEL. This cable describes Turkey's 70-year old tobacco and spirits giant TEKEL, [...]	2003-03-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1483	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...]	2003-03-07 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA2173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA23	APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEARS TO [...] (U) President Sezer's Dec. 31 approval of a package of constitutional reforms appears to open the door for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for Parliament, and become Prime Minister. A political reform package of legal amendments (the secon [...]	2003-01-02 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA2303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3784	TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]	2003-06-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3992	TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ANKARA: LET [...] (C) Summary: In the metropolitan municipality of Ankara, the campaign season has begun anew. Local elections must be held here by April 2004, although some of our contacts continue to speculate that the ruling AK Party could change the constitution to hold local polls sometime this fall. Cand [...]	2003-06-20 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4026	TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON [...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]	2003-06-24 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4131	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4155	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-30 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4161	TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked companies against Turkish citizens in Turkey, are having a negative impact on his populist, xenophobic Genc Party's standing in the public eye. The controversy surrounding the notori [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4171	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4349	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4655	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4871	TURKEY: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE COMMENTS ON REFORM [...] (C) Hasim Kilic, a senior Justice of the Turkish Constitutional Court and a leading proponent of comprehensive reform in Turkey, offered to A/Polcouns on Aug. 1 his views on the AK Government legislative program and the prospects for further democratization. According to Kilic, AK's legislati [...]	2003-08-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5637	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5671	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP IN DENIAL OVER FLAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) continues to argue against sending Turkish troops to Iraq as part of a stabilization force -- so far to no noticeable effect with the voters. Although hurting at the polls, senior members of the party seem unconcerned with the direc [...]	2003-09-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5757	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN, THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED HIS VIEW THAT TURKEY HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON RECENT GOOD NEWS BY ACCELERATING REFORMS AND RESOLVING INVESTMENT DISPUTES. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLAIMED THE GOT WAS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO REFO [...]	2003-09-11 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA5848	COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]	2003-09-16 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA6002	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6160	TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART TWO [...] (C) Summary: Public support for the AK government is solid in the conservative central Anatolian provinces of Konya and Karaman. If the AK government takes the lead, the local public, although wary, appears willing to go along with sending Turkish troops to Iraq. Government officials and r [...]	2003-10-01 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6266	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6728	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7319	ANOTHER 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 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7446	UNDER 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 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7641	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Unable to regain political momentum or solve ANAP's deepening financial difficulties, colorless chairman Ozdemir resigned days before the party's Dec. 13-14 general convention. Former M.P. Nesrin Nas is likely to emerge as the next ANAP leader. However, her ability to boost ANAP' [...]	2003-12-12 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7691	NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]	2003-12-16 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-30 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7881	COMBATING 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 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
03ANKARA808	TURKEY: ARINC FLEXING PARLIAMENT'S MUSCLES [...] (C) Summary: The growing popular desire in Turkey for comprehensive, systemic change and a more open society gives Parliament, under leadership of AK Party heavyweight Bulent Arinc, room to assert itself and its constitutional prerogatives. In principle the process should be a boon to democra [...]	2003-01-31 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA830	TURKEY: ANTI-AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ITS [...] (C) Summary: Amid an edgy public mood over Iraq, a strident anti-American propaganda campaign is underway in Turkey, encouraged by various political and Turkish State actors. According to our contacts, such rhetoric is resonating with the man on the street, who is (1) convinced that an operat [...]	2003-02-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
03BEIJING13289	CHARISMATIC MUSLIM CLERIC SHUT DOWN BY KUNMING [...] (C) Summary. An independent Muslim cleric in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was banned from preaching by local Islamic officials after he began to attract large crowds to his mosque. Although qualified as an Imam, the cleric got on the wrong side of Chinese officialdom after he traveled as a yout [...]	2003-09-18 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
03BEIJING13394	SCHOLAR ON CHALLENGES TO HU-WEN "OPENNESS" [...] (C) The new "Hu-Wen" government is attempting to push openness in a number of areas, both to demonstrate its closeness to the people and as an antidote to corruption, according to Beijing University Institute of Political Development and Governance Director Xie Qingkun. That agenda has suff [...]	2003-09-19 12:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CH
03BEIRUT5034	LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER LE
03BOGOTA11615	COLOMBIA: 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 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER
03BOGOTA3994	FARC KILLS TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES [...] (S) ON MAY 5, THE FARC EXECUTED TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES- ANTIOQUIA GOVERNOR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND PEACE ADVISER GILBERTO ECHEVERRI- IN AN AREA NEAR URRAO, ANTIOQUIA DEPARTMENT. EIGHT SOLDIERS WHO THE FARC ALSO HAD KIDNAPPED WERE KILLED AS WELL. SOURCES INDICATE [...]	2003-05-06 00:07:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
03BRASILIA1356	MAGALHAES WIRETAPPING CASE GOES TO SENATE FLOOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 30, the leadership of the Brazilian Senate refused to order the opening of expulsion proceedings against Senator Antonio Carlos Magalhaes (PFL) for allegedly ordering hundreds of illegal phone taps against his political opponents in his home state of Bahia. The decisi [...]	2003-05-02 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
03BRASILIA43	LULA GETS STARTED - FIGHTING HUNGER ON A TIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 13:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID BR
03BRASILIA602	UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...]	2003-02-21 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR ENGR
03BRASILIA80	BRAZIL'S PENSION ("PREVIDENCIA") PROBLEM: A BASIC [...] Lula's GoB is set to tackle the abysmal fiscal problem of Brazil's pension system (current budget drain: five-plus percent of GDP.) Of that system's total deficit in 2002, its three million public-sector pensioners accounted for Rs 53 billion; its 20.8 million private sector retirees for just [...]	2003-01-09 09:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03COLOMBO1044	FY-2004 SOUTH ASIA RP ON "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] POST NOMINATES MR. TILINA B. TENNAKOON, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KANDY DISTRICT, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...]	2003-06-16 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1131	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. M. P. ASOKA DIAS, NEWS DIRECTOR- SIRASA, MBC AND MTV, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...]	2003-07-01 07:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1190	President's party weighs in on Tigers, GSL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the June Tokyo donors conference, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, and her People's Alliance (PA) party, have been relatively quiet in their attacks on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his government's ruling United National Party (U [...]	2003-07-08 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
03COLOMBO1222	Charge's Jaffna visit reveals changing [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge and poloff visited Jaffna, in northern Sri Lanka, July 6-8. Demining, high security zones, and LTTE taxation are all high in the minds of local residents. Business activity is up, funded by remittances from abroad and international NGOs. GSL has funded infrastructure r [...]	2003-07-14 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1384	Maldivian presidential selection process set [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian presidential selection process is set to kick off in September, with the Majlis (parliament) selecting a candidate who will stand in a referendum in October. President Gayoom is widely expected to win with ease. Gayoom seems a popular ruler, though the selection [...]	2003-08-07 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM MV
03COLOMBO1389	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1406	Linkup of president's party and radical JVP on [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposed linkup between President Kumaratunga's party and the radical JVP, which once seemed all but sealed, is now on hold. The president has apparently decided that now is not the right time for the alliance. The JVP, with some good reviews under its belt for its activi [...]	2003-08-12 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR CE
03COLOMBO1419	SFRC Staffer Blank's visit to Sri Lanka [...] (C) During his recent visit, SFRC staffer Dr. Jonah Blank traveled throughout Sri Lanka, with stops in Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, and Trincomalee. In meetings with Blank, GSL officials expressed general optimism about the peace process. Contacts in the south, however, expressed concern about T [...]	2003-08-13 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1586	In good news for peace process, President puts [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has firmly signaled that a possible pact between her party and the radical JVP is on hold for now. In explaining her decision, the president made clear that the two sides could not agree on peace process issues. According to observers, however, other fact [...]	2003-09-11 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE
03COLOMBO1623	2003 Human Rights Report for the Republic of [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified entire text. 2. (U) Following is the 2003 Country Human Rights report for the Republic of Maldives. BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Republic of Maldives, which is made up of 1,190 islands, less than 200 of which are inhabited, has a parliamentary style of gove [...]	2003-09-18 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KSEP MV
03COLOMBO1660	Maldives: Recent rioting in capital sparks [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited the Maldives, September 22-24. In the aftermath of the rioting that took place on September 20, Male appeared calm with little sign of any tension. In discussions on the unrest, GoRM officials ritually blamed "drug users" and "miscreants." Observers, ho [...]	2003-09-24 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CASC MV
03COLOMBO1725	2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ELAB KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
03COLOMBO1819	Maldivian President wins another five-year [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom handily won reelection for a sixth term in a national referendum held on October 17. In other local political developments, the government continues to investigate the causes of the rare outbreak of unrest last month. Although he won the referendum in [...]	2003-10-20 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI MV
03COLOMBO1827	Sri Lanka: The political importance of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed the key economic issues involved in possibly signing a Free Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka in Reftels. In this message, Mission sketches out the domestic political context. In a nutshell, the GSL, deeply worried about maintaining support for the peace proc [...]	2003-10-21 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EFIN KIPR PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1861	Norwegians sending placeholder response to [...] (C) Norway is sending a letter to President Kumaratunga informing her that it is reviewing her demand that chief monitor Tellefsen be fired and that the GoN will prepare its own report on the initial October 16 incident which sparked the controversy. The Norwegian Ambassador told the Charge' [...]	2003-10-29 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE NO LTTE
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 10:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER CE NO
03COLOMBO1902	Provoking political crisis, President fires [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sudden move, President Kumaratunga has fired the ministers of defense, interior, and mass communications citing concerns over the "deterioration of the security situation." Late in the day, the President also suspended Parliament until November 19. The PM is in Washington [...]	2003-11-04 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC MOPS CASC CE NO LTTE
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 13:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC SOCI CASC CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1927	Amid tentative signs that the President may [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the dust begins to settle after President Kumaratunga's rapid-fire November 4-5 moves against the UNP government, speculation abounds as to what her true motives are. She and her supporters say she only wants to protect Sri Lanka's "national interest." There are strong indi [...]	2003-11-06 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SOCI CE
03COLOMBO1930	Sri Lanka Update: PM returns; President [...] (C) SUMMARY: To a rapturous welcome, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe returned to Colombo from the U.S. on the morning of November 7. Contacts have told Mission that the UNP government and its allies are continuing to closely consult on how to proceed in response to the President's sudde [...]	2003-11-07 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CASC CE LTTE
03COLOMBO194	Key GSL Minister sets low expectations for [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Minister Milinda Moragoda on February 1. Moragoda set low expectations for the February 7-8 GSL-LTTE talks in Berlin and expressed concerns about Tamil Tiger activities. He also elaborated on his efforts to convince India to engage more re the peace [...]	2003-02-03 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR CE IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1953	MEDIA PLAY: THE LATEST ON SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan English and vernacular media's intense scrutiny of the political stand-off between the Prime Minister and the President continued. The Prime Minister's decision to meet with the President dominated the headlines in all languages. The reaction of political players in [...]	2003-11-12 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO280	UNF government wins no-confidence vote with [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UNF government won a February 18 no-confidence vote with ease. In other political developments: President Kumaratunga continues to work toward forming an alliance with the radical JVP party and there are reports that she may call elections in the provinces soon to test GSL [...]	2003-02-19 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CE
03COLOMBO364	Government considering re-imposition of [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government is considering whether to re-impose capital punishment, which remains on the books, but has not been used since 1976. Some in the GSL say the death penalty would be useful to counter rising crime rates. The Prime Minister's view is not yet clear. The p [...]	2003-03-04 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR ASEC CE
03COLOMBO381	Adviser to president indicates that PA party [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met March 5 with Ronnie De Mel, a close adviser to the president and a senior MP. In a change of tune from a previous meeting, De Mel indicated that a formal linkup between the PA and the radical JVP party was a real possibility and could come soon. If it happen [...]	2003-03-06 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PINR CE
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 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
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 13:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CE NO JA CH LTTE
03COLOMBO522	MEDIA PRIMER [...] Newspapers (English). ----- DAILY MIRROR, a popular, centrist independent daily published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. The MIRROR is available on line at . DAILY NEWS, a government-owned daily. The DAILY NEWS is the English medium flagship of the Lake House newspapers, all of which are go [...]	2003-03-27 09:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO53	SRI LANKA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES GROUND-BREAKING [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament passed three important bills containing ground-breaking, and contentious, labor reforms on January 8. The bills contain new industrial dispute resolution and termination procedures. The legislation is expected to improve industrial relations by prompt and [...]	2003-01-09 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV ETRD PGOV PHUM CE ECONOMICS
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 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ UN

03COLOMBO994	Domestic Politics Update: Meeting between PM- [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's domestic political situation reviews the following: -- In meeting, prime minister and key presidential aide reportedly discuss coalition government -- Supreme Court ruling puts provincial chief ministers in jeopardy -- Sri Lanka debates whether to lift lo [...]	2003-06-09 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PHUM SOCI CE
03DJIBOUTI1510	DJIBOUTI: EXPULSION OF ALIENS DRAWS WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Hundreds of illegal aliens took to the streets on August 16 to protest the Djiboutian Government's declaration that all illegals must depart the country by August 31. As the deadline approaches, Djiboutian security forces are conducting regular sweeps of the city. Over 300 persons per da [...]	2003-08-18 13:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID DJ
03DJIBOUTI1633	DJIBOUTI: DEMARCHE ON ALIEN EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: In response to ref A demarche dissociating the U.S. from Djibouti's on-going expulsions of foreigners, Minister of Interior Wais deplored U.S. insistence on making a public statement. He stressed Djibouti's good historical record on handling refugees, noted that foreigners had b [...]	2003-09-03 17:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL DJ KPAO
03DJIBOUTI536	DJIBOUTI: 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 13:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL CASC KPAO DJ
03DUBAI2696	IRANIANS EAGER TO JOIN THE INFORMATION AGE, BUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING CONSUL GENERAL JOHN LANCIA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN USE OF THE INTERNET AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND THE TREND LOOKS SET TO CONTINUE. CONOFF SPOKE WITH A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND AN INTERNET/TELECOM COMPANY OWNER IN MA [...]	2003-06-28 11:34:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR TC
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 08:10:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV SENV GM
03FRANKFURT2451	SOUTHWEST GERMANY ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL NEWS [...] (U) Summary: This is the first in a series of monthly cables planned to summarize political and economic events in ConGen Frankfurt's consular district. End summary. Political News -------------- 2. New Hesse Cabinet: Corts and Gruettner on the Rise (SBU) Roland Koch named the minis [...]	2003-03-21 13:46:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV GM
03FRANKFURT3946	SAARLAND SPD LEADER CRITICIZES CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During his April 30 trip to Saarland, the Consul General met 34-year-old Saarland opposition leader Heiko Maas in Saarbruecken. The Consul General and Maas, who is the state SPD chairman and Landtag caucus leader, spoke about economic issues, including Agenda 2010 and the upco [...]	2003-05-15 13:32:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM
03FRANKFURT5570	TOP HESSE CDU PLAYERS KOCH AND ROTH TUSSLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse's two most powerful Christian Democratic (CDU) politicians, Hesse's Minister President Roland Koch and Frankfurt Lord Mayor Petra Roth have public disagreements and competing national ambitions. Roth was elected in May 2003 as president of the German Council of Cities. [...]	2003-07-08 13:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EAIR GM
03FRANKFURT5668	SAARLAND'S POPULAR MINISTER-PRESIDENT PETER [...] (SBU) Summary: Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller represents the center-left membership of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Known for his unorthodox, provocative political style, he one of the most outspoken CDU Minister-Presidents. He faces state elections in summer 2004 and cu [...]	2003-07-10 14:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON ELAB GM
03FRANKFURT6409	Stability and Growth Pact: Listerine Syndrome; [...] Summary: "The taste people hate, twice a day." Wretchedly-tasking Listerine's old advertising slogan is akin to the criticism of the EU Stability and Growth Pact (SGP): we don't like these rules, but we need rules at least twice a year when budget results are issued [...]	2003-08-04 13:47:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT682	CDU LIKELY TO WIN HESSE ELECTIONS, PERHAPS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse will see a clear victory for Minister-President Roland Koch and the governing CDU-FDP coalition in state elections February 2. All major opinion polls put the CDU ahead of the SPD by up to 18 percentage points. The dramatic erosion of support for the SPD is attributed [...]	2003-01-24 14:38:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM
