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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00LONDON8980UNITED KINGDOM: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE UNITED KINGDOM CONTINUED ITS AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 2000. IT PASSED A NEW TERRORISM LAW THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT EXPANDED POWERS TO FIGHT BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORISM, AND IT CONTINUED ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES TO BRI [...]
2000-12-28 17:06:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
00TASHKENT4223KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES
[...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]
2000-11-02 11:55:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER RU AF UZ
01ABUJA2520 THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...]
2001-10-03 15:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI
01ABUJA2560TFUS01: NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Foreign Minister, Sule Lamido, Kaduna Governor Makarfi, Adobe Obe, Foreign Affairs advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris also attended. This message covers their conversation [...]
2001-10-11 09:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2561TFUS01: NIGERIA: WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT
[...] (S) As agreed during the October 8 meeting between the Ambassador and the National Security Advisor (Ref B),PolMilOff met October 9 with LTC Mohammed Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor and Mohammed K. Ibrahim, Assistant Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]
2001-10-11 10:09:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PTER PARM NI
01ABUJA2622NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN KANO, ELSWHERE CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Violence erupted in Kano over the October 12-14 weekend for a multiplicity of reasons, chiefly criminal opportunism and internal political rivalries but also including anti-U.S. sentiment over air strikes against the Taliban and bin Laden. Twenty-five people were killed, over [...]
2001-10-15 18:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PHUM NI
01ABUJA2667NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]
2001-10-18 20:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2797NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including coalition military operations against Al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts. This unambiguous support was not a given. Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa largest M [...]
2001-11-02 07:33:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI
01ABUJA3232NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...]
2001-12-19 16:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER NI
01ABUJA3238NIGERIA: SSS DG ARE ON AL QAIDA
[...] (S/NF) During a December 11 call on State Security Service Director General Kayode Are, Ambassador Jeter (accompanied by RAO and PolMilOff) thanked Are for the GON's efforts to combat terrorism and to ensure the safety of official and non-official Americans in Nigeria. Jeter presented reftel [...]
2001-12-20 17:42:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ASEC NI
01CAIRO5770CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
[...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...]
2001-09-19 10:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO EG
01DOHA1093TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2001-04-07 12:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER AF PA QA
01GABORONE3343 TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...]
2001-10-12 08:24:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BC
01GABORONE3355 MANY BATSWANA SOMEWHAT DUBIOUS ABOUT U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: ENERGETIC OUTREACH EFFORTS BY THE AMBASSADOR AND MISSION STAFF REVEAL THAT INITIAL SYMPATHY FOR THE U.S. POST-SEPTEMBER 11 HAS ERODED WITH RECENT AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN. BATSWANA QUESTION U.S. FOREIGN POLICIES; COMPARE THE ASCETIC IMAGE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH THE ARRAY OF [...]
2001-10-15 07:50:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER BC
01GABORONE3517BOTSWANA: TREASURY DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR
[...] THE GOB HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ITS FINANCIAL SYSTEM DOES NOT BECOME A HAVEN FOR ILLEGAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, WHETHER MONEY LAUNDERING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, OR TERRORIST FINANCING. WHILE WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT VARYING LEVELS OF IMPLEMENTATION BY THE DIFFERENT AGENCIE [...]
2001-11-01 13:56:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PREL PTER BC
01HANOI2817 VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...]
2001-10-29 04:39:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY
01HANOI2985PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL
[...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...]
2001-11-15 09:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR
01HANOI2987 PUBLIC SECURITY PUBLISHES BOOK AGAINST BIN LADEN
[...] (U) EMBASSY HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF A BOOK PUBLISHED (IN VIETNAMESE) BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY PRESS SOMETIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 ENTITLED "THE LIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN (MANY SECRET THINGS)." IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS CONNECTED WITH THE SE [...]
2001-11-15 09:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL VM CTERR
01HANOI3308 DISCUSSING TERRORISM IN NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM
[...] DURING OFFICIAL TRAVEL IN TWO NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES -- HAI DUONG AND QUANG NINH -- DECEMBER 18-19 (SEPTEL),POL/C DISTRIBUTED PAS-PRODUCED "RESPONSE TO TERROR" AND "NETWORK OF TERROR" (AS WELL AS OTHER PAS MATERIALS ABOUT THE U.S.),EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR GVN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORIS [...]
2001-12-21 09:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR
01HARARE3004TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...]
2001-10-09 14:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3009RESPONSE OF ZIMBABWEAN MUSLIM/ISLAMIC POLITICAL
[...] ZIMBABWEAN MUSLIM/ISLAMIC LEADERS HAVE NOT OFFERED PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. MUSLIMS IN ZIMBABWE ARE PRIMARILY WELL EDUCATED AND INFORMED MERCHANTS AND PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE NOT EASILY SWAYED BY EMOTIONAL RHETORIC. THE COMMUNITY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS GENERALLY REFLECT TH [...]
2001-10-10 06:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC ZI
01HARARE3047MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS OCTOBER 11 EDITORIAL TO THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES ON TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR AND PEACE," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "UNITED STATES AND BRITISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST TARGETS IN [...]
2001-10-12 10:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3158MEDIA REPORT STRIKE AGAINST TERROR OPINION PIECES;
[...] THE OCTOBER 21 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED TWO OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.-LED STRIKE AGAINST TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. UNDER HEADLINE "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND," THE [...]
2001-10-23 07:50:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3277ANTI-TERROR OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN
[...] AN OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR JOSEPH SULLIVAN RECEIVED PROMINENT PUBLICATION IN TWO INFLUENTIAL ZIMBABWEAN NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 1. THE PRIVATELY-OWNED "DAILY NEWS" CARRIED THE PIECE AS THE ONLY OPINION PIECE ON THEIR OP-ED PAGE. THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" [...]
2001-11-02 05:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ZI
01HARARE3356ZIMBABWE MOVES TO PROHIBIT INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-09 11:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3379MEDIA REACTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] THE NOVEMBER 11 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED A LENGTHY OP-ED PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR WILL NOT SOLVE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOES," MARUMA ARGUES: 2. "TH [...]
2001-11-14 07:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3450MEDIA REACTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE
[...] THE NOVEMBER 11 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED A LENGTHY OP-ED PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR WILL NOT SOLVE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOES," MARUMA ARGUES: 2. "TH [...]
2001-11-19 09:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HOCHIMINHCITY1181CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC),ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND CONOFF. HAI EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE CG AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE BOTH COMFORTABLE AND BUSY IN HCMC. HE SAID THE [...]
2001-10-17 05:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM
01HOCHIMINHCITY1183FORMER SAIGON COMMUNIST PARTY CHIEF REFLECTS ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
[...] SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH EAP/BCLTV DIRECTOR JUDITH STROTZ, FORMER SAIGON COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY TRAN BACH DANG EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS EXTREME DISAPPROVAL OF THE VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (PENDING BEFORE THE SENATE) BECAUSE, HE SAID, I [...]
2001-10-17 08:03:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER VM HUMANR CTERR
01JAKARTA4285AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSUF KALLA
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER ANDREW T. HINTZ FOR REASON 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR TOLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COORDINATING MINISTER YUSUF KALLA ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO HELP INDONESIA SOLVE SEPARATIST AND OTHER CHALLENGES. KALLA SAID RECENTLY PASSED AUTONOMY LA [...]
2001-12-05 08:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV ID
01LONDON7384UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT
[...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...]
2001-12-21 16:23:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
01MANAMA3641 AMIR TO SECRETARY POWELL ON AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY. BAHRAIN'S AMIR WELCOMES THE U.S. FOCUS ON REPLACING THE TALIBAN AND FORMING A BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT. HE URGED THAT WE GET SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE SPOKESMAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND TURN THE TALIBAN INTO INSURGENTS. WITH SUCH A STEP HE TH [...]
2001-10-29 14:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL AF BA
01PARIS11204FRENCH VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE'S OFFICE AND TO MFA AFGHAN DESK OFFICER BRUCE BOURDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND FOLLOWED-UP WITH A MEETING WITH BOURDON ON OCTOBER 12. BOURDON TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WERE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR EU PARTNERS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN'S P [...]
2001-10-16 05:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAF FR PK PREL
01PRAGUE2892CZECH RESPONSE: AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 13, WE BRIEFED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S ASIA AND PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, IVAN JESTRAB, ON THE POINTS IN REFTEL ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE. JESTRAB, WHO TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR ON NOVEMBER 1 AFTER SERVING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS THE CZECH AMBASSADOR IN NEW DELHI, EXPRESSED HIS APPRECI [...]
2001-11-14 16:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF EZ
01RABAT3231MOROCCO: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. KING MOHAMMED VI AND THE GOM STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. FOL [...]
2001-12-14 18:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01RIYADH3968SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...]
2001-12-12 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL SA
01STATE176819AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...]
2001-10-11 01:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK
01STATE192153AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP). 2. (S) POSTS SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN IS FLUID. WITH EVENTS MOVING RAPIDLY, WE ASK POSTS TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING UNEQU [...]
2001-11-03 06:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL AF PTER
01STATE198912ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] SUMMARY ----------- THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" TO CONGRESS. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE REPORT BE A FULL AND COMPLETE FACTUAL RECORD OF TERRORISM-RELATED ACTIVITY IN COUNTRIES THAT EXPERIENCED TERRORISM. IT SHOULD NOT BE [...]
2001-11-16 18:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
01STATE61624TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR DOHA. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (S) THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT DURING THE TALIBAN DELEGATION VISIT TO QATAR THE TALIBAN AND QATARIS MAY DISCUSS A TRIBUNAL OF MUSLIM SCHOLARS TO TRY USAMA BIN LADEN IN QATAR. REPORTEDLY, UNDER THIS FOR [...]
2001-04-07 00:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER QA AF
01THEHAGUE3267AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - DUTCH QUESTIONS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, CHARGE HAS SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH DUTCH DEPUTY POLITICAL SECRETARY GENERAL HERMAN SCHAPER ON NOVEMBER 8 TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE AND HE WOULD APPRECIATE TALKING POINTS TO ADDRESS DUTCH QUESTIONS IN PARA 2 BELOW BY COB WASHINGTON TIME ON NOVEMBER 7. [...]
2001-11-07 10:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID EUN NL JA
01ULAANBAATAR1018AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 6, WE REVIEWED POINTS CONTAINED IN REFTEL WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER S. BATBOLD. HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE GOALS OF THE U. S. POLICY. HE ADDED THA HE APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND OUR REQUEST FO COMMENT BUT WOULD DEFER COMMENT FOR THE MOMENT. 2. (C) BATBOL [...]
2001-11-07 02:31:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF MG
01VATICAN5546 OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR JEFF LUNSTEAD, SENIOR
[...] SUBJECT: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHANISTAN BRIEFS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05546 01 OF 02 251050Z VATICAN. REF. STATE 184178 2. (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR ADVISOR AND AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 [...]
2001-10-25 10:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AF VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5693 SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...]
2001-11-02 16:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL
01VATICAN6098SECRETARY POWELL'S MEETING WITH VATICAN
[...] (C) SECRETARY TAURAN IS TRAVELLING TO BUCHAREST SPECIFICALLY TO MEET WITH THE SECRETARY. HE TOLD AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON ON NOVEMBER 20(REF A) THAT THE POPE HAD INSTRUCTED HIM TO MEET THE SECRETARY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID THAT THE TWO TOPICS THAT THE POPE ASKED HIM TO R [...]
2001-11-27 16:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL RM VT VTPREL
02ABUJA1090INITIAL 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 16:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC NI
02ABUJA3309 AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NIGERIAN
[...] Summary. Interest in Afghanistan and USG actions in rebuilding the country is low among Nigeria's southern journalists. There is more interest in the print media in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, which occasionally publishes Afghan-related material, mostly in the context of stories on Iraq, [...]
2002-12-13 14:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI AF
02AMMAN2423SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING
[...] (S) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week tour of Iraq. The images he conveyed -- full flights into and out of Baghdad, markets better stocked with products than before, huge, recently-completed ornat [...]