03FRANKFURT8270	CDU/Teufel: Insider View of European Constitution [...] (SBU) Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President (M-P) Erwin Teufel (CDU - Christian Democratic Union),a prominent German conservative and active participant in drafting the proposed European constitution, supports the draft constitution despite its shortcomings from a conservative perspective. A [...]	2003-10-06 09:28:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM EUN
03FRANKFURT9706	LAFONTAINE STEPS ASIDE IN SAARLAND CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Saarland Social Democratic Party (SPD) selected chairman Heiko Maas to challenge Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Minister-President (M-P) Peter Mueller in the September 2004 state elections. Maas' nomination to challenge the popular Mueller ended long speculation that th [...]	2003-11-25 11:29:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM PINR
03FRANKFURT9873	Hohmann Anti-Semitism Affair Leaves Open Wounds [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The CDU's tepid and belated response to anti-Semitic remarks by Bundestag member (MdB) Martin Hohmann has highlighted enduring nationalist sentiments and resentment against Germany's Holocaust burden, and weakened leading CDU figure Roland Koch. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On Germa [...]	2003-12-03 14:31:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GM
03GUATEMALA128	PAN IN THE PROCESS OF OVERCOMING INTERNAL RIVALRY [...] (C) Summary: The National Advancement Party's two rival leaders, presidential candidate Oscar Berger and party Secretary General Leonel Lopez Rodas, announced their accord SIPDIS to work together in support of Berger's presidential candidacy. In a symbolic media event on January 13, bull [...]	2003-01-16 17:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA1952	RIOS MONTT REGISTERED AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: FRG leader Efrain Rios Montt was registered as a presidential candidate on July 31, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court ordering the electoral institutions to carry out its decision to that effect of July 14 and void all appeals. Opposition and civil society leaders cal [...]	2003-07-31 17:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2040	GETTING AHEAD OF THE POLICY CURVE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: We need to be planning now as to how we would respond to a variety of contingencies during the campaign and as a result of the November 9 elections. I believe we have in place most of the policy elements we need: a sound public position on the Rios Montt candidacy in the May 27 [...]	2003-08-12 00:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ETRD GT
03GUATEMALA218	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENTIAL PRE-CANDIDATE [...] (C) At a January 24 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, presidential pre-candate Alvaro Colom of the center-left Union for National Hope Party (UNE) said that the main challenge for the winner in this year's presidential election will be to jump-start the economy and to shut down the transn [...]	2003-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PHUM ETRD GT
03GUATEMALA2288	VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...]	2003-09-04 22:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2412	CAMPAIGN 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 19:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2473	SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL KOLBE [...] (U) Summary: Your September 27-29 visit to Guatemala comes in the final weeks of Guatemala's heated national election campaign, leading up to the November 9 election of the President, all members of the unicameral Congress and all local government officials. The sometimes violent confrontatio [...]	2003-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA264	PRESIDENTIAL PRE-CANDIDATE WHITBECK DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Former senior FRG member Harris Whitbeck told the Ambassador that it is almost certain he will run for President as the candidate of the Partido Patriota, and said the FRG has lost much of its popular support. He believes Rios Montt would be defeated at the polls if he runs. The [...]	2003-01-31 16:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2728	ELECTION SNAPSHOT #2: SOUTH COAST HOT SPOTS [...] Summary: Election officials in Suchitepequez and Esquintla provinces generally anticipate a transparent process, with minimal vote fraud. Election officials, OAS observers, and men and women encountered in the street all anticipate high voter turnout. Based on a tiny, unscientific sample, [...]	2003-10-24 18:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2850	SCENE SETTER FOR GUATEMALA'S ELECTIONS: A GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The November 9 elections will pit Guatemala's past (represented by General Rios Montt and his authoritarian vision of Guatemala rooted in the armed internal conflict) against the region's future (represented by Oscar Berger and Alvaro Colom, and their vision of private sector-drive [...]	2003-11-06 19:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2956	CAPITALIZING ON POLITICAL CHANGE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: The assumption of power on January 14, 2004 of a new government more aligned with USG interests offers an opportunity to advance our priority goals in Guatemala by engaging creatively up front on our shared interests in free trade, human rights, strengthening democracy and counter [...]	2003-11-18 23:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID PHUM MASS ETRD SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA473	PROTESTS IN FINAL YEAR OF PORTILLO ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Portillo's virtual absence from public during a time of mounting social protests has led to growing concern about governability. The latest challenges, from teachers, ex-PACs and the "campesinos," are not easily attributed to Portillo's traditional opponents in the private secto [...]	2003-02-21 17:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PINS ETRD ELAB KDEM PINR GT
03GUATEMALA537	TEACHERS STRIKE DEEPENS, TESTING GOG [...] (SBU) Summary: February 26, Day 38 of the national teachers strike affecting 80,000 public schoolteachers and over 2 million students, saw blockades of major airports, ports, border crossings, and oil refineries, and the indefinite suspension of Congress due to the protests. After receiving [...]	2003-02-27 18:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC GT
03GUATEMALA57	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERGER SUPPORTS CAFTA AND A [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on January 7, PAN Presidential candidate Oscar Berger said that the PAN believes it will win the 2003 national elections, and that their priorities as a government would be completing negotiation of a free trade agreement with us, "rightsizi [...]	2003-01-08 22:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD MOPS SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA884	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon March 31 to express concern about a recent case involving torture by security forces in an anti-narcotics raid in Zacapa. The Ambassador also raised the murder of an American citizen on March 28, thr [...]	2003-04-03 16:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC SNAR PHUM GT
03HALIFAX167	NEWFOUNDLAND CHALLENGES OTTAWA OVER FISH [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Newfoundland-Labrador government, stung by Ottawa's decision to shut down the province's cod fishery, is seeking a constitutional amendment to force the federal government to share control of the fishing industry. (END SUMMAR [...]	2003-05-15 15:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIS ECON CA
03HALIFAX238	Nova Scotia Provincial Elections: Tories Left with a [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) Summary: Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm will serve another term in office following this week's provincial elections, but he will do so as head of a minority government. Hamm's Progressive Conservative Party lost seats to both the New Dem [...]	2003-08-08 13:08:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV
03HALIFAX356	NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION: TORY SWEEP ENDS [...] SUMMARY: There could be a new round of political wrangling between the federal government and the newly elected Progressive Conservative Party in Newfoundland-Labrador. In an October 21 provincial election campaign, the Tories led by the charismatic business leader Danny Williams, solidly to [...]	2003-10-23 11:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EPET CA
03HANOI1144	VIETNAM: Have Money? Get ESPN (and CNN)! [...] Summary: Although the Vietnamese government (GVN) regulates access to foreign television, particularly news channels, enforcement of restrictions is limited and many Vietnamese citizens have access to CNN and other foreign channels. High-level CPV and GVN officials, as well as foreigners are [...]	2003-05-09 05:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI1362	Cadre Rotation - Grooming the next generation of [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is attempting to breathe new life into "cadre rotation" in order to train the next generation of leaders as well as to improve the quality of government service and to fight systemic local corruption. Cadre rotation was common during wartime and in the years immediatel [...]	2003-06-03 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI1437	VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...] (U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise in the prominence of lawyers. The just-concluded Nam Cam trial (ref b) showcased pilot changes in court proceedings that are supposed to put defense attorney [...]	2003-06-11 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM
03HANOI1698	IMPLEMENTING PARTY RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. According to CPV and GVN authorities in Hanoi and the Northwest Highlands, new CPV resolutions on ethnic minorities and religion do little more than reiterate long-standing policies, while nonetheless trying to elevate attention to these issues and the need for better implemen [...]	2003-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HANOI2042	WHAT'S (NOT) AVAILABLE AT HANOI'S BOOKSTORES [...] (U) Summary: Government controls continue to ensure that both imported and locally printed books stay within acceptable bounds. Fictional works increasingly are the most popular offerings in Hanoi's bookstores, instead of previous foci on ideological or political titles. Some political publ [...]	2003-08-11 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI2068	VIETNAM: NY LIFE HOSTS SEMINAR ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: On August 5 in Hanoi at a seminar on Vietnam's WTO accession hosted by New York Life (NYL),Charge expressed strong support for Vietnam's efforts to accede to the WTO while also emphasizing the heavy workload Vietnam must complete in order to meet this goal. Opening the seminar, DPM [...]	2003-08-15 01:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTO
03HANOI2462	CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS CHIEF MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: The CPV's top foreign affairs official told the Ambassador he wants better relations and "understanding" with the U.S., and that Vietnam would continue dialogue with the U.S. on human rights and "democracy." He also said Vietnam would participate in the rebuilding of Iraq "accor [...]	2003-09-26 00:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP IZ VM
03HANOI3350	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
03HANOI396	"PROTESTING" FOR PEACE IN IRAQ [...] (U) According to press reports, over 1,300 people turned up for a rally at Hanoi's downtown Cultural and Friendship Hall (a gift from the then-Soviet Union) on February 18 to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Iraq, express opposition to war and embargoes against Iraq, and to call for [...]	2003-02-19 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PTER IZ VM
03HANOI651	"MASS" PEACE RALLIES IN HANOI [...] (U) Similar to the pro-peace meeting they organized on February 18 in Hanoi (ref b),the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF),the Vietnam Peace Committee, the Committee for Asian- African-Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation, and the Vietnam-Iraq Friendship Society jointly sponsored another [...]	2003-03-17 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ASEC PTER IZ VM
03HANOI785	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ, RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Over an informal dinner on March 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed differences over Iraq and their effect on the bilateral relationship. They also explored ways to move the relationship forward, including a series of high level visits, a poss [...]	2003-03-28 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ VM
03HARARE1133	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 4 editions of the two national dailies - the independent "Daily News" and the government- controlled "Herald," continue to focus on the on-going nationwide anti-government protests that are expected to end on Friday, June 6. The demonstrations [...]	2003-06-04 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1319	MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Powell is a slow learner" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 27 editorial to criticizing Secretary of State Colin Powell for penning a critical op-ed in the "New York Times" on Robert Mugabe's government. Excerpts fol [...]	2003-06-27 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1370	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains the top issue for discussion in lengthy editorials being carried in the mainstream newspapers ahead of the July 7 - 12 visit. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush must respect African leadership" the gover [...]	2003-07-08 09:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1437	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to five nations in Africa remains a sizzling issue in the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. An epigrammatic sample of some of the articles, op-ed and opinion pieces follow: 2. Under headline "Cyclone Bush hits Africa" the [...]	2003-07-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1439	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "White House in crisis over Iraq invasion lies" the government-controlled daily "The Herald"(07/15) carried the following op-ed by Patrick Martin on page 6, in which he argues that the on-going muddle surrounding the contents of President George W [...]	2003-07-15 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1446	MUGABE SUCCESSION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two months the domestic written press, both government and opposition, has churned out a stream of reporting on President Mugabe,s possible retirement. The local rumor mill has kept pace. Competing succession scenarios and successor lists have appeared, and differ [...]	2003-07-17 07:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE151	ZANU-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 12:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE1511	FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Experience gained from last June's &Final Push8 attempt at mass action has altered the strategic vision for those promoting and organizing non-violent protest in Zimbabwe. An accurate assessment of the situation and temperament of the Zimbabwean population points away from a &Se [...]	2003-07-28 08:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE1544	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "America's medieval barbarism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 27 editorial to condemning the United States for making public the pictures of Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Quasy, who were killed in a gun batt [...]	2003-07-31 05:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1594	MDC OFFICIAL OFFERS MIXED ASSESSMENT ON CHURCHES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gandhi Mudzingwa, MDC's Director of Presidential Affairs, on August 7 told poloff that mixed signals from ZANU-PF underscored the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing bishops' attempt to jump start talks. He reported that a ZANU-PF source had approached him about derailing the e [...]	2003-08-08 10:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE1656	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Will America learn from its past mistakes?" the pro-government weekly "Business Tribune" carried the following feature article by Billet Magara in which he criticizes the United States for leading a military campaign against Saddam Hussein, sayin [...]	2003-08-21 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1782	MINISTER OF STATE NKOMO ON INTERPARTY TALKS: HASTE [...] (c) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of State for Special Affairs John Nkomo on September 10 as a follow up to last month's meeting (ref a). The talks centered on HIV/AIDS programs, the role of NGOs in distributing humanitarian food assistance, the status of interparty dialogue, an [...]	2003-09-11 07:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ZI
03HARARE1794	UNDAUNTED BISHOPS SEEK BENCHMARKS TO STIMULATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The bishops troika on September 10 updated Ambassador Sullivan on their efforts to facilitate inter-party talks. They were encouraged by ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo's invitation to a meeting earlier that day, although they did not expect ZANU-PF to re-activate the bishops' initi [...]	2003-09-11 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1903	MEDIA REPORT "DAILY NEWS" UPDATE; HARARE [...] Since the government of Zimbabwe outlawed the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe on September 12, the popular independent daily newspaper "The Daily News" has not been appearing on the streets for five days. The newspaper's website has the message: "We apologize for th [...]	2003-09-18 14:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1973	MUNICIPAL POLITICS TESTING THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saddled with the responsibility to provide services in often far-flung communities, new MDC mayors' and councils' effectiveness will be constrained by legal battles, a lack of resources, and the threat of interference from the Ministry of Local Government. The MDC's victories in [...]	2003-09-30 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI
03HARARE1976	TAKING STOCK OF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With signals from ZANU-PF and MDC suggesting that they may be preparing to resume negotiations, Embassy offers this inventory of factors likely to play on each party's negotiating posture during the run-up to and in the conduct of talks. To date, neither party appe [...]	2003-09-30 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1977	BISHOPS PROPOSE PARTIES' RETREAT [...] (C) Bishop Trevor Manhanga on September 26 offered the Embassy an update on the so-called bishops' initiative. According to Manhanga, the bishops continued to meet personally with representatives from each party at least once a week. They remained especially encouraged by ZANU-PF's posture, [...]	2003-09-30 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1997	THE DAILY NEWS STRUGGLES TO RETURN TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) Since Sept 24 (reftel) the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),has not succeeded in getting an edition on the streets. TDN,s parent company, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),was optimistic several times about returning to press only to see the g [...]	2003-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI KPOL
03HARARE2044	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador has determined that the severe and complex political, economic, social and humanitarian crises facing Zimbabwe continue to be of sufficient magnitude to warrant USG assistance and is therefore exercising the disaster assistance authority, as per Reftel B and 2 FAM-061-062, in de [...]	2003-10-09 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE2313	MASS 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 10:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE2332	ZANU-PF TAKES PARLIAMENTARY SEAT FROM MDC - TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF took a parliamentary seat from the MDC in a by-election held on November 29 - 30 in Kadoma Central. Neither candidate articulated a campaign message in interviews with poloff who visited the area the day before voting began. The MDC candidate alleged intimidation and vot [...]	2003-12-02 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE2359	RULING PARTY SUCCESSION RACE: IS ZVINAVASHE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The retirement of Vitalis Zvinavashe as commander of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) and his emergence on the national political scene underscore uncertainties surrounding the ruling party's contortions over prospective leadership succession. His possible appointment as Vice-P [...]	2003-12-05 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE30	FOOD 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 15:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ZI
03HARARE450	ZIMBABWE: SIMBA MAKONI ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said the recently-announced modest fuel hike and announcement of an export support mechanism were supported by every ZANU-PF politburo member except Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, but the measures were unlikely to have much of an effect on Zimbab [...]	2003-03-03 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE537	Humanitarian Assistance Field Observations [...] From March 4-8, (2003) USAID/AFR/SA Officer (AIDOff) MacNairn conducted three field trips to assess the delivery and impact of humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe. Events covered for these field trips included a seed fair, a food distribution (also attended by DCM Whitehead),and an intervie [...]	2003-03-14 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE579	HIV/AIDS MESSAGES REACH MILLIONS OF [...] Summary: USAID/Zimbabwe is making creative use of television to reach millions of youth with HIV/AIDS messages. Adolescence is a period of dynamic change and although many youth are healthy, they face the risks of unwanted pregnancies, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. In Zi [...]	2003-03-20 13:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV ZI HIV AIDS
03HARARE615	Business Leaders Push Envelope - Gently [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean business leaders told us they are increasingly willing to assert themselves with GOZ ministers. Still, they acknowledge that their outspokenness has its limits and carries some risks. End summary. Modest Break-Through? --------------------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Su [...]	2003-03-26 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE648	MDC WINS HIGHFIELD AND KUWADZANA [...] (C) The opposition MDC won by-elections in the Harare high-density suburbs of Highfield and Kuwadzana by significant margins, despite an electoral process tilted heavily in favor of ZANU-PF. The March 29-30 voting process itself was peaceful and orderly, if at times slow. The environment in [...]	2003-03-31 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE678	Zimbabwean Media and Public Opinion on War in [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of efforts by both government-owned and privately owned media to spin war news for local political purposes, the conflict in Iraq remains a distant concern for the great majority of Zimbabweans. Public opinion is quietly anti-war and tends t [...]	2003-04-07 06:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI IZ