2002-05-16 06:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ
02ANKARA8305TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-15 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
02ANKARA8993TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN TURKEY
[...] Post appreciates message of sustained interest in telling the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has a long historical tie to Afghanistan and is proud of its current status as a leader in Afghan reconstruction. Our responsibility is to demonstrate to the Turkish populace that [...]
2002-12-16 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AF PREL SOCI TU
02ATHENS4072GREECE: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, THE GOG HAS ROTATED THREE FRIGATES (HS SPETSES, HS ADRIAS, AND HS PSARA) THROUGH ARABIAN SEA DUTY. EACH FRIGATE CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 200 CREW MEMBERS, A S-70B6 HELICOPTER, AND A UNIT OF HELLENIC NAVY COMMANDOS. GREECE HAS ALSO BEEN CONT [...]
2002-11-26 09:18:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER GR
02HARARE2275MEDIA REACTION BUSH/BLAIR UNDER FIRE; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Blair, Bush terrorism must stop" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 12 editorial to ordering the British and American governments to stop meddling in the affairs of other countries. "We demand that Blair and Bush l [...]
2002-10-15 13:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE292MEDIA REPORT "WEST BIASED AGAINST ZIMBABWE";
[...] UNDER HEADLINE "WEST BIASED AGAINST ZIMBABWE: SOME LOCAL SCRIBES HAVE BECOME MASCOTS OF NEO-COLONIALISM," THE JANUARY 31 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" CARRIED AN OPINION PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA THAT IS CRITICAL OF THE U. S. FOREIGN POLICY. ARTICLE EXCE [...]
2002-02-01 07:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02KATHMANDU685DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA
[...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...]
2002-04-05 04:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO
02LONDON8320UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]
2002-11-25 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
02RANGOON1310ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CONTACTS
[...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Bangladesh, the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) contacted the Karenni National Progressive Party in late August 2002 regarding the possibility of relocating its bases to KNPP-controlled territory on the border between Thailand and Burma. According [...]
2002-10-10 05:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV PREL BG TH BM
02ROME1644 AFGHANISTAN: ZAHIR SHAH'S FUTURE PLANS, CLOSING
[...] (C) ON A MARCH 11-12 VISIT TO ROME, SA/PAB DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE MCGANN MET WITH MFA OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, AND ZAHIR SHAH HIMSELF. MCGANN AND SA/PD DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUSAN HOVANEC CLOSED OUT AN ESF GRANT OFFERED TO THE KING'S ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE EM [...]
2002-04-03 06:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
02ROME3942CAREFUL 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 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4238ARTICLE 98 AND AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYMENT:
[...] (C) CHARGE FOLLOWED UP ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE (REFS) IN HIS INITIAL CALL ON PRIME (AND FOREIGN) MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISER, GIANNI CASTELLANETA, AUGUST 30. CASTELLANETA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED, FROM WHICH HE HAD DRAWN IN WORKING OUT THE GOI'S APPR [...]
2002-08-30 16:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IT MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL KICC AFGHANISTAN
03ABUDHABI114 UAE TO TIGHTEN SECURITY FOR AIRCRAFT
[...] (U) Classified by Marcella M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (b) and (d). SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A quiet heads-up on 1/7 to UAE authorities regarding consideration of laying on modest additional security measures to help ensure the safety of Afghan Hajj flights became slightly garbled wi [...]
2003-01-08 14:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER EAIR ASEC PREL PGOV MOPS AF TC
03ABUDHABI1811 MEDIA REACTION: THREATS TO SYRIA CONTROL OF IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. WARNINGS TO SYRIA, U.S. CONTROL OF IRAQ, AND TODAY'S MEETING IN NASSERIYA FOR IRAQI COMMUNITY LEADERS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT SYRIA IS NOT THE ONLY TARGET. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL DESCRIBED THE IRAQI OPPOSITION MEE [...]
2003-04-15 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3876 MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL PALESTINE IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IN "AL ITTIHAD," KUWAITI COLUMNIST DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA CRITICIZED THE ARABIC SATELLITE TV NETWORKS AND OTHERS FOR LABELING THE ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ AN ACT OF LIBERATION. AN "AL ITTIHAD" [...]
2003-08-25 08:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3940 UAE aid to Afghanistan totals more than USD
[...] (U) Summary and comment: As the World Bank considers approaching the UAEG to co-host an Afghan donors conference on the margins of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Dubai in September, Post was reminded recently by one of our MFA contacts that the UAE has provided millions of dollars in [...]
2003-08-27 11:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEAID MARR MASS PREL PGOV OHIP AF TC
03ABUDHABI4192 MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL ARAFAT POWELL VISITS IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASIR ARAFAT AND THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TO IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL COMMENTED ON ISRAEL'S DEBATE ON EXPELLING THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT. ANOTHER EDIT [...]
2003-09-15 07:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI5062 CLASSIFIED ANNEX TO UAE 2003 ANNUAL
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charg d'Affaires, a.i., Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Post provides additional responses to complement the unclassified portion of the 2003 annual terrorism report. The information included in this classified annex is considered highly sensitive [...]
2003-11-23 12:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV TC
03ABUJA2070NIGERIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post provides the following input for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: 2. A. Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanjo has [...]
2003-12-04 14:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER NI
03ABUJA39NIGERIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2002 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanj [...]
2003-01-08 14:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER NI
03AMMAN2240MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-14 12:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3555MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-16 11:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN4450 PRM A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN AND IRAQI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16-17 visit to Jordan, PRM A/S Dewey met with the Director-General of the GOJ's Department of Palestinian Affairs and the Camp Improvement Committee at Wihdat refugee camp, visited UNRWA installations and met with UNRWA Deputy ComGen Karen AbuZayd. The Palestini [...]
2003-07-20 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO
03AMMAN5378MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-25 12:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03ANKARA3911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-17 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-02 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-05 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-15 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5579TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: JI TEN/LIST 40
[...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d). 2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA official Ahmet Arda to deliver Ref A and C demarches, and discuss possible additional legal bases for seizing terrorist assets. End Summary. 3. (C) Effective [...]
2003-09-05 10:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA5964TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN TAKES CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON
[...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting on the eve of the September 19 NSC meeting that would consider a troop contribution to the stabilization force in Iraq, new NSC Secretary General General Sukru Sariisik revealed little to SIPDIS the Ambassador of what would occur at the meeting. [...]
2003-09-22 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY IZ MARR PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA6053ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-25 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6854ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-03 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7020HABUR GATE/IBRAHIM KAHLIL
[...] (C) In reftel CPA reacts to proposals for discussions with Turkey on transit capacity on the Iraqi border. The message rejects the Turkish proposal for a second gate because it is "politically" motivated. As we view the issue, the U.S. has a significant interest in improving the flow of goo [...]
2003-11-07 21:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7093AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...]
2003-11-14 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS
03ANKARA7319ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN
[...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]
2003-11-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7360ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-01 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7378TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]
2003-12-02 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV TU
03BRUSSELS5593A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU
[...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...]
2003-12-11 14:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1253 Political Islam in Sri Lanka and the Maldives
[...] (C) In response to Reftel action request, country descriptions of political Islam as a factor in Sri Lanka and the Maldives are contained in Paras 2-7. --------- SRI LANKA --------- 2. (C) OVERVIEW: Political Islam is not an important factor in Sri Lanka at this time. Sri Lanka is [...]
2003-07-17 09:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PTER PREL SOCI MV CE
03COLOMBO1493 Maldivian police review visit to detainee at
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 26 meeting with Charge', two Maldivian police officials reviewed their recent visit to Guantanamo Bay to interview a Maldivian national detained there. The officials said they did not/not believe the detainee was connected with terrorism, but noted that there we [...]
2003-08-26 11:38:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV
03COLOMBO476 TFIZ01: GSL releases relatively constructive
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GSL has issued a relatively constructive statement re the Iraq situation (text in Para 10). In a meeting late March 20, the PM gave the Ambassador the opportunity to help craft the message and some improvements were made. The PM confirmed that the GSL would not be able [...]
2003-03-21 05:41:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO560 TFIZ01: Mission conveys latest message re
[...] (C) This update, focused on reaction to Operation Iraqi Freedom in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, reviews: >> Mission conveys latest points re blocking possible UNGA meeting >> Taking a different tack than the government, President Kumaratunga hits out at the U.S. >> NGO, Muslim criticis [...]
2003-04-02 09:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ UN
03FRANKFURT2405 VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE
[...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]
2003-03-20 11:51:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03HARARE67MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "War on Iraq a threat to world peace and security" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its January 9 editorial to discouraging the United States from using force against Iraq, saying "going to war with Iraq does definitely endanger world peace because [...]
2003-01-10 10:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03ISLAMABAD89502003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-01 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PK
03JERUSALEM2819THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...]
2003-09-08 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
03KABUL1007SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Summary: During his April 11 meeting with FM Abdullah, SE Khalilzad addressed both regional and domestic Afghan developments. Khalilzad suggested that the renewed activity of the Taliban and other destabilizing elements in the South might be addressed through a trilateral (U.S.-Afghan-Pak [...]
2003-04-18 04:02:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK
03KABUL1008AMBASSADOR'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 04:02:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KABUL1015SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH NDS CHIEF
[...] (S/NF) Summary: SE Khalilzad met on April 11 with National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Engineer Aref to discuss current security conditions, his views on proposed US-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral discussions, and to review NDS reform. Aref told SE Khalilzad that Pakistan was indeed promo [...]
2003-04-18 14:11:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK
03KABUL1022AFGHANISTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE -
[...] (C) The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is facing an assortment of challenges as the government of President Karzai enters the Afghan year 1382. The Ministry,s relations with its sole telecom service provider, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC),continue to deteriorate while a sec [...]
2003-04-20 04:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV ECON ELAB AF
03KABUL1029CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S APRIL 16 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Rohrabacher was accompanied by his spouse, Ambassador and Econ/Comofficer (notetaker). Congressman Rohrabacher began by assuring Karzai that the war in Iraq had not diverted attention from Afghanis [...]
2003-04-21 02:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PINR PTER AF
03KABUL1744NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT
[...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...]
2003-06-29 05:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR AF
03KATHMANDU2309WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24,
[...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]
2003-11-25 03:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KUWAIT1273FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...]
2003-04-06 11:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL CASC KU
03KUWAIT2565 KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 8-11: NORMALIZATION
[...] SUMMARY: Comments early in the week by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs that Kuwait supports normalization of relations with Israel "within the framework of a joint Arab position" unleashed a torrent of denunciations from conservative and Islamist groups. Liberal commentators see gover [...]
2003-06-11 15:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2847KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 21-25: US-KUWAIT
[...] SUMMARY: In widely reported remarks, an Islamist MP lashes out at former Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Saud Al- Sabah for the latter's establishment of a committee to collect donations for the families of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq. MP Busairi goes on to denounce normalization of relations [...]
2003-06-26 19:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
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 10:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
03KUWAIT595EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH
[...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...]
2003-02-18 09:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU
03LAGOS102NIGERIA; 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 09:37:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NI
03OTTAWA1654CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF,
[...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]
2003-06-11 15:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1899ISAF: CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum visited Kabul June 23-24 in advance of Canada's participation in ISAF IV and V. McCallum met with Afghan President Karzai and Defense Minister Khan, among others, and visited the camp being set up for approximately 1,800 Canadian troops. Wh [...]
2003-07-07 12:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF 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 14:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2174 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...]
2003-07-31 16:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2235 MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ;
[...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...]
2003-08-07 18:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA2306 MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH
[...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]
2003-08-12 20:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2355IRAN: CANADA WOULD SUPPORT IAEA NON-COMPLIANCE
[...] (C) Canada's Foreign Ministry (DFAIT) informed us on August 15 that should the USG decide to press for a resolution of non-compliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Canada will "fully and actively" support us. Foreign Minister Graham has written to IAEA DG El Baradei, urgin [...]
2003-08-18 21:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKNNP PHUM IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2358 MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; NORTH KOREA
[...] "What should NATO do in Afghanistan?" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/18): "What's to be done when your raison d'tre has disappeared? That has been the question faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War. Who is NATO's enemy now that the Soviet empire [...]
2003-08-19 14:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2452 MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST
[...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...]
2003-08-27 20:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA658 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] "The American 'dream palace'" Columnist Jeffrey Simpson commented in the leading Globe and Mail (3/4): "...The 'dream palace' will be one in which the Americans are led by their political and military leaders through unfamiliar cultural territory, using largely inappropriate means toward lo [...]
2003-03-10 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA659 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY
[...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...]
2003-03-10 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA660 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY
[...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...]
2003-03-10 20:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03ROME3200CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]
2003-07-14 12:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU IT EUN
03SANAA1732002-2003 INCSR SUBMISSION: YEMEN
[...] (U) Summary: Per request in reftels, below is Embassy Sanaa's response for the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. ---------------- MONEY LAUNDERING ---------------- 2. (U) Yemen has no anti-money laundering legislation. Though the extent of money [...]
2003-01-26 12:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP SNAR PTER KCRM YM TERFIN
03SANAA2251YEMEN 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 12:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA492AMBASSADOR HULL'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-AYYAM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-13 15:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL PGOV IZ YM
03SANTODOMINGO6302PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL
[...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...]
2003-11-05 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR
03STATE23994TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL
[...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]
2003-01-28 02:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03THEHAGUE1453DUTCH COURT ACQUITS ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the District Court of Rotterdam acquitted all twelve suspects charged (under a variety of statutes) for offenses related to the provision of support to a terrorist organization. This was the second such loss for the government before the same court, following the December [...]
2003-06-06 15:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PREL CASC ETTC XG NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2343DUTCH RESPONSE TO OEF DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This is an action request: see para 3. 2. (C) Mission made reftel demarche to GONL prior to September 2-3 visit to Washington by Dutch PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Scheffer. Post was advised that GONL was not in a position to provide assets as requested reftel. The Dutch plead budge [...]
2003-09-17 15:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PARM PTER AF NL
03THEHAGUE2726STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA,
[...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...]
2003-10-29 15:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK
03THEHAGUE3002DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...]
2003-12-03 13:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO
03ZAGREB2143AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE MUFTI
[...] (U) On October 3, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Sevko Omerbasic, Mufti of Zagreb and Croatia. Omerbasic, an educator and known moderate, has been quoted in the press as being critical of U.S. actions in Iraq. When asked if there had been any efforts to promote extremism in C [...]
2003-10-03 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV HR
03ZAGREB927 CROATIA/ICTY: DPM GRANIC SHOOTS GOC IN FOOT AS
[...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM GRANIC'S RASH CRITICISM THIS WEEK OF THE ZAGREB DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- INCLUDING THE U.S. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00927 01 OF 02 280635Z AMBASSADOR -- EMBARRASSED THE GOC AND OVERSHADOWED AN OTHERWISE SOLID ATTEMPT TO SENSITIZE THE CROATI [...]
2003-04-28 06:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PGOV PHUM HR UNSC ICTY
04ABUDHABI2508CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 09:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC
04ABUDHABI4411CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE
[...] (C) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Dubai Crown Prince/UAE MinDef Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR); toured Jebel Ali port and Al Dhafra and Minhad Air Ba [...]
2004-12-06 10:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC
04ABUDHABI905CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...]
2004-03-29 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC
04ABUJA1472NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO MEETS WITH SENATOR
[...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, President Olusegun Obasanjo described a regional security initiative, the Gulf of Guinea Commission. Obasanjo also described negotiations with the Cameroonian President over the Bakassi peninsula without mentioning a previous c [...]
2004-08-27 12:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR ECON PINR NI
04ABUJA17Army Fights Fundamentalist Group in Yobe
[...] (SBU) On Christmas Day, Nigerian members of an extremist Islamic sect destroyed the police station in the town of Kanamma in Yunsari Local Government Area (LGA) in Yobe State near the border with Niger, killed a policeman, and carried away arms and ammunition. The sect lost three of its own m [...]
2004-01-06 13:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PHUM NI POLMIL
04ABUJA183NIGERIAN "TALIBAN" ATTACKS MOST LIKELY NOT TIED TO
[...] (C) Summary: Political, religious and economic leaders in Yobe State told Econoff in late January that what government officials and media initially labeled a radical Islamist organization or "Taliban," instead called itself the Hijra Group and probably had no links to foreign terrorist groups [...]
2004-02-06 04:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM KISL NI
04ABUJA2165NIGERIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in REFTEL: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasanjo ha [...]
2004-12-30 15:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER NI
04AMMAN1665JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...]
2004-03-04 19:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN2140MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-22 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR JO
04AMMAN2671MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 09:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04ANKARA1711AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]
2004-03-23 07:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA2977ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-27 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3589ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3791ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-10 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5830ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-14 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6010ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-22 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7059TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...]
2004-12-20 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU
04BEIRUT1108LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI AND SHEIKH QABALAN ON IRAQ
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR CONVEYED POINTS IN REF A ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ TO PARLIAMENT SPEAKER (AND SHI'ITE LEADER) NABIH BERRI MARCH 4. BERRI, WHO PUBLICLY DENOUNCED THE ATTACKS FROM DAMASCUS ON MARCH 2 (REF B),SAID THAT "INSIDE THE ROOMS" OF INFLUENTIAL SHI'A LEADERS, THERE IS AGREEMENT TH [...]
2004-03-05 11:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL LE IZ
04BOGOTA5234LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USG SUPPORT TO DEMOBILIZATION
[...] (C) This is an Action Request: Embassy Bogota requests that the Department urgently work with both DOJ and USAID to resolve legal ambiguities that inhibit our ability to support aspects of desertion and demobilization programs in Colombia. In particular, we need a ruling on whether, and when [...]
2004-05-22 20:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL PTER CO
04BRASILIA437AFGHAN PRESENTATION FOR BRAZILIAN MILITARY
[...] (U) During a DATT-hosted 18 February dinner for key military contacts, poloff, recently returned from an Afghanistan TDY, delivered a graphic powerpoint presentation on Coalition nation building efforts in that country. The presentation focused on four themes: the overall security and reconst [...]
2004-02-27 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF AF BR
04CARACAS1031A PEEK BENEATH LARA STATE'S REVOLUTIONARY FACADE
[...] (C) Information Officer traveled March 10-14 to Barquisimeto, Lara state to seek private media views on freedom of expression and on the state's economic and political landscape. Most private media owners and managers maintain a low profile and present both pro- Venezuelan government (GOV) [...]
2004-03-26 14:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS2078CHAVISTA LEGISLATORS FIRE OPPOSITION SUPREME COURT
[...] (U) The National Assembly (NA) removed Supreme Court (TSJ) Vice President Franklin Arriechi Gutierrez June 16. The Chavista-controlled NA used the power given them by the new TSJ law to remove judges with a simple majority vote in some SIPDIS situations. Arriechi, known to oppose Chavez, wil [...]
2004-06-23 21:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2146ARRIECHI ACCUSES TSJ JUDGES OF CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUPREME COURT (TSJ) JUDGE FRANKLIN ARRIECHI SPOKE WITH PAO AND POLOFF JUNE 23, AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM THE TSJ (SEE REFTEL.) ARRIECHI REJECTED THE VALIDITY OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) VOTE TO REMOVE HIM. HE STATED HIS INTENTION TO IGNORE THE RULING, AND CONTINUE TO REPORT TO WORK IN ORD [...]
2004-07-01 21:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE
04DUSHANBE170TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED
[...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...]
2004-02-01 05:20:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI
04HANOI3335 VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY
[...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...]
2004-12-20 04:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF
04ISTANBUL610TURKISH POLICE SEIZE 4.4 TONS OF MORPHINE BASE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) seized 4.4 tons of morphine base, with an estimated value in Turkey of USD 15.5 million, in a raid on an Istanbul warehouse on March 29. The group targeted in the recent raid has connections to other narcotics trafficking groups in Turkey and elsewher [...]
2004-04-20 07:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
04KUWAIT13(C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles what our colleagues in other Muslim societies encounter daily, but it runs counter to their experience of the US role in liberating Kuwait, which most still g [...]
2004-01-04 07:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KU
04KUWAIT1674MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 25-26: IRAQ
[...] "No Worse..." Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh wrote in independent Al-Qabas (5/25): "Had the American policy in Iraq succeeded, the transfer through the United Nations Security Council would have been welcomed. This did not happen, and the American policy in Iraq has been a great disappointment so [...]
2004-05-26 15:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
04MADRID1867SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP NATO
04MADRID2181SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...]
2004-06-09 16:20:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2618SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON JULY 12-13 EU FMS
[...] (C) Summary: Spain sees the EU-ASEM summit in danger over the insistence of Asian nations to include Burma as a full member. The GOS supports the opening of an EC office in Baghdad and stresses the importance of holding at least one of the two planned elections in Afghanistan this Fall. On t [...]
2004-07-09 14:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID4492MEETING ON WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told Charge that the MOD will take the lead in promoting "excellent" bilateral ties between Spain and the U.S. Regarding the tender for the S-80 submarine weapons system, Pardo indicated a GOS decision would be forthcoming soon. He strongl [...]
2004-11-24 16:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4774SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]
2004-12-20 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC SP
04MANAMA1619SURVEY OF PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS
[...] (SBU) The Council of Representatives (COR - lower house of parliament) October 9 opened for its third parliamentary session since the adoption of the 2002 constitution. In the absence of political parties, which are still illegal, the forty members have formed six blocs based upon common int [...]
2004-10-25 11:09:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR BA
04MUSCAT1967MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: ARAFAT, IRAQ AND BUSH VICTORY
[...] On November 7, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "Palestinian Unification": "The Palestinian Authority is going through a dangerous phase. The declining health of President Yasir Arafat plays into the hands of the Israelis, who fully expect the rise o [...]
2004-11-09 07:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04NEWDELHI6998JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS
[...] (C) Summary: In a warm and constructive November 1 discussion with the Ambassador, Parliamentary Opposition Leader Jaswant Singh reaffirmed his commitment to the US-India relationship, remarking that "I have paid a political price for my support of better relations" between New Delhi and Washi [...]
2004-11-02 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PK IZ IN
04NEWDELHI7395ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED
[...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...]
2004-11-19 14:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7512SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...]
2004-11-29 05:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR
04ROME1229GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB
[...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...]
2004-03-26 18:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04SANAA2021YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...]
2004-08-22 04:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3155YEMEN 2004-2005 INSCR REPORT
[...] (SBU) SANAA'S UPDATE FOR THE 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) IS AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: SANAA NOTES NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 2003 MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, AND HAS TAKEN NO ACTION ON ENFORCING THE UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS ON ABDUL MAJID ZINDANI. END C [...]
2004-12-26 13:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SNAR PTER KSEP KCRM YM TERFIN COM
04SANAA6803/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN
[...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...]
2004-03-24 08:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04TELAVIV1920ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...]
2004-03-30 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1701EU FM'S TO DISCUSS SUDAN, MEET ALLAWI, AND PONDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect next steps in Iraq and Sudan to dominate discussion at the July 12 ) 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),according to Joep Wijnands, Deputy Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Political Affairs and the Dutch European Correspondent, wh [...]
2004-07-08 06:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE248DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]
2004-01-30 13:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE3228THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL
[...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...]
2004-12-09 16:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE553(C/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: USG BRAINSTORMING
[...] (C) Copenhagen, London, and Madrid are exempt from noforn marking to allow discussion with appropriate contacts. 2. (C/NF) Summary: A U.S.-EU declaration on terrorist financing (TF) would reinforce EU political commitment to fighting TF and provide political support for making European T [...]
2004-03-04 13:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PTER NL EUN
04WELLINGTON870NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO PROPOSED EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] (S-rel New Zealand) Post on September 14 delivered reftel talking points and text of the proposed executive order regarding insurgency finance in Iraq to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. (S-rel New Zealand) On October 14, Taha Mcpherson of the Ministry's Security Poli [...]
2004-10-14 23:26:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPREL PTER KTFN IZ NZ
04YEREVAN934FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES VISIT TO IRAN; GOI POSITIONS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian discussed his April 11-12 visit to Iran with Ambassador April 13, providing details on his meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Kharrazi. According to Oskanian, Kharrazi said that Iran is not supporting Shia insurgents in Iraq and feels the current situa [...]