03HARARE683	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] The war to disarm Iraq remains a popular topic for op- eds in the mainstream media. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "United States pursuing hidden commercial agenda in Iraq" the April 7 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the fol [...]	2003-04-07 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE729	ZIMBABWEAN UNIVERSITY PROFILES [...] This cable is the first in a series looking at issues related to higher education in Zimbabwe. ---------------------------------- SCENESETTER: EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE ---------------------------------- 2. Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has invested heavily in education, impro [...]	2003-04-14 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL ZI
03HARARE781	Zimbabwe's Fuel Hikes: Why No Leadership? [...] (SBU) Summary: A week after raising fuel prices 3- fold, President Mugabe has offered no rationale or counsel to a shell-shocked populace. The aging Marxist seems unable to verbalize the case for economic orthodoxy. End Summary. 2. (U) Each day, this economy becomes more surreal. Many l [...]	2003-04-23 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE833	HARARE MAYOR SUSPENDED [...] (C) The suspension of Harare mayor Elias Mudzuri, on April 29 for alleged mismanagement of the city is an effort by the ruling party ZANU-PF to regain control of the capital city. The Minister of Local Government, Public Works, and National Housing, Ignatius Chombo, by applying Section 54 of th [...]	2003-04-30 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY426	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VINH LONG [...] SUMMARY: On May 5, 2003, Ambassador Burghardt, DPO, and Conoff traveled to Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Representative Chris Gilson. The Ambassador met with representatives of the provincial People's Committee and Union of Friendship Organi [...]	2003-05-13 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY466	KEEPING THE LID ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a flurry of economic reforms and trade liberalization heralded by the signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement over a year ago, Ho Chi Minh City's press reporting and cultural programs remain mired in self-censorship, media "guidelines" and an arbitrary permit process t [...]	2003-05-30 08:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY578	NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR OFFICIALS FROM DANANG AND LAM DONG [...] Summary. A spurt of promotions will see the Party Secretaries from both Danang City and Lam Dong Province move to high-ranking positions in the Communist Party in Hanoi. The Danang City Deputy Party Secretary will then become the Party Secretary there, while a Deputy Minister of Agriculture [...]	2003-06-26 00:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV VM DPOL
03HOCHIMINHCITY655	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AS A GATEWAY TO THE U.S.? [...] Summary: Recent advertisements carried in local Ho Chi Minh City newspapers for a real estate investment opportunity in Houston, Texas, attracted significant interest among local investors and the local press. Post interest was aroused by implications in the advertisements that this investme [...]	2003-07-21 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CJAN ECON SOCI VM EINV
03ISTANBUL127	RISING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Widespread and increasingly vocal opposition to a possible war against Iraq is on the verge of evolving into a more general anti-American backlash in Istanbul. Our observations, Istanbul contacts, and recent polls and surveys lead us to believe that anti-American sentiment is shar [...]	2003-01-29 14:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER KISL TK
03ISTANBUL1347	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH (FINALLY) MEETS WITH AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with FonMin Abdullah Gul and IntMin Abdulkadir Aksu on August 8 and 12, respectively. Though both ministers publicly and warmly received Bartholomew, the meetings did not yield any concrete steps forward on property issues or recognition of [...]	2003-09-12 21:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1348	DEEDS FOR SALE! GET YOUR PROPERTY DEEDS RIGHT HERE! [...] (SBU) Summary: A property amnesty currently being planned by the Justice and Development (AK) Party government has set off a flurry of debate and criticism in Istanbul. AK sees the measure as a potential major source of revenue, a realistic solution to a long-ignored problem (i.e., "illegal" [...]	2003-09-15 05:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TK
03ISTANBUL1384	THE ISTANBUL BAR AND ITS DETRACTORS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul Bar is at once a defender of the legal profession and historically a leader in promoting respect for human rights and rule of law in Turkey. With a broad and ambivalent membership and a new nationalist/statist administration, however, the Bar currently ap [...]	2003-09-18 12:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1616	AKP LAYS ISTANBUL GROUNDWORK FOR MARCH 28 LOCAL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following Ruling AK Party national congress (reftel),the Istanbul AK Party organization is gearing up vigorously at the grassroots level for next year's March 28 municipal elections. Not content merely to rely on the party's performance at the national level, the Istanbul AK P [...]	2003-10-31 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03ISTANBUL1627	KURDISH LANGUAGE NUDGES INTO PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a small sign that Turkey's EU reforms are beginning to have some impact, Kurdish singer Ciwan Haco performed on a popular prime time television show on October 25. The show's host, Hulya Avsar, herself half-Kurdish, took pains to strike a balance between Turkish patriotism a [...]	2003-11-04 08:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL294	TURKS WEIGH AN IRAQ OPERATION'S TOURISM IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish government and tourism industry officials are bracing in anticipation of a sharp downturn in tourism in the event of an Iraq operation. The sector, Turkey's largest foreign exchange earner, turned in a good performance in 2002, earning over 10 billion USD (27 percent o [...]	2003-03-07 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL349	RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we look back at his only major previous government experience --- as Istanbul Mayor from 1994 to 1998. End Summary. Refah and Grassroots Politics ---------- [...]	2003-03-14 14:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL TK
03ISTANBUL508	SUB-GOVERNORS SURVEY SECURITY AND POLITICS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, several of Istanbul's kaymakams (sub-governors) were surprisingly open in describing the challenges they face in overseeing proper functioning of the security apparatus. Pointing to a massive rural-urban migration to Istanbul over the past several decades as a [...]	2003-04-11 13:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL636	ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...]	2003-05-05 11:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03ISTANBUL953	SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...]	2003-07-09 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TK
03JEDDAH828	TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...] (C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT),TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH CALLING FOR REFORM. A "SELF-MADE" LAWYER, ALIM WAS CHOSEN IN DECEMBER 2002 TO REPRESENT SEVERAL SAUDI CHARITIES IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 LAWSUIT AND ADMITS T [...]	2003-04-14 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA
03JERUSALEM2293	HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel),PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...]	2003-08-05 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS
03JERUSALEM2771	FATAH LEADER HINTS AT PM ABBAS'S DOWNFALL [...] (C) Summary: Fatah Central Committee member and frequent Arafat ally Sakher Habash, in a conversation with Pol/C in Ramallah 9/3, said he saw only two ways out of the ongoing political crisis in the Palestinian Authority: either PM Abbas makes amends with Arafat and the Fatah leadership, or h [...]	2003-09-04 16:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
03KABUL1008	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) On April 8, Ambassador met with Privatization Commission Chairman and former Minister of Public Works, Khaliq Fazal. Fazal,s comments focused on deteriorating security conditions around Kandahar, infiltration of Pakistanis in the south, political demands on President Karzai, and the regre [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KABUL955	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with French Ambassador, Jean Pierre Guinhut, on April 6. The Ambassadors reviewed Afghan security conditions in the aftermath of Iraqi Freedom, lingering obstacles to economic growth, and progress on the drafting of the Afghan Constitutio [...]	2003-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KATHMANDU1033	NEPAL: KING NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) On June 4 King Gyanendra named former National Democratic Party President and four-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to head a new interim government. The Palace is reportedly seeking the participation of other mainstream political parties in the Cabinet. Many observers bl [...]	2003-06-04 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU1071	NEW NEPAL PRIME MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman Acharya, convoked the Charge' privately on June 10 under instructions from the new Prime Minister and Acting Foreign Minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa. The Secretary explained the PM's current efforts to persuade the major political parties to [...]	2003-06-11 05:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP

03KATHMANDU1099	NEPAL: MAOIST TRAINING, RECRUITMENT, EXTORTION [...] (C) The ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, declared on January 29, enters its fourth month amid evidence that the Maoists continue to train, recruit/conscript, and extort money from the local population. Violations of the code of conduct persist, with the [...]	2003-06-13 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1262	REPORT ON TRAVEL FROM CENTRAL NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. On June 23-25, PolOff visited Bharatpur, headquarters of Chitwan district in Nepal's central lowlands, and Dhadingbesi, headquarters of Dhading district in the central hills. Officials in both districts reported that Maoist activity, including extortion and training, continues. [...]	2003-07-06 05:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1263	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 24 - 30, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-06 08:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1472	ACTION REQUEST: NEPALESE PARTY LEADER INVITED TO [...] (S/NF) On August 1, Pashupati SJB Rana, Chairman of Nepal's National Democratic Party (RPP),reported to the Ambassador that he has been invited to travel to North Korea by its Ambassador to Nepal, Jon Son Myong. Rana offered to deliver points that align with U.S. policy, and he is willing t [...]	2003-08-04 06:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PINR PARM KN NP
03KATHMANDU1516	MEETING WITH ONE OF NEPAL'S MOST SENIOR DEMOCRATS: [...] (C) On August 7, the Ambassador met with Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, a founding father of Nepal's democracy, and Narayan Khadga, a former Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission, to discuss the internal dynamics of the Nepali Congress Party, Bhattarai's recent discussions with the Kin [...]	2003-08-08 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1559	NEPAL: UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH MAOISTS PRESENT [...] (C) The third round of negotiations between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, scheduled to take place on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj, could prove a watershed in the fitful peace process. We expect this round to be more substantive--and thus potentially [...]	2003-08-15 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1571	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Third round of peace talks: The government conceded (8/17) two key demands of the Maoists an interim government that would also include them and a round table conference but rejected their demand for a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. The Maoists said [...]	2003-08-20 05:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1612	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR GLUM ON PROSPECTS [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and a Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiator with the Maoists, appeared pessimistic about prospects for dialogue after the August 17-19 round of talks (Refs A-B). The Maoists rejected, among other things, a GO [...]	2003-08-25 10:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
03KATHMANDU1666	NEPAL: CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS [...] (SBU) On August 28 and 29, Nepal's civil society and international missions issued strong statements condemning the Maoists' withdrawal from peace talks. An umbrella school association organized the largest rally in recent memory to encourage both sides to return to the negotiating table. Th [...]	2003-08-29 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1674	NEPAL: 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 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL 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 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU18	NEPALI KING'S PUBLIC ADDRESS WELL ATTENDED; [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 3 King Gyanendra assured thousands of attendees at a much-heralded "civic reception" in the southeastern border city of Biratnagar that he will uphold multi-party democracy and urged all groups to work together toward national unity. Biratnagar residents defied a [...]	2003-01-03 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU1814	NEPAL: COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER ON ALL-PARTY [...] (C) In a September 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary Madhav Nepal emphasized that he hopes the Palace will invite the political parties to form an all-party government. A strong leader is needed to deal with the Maoist [...]	2003-09-16 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1841	UPDATE 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 07:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1890	AmCit Trekker Attacked and Robbed on Annapurna [...] SUMMARY. On Saturday, September 27, 2003, American citizen Sean Gamble called the Embassy reporting that he had been attacked, injured and his passport stolen by a group of four assailants while trekking on the eastern portion of the Annapurna Circuit, near the village of Tal. The attack app [...]	2003-09-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1979	NEPAL: MAOISTS UNSUCCESSFUL IN TWO ATTACKS ON [...] (C) Summary. On October 10 and 12, Maoists launched the two largest attacks on Nepalese security forces since before the January 2003 ceasefire. In both incidents, between 300 and 500 Maoists attacked Armed Police Force (APF) camps in the southern lowlands (Terai) of the mid-western region. [...]	2003-10-14 07:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2048	NEPAL: 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 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU2163	NEPAL: 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 05:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2164	NEPAL: ICRC LAMENTS POST-CEASEFIRE DROP IN ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2248	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 11 to 17, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties to go in forceful and comprehensive manner: The five political parties protesting against the royal takeover of October 4 last year have decided to continue with the protest programs in a more forceful and comprehensive manner in days to come. (Centrist "Kantip [...]	2003-11-18 02:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2318	NEPAL: MORE MURMURINGS, BUT HOW MUCH MOVEMENT [...] (C) Once again, political circles in Kathmandu are reporting signs that King Gyanendra may be considering another initiative to broaden multi-party participation in the government. The Palace reportedly has sent initial feelers out for separate meetings with the heads of the two largest pol [...]	2003-11-26 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN NP GON
03KATHMANDU2363	NEPAL: 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 08:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2469	NEPAL: 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 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU25	MAJOR 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 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU262	NEPAL: MAOIST CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING; [...] (SBU) The Maoist insurgent leadership seems to be enforcing so far the moratorium on armed violence among its lower-level cadre across the country. There have been no reports of violations of the ceasefire, although extortion of funds from major business houses reportedly continues. Revised [...]	2003-02-12 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU440	NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENTS LOCK OUT UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) On March 9 members of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) padlocked administrative offices at 25 branches of Tribhuvan University. Maoist student leaders threaten that the lock-out will continue until the Government of Nepal (GON) [...]	2003-03-11 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU549	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT RAISES PETROL PRICES [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) raised prices on all petroleum products to prevent further losses by state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). The price increase should substantially reduce the corporation's monthly losses, but will not produce a profit. Prior to the increase, rumo [...]	2003-03-26 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU572	NEPAL: MAOIST IDEOLOGUE SURFACES IN CAPITAL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Since his return to the capital March 28, Maoist ideologue and second-ranking leader Baburam Bhattarai has conducted a media blitz, appearing at two consecutive press conferences, a Reporters' Club ceremony, and a popular television talk show. In his appearances so far, Bhatta [...]	2003-03-31 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU643	NEPAL: KING ADDRESSES FAR-WEST [...] (U) Summary: On April 4, King Gyanendra addressed thousands at a civic reception in Nepal's far-west. The King's brief remarks highlighted the importance of the monarchy as an institution, the need for good governance to achieve development, and his commitment to representative multiparty d [...]	2003-04-08 06:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER NP GON
03KATHMANDU656	NEPAL: MAOISTS ON MEDIA OVERKILL; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Since his emergence from under ground nearly two weeks ago, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai has dominated the headlines and airwaves of the Nepali media. The Maoists have used the opportunity to criticize the Government of Nepal (GON) and the political parties for ineptitude; to empha [...]	2003-04-10 07:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU723	NEPALI MAOISTS POSTPONE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Maoist negotiators have postponed the first round of "introductory" talks with their Government of Nepal (GON) counterparts that were scheduled to begin on April 21. The postponement reportedly took the Palace by surprise. Maoist negotiator Krishna Bahadur Mahara told the media t [...]	2003-04-21 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PTER ASEC
03KATHMANDU740	NEPAL: APRIL 23 KATHMANDU STRIKE WELL OBSERVED; [...] (U) A general strike, or bandh, called for Kathmandu Valley by the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party student union was generally widely observed on April 23. A few private and commercial vehicles were seen plying the streets, while most shops remained shuttered. There were a few scattered [...]	2003-04-23 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU769	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS HOLD FIRST ROUND OF [...] (SBU) On April 27 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held the first round of peace talks with their Maoist counterparts in a Kathmandu hotel. During the talks the Maoists presented a set of 24 demands that included a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution; the integration of th [...]	2003-04-28 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU814	NEPAL: PM'S ADDRESS RILES PARTIES; TURNOUT IN [...] (C) Leaders of most mainstream political parties reacted negatively to a May 2 televised address by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, focusing on his criticism of their behavior, rather than on his offer to step down for the good of the nation. So far, however, the parties' efforts to i [...]	2003-05-05 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU860	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT HOLDS SECOND ROUND OF DIALOGUE [...] (U) On May 9 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held a second round of talks with Maoist insurgents at a hotel in Kathmandu (located less than one km from the Embassy). The talks concluded more quickly than the first round, held April 27, ending after only two and a half hours. As of 4:00 [...]	2003-05-09 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU885	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: MAY 6 - 12, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS "SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS" -- The government and Maoists made incremental progress in the second round of peace talks (5/9) with the former agreeing to release a few jailed rebels and even limiting the Royal Nepal Army to within five kilometers of their barrack [...]	2003-05-13 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU902	NEPALI ARMY REJECTS 5KM RESTRICTION DEMANDED BY [...] (U) On May 14 Col. Deepak Gurung, spokesman for the Royal Nepal Army (RNA),publicly denied that the Government of Nepal (GON) had agreed to confine soldiers to a 5-km radius of their barracks, as reported by Maoist negotiators, the press, and other sources close to the negotiations (Reftel). [...]	2003-05-15 10:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU945	NEPAL ARMY CLAIMS HEARTS-AND-MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Over the past month, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has been conducting a series of one-week civil affairs programs in 25 Maoist-affected districts in the east and mid-west of the country. While most of the programs so far feature mobile medical clinics, in some areas the RNA has carried out [...]	2003-05-22 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU961	NEPAL: KING KEEPS PARTIES AT BAY [...] (C) His public and private statements of support for the principle of multiparty democracy notwithstanding, King Gyanendra continues to hold mainstream political parties at arm's length. Contrary to recent widespread expectations, he has taken no visible steps to form an all-party government. [...]	2003-05-23 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU967	NEPAL'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 03:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KINSHASA61	VERDICT IN LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 7, JUDGES FOR THE HIGHEST DRC MILITARY COURT HANDED DOWN THEIR VERDICT IN TRIAL OF PERSONS ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA. OF THE 130 PERSONS ON TRIAL: -- 30 WERE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY (SIX OF WHOM FLED THE COUNTRY IN 2000 A [...]	2003-01-08 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CG
03KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT 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 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1283	(C) SCENESETTER FOR GOK MINSTATE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Planning, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, leaves Kuwait April 6 on a whirlwind tour to Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. To governments that opposed Operation Iraqi [...]	2003-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1842	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI [...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]	2003-05-05 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2134	DART ASSESSMENT OF KARBALA [...] DART Field Team West traveled to Karbala to meet with local officials and gather assessment information on 15 May. The population is generally friendly and happy with the Coalition presence. There have been neither threats to Coalition forces nor targeted incidents. Sixty Iraqi police offi [...]	2003-05-20 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2456	KUWAITIS VERY DISAPPOINTED AT POTUS CANCELLATION [...] (C) During their June 4 meeting, MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah shared with the Ambassador Kuwait's extreme disappointment at the cancellation of POTUS' visit to Kuwait. Dr. Mohammed led off the meeting by noting that the Kuwaiti people had looked forward to the vis [...]	2003-06-04 16:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU OVIP
03KUWAIT2790	DART UPDATE ON MARSH ARAB SETTLEMENTS [...] DART members from Kuwait City made several visits to Marsh Arab settlements in Maysan governorate between 4 and 9 June, including Al Amarah, the governorate's capital, and Al Khaila, a non-Marsh Arab community east of the Maimona "River of Honor". DART members were sometimes accompanied by [...]	2003-06-23 15:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2993	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2994	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDMR KU
03KUWAIT3044	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary: Post-election Kuwait's somewhat defused political environment offers greater latitude than before for USG action. Post confirms Ref C recommendation that absent substantive evidence linking certain Islamic charities to terrorist activity, USG interests might best be served via co [...]	2003-07-03 01:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...]	2003-07-16 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3423	GOK SAYS P.A. SUPPORT A BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with the Ambassador on July 27 and 28, respectively, MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti financial support for the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Both made it clear that Kuwait intends to treat fina [...]	2003-07-29 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KU XF
03KUWAIT3536	(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...]	2003-08-04 10:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3603	EMBASSY ADDRESSES CONCERNS ON STUDENT VISAS, NSEERS [...] SUMMARY: Security concerns in Kuwait this year disrupted traditional preparations to study in the United States. As a counterbalance, PAS and the Consular Section have collaborated on several public affairs initiatives designed to facilitate study in the U.S. Our Consul has a [...]	2003-08-06 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CVIS SCUL KU
03KUWAIT3605	ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM KU
03KUWAIT3731	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 11-13: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: In an article entitled "Why the Distortion?" one commentator takes issue with President Bush's evaluation of the situation in Iraq one hundred days after the end of major military operations. Despite Prime Minister Abbas' reported statement of condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of [...]	2003-08-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3970	KUWAIT 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 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4053	KUWAIT 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 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT408	POW FAMILIES APPEAL TO POTUS [...] The Ambassador met January 28 with a group of family-members of Kuwaiti POWs/missing persons, who handed him a letter in Arabic addressed to POTUS appealing that consideration be given to protecting Kuwaiti detainees in Iraq during a confrontation The Ambassador assured the group that the U. [...]	2003-02-02 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PHUM PREL MARR KU
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4459	(C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...]	2003-09-29 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT4467	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29: [...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...]	2003-09-29 16:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4503	(U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...] (C) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop music concert held in Kuwait as "unIslamic." The protest highlights a major division in Kuwaiti society, and could backfire given the popularity of such entertainm [...]	2003-10-01 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR 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 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5183	(U) JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Kuwait on November 11, meeting with the Amir, Crown Prince and PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. During his two-hour stay, the King discussed the current situation in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jordan's bilateral [...]	2003-11-12 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ JO
03KUWAIT5807	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communique issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communique. Among the points of the communique highlighted i [...]	2003-12-27 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5808	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communiqu issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communiqu. Among the points of the communiqu highlighted in t [...]	2003-12-27 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT818	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 6: EXILE FOR SADDAM; [...] Summary: While Kuwaiti chief editors spend today penning editorials of sputtering outrage following the Iraqi vice-president's characterization of Kuwait at Wednesday's OIC session as "a monkey and a valet" in the service of America, op/eds from earlier in the week praise the proposal of Sha [...]	2003-03-07 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT99	(U) POLITICAL BATTLE HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION, STIRS [...] (U) Summary: In yet another round of anti-government political fighting, MP Abdullah Mohammed Al-Naibari has submitted a request to conduct a parliamentary investigation, or "grilling," into the activities of a government minister. The threat of a grilling has fueled rumors that the Amir may b [...]	2003-01-14 06:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03LAGOS102	NIGERIA; A VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST - PART 1: ABIA [...] (C) Summary. Orji Kalu, dubbed the "Action Governor" by President Obasanjo for his aggressive style and ability to get programs and projects going in Abia state, recently won a year-long administrative and political tussle with his disgruntled Deputy Governor and half the State legislators. [...]	2003-01-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS2078	CHEVRON'S VIEW ON THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chevron management some two weeks ago President Obasanjo ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to cancel all outstanding orders for refined petroleum products, thus committing the country to an abrupt course of petroleum market reform and libe [...]	2003-10-08 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
03LAGOS2153	NIGERIA: FROM THE ASHES OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (U) The liquidation of Nigeria's ailing national carrier, Nigeria Airways Limited, may at last be moving forward. According to Bismarck Rewane, Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, a leading Lagos-based economic think tank, the Ministry of Justice has begun making prepa [...]	2003-10-20 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON NI
03LAGOS2287	PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Funsho Kupolokun, former Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum Matters, was appointed new GMD, effect [...]	2003-11-04 17:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI
03LAGOS2293	TOURISM IN NIGERIA: FOR THE BIRDS [...] (SBU) Summary: If a tourist came to Nigeria to look at endangered species (or for any other reason),he or she would be the most endangered species of all. Nigeria has practically no tourist industry, but there is no inherent reason why that should be the case. While we might have doubts ab [...]	2003-11-05 14:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON NI
03LAGOS2363	OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...]	2003-11-17 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS504	NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...]	2003-03-07 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI
03LAGOS563	NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...]	2003-03-17 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS685	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS [...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...]	2003-04-02 06:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT
03LAGOS886	NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...]	2003-04-28 12:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI
03MONTREAL453	Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996, [...] SUMMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage and immigration, figures which are closely watched in Quebec, by both the media and government. The Statscan numbers show Quebec to be 3 percent more bilingu [...]	2003-04-02 18:07:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA
03NASSAU586	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2003-03-18 16:47:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON EFIN PREL CARICOM
03NASSAU722	HUBERT INGRAHAM A YEAR LATER - NO EXCUSES, NO [...] (C) POL/ECON section chief met with former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on April 8 for a wide-ranging discussion of his tenure in office and current Bahamian politics. Ingraham freely gave his opinions about current political developments such as the upcoming Free National Movement (FNM) co [...]	2003-04-10 10:58:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BF SNAR
03OTTAWA1636	CANADA PROVINCIAL ELECTION: MANITOBA RE-ELECTS NEW [...] SUMMARY. As expected, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and his left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) won a second majority government in the June 3 elections. The Manitoba NDP is a strong proponent of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly and a driving force behind Canadian opposition to U.S. propo [...]	2003-06-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA NDP
03OTTAWA1722	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-18 15:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1740	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA2062	MAGAZINES: GOC CUTS ITS MAGAZINE SUPPORT FUND, [...] On July 8 the GOC announced cuts/changes to its funding programs in support of Canadian magazines. These programs were the key measures put in place in 1999 following resolution of a U.S.-Canada bilateral dispute concerning periodicals. In making the cuts, the GOC pronounced the magazine i [...]	2003-07-18 18:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2104	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; ICC [...] "Fallout from Iraq" The centrist Winnipeg Free Press observed (7/8): "...Mr. Bush's reasons for going to war may be questioned more and more sharply, as next year's presidential election approaches, if popular support for the Iraq invasion ebbs and poor performance of the U.S. economy saps [...]	2003-07-23 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2128	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA; [...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...]	2003-07-25 14:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2129	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST [...] "Bush's 16 words" The conservative National Post opined (7/22): "...As things stand, the pro-and anti-Bush camps sit at a sort of stalemate, both sides waiting for the leak that will definitively vindicate their version of events. But it is more likely the brouhaha will end with an inconclu [...]	2003-07-25 14:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2251	CANADA: LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE DOWN TO TWO, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Liberal Party will formally elect a new party Leader on November 15, but that individual will not/not become Prime Minister of Canada until incumbent Jean Chretien's retirement - announced for February 2004. With only two leadership contenders remaining, the question is not [...]	2003-08-08 13:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO 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 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA589	CANADIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Political Director Jim Wright told us that the Canadian proposal at the UNSC is not an attempt to mediate, but a set of ideas that might help the Council focus again on disarmament rather than on internal divisions. Wright appealed for USG public statements to keep [...]	2003-03-03 23:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA723	DISTANT NEIGHBORS, NORTHERN STYLE: CANADIAN [...] Summary and Conclusion. International debate on the war on terrorism and impending war in Iraq has raised serious concern about "What the World Thinks" about the United States and its foreign policies. This is as true for Canada as for the rest of the world. Canada is our largest trading par [...]	2003-03-14 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KPLS CA
03RANGOON1164	BURMA'S PRIVATE BANKS FACE FINAL ORDEAL TO RESUME [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese government seems poised to allow private banks to resume operations if they meet seven financial conditions. The government has severely limited private banking operations since a run and subsequent crash in February. Even without the authorities' blessing, many smal [...]	2003-09-19 03:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BM
03RANGOON1339	POPPIES, AK-47S, AND WOLFRAMITE: A TRIP TO WA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A brief visit to a major opium production region in eastern Burma, some of it well outside the writ of the Rangoon generals, presented some clear themes. The non-Burman militias and governments that hold sway in the eastern border zones govern a region that is far more reliant [...]	2003-10-24 01:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINS PGOV ECON BM
03RANGOON1429	ANATOMY OF A BURMESE POLITICAL BLOOD BATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Additional information on the May 30 Depeyin attack continues to emerge from victims and eyewitnesses, providing new context and clarity to the regime's true role in the premeditated assault on ASSK and the NLD. On November 4, NLD members smuggled to us video footage of Aung San [...]	2003-11-07 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1519	RANGOON INCIDENTS/ANOMALIES [...] (U) The following are incidents of hostile intelligence service activity reported by Embassy officers in recent weeks. 2. (S/NF) On November 11 the Deputy Chief of Mission hosted an event at his residence for the official Amcit community. Military Intelligence (MI) officers questione [...]	2003-11-25 04:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	ASEC PREL BM
03RANGOON31	END GAME IN BURMA'S ETHNIC WARS [...] (C) Summary: Burma has basically won its ethnic wars. While some small-scale operations continue, the situation now is nothing like it was in the late 1980s. Then, 20 separate insurgent groups could put more than 60,000 troops in the field in Burma. Now, the five or six groups that remain ac [...]	2003-01-08 10:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PHUM PREL MOPS BM

03RANGOON517	EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...]	2003-04-30 00:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON696	COM PRESSES HOME MINISTER TO RELEASE DETAINEES AND [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, COM had a frank meeting with Minister of Home Affairs Colonel Tin Hlaing to discuss the recent crackdown on the NLD and to deliver an advance copy of this year's Trafficking In Persons report. On recent NLD detentions, Tin Hlaing denied press reports that the gover [...]	2003-06-12 12:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON764	NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS - BURMESE GOVERNMENT CENSORS [...] (U) The Burmese government is now censoring or controlling distribution of some foreign periodicals that are normally sold with official authorization in Burma. This is an effort to remove international reports of the May 30 attack on the National League for Democracy (NLD) convoy in Depeyin a [...]	2003-06-26 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO BM
03RANGOON846	BURMA'S BANKS: STILL AWAITING SENTENCING [...] (C) Summary: The situation for some of Burma's largest private banks may have stabilized for the time being, though it is still critical. The government, despite some tinkering around the edges, has still not revealed its vision for the future. We're sure of only two things: the economy will [...]	2003-07-16 08:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BM
03RANGOON890	MANDALAY OUTREACH CENTER: NOW MORE THAN EVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (SBU) Summary: In order to expand its democracy training and outreach, Embassy proposes to establish an American Center Teaching Annex in Mandalay (see reftels),Burma's second largest city and its geographic and cultural center. The American [...]	2003-07-25 05:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ABLD ASEC BM
03RANGOON900	BURNING FOR BOOKS IN BURMA: HIGH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: American Center publications and library programs are currently enjoying new highs of popularity. The military government of Burma censors the press, dictates radio and television broadcasts, limits access to the internet, and controls every educational institution across Burma, c [...]	2003-07-29 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KDEM PGOV BM
03RANGOON910	BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Â [...]	2003-07-31 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC
03ROME1455	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL NOVAK IN [...] U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL NOVAK (AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE) ADDRESSED KEY ITALIAN AND VATICAN AUDIENCES ON THE ISSUE OF "IRAQ AND THE JUST WAR THEORY" FEBRUARY 7- 10. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE WAS TO CLARIFY THE JUST NATURE OF U.S. IRAQ POLICY TO INFLUENTIAL ITALIAN AND VATICAN AUDIENCES, INC [...]	2003-04-07 10:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PRC
03ROME2474	PENSION REFORM: NERO'S ORCHESTRA PRACTICING FOR [...] Like many of its European partners, the Berlusconi government is struggling to reform Italy's generous pension system and control anticipated runaway growth in pension expenditures in the coming years. At this stage, it's not at all clear the government will succeed. There's widespread agre [...]	2003-06-05 07:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV IT
03ROME2497	HEIRS TO MONARCHY MAKE ROYAL MESS OF RETURN TO ROME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The highly publicized "official" return to Rome of the heirs to Italy's deposed monarchy was met with indifference by most Romans. The reaction within the Jewish community, though, was anything but indifferent. The family sought, and received, high-profile meetings with Pres [...]	2003-06-05 15:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IT
03ROME250	SCENE-SETTER U.S-ITALY COMMUNICATIONS BILATERAL [...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS INTENDED AS AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ITALYS COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TO HELP WASHINGTON AGENCIES PREPARE FOR MARCH 6-7, 2003 BILATERAL MEETINGS IN ROME. 2. SUMMARY. ITALY HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DEVELOPED COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE AND FIXED LINE MARKE [...]	2003-01-21 15:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD IT EUN
03ROME3029	BERLUSCONI, THE ITALIAN JUDICIARY AND EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: On the cusp of Italy's EU presidency, the Berlusconi government's agenda has been eclipsed publicly by the Prime Minister's renewed rhetorical assaults on the Italian judiciary (septel addresses the furor caused by Berlusconi's offensive outburst in the European Parliament July 2 [...]	2003-07-03 10:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EU IT EUN
03ROME3047	BERLUSCONI'S MOUTH MAKES SECOND ROME TREATY FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Berlusconi's tasteless insult to German MEP Martin Schulz reduces the likelihood of a second Treaty of Rome and exacerbates the difficulties the Prime Minister will have serving in the role of "honest broker" as European Council President-in-Office. The vast majority, non-head [...]	2003-07-03 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME4236	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND THE "CHINA THREAT" [...] Summary: The weakness of export markets and a perceived loss of Italian competitiveness have fueled a summer-long debate in Italy on the "trade threat" posed by China. The debate, led by Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and his close ally, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, has highlighted [...]	2003-09-17 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5001	EU/TURKEY CONFERENCE TAKES SOBER BUT HOPEFUL VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 20-21 POLOFF ATTENDED AN EU-TURKEY CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE AND ASPEN INSTITUTE-ROME THAT DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES TURKEY FACES IN ATTAINING EU MEMBERSHIP. WHILE NONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS APPEARED TO DOUBT TURKEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BECO [...]	2003-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TU IT PREL EUN