2004-04-21 08:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AM IR
05ABUDHABI2975CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE
[...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]
2005-07-05 03:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI356UAE TERRORIST FINANCING AND MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Abdelrahim Mohammed Al Awadi, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Unit at the Central Bank (AMLSCU) presented UAE laws and regulations governing money laundering and terrorist financing to USG officials at the Terrorist Financing Subcommittee of the January 11-12 Joint Military [...]
2005-01-24 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC
05ABUDHABI4200MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEETS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad visited Abu Dhabi October 4 to urge Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and the UAE to support the Iraqi political process. HbZ agreed that the UAEG would encourage Dubai-based Iraqi Su [...]
2005-10-04 11:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR IZ QA TC
05ABUDHABI4284 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI CONSTITUTION/ARAB LEAGUE
[...] SUMMARY: UAE'S SEMI-OFFICIAL DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" REPORTED THAT IRAQI SUNNIS ARE OPPOSED TO THE NEWLY-DRAFTED CONSTITUTION AND INTEND TO VOTE NO TO THE REFERENDUM ON OCTOBER 15. EDITORIALS WELCOME THE ARAB LEAGUE DELEGATION'S UPCOMING VISIT TO BAGHDAD, DESCRIBING IT AS AN OVERDUE VISIT THAT REP [...]
2005-10-11 14:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4696UAEG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary: On November 9, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) and MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. He inquired about GCC states, views and UAEG's recommendations on Afghanistan. [...]
2005-11-19 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV AF KU QA SA TC
05ABUDHABI721WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN
[...] (C) Summary: White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 7 to discuss counter terrorism trends in the Gulf region, U.S.-UAE CT cooperation, and the th [...]
2005-02-15 12:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETIR IZ PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI864STAFFEDL FISCHER EXPLORES UAE REGULATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Begin summary. Visiting Senate Banking Committee Staffdel met with UAE Minister for Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and officials from the Central Bank for briefings on the regulatory regime for all financial institutions in the UAE -- including money changers, hawaladars, stock exchang [...]
2005-02-23 11:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC
05ABUJA1987LONGTIME NIGERIA OBSERVER ON KANO'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers met Sept. 1 with Professor Paul Lubeck, who recently visited Kano State. Lubeck formerly lived in Kano and has visited Nigeria for more than 40 years. Lubeck's observations about Kano were: - anti-Americanism there is at its highest point in more than 40 years; - [...]
2005-10-17 16:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON EAID KIRF NI
05ABUJA70IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI PASSES UP U.S.-
[...] Summary. On a state visit to Nigeria, Iranian President Khatami passed up an opportunity to bash the U.S. in public remarks. Instead, in responding to a journalist's leading question during his press conference with Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Khatami condemned Saddam Hussein and the Taliba [...]
2005-01-18 09:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR NI
05ALMATY2595SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK EMBASSY CIRCULATES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 09:20:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKZ PREL MARR POLITICAL
05AMMAN8955MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM IN JORDAN AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THE REGION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 12:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05ANKARA1447ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 07:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1575TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2--TURKEY
[...] (U) This cable responds to questions in paragraph 10 of reftel. --------------------------------- ASSETS FROZEN FORFEITED OR SEIZED --------------------------------- 2. (C) Since the establishment of the UN consolidated lists of individuals/entities linked to al-Qaida (AQ),Usama bin La [...]
2005-03-18 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
05ANKARA1802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2023GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK
[...] (S/NF) Summary. There is significant US-Turkish cooperation in the GWOT. Better coordination among Turkish intelligence and the various security services could improve Turkish leaders, understanding of the threat and effectiveness in cooperation with us. The Turkish National Police provides [...]
2005-04-07 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU
05ANKARA2028ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2034TERRORIST FINANCE: MFA REQUESTS MORE BACKGROUND
[...] (C) Summary: The asset freezes of Nasreddin Group Holding and Yasin Al-Qadi are currently being challenged in Turkey's highest administrative court. MFA officials requested more background information on these UN 1267 Committee designees to help support the GOT's case. A court ruling in favo [...]
2005-04-08 05:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN TU
05ANKARA2229COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG):
[...] (SBU) On April 18, A/DCM chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, CONS, OSI, LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (C) ECON reported that MFA officials responded to our request for more information on Movlad [...]
2005-04-19 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
05ANKARA2250ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3084ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3499READOUT OF TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S MEETING IN
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Iran Department Head Ulku (who did not go on the trip) asserts U/S Tuygan delivered a "crystal clear" message on Iran's nuclear program and the need to cooperate with the EU-3 and IAEA to DFM Aminzadeh June 11 but admitted Tuygan cloaked his message in diplomatic niceties. Wi [...]
2005-06-20 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EPET ECON TU IR
05ANKARA3863TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY PRESSES GOT ON WEAK
[...] Put in place as quickly as possible legal provisions that criminalize the financing of terrorism and allow "safe harbor" for bank filers of suspicious transaction reports. We note that these provisions have been included in legislation recently submitted to parliament. If this legislation [...]
2005-07-05 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER TU
05ANKARA4188ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 05:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4232004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA4252ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4278ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4555ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4556DAS BRYZA PRESSES TURKISH MFA FOR CLOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of introductory meetings and a lunch with Turkish MFA officials on August 1, EUR DAS Matt Bryza welcomed the recent positive turn in bilateral relations and pressed for a structured approach to rebuilding US-Turkey partnership through agreement on a shared strategic [...]
2005-08-04 13:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR PINS TU IZ AF CY
05ANKARA5396ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5483ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 15:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5985ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6106COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey has a reputation for being a moderate, secular, and democratic country with a Muslim population. The reality of Islam in Turkey, however, is more complicated. The State actively represses unofficial expressions of Islam. Violent Turkish Islamic extremism does exist. Mi [...]
2005-10-11 06:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6353ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6585ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 05:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6750ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6900ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 17:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7070BAYKAL USES NATIONALISM TO CEMENT CONTROL OF
[...] (C) Summary. Party Chairman and former Foreign Minister Deniz Baykal was re-elected chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on November 19, solidifying his dictatorial control over the party. The convention also showcased the continued evolution of CHP from a progressi [...]
2005-12-01 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA7443TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]
2005-12-20 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7453ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7558ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-23 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA88ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-06 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ATHENS1982PRELIMINARY GREEK REACTION TO UNSCR 1267 SUCCESSOR
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche OOB local time July 25 to Ambassador Frangiskos Verros, head of the MFA's Directorate for International Organizations Affairs. At that time, Verros was unaware of the proposed "European" language to limit the designation process to those who "willingly" [...]
2005-07-25 14:25:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALETTC GR PREL PTER KTFN EFIN UNSC
05ATHENS3229 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The following is the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Survey Report (INSCR) Part II Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Greece. 2. While not a major financial center, Greece is vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics- trafficking, prostitution, contraband cigare [...]
2005-12-23 08:09:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN GR
05ATHENS777TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - GREECE
[...] (C) According to GoG officials, assets frozen, forfeited or seized by the GoG pursuant to UNSCR resolutions 1267 and 1373 have been insignificant (several thousand dollars). 2. (C) The Bank of Greece (central bank) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance have the legal and administrative a [...]
2005-03-18 14:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC CVIS GR
05BAGHDAD2437CHARGE SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH IRAQI MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Satterfield joined the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Interior in a May 30 dinner with the Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr where they discussed: Middle East and Iraqi political developments, the current security operations in Baghdad, as well as police training programs a [...]
2005-06-08 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD2505MODIFICATIONS BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH ON SUNNI ARAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: June 13 was another day of negotiations on Sunni Arab inclusion on the Constitution Committee. Negotiators modified their positions, but did not resolve their disagreements. Deputy Constitution Committee Chairman Adnan al-Janabi told the Charge that he felt "plus 15" (i.e., total [...]
2005-06-14 11:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3007SUNNI CONSTITUTION DRAFTERS COMMITTED TO AUGUST 15
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two principal members of the newly appointed members to the Constitutional Committee told us July 18 that they are committed to finishing a draft by August 15 if possible but they are opposed to a federalist vision of Iraq. An influential member (who was subsequently murdered on [...]
2005-07-20 09:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3064MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION TERROR; BAGHDAD
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 24 were the presidency council's meeting, Al-Jafari and Talabani's meeting with the American ambassador, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, drafting the constitution, and the developments of the security sit [...]
2005-07-24 12:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3099PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN
[...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]
2005-07-26 18:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3101PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN
[...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]
2005-07-27 02:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3516WOMEN ACTIVISTS REACT TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Women activists expressed to Ambassador on August 24 their frustration over the new constitution's implications for women's rights. The Ambassador underscored that the U.S. had pushed hard on this issue and achieved some compromise -- the removal of a time limit to the 25 percent [...]
2005-08-29 11:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3566SUNNI ARAB OFFICIALS ON HOW TO HELP THE
[...] (C) Summary: Fatwa Association (Salafist) Dr. Mahmud al Mashadani told the Ambassador August 30 that changes to the draft constitution in four areas -- Arab identity, Iraqi unity, placement of statement on Islam and human rights, and clarification of ownership of future oil and natural gas dis [...]
2005-08-31 21:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV QA IZ
05BAGHDAD3759MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 02:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3806MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 19:05:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4003A CONFERENCE OF SUNNI ARABS THAT SUPPORTS THE
[...] (C) Summary. A Sunni Arab tribal shaykh convened with help from President Talabani a September 23 conference at which the Sunni Arab political figures in attendance urged acceptance of the draft constitution and condemnation of terrorism. The conference was attended by 200 mostly Sunni leader [...]
2005-09-27 10:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4371 IRAQ MEDIA SILENT ON AFGHAN CREMATIONS
[...] Iraqi media monitored by the coalition forces, FBIS, and U.S. Embassy offices in Iraq devoted practically zero coverage to the reported burning of two Taliban fighters' bodies by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 2. Iraqi media, instead, are closely following expected results of the recent cons [...]
2005-10-24 08:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL MOPS KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4779INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS APPLY TO REPRESENT SADAAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Issam al-Ghazzawi (Jordan),and Dr. Najeeb Al- Noaimi (Qatar) are seeking to join the defense team of Saddam Hussein in the Ad Dujayl trial now in front of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT). The principal Iraqi attorney for Saddam Hussein, K [...]
2005-11-29 17:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BEIRUT2293MGLE01: DAS DIBBLE MEETING WITH WALID JUMBLATT --
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, defending (somewhat sheepishly) his public support for Hizballah, claimed to NEA DAS Dibble that doing so was the only obvious way to "cool down" Hizballah and "bring them inside." While this may involve paying lip service to Hizballah's loopy claim to the "S [...]
2005-07-13 07:57:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
05BRATISLAVA538MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...]
2005-07-11 13:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL AF LO
05BRATISLAVA539MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...]
2005-07-11 13:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL AF LO
05CAIRO5035PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL,
[...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...]
2005-07-05 06:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG
05CAIRO7878PAKISTAN - GROWING NEED FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
[...] (SBU) The Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (for resettlement) joined with the Islamabad Refugee Coordinator and the Regional Director of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) from October 3-8 to review the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program (USRP) in Pakistan. They vis [...]
2005-10-13 12:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PA EG
05CAIRO8618EGYPT-DEMARCHE ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) In a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and his Chief of Cabinet Hesham Youssef on November 15, the Ambassador delivered the points in reftel and received a brief on the status of preparations for the proposed November 19 Iraq conference. Moussa said: 50-60 Iraqis r [...]
2005-11-15 19:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ AL EG
05CAIRO9263SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]
2005-12-13 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG
05CAIRO9387EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...]
2005-12-21 05:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG
05CALCUTTA454GOI SEES IMMIGRATION FROM BANGLADESH AS NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (U) Classified By: CG Henry V. Jardine for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Poloff, Indian security services in West Bengal described illegal immigration from Bangladesh as a serious national security threat. The three major areas of concern for the officials [...]
2005-12-16 12:38:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI IN XE PTER
05CANBERRA1453AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...]
2005-08-29 06:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS
05COLOMBO1832SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE MP INDICATES CONCERN AT
[...] (SBU) On October 19 poloff met in Colombo with Pathmini Sithamparanathan, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP from Jaffna, and her husband, Professor K. Shivakumaran, who teaches drama at Jaffna University. The couple told poloff they were in the capital to meet with a number of "Sinhalese frie [...]
2005-10-20 12:00:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM CE
05DAMASCUS5833SMALL BAND OF SECULAR AND MINORITY GROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The impact of the Damascus Declaration continues to reverberate through civil society and opposition circles in Syria. A small group of secular and minority elements (with a heavy Kurdish presence) has formed the "Dialogue Group" to develop a more secular, pro-minorities alterna [...]
2005-11-07 15:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS65242005 REPORT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY
[...] (U) Summary: Throughout 2005, Syria has enacted legislation to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terror (AML/CFT) regulations in its financial sector, which has opened up in the last two years to include four private banks. It has begun to develop a Financial Int [...]
2005-12-18 07:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05DHAKA2880SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (C) As the most senior State official to visit Bangladesh since Secretary Powell in 2003, you will be warmly received by Bangladeshis and the BDG. Dynamic but chaotic, Bangladesh defies easy generalizations about its nature or future. Nevertheless, most trends are negative. Politics: The Ar [...]
2005-06-20 10:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PTER PHUM PREL BG
05DHAKA3851TEA WITH ISLAMIST FIREBRANDS
[...] (C) Summary. At their initiative, four senior Islamist scholars and clerics met with CDA to defend their stance on Ahmadiyas, urge greater USG-Islamist cooperation, and promise to fight extremism "if" any is found in Bangladesh. They argued that branding Ahmadiyas as non-Muslim would make them [...]
2005-08-08 08:07:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PTER BG PPAO
05DUBLIN1203IRELAND PREFERS EU DESIGNATION MECHANISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 15:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER EUN
05DUBLIN1264IRISH/IRAQI SHI'A MUSLIMS WELCOME AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Summary. On October 8, the Ambassador and two emboffs received a warm welcome at an Iftar celebration at the local Shi'a mosque in Dublin. Dr. Ali A. A. Al-Saleh, the Imam of the predominantly Iraqi Mosque, spoke out publicly in strong support of USG policy, stating that U.S. intervention [...]
2005-10-14 11:12:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KPAO
05FRANKFURT6995Hesse to Deport Afghan Hate Preacher
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The German state of Hesse has initiated deportation proceedings against Mr. Said Khobaib Sadat (DPOB 1 January 1959 in Logar, Afghanistan),an Afghan imam living in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, for reportedly being a "hate- preacher," a crime under the immigration law that went int [...]
2005-09-14 14:05:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL PHUM GM AF
05GABORONE346TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - BOTSWANA
[...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel request for an evaluation of the host government's ability to cooperate in the disruption of terrorist financing. Answers below are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A. As yet, the GOB has not identified any assets within Botswana subjec [...]
2005-03-10 04:56:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS BC
05HANOI3358VIETNAM: 2005-2006 INCSR RESPONSE PART II FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request (reftel). 2. (U) Summary: In addition to Vietnam's underdeveloped financial sector, its large black market economy, weak customs controls, and substantial remittances make it an easy place to launder money. While the Government of Vietnam [...]
2005-12-23 08:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM CNARC FINREF CTERR
05HELSINKI1321FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been emailed to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar per reftel instructions. Embassy POC for the report is Poloff David Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). 2. (U) General Assessment ( [...]
2005-12-29 09:33:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER FI
05HELSINKI8FINLAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel para 15. The Embassy's summary update has also been emailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan per reftel instructions. 2. (U) a) Finland actively supports and participates in the European Union's counterterrorism ef [...]
2005-01-03 13:13:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER FI
05HOCHIMINHCITY1277VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN SMITH TO HUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, GVN-backed religious leaders, and prominent dissidents in Hue on December 3. The exchange with Hue government was pointed; provincial officials largely stiff-armed the Congressman's calls for more comprehensive [...]
2005-12-13 08:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM OVIP VM RELFREE HUMANR
05ISTANBUL1080DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN
[...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...]
2005-06-23 16:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL TU XD XF XI
05KABUL4976PRT FARAH: A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. MOI replaced Farah Provinces Chief of Police Colonel Allah Wadin Noorzai on November 14 with Brigadier General Said Agha. First indications are favorable although he must deal with issues of ingrained corruption, bribery and a poorly-functioning judicial system. On Nov [...]
2005-12-08 10:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER AF
05KABUL4985CODEL MURPHY/SKELTON MEETS KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Congressmen Murphy, Skelton, and Marshall, accompanied by Ambassador Neumann, met with President Karzai on November 24 to discuss U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Karzai expected the inauguration of the newly elected Parliament to occur December 18 or 19 since announced for the 19th. He [...]
2005-12-08 13:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR PARM MASS AF
05KABUL4988PRT/GHAZNI: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS WORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Ghazni's recently seated Provincial Council met cordially on December 3, their second official meeting since a contentious election for Council officers and Meshrano Jirga members. Council members agreed that the main purpose of the Council is to keep the Provincial Ad [...]
2005-12-09 06:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5010KARZAI'S MESHRANO JIRGA APPOINTMENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Karzai released his official list of 34 appointments to the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper House of Parliament) on December 10. The list fulfills Afghan Electoral Law requirements that he include 17 women, two Kuchi representatives, and two representatives of the martyrs and [...]
2005-12-11 12:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5027AFGHAN PARLIAMENT - ONE WEEK UNTIL INAUGURATION DAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the final week before Afghanistan's first Parliamentary Inauguration in 30 years, discussions among MPs are intently focused on who will take the "plum jobs" in the new National Assembly. Despite skepticism among some partisan politicians in Kabul, both the Ambassador and USG [...]
2005-12-13 05:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5034GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]
2005-12-13 12:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5038HELMAND GOVERNOR SENT TO PARLIAMENT; REPLACED BY
[...] (U) President Karzai has named Engineer Mohammad Daoud, currently holding a senior position at the National Security Council, as the new Governor of Helmand Province. Per reftel, outgoing Governor Mullah Shir Mohammad Akhund is leaving Helmand to take a seat in the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper H [...]
2005-12-14 08:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5039GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]
2005-12-14 08:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5047GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]
2005-12-14 08:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5051DEPUTY MINISTER DAUD BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) On December 11, 2005, Deputy Minister General Daud Daud of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Alistair Corbett of the UK Drugs Team and Doug Wankel Director of Embassy Kabul's CN Task Force, met with General Wardak of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). General Wardak, who had previously worked wit [...]
2005-12-14 08:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV AF
05KABUL5066MINISTRY OF FRONTIERS AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs Alhaj Sayeed Ahmad Haqbeen described for Poloffs the important work of his Ministry in supporting national unity and understanding. The key competencies of the Ministry of Frontier and Tribal Affairs (MFTA) are promoting the nation [...]
2005-12-14 12:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
05KABUL5071PRT/GHOR - PICNIC POLITICS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PolOffs and Chaghcharan AIDOff spent the afternoon of December 8 with Ghor Governor Afzali, former Ghor Governor and current MP Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Malekzada, and several of Afzali's wealthy family members chatting about local politics in classic Afghan style - over a lavish meal [...]
2005-12-14 15:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5092COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM - AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) In 2005, Afghanistan continued its progress toward building a democratic government. The 2004 Presidential elections were followed by national assembly and provincial council elections in September 2005. In spite of Taliban threats to disrupt the democratic process, only minor inciden [...]
2005-12-15 13:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO AF
05KABUL5181 KUNDUZ POLITICS OF CORRUPTION IN THE BAGHLAN
[...] (U) Summary: Highway Police forces throughout the north and northeast and Afghan National Police (ANP) forces in Baghlan province are both dominated by Tajik warlords and drug traffickers. General Abdul Khalil has assigned former jihadi/Hezb-i-Islami loyalists from Baghlans Andarab District [...]
2005-12-20 12:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF GE
05KABUL5188Poetry and Motion - Sikhs and Hindus Return to
[...] (SBU) Summary: A November 11 poetry reading hosted by the Paktia Literary Society not only opened Gardez's new Afghan Government-built Marriage Hall but also revealed significant progress in the faith of the people in the GOA. A three hour gathering of some 300 Pashto men in Gardez's unheat [...]
2005-12-21 10:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
05KABUL5292CORRECTED COPY PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a good road connecting the Ring Road in Qalat to the Pakistani border in southeastern Zabul Province. The road improvement is underway (with US funding),but the districts are not secure yet nor under the effective control of the ce [...]
2005-12-31 06:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF
05KUWAIT1501GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Summary: Former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi (US9-KU-000205DP),who was transferred to Kuwaiti custody on January 15, was released April 13 on bail of KD 200 (USD 680) by the Criminal Court, pending the June 1 resumption of the case against him. The court's decision contradict [...]
2005-04-14 09:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU
05KUWAIT2893SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI OPINION ON IRANIAN
[...] Summary: The election of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stirred unease among Kuwaiti observers. While few voices predict Iranian foreign policy will substantially change under the new president, the perceived continuation of the status quo has prompted calls for GCC unity and [...]
2005-06-28 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL PHUM PINR KU
05KUWAIT4713KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RELEASE
[...] Kuwaiti Arabic language press celebrated the return of the five detained at the Guantanamo Bay facility. They were glorified as returning heroes with their names, photos, and biographical information occupying considerable space on front pages of the five major dailies. Only one writer took [...]
2005-11-08 09:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT656ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING,
[...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]
2005-02-14 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05LAGOS545LAGOS EAC MEETING ON ON CURRENT THREAT ASSESSMENT
[...] (S/NF) Lagos core EAC members convened today to review Post's security posture in light of the current threat information outlined in REFTELs. In attendance were the CG, RSO, RMAS, MGT, CON, DEA, POL/ECON, PAO, DAO, FCS and FBI. 2. (S/NF) RMAS summarized recent reporting outlined in RE [...]
2005-04-12 10:15:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC NI PTER
05MADRID1003SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004. He was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 3,9 [...]
2005-03-16 11:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL
05MADRID2223SPAIN: YARKAS TERRORIST TRIAL UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, judge Javier Gomez Bermudez of the Spanish National Court initiated trial proceedings against 24 defendants, mostly Syrian-born residents of Spain, accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terrorist cell linked to al-Qa'ida (Reftel). Three defendants, the main one b [...]
2005-06-10 11:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3528"SPANISH TALIBAN" SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON
[...] (U) Spain's High Court sentenced Spanish national Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed to six years in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization." Abderrahman, who was transferred to Spain from the U.S. base at Guantanamo in February 2004, is known in the press as the "Spanish Taliban" because he [...]
2005-10-06 11:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL SP
05MANAMA1580CREEPING CONSERVATISM HITS HOTELS DURING RAMADAN
[...] (SBU) Bahrain's Tourism Directorate issued instructions to five-star hotels in early October directing them to stop serving alcohol in their bars and restaurants during the holy month of Ramadan, an unprecedented development. Compliance was spotty at first but by mid-month all hotels had imp [...]
2005-10-29 14:26:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KISL BA
05MANAMA1889GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN WITH CROWN
[...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid December 21 met separately with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa and discussed the situation in Iraq, Iranian influence in Iraq, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, and the bilateral military relationship. Regarding Iraq, both the CP and DefMin [...]
2005-12-23 09:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA IZ IR BILAT OFFICIALS CTR REGION
05MANILA1098MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH
[...] (U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, the only such city in the Philippines. The city of 125,000 is 96-percent Muslim. The main campus of Mindanao State University, located in Marawi, is a nonethe [...]
2005-03-09 09:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP
05MUSCAT1123INTO THE LION'S DEN: ADDRESSING THE COMMAND AND
[...] (U) The Ambassador delivered his annual address to the Omani Command and Staff College on July 13, followed by an intense question and answer session. Fielding questions on a broad range of topics, including the war in Iraq, the legal status of Guantanamo detainees, the Palestinian-Israeli pea [...]
2005-07-18 03:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KDEM KMPI KPAO XF MU
05MUSCAT1608OMAN ONLINE: HOT TOPICS FROM AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, AND
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-10-26 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05NAIROBI2619MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate the town,s economic lifeline, a tourism industry that caters to tens of thousands of European sun-seekers annually. Some are involved in feeding the town,s sk [...]