03ROME5639	PRESIDENT CIAMPI SENDS CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA REFORM [...] Summary: Italian President Ciampi declined to sign draft legislation reforming Italy's media sector December 15 and sent the bill back to Parliament. Ciampi cited technical legal conflicts and broader concerns about the legislation's potential constraints on media pluralism in a further- lib [...]	2003-12-18 08:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME5665	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY HAS UNEVEN SUCCESS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Against the backdrop of EU members' continuing divisions over Iraq, Italy's EU Presidency managed to further U.S. interests in fighting terrorism and in keeping the EU's defense and security policy in accord with NATO and the Berlin-Plus agreement - in line with Italy's Presidency [...]	2003-12-19 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IT EUN
03ROME579	PARLIAMENT PASSES AMBITIOUS LABOR MARKET REFORM [...] SUMMARY: PARLIAMENT LAST WEEK APPROVED A SWEEPING REFORM OF ITALY'S RIGID EMPLOYMENT RULES. THE MEASURE IS ONE OF THE MAIN STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC REFORMS PROMISED BY THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT AND THE FIRST TO BE APPROVED BY THE PARLIAMENT. THE NEW MEASURES ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE EMPLOYERS MORE FLE [...]	2003-02-13 12:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV IT
03SANAA1150	YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: NEW BLOOD, MODEST REFORM, [...] (C): Begin Summary: ROYG Prime Minister Ba Jammal's new Cabinet (complete list para 12) introduces several fresh faces, but incumbents retain the major ministries and all Ministers are members of the General People's Congress (GPC). At a glance: - By relative population, the South (10 Ministe [...]	2003-05-21 04:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1192	TERRORIST FINANCE: SANAA: PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Summary: The head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had little substantive comment on the USG designation of the al-Aqsa Foundation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Al-Aqsa is a sensitive subject in Yemen and USG efforts to extradite al-Aqsa's local leader, Sheik [...]	2003-05-29 09:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1263	AMBASSADOR'S 6/2 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: U/S BOLTON [...] (C) Summary: In a 6/2 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said he looked forward to visiting WDC, possibly with Interior Minister Alimi for policy discussions. He welcomed Ambassador's readout of the FBI Director's meeting with Saleh earlier the same day. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the upcomi [...]	2003-06-07 08:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANAA127	YEMEN GENERAL AND ISLAH PARTY REACTION TO ARRESTS [...] (S) Summary: The arrest of al-Moayed in Frankfurt has surprised many in Yemen, and public reaction is extremely negative. He is a well-known humanitarian to Yemenis, and many have expressed shock about a possible connection to al-Qaeda. The Islah party is particularly concerned, and simil [...]	2003-01-14 13:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1313	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 09:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA138	SANAA EAC MEETING - 14 JANUARY 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 14 to assess the security implications of the two recent detentions of Yemeni citizens in Germany (see reftel),and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was the need [...]	2003-01-19 04:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA1411	MOAYED: ROYG MAKES AN 11TH HOUR APPEAL [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Begin summary: Yemen has launched an aggressive 11th hour campaign for the return of Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moayed, now awaiting an extradition ruling in Germany on charges of support for terrorist organizations. After raising [...]	2003-06-19 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA1684	WEAPONS BUYBACK REDUX [...] (S/NF) Brigadier General Shater, under orders from President Saleh, held a 7/2 viewing of ROYG proceeds from recent weapons buyback collection efforts for the Ambassador and other USG officials (reftel). On July 6, Shater met with the Ambassador to ascertain the U.S. reaction to the display [...]	2003-07-10 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1879	SALEH DEMARCHE ON AL-MOAYED AND CT SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Saleh July 30 pressed Ambassador and Legatt-designate for an arrangement on al-Moayed to avoid political embarrassment to Yemen. Legatt briefed Saleh on FBI proposal for Yemeni investigators to come to New York and cooperate on al-Moayed case. Saleh also pressed for a [...]	2003-08-02 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM ENERGY TERFIN
03SANAA2218	PROMINENT EXILES RETURNING TO YEMEN [...] (c) Summary: Prominent Yemeni exiles who left after the 1994 conflict continue to slowly return to Yemen, including most recently Dr. Abdul-Aziz al-Dali, a former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) foreign minister. The 2002 Presidential pardon of 16 separatist Yemen Socialist Party [...]	2003-09-06 08:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2251	YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD [...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...]	2003-09-10 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2730	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...]	2003-11-18 09:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2763	MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM [...] SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to the al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist groups have been mentioned in government, opposition and indepe [...]	2003-11-22 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA331	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE CIVIC [...] (U) Summary : The Civic Democratic Initiatives Foundation (CDF) conducted the "Democratic Initiatives Enhancement Program: Voter Registration Education Project". It was a media project campaign aimed to inform the people that their old voter registration cards were no longer valid and encourag [...]	2003-02-19 07:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA37	YEMEN FOREIGN MINISTER ON COUNTER-TERRORISM, [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Qirby on January 5 at the MFA to follow-up on the SCUDS and pouch issues and to discuss counter-terrorism cooperation and upcoming USG programs. Also present were MFA advisor al-Iryani, A/DCM and A/PolEcon Chief (notetaker). 2. (S) [...]	2003-01-06 14:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA380	IRAQ: EVOLVING YEMENI ATTITUDES TOWARD A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: ROYG policy and Yemeni street opinion publicly oppose a war in Iraq, but the underlying reality is more nuanced. The public line articulated by Saleh and senior officials strongly denounces war and advocates concerted Arab action to prevent it, but includes no/no expression of [...]	2003-02-27 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA516	SANAA 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 17:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA579	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 23 [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, enhanced security measures and Embassy security posture. EAC decided to move from StandFast to MoveSafe effective 3/23 at the close of business. Key offices and personnel repr [...]	2003-03-23 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA593	TF1Z01: 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 10:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA794	TFIZ01: YEMENI MIXED REACTION TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni government continues to manage its anti-war credentials and cooperation with the U.S. by playing both sides, although the fall of Baghdad has spurred efforts by the ROYG to move cooperation forward with the U.S. Citizen reaction to Saddam's regime collapse remains to [...]	2003-04-15 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA805	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING APRIL 16 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 16 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. The EAC decided to return to normal operations on April 19, and to formally request the cancellation of authorized departure -- to incl [...]	2003-04-17 08:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA819	PRESS PLAYS ON EXAGGERATED ECONOMIC FEARS, ROYG [...] (C) Summary: Grave economic consequences from the war in Iraq have been predicted in both official and unofficial Yemeni press. However, most of the articles have been based on conjecture and faulty math. In response, ROYG officials have been reinforcing positive economic news and developing [...]	2003-04-17 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EPET YM COM
03SANAA86	ROYG SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE YEMENI [...] (S) Summary: Formerly on the defensive regarding counter-terrorism cooperation with the U.S., the ROYG has seized the initiative in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks to push forward on broad CT activity and put opposition parties on the defensive. Its public outreach and media cam [...]	2003-01-08 14:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA882	MARIB: ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA955	YEMEN,S ELECTION: CITIZENS BET ON DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary: The April 27 parliamentary election demonstrated significant progress in Yemen's democratic path despite some flaws. Obvious enthusiasm and interest by voters in the campaign, including more than 75% turnout on election day, indicate a healthy appetite for democracy in Yemen. [...]	2003-05-01 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANTODOMINGO4415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] The GODR is making progress in implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Updated information for 2003 Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting purposes follows. BEGIN ANSWERS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. A) Whether the country has adequate laws and r [...]	2003-08-22 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO4915	FORMAL PACT: CIVIC LEADERS TO MONITOR DOMINICAN [...] (U) A ceremony including President Mejia, other presidential candidates, GODR officials, business and union leaders, and the diplomatic corps, held September 8 at the Catholic University in Santo Domingo, formally approved a non-government committee ("comision de seguimiento") of nine academic [...]	2003-09-12 19:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO5759	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DISPUTE OVER RE-ELECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is wrangling internally over whether to nominate President Mejia as its candidate in the national election next May. Other aspirants to the PRD nomination, arguing that presidential re-election violates party policy and that the unpop [...]	2003-10-17 16:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO6075	AMBASSADOR AND EXIM BANK METTINGS WITH PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Ex-Im Bank officials had a series of meetings October 20-21, with President Mejia, members of his economic cabinet and International Monetary Fund Representatives. Mejia expressed frustration about delays in disbursement of loans from the IMF and the multilater [...]	2003-10-29 11:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN ENRG EINV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6166	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE [...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]	2003-10-31 14:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6486	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL WORK [...] (C) Summary: A national work stoppage November 11, successfully organized by leftist groups and a few unions to protest deteriorating economic conditions and the government's economic policies, attracted wide participation and shut down businesses across the country. Although most cities rem [...]	2003-11-13 01:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ELAB PINS PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6826	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #3: POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Following is the third in our series on the Dominican presidential election: POLITICAL PARTIES GIRD FOR CAMPAIGN The May 2004 presidential election in the Dominican Republic will be the first in more than two decades not to be decided by the late strongman and ex-president Joaquin Ba [...]	2003-11-25 22:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6931	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #4 -- RE-ELECTIONISM [...] (SBU) Following is the fourth in our series on the Dominican presidential election: RE-ELECTIONISM (U) Why does Dominican President Hipolito Mejia continue to drive toward re-election, in the face of increasingly vocal dissent? The business sector and politicans are deeply worried about [...]	2003-12-01 22:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7132	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #6: PRD'S RUMP: HATUEY, [...] (SBU) Following is the sixth in Embassy Santo Domingo's presidential election series: PRD'S RUMP: HATUEY, HATUEY, HE'S OUR MAN Party President Hatuey De Camps was the winner of the rump nationwide primary election on December 7 organized by his dissident faction of the ruling Dominican Re [...]	2003-12-08 20:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7304	ASSISTANT 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 21:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7343	DOMINICAN PRESS PRAISE FOR AMBASSADOR HERTELL [...] Dominican newspapers have reacted favorably to the Ambassador's recent actions staking out the U.S. position on free and fair presidential elections. They recently carried a number of accounts stressing U.S. impartiality in Dominican politics, based on comments from leaders of opposition pol [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7490	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #11: PRD PRIMARY SLIPS TO 2004 [...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our Dominican presidential election series: PRD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: SHOW POSTPONED AGAIN, CAST UNCERTAIN As foreseen in Ref A, President Mejia's three challengers in the PRD presidential primary that had been rescheduled for December 21 pulled out, amid ch [...]	2003-12-19 23:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7570	DOLLARS SCARCE AT OFFICIAL RATE -- BLACK MARKET GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 11:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SOFIA88	SQUARING THE LAWYERS' CIRCLE: LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE FOUR MOST PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE SO-CALLED "LAWYERS CIRCLE," WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL WITHIN THE RULING NATIONAL MOVEMENT SIMEON II (NDSV),HAVE COME UNDER VARYING DEGREES OF SUSTAINED CRITICISM IN RECENT WEEKS, MUCH OF IT RELATED TO CORRUPTION. THE PRIME MINISTER H [...]	2003-01-10 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PINR BU
03STATE217991	ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS. KALLA SPOKE OF THE GOI'S NEED TO COMBAT POVERTY AND IMPROVE PRIMARY EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM [...]	2003-07-29 12:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID
03STATE287996	TERRORIST FINANCE: RE-DESIGNATION OF FTOS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE (SEE PARAS 2 AND 5.) 2. (U) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HAS DECIDED TO REDESIGNATE, UNDER SECTION 219 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED, ALL FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]	2003-10-08 23:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN CVIS KVPR
03STATE9334	NONPAPER 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 02:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA1144	POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY FORCES ISSUE COMMINIQUE: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 14 post received a communique from a group calling itself the "Popular Revolutionary Forces" announcing the beginning of a campaign to overthrow the Maduro government and vowing to evict "Yankees" and other foreign occupiers. The communique's rhetoric fo [...]	2003-05-16 01:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PINR PREL CASC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1462	ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST ANTICLIMACTIC [...] Only 100-200 protesters turned out on June 18 to voice their opposition to CAFTA negotiations, signaling that there is little focused, popular resistance in Honduras to the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The demonstration, which so far has been the only organized protest [...]	2003-06-23 14:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD SOCI PREL ECON ELAB ASEC PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1497	HONDURAN PARLACEN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday June 20, a Honduran representative to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN),Cesar Augusto Diaz Flores, was arrested in Nicaragua for trafficking and possession of seven kilos of heroin (said to be worth some USD 6.3 million and a portion of a larger 20-kilo shipmen [...]	2003-06-25 20:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1642	A LATIN AMERICAN POPE? CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ DEEMED [...] (U) Summary. Pope John Paul II's increasing frailty has prompted discussion over potential successors to the papacy, among which experts have identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Maradiaga Rodriguez of Honduras as both a popular and geographically strategic candidate. Despite the Euro-centric [...]	2003-07-11 16:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM HO VA
03TEGUCIGALPA1724	STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...]	2003-07-22 19:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1904	HONDURAN CONGRESS VOTES TO CRIMINALIZE GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 8, the Honduran National Congress approved a bill banning membership in street gangs and other groups that associate for the purpose of committing crimes. The bill prescribes prison terms for those convicted of being gang members, with sentences ranging from three to 12 [...]	2003-08-12 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1912	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...]	2003-08-13 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
03TEGUCIGALPA2034	IMF AGREEMENT HINGING ON SALARY LAW [...] (SBU) The imminent GOH submission to Congress of a new government salary bill (substituting the broader Civil Service Framework bill) is dominating the political debate in Honduras this week. President Maduro and his team have appeared on the airwaves and taken out ads in the papers defending [...]	2003-08-27 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB EAGR PINR ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2222	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-18 21:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PREL PTER PHUM SOCI HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2231	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) Demonstrations: (1-A.) Yes. Additionally, there are a number of organizations and groups under the loose collective leadership of (and affiliated with) the Bloque Popular that have been carrying out anti-American demonstrations, as well as demonstrations targeting local issues. The [...]	2003-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC HO PGOV PTER
03TEGUCIGALPA2301	HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY CLAIMS MURDER [...] Although still exceptionally high (ref B),according to Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez September 23, the murder rate in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula declined approximately 24 percent since the passage of anti-gang legislation in early August (ref A). (Note: As reported in [...]	2003-09-26 22:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2384	CODEL MEMBERS MEET WITH HONDURAS' THREE LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Kolbe visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras September 27 as part of a Central American trip. After touring the Elcatex maquila owned by the Canahuati family and meeting with leaders of the Honduran Maquila Association, members of the delegation met at the maquila with leaders [...]	2003-10-09 15:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EAID PREL OREP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2467	SCENESETTER FOR SECREATRY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearly half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces an uphill battle in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His administration, having never been quite able to muster the polit [...]	2003-10-22 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2614	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" carried a front page photo of the press event at Casa Presidencial featuring Secretary Powell, President Maduro, the Honduran Minister of SIPDIS Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Ambassador Larry Palmer with the headline "The U.S. does no [...]	2003-11-05 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2622	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" carried a front page photo of the press event at Casa Presidencial featuring Secretary Powell, President Maduro, the Honduran Minister of SIPDIS Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Ambassador Larry Palmer with the headline "The U.S. does no [...]	2003-11-06 21:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2648	IMF TEAM RETURNING TO HONDURAS TO NEGOTIATE A [...] (SBU) Summary. An October IMF mission visit to Honduras found enough progress and high-level commitment to agree to return in November for the negotiation of a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. The government hopes to be able to push legislat [...]	2003-11-07 23:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB EAGR PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2662	IMF IN HONDURAS: PROSPECTS FOR AND OUTCOMES OF AN [...] (C) Summary: If the Maduro government comes to an agreement with the IMF, the National Congress is likely to approve the necessary measures. Of those measures, an increase in the fuel tax could potentially be the most difficult, and runs the risk of adding a new constituency, the transportati [...]	2003-11-12 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2814	HONDURAS: 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 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2915	HONDURAN TEACHERS UNIONS OPPOSED TO ANY REDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduran teachers' unions are a key player in the ongoing effort by the GOH to complete the domestic requirements of a deal with the IMF (ref A). The five teachers' unions, three for primary teachers and two for secondary teachers, strongly oppose a proposed civil service law [...]	2003-12-17 14:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA425	DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEGUCIGALPA: FOCUS IS ON GOH [...] (SBU) Political demonstrations continue off and on in Tegucigalpa, led by various small organizations, the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, secondary teachers (COPEMH),and others. Sometimes the protests are staged outside the Embassy, but more commonly they are held downt [...]	2003-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PINR SOCI ASEC CU HO