2005-06-24 13:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE
05NEWDELHI1073""NATWAR'S MAN"" SK LAMBAH: INDIA'S LIKELY NEW SPECIAL ENVOY TO ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: The expected appointment of retired career diplomat Satinder Kumar Lambah as Special Envoy to Pakistan would maintain the web of engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, but at a quieter pitch, a decidedly lower political level, and with firmer MEA guidance than was the case w [...]
2005-02-10 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1075INDIA: SAARC DECISION SENT A MESSAGE TO DHAKA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI remains unapologetic about the last minute cancellation of the SAARC Summit and the resulting unhappiness in Dhaka. In this context, on February 9, the MEA urged PolCouns not to underestimate the extent to which developments in Bangladesh influenced India's decision not to atte [...]
2005-02-10 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECIN ENRG BG IN
05NEWDELHI2189TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated [...]
2005-03-22 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2266GOI DEMARCHE: INDIA SEEKS MORE ON IC-814
[...] (C) During a March 23 meeting with DCM and PolCouns and pursuant to discussions at the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar delivered the following SIPDIS non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investi [...]
2005-03-24 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3308INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN;
[...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...]
2005-05-02 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3647GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...]
2005-05-13 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF GOI
05NEWDELHI3746AFGHANS AND INDIANS ENCOURAGED BY BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to India Khalili expressed strong appreciation for Indian assistance to his country in a May 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, and told us that PM Manmohan Singh will visit Kabul in late June. In Khalili's view, the GOI welcomes Afghanistan's strategic partne [...]
2005-05-18 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR IN IR PK AF
05NEWDELHI3769MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...]
2005-05-19 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI395INDIA COMMITTED TO PUL-I-KHUMRI, INTERESTED IN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 12, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) Arun K Singh and newly appointed Ambassador to Afghanistan Rakesh Sood provided an update on Indian projects in Afghanistan, noting proudly that with the exception of the Parliament building and the Pul-i-Khumri [...]
2005-01-14 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI4299BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 2
[...] (C) This is the second of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy [...]
2005-06-08 06:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI5048U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...]
2005-07-01 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US
05NEWDELHI5117AFGHAN FM ABDULLAH DISCUSSES TALIBAN VIOLENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah's July 3-5 visit to New Delhi was uneventful, but gave the GOI a chance to display its continued commitment to Afghan reconstruction and its determination to play a role in Central Asia through its relationships in Afghanistan. According to the Af [...]
2005-07-05 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF IN PK UNSC
05NEWDELHI5446GOI WANTS TO HELP US IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told us on July 14 that India is very committed to its Afghan reconstruction projects, is looking for opportunities to do more in reconstruction, vocational training, and election and governance technical assistance, a [...]
2005-07-14 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM PTER IN PK AF IR
05NEWDELHI6148MEA HINTS AT COY INDIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A points on July 29 to MEA Joint Secretaries Hamid Ali Rao (UN Political) and Manjeev Puri (UN Economic and Social). In a follow-up meeting with Puri on August 8, the Joint Secretary assured us that the US shouldn't worry about the Human Rights Council (HRC),as he [...]
2005-08-08 14:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI6414MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]
2005-08-18 16:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6797PM'S KABUL VISIT: TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's August 28-29 visit to Kabul is playing as a resounding foreign policy success in New Delhi. The announced USD 50 million additional assistance, proposals for new areas of cooperation, Parliament ground-breaking and ribbon cutting of the Habibia sc [...]
2005-09-02 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID IN AF PK IR
05NEWDELHI757STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA JUST THE BEGINNING,
[...] (C) Summary: "If China had proposed a strategic dialogue a few years ago, we would have been wary," MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) told PolCouns and Poloff on January 31, SIPDIS adding that the PRC now seems willing to engage with India on issues of global importance. Echoing Foreign Secr [...]
2005-01-31 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
05NEWDELHI7725COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]
2005-10-05 05:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7777HOME SECRETARY UPBEAT ABOUT DECLINE IN TERRORISM,
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR S/CT IN PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador following an MLAT signing ceremony, Home Secretary VK Duggal was moderately upbeat over the security situation in Kashmir, noting that the situation was calm enough for the valley to welcome [...]
2005-10-06 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER CASC CJAN IN PK NP GOI
05NEWDELHI8231JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...]
2005-10-24 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR
05NEWDELHI8247NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN
[...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]
2005-10-24 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI8782MEA: LACK OF REPSONSE IN IC-814 CASE COULD HAMPER US-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, CIA, DNI, and SECDEF. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar used a November 18 meeting with Charge and PolCouns to warn that a USG failure to respond to earlier information requests (Reftel) regarding the hijacking of IC-814 [...]
2005-11-18 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PTER KISL KCRM EAIR IN US
05NEWDELHI8933INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...]
2005-11-25 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK
05NEWDELHI9127INDIA’S DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY MINIMIZE EXTREMIST
[...] (C) India's over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. India's growing economy, vibrant democracy, and inclusive culture, encourage Muslims to seek success and social mobility in the mainstream and reduces alienation. With Indian Muslim youth increasingly comfortable in [...]
2005-12-02 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV KDEM PINR PTER SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI997NEW NSA SIGNALS COMMITMENT TO US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador since his elevation as National Security Adviser, MK Narayanan identified progress in US-India relations as one of the three or four top priorities that the PM has tasked him to focus upon. Although Narayanan was uninformed about Phase 2 o [...]
2005-02-08 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER BG NP IN PK US
05OTTAWA1703TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: CANADIAN INTEREST IN
[...] (S) This is an urgent action request. See para 4. 2. (S) On June 6, Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) provided post with their analysis of listing HIG under Canada's criminal code. (Hekmatyar, as an individual, and MEK, were recently added to Canada's criminal code, but the GOC held HIG for [...]
2005-06-06 19:03:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR KTFN CA
05OTTAWA3695CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS NEGATIVE ON
[...] (S) Pol Minister Counselor and polmiloff met with two Assistant Deputy Ministers (Operations and Policy) at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on December 15, to follow up on USG's request that Canada consider resettlement of Uighurs from Guantanamo. In a cordial but candid exchange, A/D [...]
2005-12-16 20:28:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA
05OTTAWA3698CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]
2005-12-16 21:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05PARIS2051MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S.
[...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. - RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 2. AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN REGIME B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO LEADING WITH THE RESULTS OF ITS LATEST IPSOS-EUROPE ONE POLL ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTI [...]
2005-03-29 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2245MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II UN
[...] TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II 2. UN REPORT: ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II CONTINUES TO BE TODAY'S OVERWHELMING FRONT PAGE AND EDITORIAL STORY. SEVERAL REPORTS NOTE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH WILL ATTEND FRIDAY'S FUNERAL. LE FIGARO TITLES: "THE FIRST [...]
2005-04-05 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3316MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UZBEKISTAN - UPRISING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-16 11:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3391MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GUANTANAMO - KORAN
[...] GUANTANAMO - KORAN DESECRATION - NEWSWEEK REPORT 2. UZBEKISTAN - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS 3. DARFUR - NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REFERENDUM ON THE EU CONSTITUTION CONTINUES TO BE A LEAD STORY. PM RAFFARIN'S TELEVISED APPEAL LAST EVENING IN FAVOR OF THE `YES' IS FRONT-PAGED IN LE FI [...]
2005-05-18 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3504MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MUSLIM WORLD: ANTI-AMERICAN
[...] MUSLIM WORLD: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS - KORAN DESECRATION - AFGHANISTAN - LAURA BUSH TO MIDDLE EAST 2. EUROPEAN ISSUES - REFERENDUM - NATO AND DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE EUROPEAN ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT PAGES, EDITORIALS AND COMMENTARIES AS THE MAY 29 VOTE ON THE EU REFERENDU [...]
2005-05-23 12:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS365FRANCE - 2005 MONEY LAUNDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-20 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN FR
05PARIS3809MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS'
[...] EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS' VOTE - FRENCH CABINET RESHUFFLE 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AFTER THE FRENCH "NON," THE DUTCH "NEE" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, (SEE PART C) WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S S [...]
2005-06-02 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4671MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA
[...] G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA 2. AFGHANISTAN 3. GUANTANAMO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE G-8, WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW, IS A BIG FRONT-PAGE STORY, WITH RELATED STORIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HELPING AFRICA, AS REPORTED ON MONDAY IN LA TRIBUNE: "THE SUCCESS OF THE G8. WILL DEPEND ON THE CLIMAT [...]
2005-07-05 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4805EX-GTMO DETAINEE RELEASED FROM PRE-TRIAL DETENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-08 16:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
05PARIS488THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]
2005-01-27 10:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS5273MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KING FAHD'S DEATH
[...] KING FAHD'S DEATH B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS IS DOMINATED BY THE DEATHS OF KING FAHD AND OF SUDAN'S VICE PRESIDENT, IN ADDITION TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. JOHN BOLTON'S RECESS APPOINTMENT TO THE UN TOPS US- RELATED NEWS, FOLLOWED BY NASA'S PLANS TO REPAIR THE DISCOVERY S [...]
2005-08-02 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5661MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DEVOTED TO A NUMBER OF VERY DIVERSE STORIES RANGING FROM THE U.S. TOUR OF THE ROLLING STONES (LIBERATION) TO THE AVIAN FLU THREAT (LE FIGARO) AND THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION. CATHOLIC LA CROIX LEADS WITH: "IRAQ: T [...]
2005-08-23 11:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6046MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AFTERMATH OF KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6315MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Afghanistan Katrina
[...] UN Summit 2. Afghanistan 3. Katrina B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A variety of stories dominate today's front pages, with Le Figaro devoting its lead to the threat of an Avian flu epidemic. President Bush's call at the UN for the sharing of information between nations and Villepin's similar [...]
2005-09-16 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8076MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PRETORIA966 INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF G8 SUMMIT WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Frazer told Foreign Affairs officials that the Monterrey agreements represent the correct blend of policies and initiatives to support growth in Africa. This view would again govern the U.S. approach to the G8 Summit. The U.S. had already exceeded its Monterey commi [...]
2005-03-08 07:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ETRD SF
05ROME1012SOMALIA - ITALY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON SITUATION;
[...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. According to the MFA, U.S. and international concerns regarding frontline state participation in IGASOM (ref A) had been heeded by IGAD. An unofficial draft report (paragraph 7) on the March 22 core group [...]
2005-03-24 12:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SO IT
05ROME2308IDLO ASSEMBLY OF STATES MEETING: JUNE 28, 2005
[...] Summary: the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) held its triennial Assembly of States meeting on June 28. Among the resolutions and recommendations adopted, one changed the frequency of meetings to biennial vice triennial, while another called upon member states to examine the [...]
2005-07-11 12:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO
05ROME2348IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...]
2005-07-14 06:42:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3936ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...]
2005-11-30 16:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05SANAA1221DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ TRANSITIONAL
[...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on May 8. Qirbi reiterated ROYG support for the transitional government in Iraq, as expressed by President Saleh on April 10. In that statement, Saleh congratulated new Iraqi President Talibani and expressed Yemen's d [...]
2005-05-08 10:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3048SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 10/23/05, EAC met to discuss RefTel. Members in attendance were AMB, DCM, MO, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed RefTel A which concerned the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between State and DoD concerning security of DoD personnel [...]
2005-10-23 14:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANJOSE2909PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR ARIAS CONFIDENT OF
[...] (C) Presidential candidate Oscar Arias told Ambassador that he (Arias) was "an idiot" to run again for president but that he was under a lot of pressure to come back. Arias said that Costa Rica, which has been neglecting education, infrastructure, and economic development, "cannot afford to w [...]
2005-12-22 10:31:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL CS
05SANTIAGO2522CHILE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Below is the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism for Chile. Embassy point of contact is Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (acostamsm@state.gov; mikulaseks@state.sgov.gov; 56-2-330-3394). GENERAL ASSESSMENT 2. The Government of Chile generally supports U.S. counterterrorism efforts. They have ta [...]