03TEGUCIGALPA442	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA RECOMMENDS EXTENSION OF TPS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras remains an extremely poor country, still trying to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. While most USG-funded post-Mitch reconstruction efforts are complete, serious long-term challenges make the situation extremely difficult for the average Honduran. Hon [...]	2003-02-14 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA548	HOSTAGE SITUATION IN NAHUATERIQUE POCKET ON BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25 at around 10:00am a Honduran patrol comprised of seven police and four military personnel was surrounded by approximately 400 compesinos in the Nahuaterique pocket on the border with El Salvador. The incident occurred after the patrol had confiscated a number of c [...]	2003-02-27 23:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA606	MADURO ANNOUNCES RETALIATORY TARIFFS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 3, President Maduro announced a number of retaliatory countermeasures against Nicaragua including a 35 percent tariff on goods and increased fees for the use of Puerto Cortez and national highways. The retaliatory action by the GOH is the latest chapter in the long-ru [...]	2003-03-06 14:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS ETRD PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA726	HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...]	2003-03-21 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON 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 18:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA754	TFIZO1: ANTI-WAR PROTEST OUTSIDE EMBASSY SMALLER [...] On March 24, from about 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., a demonstration against the war in Iraq took place outside the Embassy. The event was organized by Carlos Reyes, President of the Popular Block, an anti-U.S. leftist organization. Participating in the demonstration were other like-minded organiz [...]	2003-03-26 15:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA856	POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS FIRST HONDURAN [...] (C) The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has not yet named a Honduran ambassador to Cuba. Several names have been circulating as potential candidates. As noted in reftel B, first among these is Rene Arturo Bendana, former Ambassador to Spain and to the U.S. under past President Raf [...]	2003-04-08 18:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETTC PINR CU HO UNHCR
03TEGUCIGALPA912	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) Demonstrations: Responses to reftel (A). (1-A.) Yes. Additionally, there are a number of organizations and groups under the loose collective leadership of (and affiliated with) the Bloque Popular that have been carrying out anti-American demonstrations, as well as demonstrations tar [...]	2003-04-15 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC HO PTER
03THEHAGUE1857	DUTCH: SUMMARY OF EU THOUGHTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Following delivery of HR reftels on July 21, MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Human Rights, Hans Docter (protect source),confirmed that the EU will introduce UNGA resolutions on Burma and the DRC; a decision on Iran has been postponed until early September, but appears likely. Docter also s [...]	2003-07-22 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR BM CG ZI KN NL UNGA UNHRC UN
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE2002	ICTY: SENIOR PROSECUTORS PUSH FOR PLEA AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) successfully negotiated four plea agreements during the three months that ended with the plea of Darko Mrdja on July 24. According to ICTY Chief of Prosecutions Michael Johnson, the plea agreement [...]	2003-08-08 11:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2981	AVIATION SECURITY: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT NEW U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch aviation security officials and national carrier KLM recently voiced their shared concern that new U.S. requirements for inspections of incoming cargo (a.k.a. the 10% rule) will be difficult for carriers to meet. The Dutch contend that their inspection procedures are [...]	2003-11-28 14:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON NL
03VATICAN4751	JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY [...] (U) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. The Pope is one of the most compelling public figures of the 20th Century, and continues to garner international attention even as he struggles with physical li [...]	2003-10-17 11:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SOCI VT
03VATICAN4874	BIOTECH: IIP VISITOR GIDDINGS INFORMS VATICAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 12:52:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAGR TBIO VT
03VATICAN523	IRAQ: DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH HOLY SEE FM TAURAN: VATICAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF ADDITIONAL UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINSTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TOLD VISITING DASD IAN BRZEZINSKI FEBRUARY 7 THAT THE GAP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND HOLY SEE'S POSITION WAS ""NOT THAT BIG,"" ADDING THAT THE HOLY SEE AGREES THAT THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR SADDAM AND THAT HE NEEDS TO COOPERATE. FOR THE HOLY S [...]	2003-02-10 05:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ VT NATO
03VATICAN5521	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW IRAQI CHALDEAN PATRIARCH [...] (C) IN TWO MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR, THE NEWLY ELECTED PATRIARCH OF THE CHALDEANS AND FORMER BAGHDAD AUXILIARY ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL-KARIM DELLY, LED OFF HIS REMARKS BY CONVEYING HIS GRATITUDE FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN IRAQ TO REMOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER AND HIS HOPE FOR RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN [...]	2003-12-10 13:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL VT SOCI PGOV IS
03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
03YEREVAN2992	(IMI) ARMENIA: REPORT ON KOTAYK PROVINCE [...] On October 6-9, 2003, Embassy's BISNIS representative visited the Armenian province of Kotayk to explore investment and trade opportunities for U.S. companies and to expand U.S.-Armenian commercial ties. He met with the province's business leaders and government officials. This is another in [...]	2003-12-12 06:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
03YEREVAN3091	GOAM REJECTS A1+ BROADCAST TENDER APPLICATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenia's Radio and Television National Commission announced December 30 that it would reject the bid of the A1+ media group for the last available television frequency. The announcement marked the seventh time since 20 [...]	2003-12-30 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
03ZAGREB107	CROATIA: THREE YEARS OF POST-TUDJMAN GOVERNMENT; A MIXED REPORT CARD [...] (C) WITH ONE GREAT EXCEPTION, THE THIRD YEAR OF THE RACAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00107 01 OF 05 151634Z GOVERNMENT RESEMBLED THE FIRST TWO: CROATIA MADE MODEST PROGRESS ON SOME REFORM ISSUES, STUMBLING FORWARD WHILE SPENDING FAR TOO MUCH ENERGY AND TIM [...]	2003-01-15 15:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HR

03ZAGREB159	SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]	2003-01-22 18:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
03ZAGREB1756	USAID-FUNDED PRE-ELECTION ACTIVITIES DELIVERING [...] Croatia has made important progress on reforms since the elections in January 2000 brought an end to the nationalist regime of former President Tudjman's HDZ party. But this progress is fragile, and if the next parliamentary elections result in a government that is not committed to continuing [...]	2003-08-08 14:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2132	WHO'S WHO IN CROATIAN POLITICS - AN ELECTION PRIMER [...] (C) Croatia's next parliamentary elections are expected to take place on November 23. For the uninitiated, the number of political parties, alliances and personalities might seem overwhelming. At this stage in Croatia's democratic development, political parties are beginning to stake out di [...]	2003-10-02 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HR
03ZAGREB2217	POLITICAL PARTIES IN CROATIA - ELECTION PRIMER, [...] (C) Croatia's transition from socialism through war and finally towards integration in Euro-Atlantic institutions has led to a proliferation of political parties. Fully sixteen parties are now represented in Croatia's parliament and still others hope to win seats in the next Sabor. Some of t [...]	2003-10-15 07:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HR
03ZAGREB2381	ELECTIONS: "OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN BEGINS - BLEAK [...] (C) On November 6, Croatia's State Electoral Commission published the approved lists of candidates for the November 23 parliamentary election. This act serves as the official starting gun for the formal campaign, which means rules governing equal access to state media now apply. Polls sugge [...]	2003-11-07 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2409	ELECTIONS: OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (C) THE NOVEMBER 23 DATE FOR CROATIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR MONTHS, BUT THE LAUNCH OF THE "OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN STILL SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT PM RACAN'S SDP FLAT-FOOTED. THE RIGHT-WING HDZ HAS A WELL-FUNDED, WELL-ORGANIZED (IF SOMEWHAT INTIMIDATING) CAMPAIGN MA [...]	2003-11-14 15:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB602	CROATIAN PARLIAMENT "PUNTS" ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) POLITICAL PARTIES IN CROATIA'S RULING COALITION COULD NOT AGREE ON A MODEL FOR ELECTION LAW REFORM AND HAVE DECIDED INSTEAD TO MAKE "TECHNICAL CHANGES" TO EXISTING LEGISLATION. THE COALITION NEVER REALLY MOVED BEYOND THE THEORIZING STAGE IN ITS EFFORTS TO CUT THE POLITICAL DEAL WHICH WOULD [...]	2003-03-18 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB803	CROATIA ELECTIONS: RACAN'S SDP NEEDS TO TURN IT [...] (C) THE UNOFFICIAL STARTING GUN FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION HAS GONE OFF, BUT PM RACAN'S COALITION-LEADING SDP IS STALLED AT THE START. A NEW USAID-SPONSORED IRI POLL SHOWS THAT ONLY 13 PERCENT OF VOTERS NOW PLAN TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE SDP. VOTER DISSATISFACTION WITH THE GOVE [...]	2003-04-11 11:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID HR
04ABUDHABI1055	YOU LOSE ONE, YOU LOSE THEM ALL - UAE STUDENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AS PART OF THE MISSION'S OUTREACH EFFORTS, PAO, CONOFF AND PAO CULTURAL SPECIALIST VISITED THE TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIPS DEPARTMENT OF THE ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY (ADIA),WHICH MANAGES ABU DHABI'S LARGE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND IS THE LARGEST SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDER [...]	2004-04-07 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CVIS CMGT PREL TC
04ABUDHABI140	MEDIA REACTION: PERLE'S STATEMENT, IRAQ, PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ IN ADDITION TO RICHARD PERLE'S STATEMENTS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" COMMENTED ON RICHARD PERLE'S REQUEST TO THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE FIRM STEPS IN DEALING WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND OT [...]	2004-01-13 06:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI165	UAE SUCCESSION: SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN [...] (C) Summary: Reaction to the appointment of LTG Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) as Deputy Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi has been very positive. Everyone agrees that it settles the leadership succession issue by removing Shaykh Zayed's undependable son, Shaykh Sultan, from consideration as a futur [...]	2004-01-14 15:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TC
04ABUDHABI2524	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Islam and the vast majority of religious group in the UAE follow a moderate practice of Islam in line with UAEG policy. The Mission is actively engaging Emirati [...]	2004-07-28 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL
04ABUDHABI2678	UNITED 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 12:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR TC PREL
04ABUDHABI3210	LOCAL VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This message was jointly drafted by Embassy Abu Dhabi and ConGen Dubai. 3. (C) SUMMARY: The slow but steady regional trend toward democratization has triggered some, albeit limited, discussion in Emirati c [...]	2004-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KDEM KMPI TC SA
04ABUDHABI3275	TREASURY A/S ZARATE MEETS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary Juan Zarate, accompanied by Embassy Bahrain OFAC Attache and Embassy Abu Dhabi EconChief, met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on September 16. The Governor noted that the Central Bank continued to work with the Emirati secur [...]	2004-09-20 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3527	UAE First Lady: Behind-the-Scenes Player [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Al Kitbi is a key political player and will likely remain so even after UAE President Sheikh Zayed departs the scene. She has succeeded in promoting her six sons to key positions of power and influence, including her oldest son, Mohammed, who [...]	2004-10-06 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PINR PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI4008	AMBASSADOR PAYS CONDOLENCE VISIT TO UAE's NEW [...] (U) On 7 November, the Ambassador paid a condolence visit to the UAE's new First Lady, Sheikha Shamsa bint Suhail Mazrouie. After expressing heartfelt sorrow on behalf of the American people for the death of Sheikh Zayed, the Ambassador had an opportunity to speak with UAE President Sheikh Kh [...]	2004-11-08 12:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KWMN PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI4024	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 3-8: REPORTING OF U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE REACTION TO THE DEATH OF SHEIKH ZAYED, PRESIDENT OF THE UAE, AND SUBSEQUENT CONDOLENCE CALLS WERE COVERED EXTENSIVELY BY ALL LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. LOCAL TELEVISION AND SOME REGIONAL ELECTRONIC MEDIA STOPPED THEIR NORMAL BROADCAST FOR FOUR [...]	2004-11-09 12:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI435	NEED TO CHANGE POLICY NOT THE MEDIUM: MEDIA AND [...] SUMMARY: REACTION IN THE UAE PRINT MEDIA TO THE NEW AL-HURRA TELEVISION CHANNEL SO FAR IS UNANIMOUS IN ITS ASSERTION THAT, UNLESS THE U.S. PLAYS A BALANCED ROLE IN A PEACEFUL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS, NOTHING AMERICA DOES WILL SUCCEED IN CHANGING PEOPLE'S MINDS. ONE COL [...]	2004-02-18 14:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI95	A SENIOR EMIRATI ON POLITICAL REFORM, IRAQ AND [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met one-on-one with Mohamed Habroush Al Suwaidi, chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, to discuss the current situation in Iraq, the recent appointment of Shaykh Mo [...]	2004-01-07 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TC
04ABUJA1007	U/S TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] Summary: In a meeting with Treasury U/S Taylor, Nigerian Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala said the Ministry will carry out an audit of petroleum revenues to make sure the GON is getting its fair share, and the results will be reported to the public. The GON is sidelining its windfall cash from [...]	2004-06-08 07:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINT EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC NI
04ABUJA1040	FUEL STRIKE ENTERS DAY 2: COMING OR GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike began its second day much as the first day. Businesses, especially banks and filling stations, remain closed in many parts of the country. The strike remains for the most part non-violent, but a clash outside NLC headquarters today cla [...]	2004-06-10 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NI
04ABUJA1070	STRIKE WAS MINOR SETBACK FOR GASOLINE [...] (C) Summary: The strike and rollback of prices are a temporary setback for gasoline deregulation, similar to the other rollbacks on price and the fuel tax over the past year. The GON likely will regroup and raise the basic pump price again in a few months, as it has done over the past year fro [...]	2004-06-16 13:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON EFIN NI
04ABUJA1132	THE STATE OF PLAY: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary: The international media is reporting a surge of polio cases in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. In response, and with the support of the Nigerian Federal government, non-governmental organizations are pushing to implement the oft-delayed efforts to immunize children throughou [...]	2004-06-24 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI
04ABUJA1158	NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS RHETORIC KNOCKS GON ON [...] (U) June 30, local print media reported that during a June 29 address to union leaders in Calabar, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomole threatened that union members would hold a "mass rally" in Calabar to protest the GON's failure to extradite former Liberian President Cha [...]	2004-06-30 11:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC ELAB LI NI
04ABUJA1278	SUSPENDED PLATEAU GOVERNOR DARIYE: THE PROBLEM, [...] (C) Summary. Opinions differ on whether the behavior of suspended Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye was the cause of the conflict in the state that led to the State of Emergency (SOE),or whether he merely made a bad situation worse. All observers agree that he certainly didn't help, and [...]	2004-07-22 05:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
04ABUJA1307	UNDERLYING THE PLATEAU CONFLICT: WE'RE INDIGENES, [...] (C) Summary. The communal crises in Nigeria, and particularly those in Plateau State, are much more complicated that mere ethno-religious violence: they can be traced to power struggles between "indigenes" (mostly Christian in Plateau State) and "settlers" (mostly Muslim Hausa/Fulani). Unt [...]	2004-07-28 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1442	THE NIGERIA LABOR CONGRESS MOBILIZES AGAINST [...] Summary. The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has unveiled its plan to stop the passage of a trade union reform bill now before the national assembly. Proposed by the Presidency, the bill seeks to end the NLC's monopoly as the only recognized labor federation in Nigeria, stop automatic dues pa [...]	2004-08-20 12:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR KDEM ECON NI
04ABUJA1552	2007 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BUBA MARWA [...] (C) Ambassador lunched August 29 with retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, an announced candidate for president in 2007 whose posters already adorn Abuja and other cities. Marwa is quite confident of winning in 2007, believing that two of his three main potential rivals will not enter the rac [...]	2004-09-08 11:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI ELECTIONS
04ABUJA1584	INTERNAL SQUABBLES THREATEN NIGERIA'S MAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ANPP, Nigeria's leading opposition party, issued a series of competing suspensions of senior leaders from the party last week in an replay of a theme all to common in Nigerian politics. For now, however, the suspensions have been lifted by the competing factions pending reco [...]	2004-09-15 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
04ABUJA192	GOMBE STATE: A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gombe State calls itself "the jewel of the Savannah" and was well known as a commercial and agricultural center before it was made a state in 1996 by the Abacha regime. It is quickly becoming a real success story for development. Agricultural output is growing, especially in com [...]	2004-02-06 11:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM NI
04ABUJA221	REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Nigeria's introduction of Sharia criminal law in 12 northern states beginning in 1999 remains a contentious issue in Nigeria. Consequently, Nigeria has experienced sporadic social and religious tensions - occasionally erupting in violence -- which have continued to impact negatively [...]	2004-02-10 10:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KDEM OIIP NI
04ABUJA264	TARABA: APATHETIC STATE [...] (U) Summary: Taraba State is a microcosm of Nigeria with over 50 different ethnic groups, great economic potential from agriculture, solid minerals, and tourism, but poor administrative management, epileptic infrastructures and age-long communal violence have militated against the progress of [...]	2004-02-17 10:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON NI
04ABUJA315	NIGERIA AND BIOTECHNOLOGY PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] Summary. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria would like to propose several projects to expand biotechnology awareness and acceptance in Nigeria; all are consistent with the Mission's biotechnology collaborative efforts with the National Agency for Biotechnology Development and Assistance (NABDA) and [...]	2004-02-24 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO EAGR KPAO NI
04ABUJA581	POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS FROM A TO W -- WITH X, Y [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria has been rocked by a wave of assassinations since February, although political violence has been common since the return to civilian rule in 1999. We see two distinct patterns to the assassinations, those stemming from local political rivalries, and those seeking to [...]	2004-04-05 11:15:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM NI
04ABUJA582	THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While security in general is at its lowest point in recent memory, many of the recent wave of killings (septel) are attributable to two political trends, one local and one national. The majority of national politics incidents appear to stem from internal disputes in Obasanjo's [...]	2004-04-05 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
04ABUJA680	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS IN NIGERIA [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with approximately 130 million people. The country has access to a complex array of media, both foreign and domestic, electronic and print, as well as growing use of the Internet. Nigerian public figures and opinion leaders utilize and [...]	2004-04-20 06:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
04ACCRA1369	GHANA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 2004 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for the period May 17 - June 25, 2004. The issues covered are: -- Westel/GoG Negotiations Nearing End -- Maryland State Trade Delegation -- Ghana Meeting on ECOWAS Common External Tariff -- Free Enterprise Marathon - [...]	2004-06-29 09:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GH
04ACCRA1382	THREE MURDERED JUDGES HONORED; OPPOSITION STAYS [...] (SBU) On June 28, the Ghanaian Government honored the memory of three judges murdered in 1982, in the turbulent early years of former President Rawlings' PNDC military government. President Kufuor unveiled busts of the three executed jurists before a solemn audience of Ghana's social and poli [...]	2004-06-30 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR GH
04ACCRA1584	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the events of 9/11/01 Post has made special efforts to increase contacts with and outreach to Ghana's Muslim community. Post relations with most elements of this community, which is far from monolithic, are very good and, with some groups, they are excellent. We have foc [...]	2004-08-02 07:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OEXC GH
04ACCRA1985	GHANA GEARING UP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With slightly over two months to go before Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections, the two major political parties have launched their campaigns, published manifestos and announced their vice-presidential candidates. Other minor parties remain disorganized. The pre- [...]	2004-10-06 11:26:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL
04ACCRA2039	A VISIT TO GHANA'S BUDUMBURAM REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ref Coord's visit on October 6 to the Budumburam refugee camp near Accra revealed an atmosphere of utter calm that debunked some press claims that its residents were huddled in a state of fear under "martial law." Most Liberian residents, who by all appearances are adequately [...]	2004-10-15 09:46:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL GH LI
04ACCRA2041	GHANA'S ELECTION: NPP CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: Charge met on October 13 with the Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and several senior NPP officials to discuss upcoming elections. The Chairman was confident the NPP would win the election, largely because of the government's economic performance. He was please [...]	2004-10-15 12:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM GOG
04ACCRA2367	GHANA ELECTION ANALYSIS: NPP LIKELY TO WIN [...] (C) Summary: The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to win Ghana's December 7 parliamentary and presidential election. The NPP is well-positioned in its traditional strongholds, the heavily populated Ashanti and Eastern regions (with 67 combined constituencies out of a total of 230. [...]	2004-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA2390	PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND NPP LEADING IN GHANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 4:30 pm December 8, with slightly over half the constituency results reported, President Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party is in the lead in Ghana's December 7 election. The CPP presidential candidate has conceded defeat. So far, the NPP has also done well in the parl [...]	2004-12-08 17:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV
04ACCRA2410	PRESIDENT KUFUOR REQUESTS POTUS MEETING [...] (C) This message has two requests: A) A request from President Kufuor for a meeting with President Bush, and B) A request from me for a congratulatory phone call from President Bush or senior USG official to Kufuor on his reelection. 2. (C) Ghanaian President John Kufuor specificall [...]	2004-12-10 13:00:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PREL
04ACCRA63	SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY ALLEN: GHANA [...] Your visit to Ghana provides an opportunity to encourage further momentum to Ghana's efforts to build capacity to address basic health concerns on infant, child and maternal mortality and morbidity, and help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission and mitigate its impact on Ghana's population. Ghana's [...]	2004-01-12 18:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA PGOV AMGT ECON GH
04ADANA105	SYRIAC CHRISTIANS, SOME DEHAP MAYORS SKEPTICAL ABOUT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 07:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ECON IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA146	MINORITY LABEL GRATES ON SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kurdish and Alevi community contacts grated at both recent EU and Turkish-government linked reports characterizing their respective communities as "minorities" in discussions last week with PO. The Malatya Security Director's recent warning to local media appears aimed at Sunn [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF TU ADANA
04ADANA147	KURDS IN SE TURKEY SEEK NEW POLITICAL LOOK? [...] (SBU) Summary: Various Pro- Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) contacts signaled strongly to PO in late October regional visits that many DEHAP political leaders over the next three to six weeks will declare their support for the new Democratic Society (Demokratik Toplum Hareketi) polit [...]	2004-11-04 18:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA17	REPORTS ON LOCAL ELECTIONS - 2004 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts in Adana tell us incumbent Mayor Durak is certainly running for re-election. His party affiliation remains unclear, but an official close to the mayor asserts that AK Party will announce Durak's candidacy after the February Sacrifice Holiday. Because of mass Kurdish [...]	2004-01-30 08:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04AMMAN10191	KING ABDULLAH'S MEETING WITH CODEL KOLBE [...] (C) The upcoming elections in Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's economic situation dominated CODEL Kolbe's meeting with King Abdullah in Amman on December 23. King Abdullah said Jordan is working to encourage Sunni participation in the January 30 Iraqi election, but voiced concern that [...]	2004-12-27 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN10217	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT FOCUSES ON GENDER VIOLENCE [...] Post sponsored a Human Rights Day event on December 13. The program featured a panel discussion of four prominent women activists who discussed gender violence in Jordan, including honor crimes. The audience of approximately 45 included activists, NGOs, GOJ officials, local press, and members [...]	2004-12-28 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN JO
04AMMAN1232	RAVE REVIEWS FOR DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING [...] As authorized in reftel, post arranged for human rights training, held February 7-10 in Amman for Jordanian government and human rights officials. Funded by DRL,s Economic Support Funds/Human Rights and Democracy Funds, American academics conducted four days of lectures, role plays, and questi [...]	2004-02-18 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID JO
04AMMAN1280	JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel),the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...]	2004-02-19 17:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO
04AMMAN1302	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-23 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN1451	JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...]	2004-02-25 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO
04AMMAN1576	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 09:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN1737	JORDANIAN 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 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN1784	IMPENDING PRICE AND TAX HIKES THREATEN PUBLIC [...] (C) The GOJ has publicly confirmed that it will raise the general sales tax rate and the prices of oil derivatives as early as April. Despite the GOJ's efforts to prepare the country for these increases, Jordanian public opinion remains overwhelmingly opposed to price hikes. Prime Minister Fa [...]	2004-03-09 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON JO
04AMMAN1802	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-09 17:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2072	Jordanian Youth Respond Enthusiastically to Youth [...] Summary. Over the last month, the Mission mounted a number of initiatives aimed at broadening our outreach to Jordanian youth. Among this population, animosity and distrust of the U.S. run high in the wake of the Israeli- Palestinian crisis and the overwhelmingly negative coverage in the [...]	2004-03-18 09:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KPAO XF JO
04AMMAN2129	SECURITY EVALUATIONS OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE AT [...] The UNHCR compound is located in the town of Ruweished, population approximately 9,000 people. Ruweished is 80 kilometers East from the Iraqi border and approximately 285 kilometers from Amman. The Ruweished compound is 20 kilometers from refugee camp Alpha. The nearest town to Ruweished is [...]	2004-03-21 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF ASEC AMGT JO
04AMMAN2140	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-22 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR JO
04AMMAN2195	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-23 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2450	TRAVEL TO JORDAN OF DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR STEVE HADLEY [...] Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and his party for travel to Jordan March 31. Control officer, Embassy expediter, vehicles, and Embassy baggage handlers will meet the party on arrival. 2. Control Officer for the v [...]	2004-03-30 00:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IS JO OVIP EDRC
04AMMAN2655	MEDIA REACTION ON THE SHI'A "INTIFADA" IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 17:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2882	JORDANIANS WORRY CONCESSIONS TO ISRAEL PAVE WAY [...] (C) Jordanian commentators and contacts almost uniformly criticized President Bush's remarks on April 14 endorsing Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza, seeing his statements about Palestinians' right of return and Israeli settlements as an inappropriate attempt to prejudge final status issues [...]	2004-04-15 18:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN2957	JORDANIANS REACT TO RANTISSI KILLING [...] (C) King Abdullah and the GOJ strongly condemned the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi, stating that the move would only lead to more violence and anger in the region. A spontaneous demonstration erupted at the Baqaa refugee camp shortly after news of the killing broke, but [...]	2004-04-18 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAL PREL PGOV PTER JO
04AMMAN2982	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN304	CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...]	2004-01-14 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO
04AMMAN3126	GOJ REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF ATTACK AGAINST [...] (U) On April 20, post received via fax a diplomatic note from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding an attack on two Jordanian citizens, one of whom was killed, on April 14 while driving a vehicle in Iraq. (A translation of the note in English is provided below in paragraph fo [...]	2004-04-21 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
04AMMAN3209	GOJ REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. TIES IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 25, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said that King Abdullah wants to make sure the USG knows that he wants to visit Washington, and that the postponement of his April 21 meeting with the President was not in any way meant to damage U.S. [...]	2004-04-26 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON US IS IZ JO
04AMMAN3225	ABU MAHJOOB MEETS BART SIMPSON AND NEMO [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-27 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO US JO
04AMMAN3380	ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...] (U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 condemning U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs) and claiming that it proved American "contempt" for Islam and the Arab people. The IAF alleged [...]	2004-05-03 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3406	IRAQ 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 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3429	A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ARAB ICT ISSUES: EB/CIP DAS [...] SUMMARY: Earlier this year, Amb. David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy, attended and gave keynote addresses at annual conferences of the Arab Telecommunications Regulatory Network (ATRN) and the Arab Regional IT Association (ARAITA). On the margins of these c [...]	2004-05-05 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV JO
04AMMAN3690	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS WILL DOMINATE DEAD SEA WEF [...] (C) In hosting the second World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at the Dead Sea, King Abdullah hopes to promote Jordan as an island of political stability and economic opportunity in the region, and portray himself as both a peacemaker and deal-maker. Your participation underscores U.S. suppor [...]	2004-05-12 12:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER ASEC OVIP KPAL JO
04AMMAN3733	GOJ PROGRESSING ON PLAN OF ACTION FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ministry of Political Development recently distributed a draft strategy and plan of action for political reform to selected diplomatic missions, members of Parliament (MPs),journalists and NGOs. The plan is relatively forthright in its assessment of the obstacles to the development [...]	2004-05-13 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN381	ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...]	2004-01-15 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN386	JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS IN NEED OF TENDING [...] (S) Recent separate conversations with the Jordanian MFA and the Israeli Embassy indicate that both sides are letting an accumulation of irritants affect the tone of the overall relationship. We reminded both of the strategic partnership that is the base of Jordan-Israel relations, and reemp [...]	2004-01-15 19:06:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IS JO
04AMMAN409	JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...] (C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and the U.S. presence in Iraq. In contravention of parameters pre-arranged with the GOJ, several demonstrators held up pictures of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flag [...]	2004-01-19 18:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN4555	JORDANIAN PRESS: WHEN IN A PICKLE, PRAISE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Given the anti-American sentiment on the street and the recent events of Abu Ghreib prison and the violence in Rafah, the Jordanian news media have not missed an opportunity over the past month to attack not only U.S. policy, but American institutions and society in general. The [...]	2004-06-06 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PA PREL KPAO IO
04AMMAN4629	INTERIOR MINISTER TAKES JORDAN'S ANTI-NORMALIZERS [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has strongly chastised Jordan's professional associations for resurrecting the previously banned "anti-normalization" committee that advocates ending Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. Habashneh also slammed the associations for attempting to enlist Lebanese H [...]	2004-06-07 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN5385	MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN5508	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN: IRAQ, [...] (C) King Abdullah has sought to portray Jordan (and himself) as both a peacemaker and deal-maker in the Middle East. The popular mood, however, is uneven: the invasion of Iraq and perceived stronger pro-Israel tilt in U.S. policy have shaken Jordanian popular confidence in the moral underp [...]	2004-07-06 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON PTER KPAL ASEC US JO
04AMMAN5725	GOJ 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 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ECON JO
04AMMAN5989	JORDAN'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 04:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS
04AMMAN6341	DIMONA RADIATION FEARS HEIGHTENED BY VANUNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comments made by Israeli nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu to a UK paper have inflamed public concerns in Jordan regarding Israel's Dimona reactor. The GOJ quickly countered Vanunu's claims that Jordanians - and others in the region - are at risk from leaks or other environmental [...]	2004-07-26 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PGOV KRAD JO
04AMMAN6436	FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...]	2004-07-29 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6456	FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...]	2004-08-01 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN652	JORDAN PM PLEDGES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND PRICE [...] (C) Summary. With unusual candor, Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez publicly announced oil product price and tax hikes to take effect later this year. Although Fayez softened the blow by announcing public pay increases and blaming previous governments and external forces, his political honeymo [...]	2004-01-26 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO
04AMMAN6794	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR VISIT OF [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance for and warmly welcomes the visit of CEA William Block, EB/IFD/OMA Daniel Peters, and four officials from the Department of Treasury to travel to Amman August 15-20 for consultations with Iraqi officials. 2. Your control officer for this visit will b [...]	2004-08-15 06:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN7199	JORDANIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Strong GOJ backing for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) continues, but the GOJ has yet to comment publicly on the situation in Najaf or the new Iraqi Interim National Council (IINC). The Najaf situation draws significant negative attention here. End Summary. -------------- [...]	2004-08-26 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN723	IRAQIS IN JORDAN SHOW LITTLE INTEREST IN RETURNING [...] (C) Summary and comment: A range of embassy contacts report that Iraqis continue to seek refuge in Jordan, with only limited returns from Iraq to Jordan. The handful of voluntary returns in the last six months was limited to new caseload refugees or individuals with particular reasons to ret [...]	2004-01-29 08:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN7336	CABINET SHAKE-UP EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: PM Fayez has told the press a cabinet shuffle will occur soon, probably by early October. For different reasons, he and ministers heavily involved in Jordan's economic and social reform successes appear safe for now, but a degree of royal disfavor with Fayez remains evident. [...]	2004-09-01 17:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
04AMMAN7360	MUASHER 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 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN7400	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7571	MEDIA REACTION ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-13 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7752	ISLAM 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 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER JO

04AMMAN7862	KING FACES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AS HE PROCEEDS WITH A [...] (C) Summary. The King will proceed with a cabinet reshuffle and new government mandate in October, but in two contradictory directions: reinforcement of the cabinet reformists while redoubling efforts to silence Islamists and troublesome political activists in the professional associations [...]	2004-09-21 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL JO
04AMMAN8350	KING ABDALLAH FIVE YEARS ON [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdallah continues to enjoy firm backing from the Hashemites' traditional pillars of support -- the East Bank tribes and the security/military services -- as well as the economic elite. His supporters give him credit for navigating Jordan through several regional crises dur [...]	2004-10-06 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KMPI ECON JO
04AMMAN8353	REACTIONS TO ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN GAZA, U.S. VETO [...] (U) The Israeli operations in Gaza prompted demonstrations in the Baqa'a refugee camp near Amman October 5 that resulted in clashes with Jordanian security forces. The Jordanian government has continued its call for a halt to incursions in Gaza and for renewed effort on the peace process. The L [...]	2004-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL JO
04AMMAN8402	TENSIONS APPARANT ON HANDLING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Habashneh, taking his cue from the King, has continued to apply pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of arrests of activist preachers and threats to prosecute certain MPs. Each step he takes seems to be reversed the following day by PM Fayez, who [...]	2004-10-07 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
04AMMAN8509	CEPPS PROJECT - SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL [...] Mission welcomes the subject proposal by IRI and NDI under Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) to be carried out in Jordan between August 2004 and January 2006. We would, however, like to highlight some political sensitivities regarding assistance to and con [...]	2004-10-14 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KMPI XF JO OXEC KEDU
04AMMAN8793	THE JORDAN-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY: TEN YEARS LATER [...] (C) At the ten year mark, the Jordan-Israel peace treaty remains a cornerstone for Jordan's security and economic strategy. Despite a rocky political relationship, intelligence and military relations between Jordan and Israel are solid. Furthermore, the treaty provided the breakthrough whic [...]	2004-10-25 19:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN8809	UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...]	2004-10-26 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS
04AMMAN9226	ZARQAWI'S HOMETOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zarqa, Jordan,s second-largest city, is the home of the bulk of Jordan,s heavy industry and infamous terrorist Abu Mus,ab Al-Zarqawi. Zarqa has been on a losing streak for the past decade. Underrepresented in the Jordanian government and the Parliament because of its large Pales [...]	2004-11-18 12:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SENV EINV ETRD SOCI JO IZ
04AMMAN9486	IN JORDAN, CROWN PRINCES COME AND GO [...] (C) In a surprise move, King Abdullah relieved his brother Hamza of his duties as Crown Prince on November 28, igniting speculation among Jordanians over the King's motives. The King did not name Hamza's replacement. Until he does so, the constitution provides that Abdullah's eldest son, t [...]	2004-11-29 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
04ANKARA1418	TURKEY: LEADING KURDS IN ANKARA DIVIDED ON SPLITS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish DEHAP leaders in Ankara have asserted to us that apparent splits in terrorist Kongra Gel and in the Kurdish DEHAP are ephemeral. While allowing that a "misunderstanding" arose in Kongra Gel, they deny its seriousness and claim the dispute is being exaggerated by local med [...]	2004-03-09 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1423	Prime Minister leads AK Party press to win two [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TU
04ANKARA1511	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...]	2004-03-15 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1532	TENSIONS REMAIN IN SOUTHEAST, DESPITE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeast Turkey want the U.S. to solve the Kurdish problem internationally as part of the Greater Middle East Initiative. They criticize the USG decision to list PKK successor Kongra Gel as a terrorist organization, arguing that the GOT should negotiate with Kongra Gel [...]	2004-03-15 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