2005-12-16 20:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV ASEC CI
05SOFIA1729ISLAM AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's large Muslim community is predominantly moderate and traditional, though both foreign and indigenous Islamic extremists are active in the country. Bulgaria's government is officially tolerant, but Muslim minorities and their problems are often ignored by central authori [...]
2005-10-11 14:08:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR BU
05STATE183800REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...]
2005-10-04 00:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05TAIPEI347MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.-
[...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Taiwan Will Not Be Alone on Its Road to Fight against Totalitarianism and Tyranny" The pro-independence "Liberty Times" editorialized (1/27): ". Honestly speaking, President Bush's inaugural address for his second term may be viewed as the most idealistic [...]
2005-01-28 01:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3783CORRECTED MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO
[...] Summary: The coverage of major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused September 10-12 on local politics; a Taipei District Court ruling in which Kuro, Taiwan's most popular peer-to-peer software company, was found guilty of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement; a local feud over sp [...]
2005-09-13 02:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TELAVIV1633TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2
[...] (U) No assets connected to the Taliban have been found in Israel. No assets related to Usama bin Laden or the Al-Qaida organization, and individuals or entities associated with them, have been detected in Israel. 2. (U) There are no impediments for more robust cooperation with the GOI on [...]
2005-03-18 13:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC KTFN IS COUNTERTERRORISM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV2667ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...]
2005-04-29 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the blocking of 40 main junctions across the country by disengagement opponents Monday afternoon. Up t [...]
2005-05-17 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4277ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that a delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the U.S. government this evening for s [...]
2005-07-11 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4770ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...]
2005-08-02 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5672ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]
2005-09-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV69712005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a regional financial center like Hong Kong or Switzerland due to a lack of financial activity with its neighboring countries. Israel's financial activity is mainly conducted with the financial markets of the U.S. and Europe, and to a lesser extent with Asia. Less than a quarter [...]
2005-12-16 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP KTFN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY COUNTERTERRORISM
05THEHAGUE2565NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STRATEGY FOR MOVING
[...] (C) Summary: According to Lo Casteleijn (Director, General Policy Affairs, MOD),the Dutch government is expected to make a positive decision by the end of October to deploy 1,000 - 1,2000 troops to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan in support of ISAF Stage III. Casteleijn hoped that parliamen [...]
2005-09-21 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2708NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 30 visit to The Hague, ASD Peter Flory met with Lo Casteleijn, MOD Director for General Policy Affairs, and Pieter de Gooijer, MFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, to discuss Afghanistan, the NATO Training Mission in Iraq, Kosovo, and NATO reform [...]
2005-10-07 09:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE3037DUTCH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge on November 8, Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz confirmed that Defense Minister Kamp is driving the review of Dutch commitments to ISAF Stage III and stressed that additional support from partners -- including the U.S. -- will be critical to a successful Dutch dep [...]
2005-11-08 17:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR AF NL
05THEHAGUE866DASD WAXMAN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH GONL ON TREATMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On March 24, DASD for Detainee Affairs Matthew Waxman met with senior Dutch MFA and MOD officials and a broad GONL interagency team concerning the treatment of detainees in the Global War on Terror. These consultations grew out of a recent request from FM Bot to Secretary Rice a [...]
2005-04-01 15:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR AF NL
05WELLINGTON619TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSCR 1617 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] Summary: The New Zealand government announced August 12 that a FATF evaluation confirmed the need for more regulation of the country's financial sector to safeguard against money laundering and terrorist financing. Post issued a news release welcoming that announcement, as part of our action [...]
2005-08-15 03:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO OIIP NZ
06ABUDHABI1120DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR, LEBANESE MEDIA GROUP, AND AL-NOUR
[...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to inform him of the USG´s intent to designate domestically al-Manar Television, the Lebanese Media Group, and al-Nour Radio as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order 13224. Ambassador noted that the designa [...]
2006-03-22 12:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ETTC KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI2744 MEDIA REACTION: INDIAN-US COALITION; CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ;
[...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" comments on the potential impact of an Indo-American alliance on Pakistan and China. Another asserts that Iran has been the sole benefactor of the US's arrogant policies in the region. Also in "Al-Khaleej" an unsigned editorial criticizes US Ambassador Jo [...]
2006-07-03 12:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3027SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...]
2006-07-25 14:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI3140EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]
2006-08-02 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI3782TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN UAE STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on reftel strategy for disrupting external financing to the Taliban. We believe that the draft background paper covers the issue in a comprehensive fashion. In the UAE specifically, we would propose using the existing Joint Terror Financing [...]
2006-09-26 12:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNKTFN PTER EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI3818A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...]
2006-09-28 13:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE
06ABUDHABI862 MEDIA REACTION: US PRESSURE/DUBAI PORTS
[...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-KHALEEJ" URGED ARAB COUNTRIES TO STAND THIER GROUND DURING THE COMING ARAB SUMMIT TO FOIL ANY AMERICAN PRESSURE AIMED AT STOPPING ARAB SUPPORT FOR HAMAS. AN OP-ED IN "AL-KHALEEJ" CONTRASTS OPPOSITION TO THE DUBAI PORTS DEAL WITH U.S. SUPPORT FOR FREE TRADE. AN END [...]
2006-03-07 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ADDISABABA1647IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-15 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1691CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-20 13:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1783MELES/FRAZER REVIEW APPROACH TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer opened the meeting by telling Prime Minister Meles that we appreciate Ethiopia's restraint and contacts warning the Union of Islamic Courts (ICU) that Ethiopia would not tolerate an attack on Baidoa as the seat of the Transitional Federal Government ( [...]
2006-06-29 16:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA2042SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...]
2006-07-25 13:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO
06ADDISABABA3048AN AMERICAN/ETHIOPIAN PARTNERSHIP SO CRITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As I prepare to turn over my responsibilities to my good friend and respected colleague, Ambassador Don Yamamoto, I urge the USG to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Ethiopia. Ethiopia is moving in the right direction -- despite the nay-sayers -- on democracy, devel [...]
2006-11-15 15:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALASEC ET PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO
06ADDISABABA3175ETHIOPIA: SEN. FEINGOLD TALKS SOMALIA, HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting U.S. Senator Feingold Nov. 30 that while the GOE was trying to avoid war with the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in Somalia, armed conflict was likely in the coming weeks. Meles expected that the CIC would move against Somalia's Transitional Federal Govern [...]
2006-12-04 05:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PHUM ET SO
06ADDISABABA3206ETHIOPIA: PM MELES MEETS WITH FMR SECSTATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. While visiting Addis Ababa to promote the UNDP's Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi December 1 to discuss Ethiopia's support of the Commission and her concern about the deterioratin [...]
2006-12-06 06:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06AITTAIPEI3140MEDIA REACTION: CAMPAIGN TO OUST PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage September 9-11 to former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's sit-in rally to oust President Chen Shui-bian, which kicked off Saturday. All the major Chinese-language papers carried a half-page paid ann [...]
2006-09-11 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AMMAN1477MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN327MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 10:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6761USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Amman's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Jordan. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operating env [...]
2006-08-31 12:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PGOV PREL PTER JO IZ
06ANKARA1771ANKARA MEDIA EACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1882ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-04-07 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2665CODEL PENCE'S MAY 8 DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Gul, a congressional delegation led by Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) pledged congressional support for Turkey's EU accession process and appreciation of Turkey's efforts to support the democratization process in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Congr [...]
2006-05-11 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP TU
06ANKARA3617A/S BOUCHER CONSULTS WITH TURKEY ON CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As follow-up to Secretary Rice,s April commitment to FM Abdullah Gul to embark on expert consultations as part of new U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher consulted with Turkish Officials on June 14 on Central Asia and Afghanistan. Turkish and U.S. [...]
2006-06-19 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET TU ZK
06ANKARA4525ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-08-07 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4853ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-08-21 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-07 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5202ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-08 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5247ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5248ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5264ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-13 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5329ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-14 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5442ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-19 05:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5512ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-20 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5604ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-25 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5615ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-26 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5634ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-09-27 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6121ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-10-26 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6143ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2006-10-27 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6239ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6451TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, October 2006
[...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on October 31. Internal and external developments affecting Turkey's national security topped the agenda of the meeting. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program after the UN Security Council resolution of July 31 were discusse [...]
2006-11-20 09:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL UY CH GR AM AF LE TU
06ANKARA6558IRAN'S UNEVEN HANDLING OF REFUGEE CLAIMS
[...] (C) Summary: The Iranian government's approach in dealing with Afghan refugees is markedly different from the way it handles Iraqi refugees, according to our consular contacts. Refugees from Afghanistan face greater official and societal obstacles than those from Iraq. The Iranian government h [...]
2006-12-01 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAF IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA6581TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...]
2006-12-05 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA6598EUCOM D/COM GENERAL WARD'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS IN
[...] (C) EUCOM Deputy Commander General William Ward restated EUCOM's commitment to work closely with Turkey on security issues during November 7 introductory calls on CHOD Yasar Buyukanit, DCHOD Ergin Saygun, and MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay. Buyukanit described his [...]
2006-12-06 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ IR TU
06ANKARA6700TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]
2006-12-19 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6705TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]
2006-12-20 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA835ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ASHGABAT704TURKMENISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS ABOUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Pakistani Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Dr. Ali Ahmad Arian on June 30 and talked about the bilateral relationship between Turkmenistan and Pakistan, including their declining trade relations, Trans-Afghan Pipeline feasibility, educational exchanges, an [...]
2006-07-05 12:54:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PK TX KPAO ETRD EPET ZK PGOV
06ASHGABAT721Afghan-Turkmen Relations: Mutually Beneficial
[...] (SBU) During a July 6 meeting with PolOff, Afghanistan Depuy Chief of Mission Rooz M. Noor discussed bilateral trade, transport routes, political relations, future joint projects and the general state of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. END SUMMARY Afghan Trade with Turkmenist [...]
2006-07-07 11:56:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG TX AF ETRD PGOV SOCI ZK
06ASHGABAT862LT GENERAL EIKENBERRY VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN
[...] (C) Commander, CFC-A met with Minister of Defense, Chief of the State Border Service and Chief of State Civil Aviation Service. The Minister of Defense and Chief of the State Border Service provided a short summary of Turkmenistan support for Afghanistan and questioned why, after five years, [...]
2006-08-11 09:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TX
06ASTANA158KAZAKHSTANI SURVEY TEAM IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will focus on humanitarian assistance, participation in investment projects, and broadening commercial ties with Afghanistan, according to the Deputy Foreign Minister who led the recent survey team to Kabul and two northern provinces. As a regional leader, Kazakhstan [...]
2006-10-03 11:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EINV MARR NATO AF KZ
06ASTANA816KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORIST LIST
[...] In response to reftel, post submits the following list of banned terrorist organizations in Kazakhstan: Al-Qaida, Islamic Party of Eastern Turkistan, Kurdish People's Congress, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Asbat al-Ansar, Muslim Brotherhood, Taliban Movement, Boz Gurd, Jamaat of Central Asia [...]
2006-12-11 16:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN KVPR PREL KZ
06ASTANA901KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]
2006-12-21 01:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06BAGHDAD1055FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...]
2006-04-01 14:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1689CABINET FORMATION ATMOSPHERICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Atmospherics at the May 20 inauguration of the new Iraqi Cabinet, reflected a blend of mirth, frustrated ambition, chaos -- but also satisfaction that a hurdle had been passed. Kurdish attendees joked over Speaker Mashadani's occasional malaproprisms and the fluid denouement to [...]
2006-05-22 15:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1779DANISH PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade called on the Ambassador and GEN Casey. Rasmussen reported that the Danish Parliament is expected to vote next week to extend and adjust its military presence in Iraq through July 7, 2007 [...]
2006-05-29 04:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ DA
06BAGHDAD2571MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF IRAQI COUNCIL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker, Mahmoud Mashadani, described to Charge Satterfield and CG Casey his efforts to support the Prime Minister, his recent discussions in Tehran, and the "Baathist trap" he fell into when he remarked on the presence of Israeli troops in t [...]