04ANKARA1652	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]	2004-03-18 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1833	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST [...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1834	AK PARTY'S WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Candidates running against ruling AK Party (AKP) in the western Black Sea region appear to be holding their own as they approach March 28 local election. At the same time they accuse AKP of using "bribes and blackmail" to influence voters. They assert AKP's national success is du [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1835	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: AKP POISED FOR [...] Summary: Hampered by unorganized, uninspiring candidates, AKP's chances in the Anatolian provinces of Konya, Aksaray, and Sivas are based more on PM Erdogan's national popularity than any local candidate or particular platform. Except in rare races where opposition is organized and effective, [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1842	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF [...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]	2004-03-27 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA226	PRESIDENT 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 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2291	TURKEY'S GREYING WOLVES: RIGHTIST-NATIONALIST MHP [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of rightist-nationalist MHP are spinning March 28 municipal election results as a victory. According to at least one MHP official, however, the party had expected a better showing. Although MHP leaders profess a desire to bring the party into the mainstream, party policie [...]	2004-04-21 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2332	TURKISH MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN RUN-UP TO POTUS [...] As we approach the June 26-29 POTUS visit to Turkey for bilateral meetings in Ankara and the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkish press interest in the visit is building. The embassy has received numerous requests from Turkish media outlets to interview USG principals in the run-up to the visit, a [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OVIP TU
04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2600	RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]	2004-05-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA348	TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES? [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4179	TURKEY: MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- PCC REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Ref (B) details the context in which the Mission pursues outreach to Muslim audiences in Turkey. That information is excerpted, with minor updates, in para 2 and 3, while the rest of this message examines audiences and strategies for outreach. 2. (SBU) While Turkey's 20th century [...]	2004-07-28 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4630	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4764	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4860	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-26 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5047	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5078	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-09 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5117	TAL AFAR BATTLE: GOT VOICES CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan afternoon of Sept 10 to provide him with more detail on the situation in Tal Afar based on LNO reporting. Amb. stressed that the Turkish message on the need for discriminate use of force and protection of civilians had register [...]	2004-09-10 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA5310	RULING AK PARTY COMPLICATES ITS ITS POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government's reversal of course by a renewed insistence on criminalizing adultery and subsequent suspension of passage of the new criminal code until after the Oct. 6 release of the EU's progress report on Turkey's candidacy; EU's insistence that Turkey pass its new [...]	2004-09-17 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU
04ANKARA5596	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5721	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski requested MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Sensoy's assistance to elevate the level of U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue. He praised Turkey's agreement to command ISAF VII. On Missile Defense, he emphasized the importance of our [...]	2004-10-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-26 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6207	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...]	2004-11-02 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6213	A GLIMPSE OF URBAN POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: With the USG about to disburse $9 million to supplement a social welfare project providing cash payments to poor mothers who keep their children in school, and with $6 million in the pipeline from the Department of Labor with similar objectives to combat child labor, econoffs me [...]	2004-11-03 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI TU
04ANKARA6262	KURDISH BASED PARTY'S REFOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Various Pro- Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) contacts signaled strongly to PO in late October regional visits that many DEHAP political leaders over the next three to six weeks will declare their support for the new Democratic Society (Demokratik Toplum Hareketi) poli [...]	2004-11-05 05:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF TU
04ANKARA6329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6407	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-12 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6620	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6792	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6839	CHP LEADERSHIP WAITING FOR FAILURE [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) does not have a constructive political or electoral strategy for confronting the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). CHP leadership is content to maintain its grip over the party, maintain the party's (eroding) representa [...]	2004-12-09 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6841	CHP LEADERSHIP: SECULAR ELITISTS ALIENATE FELLOW [...] (C) Summary. The ability of the Republican People's Party (CHP) to broaden its electoral and political support beyond its current base is limited by the sociological realities of the Turkish electorate, the public's negative perception of the party, and the failures of the party leadership. Th [...]	2004-12-09 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6994	DEHAP PREPARING NEW KURDISH PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (DEHAP) are forming a new party they claim will be more broadly based and less focused on the Kurdish issue. DEHAP officials hope the new party, unlike DEHAP, will be able to draw enough support to enter Parliament. They claim [...]	2004-12-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA7066	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7067	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]	2004-12-20 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7211	ERDOGAN 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 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA814	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA953	DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU
04BAGHDAD463	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Muaffaq al Rubaie, reached at our initiative in the afternoon of August 13, said he was approaching agreement with an envoy of Moqtada al Sadr over a nine point peace plan (para 6 below.) Apparently Rubaie had never been able to meet with Sadr but met several times with his envoy. A ceas [...]	2004-08-13 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD531	SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handling of the situation in Najaf, believing that it has made Muqtada al-Sadr stronger and has cost the Government much support. He urged against a military solu [...]	2004-08-17 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ
04BANGKOK7216	THAILAND: PM THAKSIN KICKS OFF HIS RE-ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. In a live nationally-televised Bangkok rally on October 17, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra officially opened his run for re-election with a flurry of "populist" promises to the Thai voters. From job training programs and new housing projects to expanded transportation syste [...]	2004-10-18 08:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TH TRT
04BANGKOK7313	THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA [...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...]	2004-10-20 11:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA
04BANGKOK7952	THAILAND: WILL THE SOUTH AFFECT THAKSIN'S [...] (C) Summary/Comment: As Thailand moves towards general elections in February 2005, Post believes, along with many local political observers, that barring a dramatic attack outside the southernmost Muslim provinces, the current level of violence in the south -- and the Royal Thai Government's [...]	2004-11-18 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
04BEIRUT3713	LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...]	2004-07-30 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY
04BEIRUT4941	LEBANON: 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 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KISL PTER LE SY
04BOGOTA1280	COLOMBIAN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During A/S Wayne's January 28-29 trip to Bogota, Colombian government and business leaders expressed strong support for an FTA. They recognized, however, that they have a great deal of homework to do before they are ready to negotiate. Moreover, they expressed concern that na [...]	2004-02-09 14:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR CO FTA
04BOGOTA13168	PEACE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Senator Carlos Gaviria -- a self-declared presidential candidate in 2006 -- told poloffs to expect lawsuits against the recently approved constitutional amendment authorizing presidential reelection and expressed concerns about a possible clash between high courts over the [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
04BOGOTA2115	ACADEMIA TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect. 2. (SBU) Three researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of London, working in conjunction with an Economics Professor at Augusta State University in Georgia with whom post had already been in contact, recently provided us [...]	2004-03-01 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PROP ELAB CO
04BOGOTA4318	USG PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST ROUND OF US-ANDEAN [...] (U) To addressees from Ambassador William B. Wood. 2. (SBU) Colombia,s Minister of Commerce and the GOC,s lead FTA negotiator have approached post to request that the USG send as complete a delegation as possible to the upcoming FTA talks in Bogota, May 18-19. Both officials stressed the p [...]	2004-04-28 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV ECON CO KLAB FTA
04BOGOTA4506	U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH VICE-PRESIDENT SANTOS [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman met Vice-President Santos. Grossman said that the USG supports Plan Patriota, and praised the GOC's accomplishments in combating narcotics and terrorism. The U/S stressed that the USG will insist on maintaining extradition as an effective law enforcement tool, a [...]	2004-05-03 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4636	ASSET SEIZURE AND DEMOBILIZATION FUNDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request (please see paragraphs 2 and 12) in reply to reftel request for information about Colombian Law 793 of 2002, "La Ley de la Extincion de Dominio." ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Colombia has two laws that address asset forfeiture and seizure, one criminal [...]	2004-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA66	2003 REVIEW OF THE COLOMBIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Colombian economy performed well during President Alvaro Uribe's first year in office and will end 2003 on a positive note. A significant increase in exports to the United States helped stabilize an economy constrained by the internal armed conflict and challenged by a sign [...]	2004-01-05 20:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CO
04BOGOTA85	SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...]	2004-01-06 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC
04BOGOTA9699	COLOMBIA MILITARY PROGRESS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (S) The Colombian Military (COLMIL) continues to make progress combating illegal armed groups. The number of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),National Liberation Army (ELN),United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),and smaller illegal armed group members killed, captured, o [...]	2004-09-23 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO
04BRASILIA1018	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...]	2004-04-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1055	BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER - PART I [...] This is Part I of a two-part series on Brazil's October municipal elections. This cable describes the structure and implementation of the elections, and Part II examines the various races in play around the country. SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW -------------------- 2. On October 3, Brazilians go [...]	2004-05-03 15:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI ECON BR
04BRASILIA1275	AFTER 500 DAYS, THE QUESTION IS: CAN LULA GOVERN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lula's man-of-the-people rhetoric and heartfelt commitment to social progress quickly captured imaginations inside Brazil and abroad, but practical results of his first 500 days in office have been far less soaring. Without better economic news, stronger executive capacity and a [...]	2004-05-25 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1384	BRAZIL ARRESTS MAJOR TRAFFICKER OF PIRATED GOODS [...] SUMMARY: Brazilian Federal Police arrested June 1 one of the country's biggest pirated goods smugglers, Law Kin Chong, and his lawyer Pedro Lindolfo for corruption, conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy involving organized crime (racketeering) and disrupting the functioning of a Parliament [...]	2004-06-04 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA1512	ECONOMIC GROWTH RETURNS; PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest official figures show the Brazilian economy grew a solid 1.6% in the first quarter of 2004, the second consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%. This still-preliminary growth data has been recently reinforced by, among other positive data points, new [...]	2004-06-18 19:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR
04BRASILIA1560	LULA FINALLY GETS A BREAK - CONGRESS SUPPORTS HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula da Silva broke his losing streak on June 23 when the Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify his Presidential Decree raising the minimum wage from R$240 to R$260 (about US$ 87) per month. This vote follows a series of defeats Lula has suffered in Congress, [...]	2004-06-23 20:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1635	ACAUA TRIP REPORT: THE POLITICS OF HUNGER IN [...] SUMMARY. Acaua is a modest municipality of 5,430 people in northeastern Brazil that was selected as one of two pilot communities for President Lula's flagship social program "Fome Zero" (Zero Hunger) in February of 2003. Econoff's June 2, 2004 trip to Acaua provided a sharp contrast to deso [...]	2004-07-01 15:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON BR
04BRASILIA1975	LULA IN AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula da Silva visited the African countries of Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, and Cape Verde, July 26-29. The principal rationale for the trip was to attend a summit meeting of Portuguese speaking countries (Communidades dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa -- CPLP [...]	2004-08-06 13:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON BR
04BRASILIA2004	ONE LESS ROGUE IN THE GALLERY: POLITICIAN CHARGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carlos Xavier on August 10 became the first legislator ever expelled from the District Assembly (equivalent to a state senate) of the Federal District of Brasilia. No mean feat, given the Assembly's notoriety as a haven for scoundrels. Xavier, who emerged from humble origins, [...]	2004-08-10 15:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM BR
04BRASILIA2052	LULA'S POPULARITY TICKS UPWARD ON ECONOMIC OPTIMISM [...] SUMMARY. A CNT/Sensus poll released August 10 in Brazil shows that President Lula da Silva's approval ratings have ticked upwards to 58%, after slipping steadily since he took office. Similarly, the GoB's approvals, which tend to run lower than Lula's personal numbers, also showed signs of [...]	2004-08-16 12:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2069	CRITICISM CAUSES BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETHINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Lula administration last week proposed a journalism law that created a stir in the Brazilian press. The Journalism Council bill would create a national oversight body with authorities to regulate and discipline the press. It created such controversy --including charges of " [...]	2004-08-17 10:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON BR
04BRASILIA2249	PRESIDENT CHISSANO VISITS BRAZIL [...] () Summary: Mozambique President Chissano visited Brazil on August 31 and was rewarded with over USD 315 million in debt forgiveness for his country, the most relief Brazil has given during President Lula's administration. Chissano is well regarded in Brazil, and his decision to step down ha [...]	2004-09-03 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN BR
04BRASILIA2506	RESULTS OF BRAZILIAN OCTOBER 3 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2684	HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...]	2004-10-27 13:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR
04BRASILIA2742	RESULTS OF SECOND ROUND OF BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's 2004 election cycle has come to an end. With second-round runoffs in 43 cities on October 31, Brazilians have elected mayors and city councils in all 5,562 municipalities nationwide. The most closely-watched races went as expected: Jose Serra (PSDB) defeated incumbent Marta [...]	2004-11-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA3031	TWO PARTIES BOLT FROM LULA'S COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the past few days, two political parties --the large PMDB and medium-sized PPS-- have decided to depart the governing coalition of President Lula da Silva. In both cases, the decisions were taken at hotly-disputed party meetings, and in both cases it appears that the parties [...]	2004-12-13 13:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
04BRASILIA3048	LULA REACHES HALFWAY POINT WITH RISING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a two-year roller coaster ride, Brazilian President Lula da Silva has reached the halfway point of his term with his approval rating back up to 63%. His first year was marked by high approval numbers and unrealistic expectations, both by his administration and the public [...]	2004-12-14 12:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA564	LULA'S PERSONAL APPROVAL UNSCATHED BY RECENT [...] SUMMARY: The administration of Brazilian President Lula da Silva is facing the worst crisis of its fifteen months in power, yet Lula's personal approval rating remains at 60%, according to a recent poll. However, his government's approval number stands at 38%, suggesting that Lula will have [...]	2004-03-09 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI ECON BR
04BRASILIA572	WORST OF BRAZILIAN SCANDAL HAS PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 4, Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) quashed efforts to set up a congressional inquiry (CPI) into the gaming sector and the "Waldomiro Diniz" scandal (refs A,B). This, coupled with the fact that no new allegations pointing to wrongdoing by PT leaders have emerged in recent d [...]	2004-03-10 20:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA755	BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...]	2004-03-29 21:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP
04BRASILIA776	LULA TAKING FRIENDLY FIRE FROM COALITION PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Lula administration has fumbled its response to February's "Waldomiro scandal", resulting in non-stop criticism from the Brazilian press and opposition. Worse for the administration, many of the parties in the governing coalition have responded to the crisis not by rallying b [...]	2004-03-31 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
04BRASILIA784	BRAZIL: FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF MILITARY COUP [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. Unlike the civil-military contretemps surrounding the 28th anniversary of Argentina's military coup (reftel),Brazil has marked the 40th anniversary (March 31) of its coup in a more circumspect fashion. The monumental transition to full democracy during the l [...]	2004-04-01 13:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA786	BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTER: STEADY AS SHE GOES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of intensifying criticism of the Lula administration's stringent fiscal line from within and without the government (Ref A),Finance Minister Palocci received unexpectedly cordial treatment during a marathon seven hours of testimony to the Senate Economic Affairs Committe [...]	2004-04-01 14:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
04BRASILIA790	BRAZIL'S STATE OF GOIAS: RIDING THE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The central Brazilian state of Goias, from which the Federal District of Brasilia was carved 47 years ago, has grown above the average for Brazil over the last several years. The state's economy, fueled primarily by agriculture and an emerging agribusiness, has a growing awarene [...]	2004-04-01 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD TBIO PGOV BR
04BRASILIA928	MEIRELLES: BRAZIL'S ECONOMY HAS FUNDAMENTALLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank President Meirelles, target of sustained political attacks over Brazil's continued high interest rates and unemployment plus popular perceptions that the economy is worsening, has unrepentantly asserted that Brazil's economy not only is growing, but has undergone a [...]	2004-04-16 17:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR

04BRATISLAVA101	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SCHUSTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR WEISER MET WITH SLOVAK PRESIDENT RUDOLF SCHUSTER ON JANUARY 28. THEY DISCUSSED HIS CONVERSATION THAT MORNING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA, WHO IS SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR HIS REELECTION. SCHUSTER ALSO DESCRIBED HIS SUCCESSFUL TALKS WI [...]	2004-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LO EG UP

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