2006-07-18 15:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3188COMPLAINTS OF SHIA IMAM IN HILLAH
[...] (C) Sayed Imam Kazwini, a Shia cleric who is close to secular politician Ayad Allawi and who has been well-disposed to the U.S., said during a meeting in Hillah that: -- Iranian influence in Iraq has become "intolerable." -- U.S. support for the current Iraqi government amounts to support [...]
2006-08-30 09:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4123BADR ORGANIZATION LEADER AND VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives Security and Defense Committee and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amiri met John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President on October 19. Amiri thanked the U.S. for its role in liberating Iraq and helping to build [...]
2006-11-05 07:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4124COR SPEAKER AND VICE PRESIDENT ADVISER HANNAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud al- Mashadani told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 18 that there is a security challenge in Iraq caused by Sunni and Shi'a militias. He estimated that there is a six month period to ov [...]
2006-11-05 08:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4328TALABANI SAYS SYRIA READY TO HELP IN IRAQ;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 21 with the Ambassador Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed the conviction that Syria is ready to help secure and stabilize Iraq. He shared a plan drawn up by Vice President Adil al-Mahdi to encourage cooperation among political blocs in an effort to [...]
2006-11-22 22:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY IQ
06BAGHDAD4755DIYALA: THE ISSUES, LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Diyala is a mixed Province. Although the Sunni represent a majority, they are underrepresented in the Provincial Government due to their boycott of the January 2005 provincial elections. With a Shi'a minority government trying to exert control over a Sunni-supported insurgency [...]
2006-12-29 17:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD811FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER PONDERS HOW TO COMPETE
[...] (C) Summary. Former Interior Minister Nuri Badran, brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told Poloffs that sectarian parties are the only way to have influence in Iraqi politics today. Moderate Shia like himself must ally themselves with Islamists to have a chance to gain in [...]
2006-03-13 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KISL IZ
06BAKU1835GOAJ INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT USG POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev stated to the Ambassador that the USG and international community's policy towards Iran has "failed," that Iran is "confident, comfortable, and unconstrained," that he "does not understand USG policy on Iran" and, consequently, Azerbaijan's policy must be to "mi [...]
2006-12-20 08:07:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PBTS PREL MARR AJ IR
06BAKU584CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AZERBAIJANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, House Subcommittee Chairman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) thanked the Foreign Minister for GOAJ's support for the Global War on Terrorism, calling Azerbaijan a "stalwart friend." Mammadyarov reiterated GOAJ's commitment to staying [...]
2006-04-17 09:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL IR AJ
06BEIJING16162CHINESE TELL BOUCHER STABILITY, SECURITY AND GOOD
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, academics, and oil industry professionals told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher during his July 30 ? August 2 visit to China that stability and security are China's foreign policy goals in the Central and Sou [...]
2006-08-07 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XD XK CH
06BEIJING8480 MAY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS,
[...] Key points made at the May 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China strongly opposes Albania's acceptance of the five Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay, who Beijing considers East Turkestan terrorist suspects, and demands their immediate repatriation. - China does not support [...]
2006-05-09 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW
06BEIRUT2272MGLE01: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SAYS
[...] (C/NF) In a late June meeting with econoff, independent Shia politician Ali Sabra Hamadeh reported that Hizballah has been cooling down its rhetoric in the Biqa Valley during the past three months. It seems the very confessional tensions that Hizballah has been working to inspire since the H [...]
2006-07-06 15:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS LE PGOV PTER SNAR SY
06BERLIN2075TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE GERMAN INFORMATION ON
[...] (C) On July 12, Germany prenotified the proposed addition of Ismail Abu Shaweesh to the UNSCR 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities Associated with Al Qaida, the Taliban, and Usama Bin Laden. Ismail Abu Shaweesh is in German custody and on trial for several alleged cr [...]
2006-07-24 17:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV UN GM
06BERN141SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:53:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PARM ETTC SZ
06BERN1867S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 14:48:00Embassy BernSECRETPTER ETTC SZ
06BERN898SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 15:15:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SZ VE
06BRATISLAVA101SLOVAK POLITICAL PARTIES FACE REALITY OF JUNE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon the announcement of a proposed June 17 date for early elections, Slovak politicians toned down their rhetoric, moved away from plans to go after PM Dzurinda in a recall vote and instead started gearing up for the impending campaign. The general consensus, even among oppo [...]
2006-02-08 17:03:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA131DINNER WITH FICO: SLOVAKIA'S OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Smer Chairman Robert Fico and Vice Chairman Pavol Paska (who also chairs parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee) at a February 15 dinner, during which Fico and Paska made their predictions about what post-June 17 election Slovakia would look like in terms of f [...]
2006-02-16 16:18:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON SOCI CVIS LO
06BRUSSELS2502BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...]
2006-07-18 05:37:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
06BRUSSELS4158AFGHANISTAN: EUR A/S FRIED AND SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM
[...] (C) IN A MEETING REQUESTED BY THE AFGHAN SIDE ON THE MARGINS OF THE OSCE MINISTERIAL IN BRUSSELS, EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED AND SCA DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM TOLD DAVOOD MORADIAN, AFGHAN SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO FM SPANTA, THAT WHILE THE USG WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS AND DONORS, THE [...]
2006-12-15 16:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS PREF PGOV AF
06BRUSSELS524SECSTATE LEGAL ADVISER ON WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secstate Legal Adviser John Bellinger met with a comprehensive array of EU interlocutors in Brussels on February 7-8 to discuss U.S. views on the legal framework for the war on terrorism. He stressed that U.S. decisions on how to deal with an unprecedented global terrorist threat h [...]
2006-02-15 17:13:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUENOSAIRES1189MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; UN AND GUANTANAMO;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover an interview with journalist Robert Fisk on the war in Iraq; the UN asking the US to close the Guantanamo prison; the US/Latin American ties in the opinion of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner; the impact of the USG decision to militarize the US/Mexi [...]
2006-05-24 20:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1929WAR IN LEBANON; WAR ON TERRORISM; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PLANS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the implications of the war in Lebanon; the ongoing war on terrorism; USG's support for Argentina's nuclear program; and USTR Susan Schwab's statement that the US does not believe it should revive global commercial talks through a [...]
2006-08-25 20:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2070FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; GSP REVIEW; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend local papers' special supplements cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Other international stories include the impact of the GSP review on Argentina; Argentine President Kirchner's upcoming trip to New York; the situation in Bolivia and its impac [...]
2006-09-12 10:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2073FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story is US President George W. Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Other international stories include Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's attempt to gather support from his Mercosur counterparts for his negotiations to rea [...]
2006-09-12 17:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2100FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES'
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...]
2006-09-15 11:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2388WAR IN IRAQ & ITS IMPACT ON NOVEMBER 7 LEGISLATIVE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on the war in Iraq and on the finding of human remains at Ground Zero and their probable impact on the November 7 legislative elections; the Nicaraguan upcoming elections; US Senator Lugar's report on Non proliferation; Venezuelan Preside [...]
2006-10-24 09:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2730ARGENTINA DOES NOT MAINTAIN TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (SBU) The Government of Argentina does not maintain any list of terrorists such as the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) List (reftel). According to Acting Director of the MFA's Counter Terrorism Office, Gustavo Urrutia, the GoA instead relies on the UN 1267 Committee consolida [...]
2006-12-11 20:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER ETTC PREL EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES345MEDIA REACTION IRAN, GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The Iranian crisis and its global repercussions continue to garner media attention, followed by the international 'furor' over Muhammad's cartoons, which may 'snowball' and the hectic elections in Haiti, marred by violent incidents and disorganization. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]
2006-02-13 14:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES813MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Peruvian elections; USG concern over Humala Ollanta; suicide bombers blasting worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year; and [...]
2006-04-10 20:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO5430AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FM ABOUL
[...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on August 28. Aboul Gheit warned Ambassador Schulte that the U.S. handling of Lebanon had strengthened Iran, that economic sanctions against Ir [...]
2006-08-31 10:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC EG IR LE IS KNNP
06CAIRO7124ABOUL GHEIT URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Ambassador discussed Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon in a December 12 meeting. Aboul Gheit strongly cautioned the U.S. not to engage Iran or Syria under current circumstances and repeated his call for the U.S. to "destroy the Iraqi mili [...]
2006-12-12 16:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER UNSC IR IZ EG LE SY
06CANBERRA1804PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]
2006-11-09 22:20:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CARACAS1468DIVISIONS AND DISSENT IN CHAVISMO
[...] (C) The diversity of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' "Bolivarian Revolution" often makes it appear divided. For example, differences have emerged between the movement's civilians and soldiers, its democrats and dictators, and its ideologues and crooks. Nonetheless, these disputes have bee [...]
2006-05-22 20:33:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE
06DAKAR27802006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]
2006-11-21 10:46:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR27892006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]
2006-11-21 15:58:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR28182006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II:
[...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]
2006-11-27 12:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAMASCUS4679Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war maneuvering, UN
[...] Summary: Syrian papers covered the latest Brammertz Report, focusing on the idea that Syria has been generally cooperative in the U.N. commission's investigation. The papers also covered a meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al Mouallem and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who [...]
2006-09-26 15:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4733Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, Assad
[...] Summary: The Syrian press on October 1 and 2 focused on the interview President Assad gave to Spanish daily El Pais. The papers covered Assad's call to start peace negotiations from the point they stopped in 2000. He said that peace could be achieved in 6 months if negotiations resume from [...]
2006-10-02 12:34:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS512Damascus Media Reaction: Beirut Riots/Accusations
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Muqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr Movement in Iraq, has rejected accusations that infiltrators enter Iraq through Syria, stressing that there is not any evidence of this. Al-Sadr, during a visit to the Syrian northeastern city of Raqqa described Syr [...]
2006-02-08 14:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5326SYRIAN VIEWS ON FM MOALLEM,S VISIT IRAQ
[...] (U) UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 21 ASSASSINATION OF PIERRE JAMAYEL, FOREIGN MINISTER WALID MUALLEM,S TRIP TO IRAQ DOMINATED THE HEADLINES AND CONVERSATIONS IN DAMASCUS. SYRIANS OF VARIOUS STRIPES VIEWED THE VISIT AS A SUCCESS AS IT EXTENDED SARG INFLUENCE IN IRAQ WITH BOTH ITS TRADITIONAL ALLIES AND T [...]
2006-11-22 16:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS605ASSESSMENT OF TARGETED FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Post offers the following observations based on its experience thus far with targeted financial sanctions against SARG officials and other Syrian entities. First, maximizing media coverage of the designation increases the "name and shame" effect. The designation of Asif Shawkat [...]
2006-02-13 14:27:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DHAKA1525WELCOME TO SCA: THE BANGLADESH AGENDA
[...] (C) It's not George Harrison's Bangladesh anymore. Major advances in health, education, and food security have given Bangladesh a stability and a future that seemed unthinkable just 20 years ago. Bangladeshis are tolerant, moderate people who generally live at peace with their Hindu and Chri [...]
2006-03-20 09:10:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PTER KISL KDEM BG
06DHAKA280YOUR VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (S) Everything and nothing has changed in Bangladesh since your last visit in May 2005. JMB's stunning onslaught of violence finally forced the BDG to acknowledge that terrorism and extremism exist in Bangladesh, but domestic politics remain as polarized and painful as ever. Your BNP and MFA [...]
2006-01-20 11:54:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PTER KISL KDEM BG BGD
06DHAKA820SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CROWLEY
[...] (SBU) Everything and nothing has changed since your last visit to Bangladesh in January 2004. The economy continues to grow annually at a robust 5-6 percent, but infrastructure and other problems prevent real inroads on poverty reduction. The feared loss of jobs in the garment industry with t [...]
2006-02-14 10:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP BG BGD
06DOHA868A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR
[...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...]
2006-06-06 12:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA
06DUBAI2756IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBLIN362IRISH CROWD MOVED BY "THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO"
[...] Summary. On April 5, an emboff attended the Amnesty International sponsored public screening of "The Road to Guantanamo" and a following Q&A session with former Guantanamo detainees, Rhuhel Ahmed, and Shafiq Rasul. The film is a docu-drama that presents a damning account of USG treatment of [...]
2006-04-06 16:57:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER OPRC KPAO PINR PHUM MARR MOPS PINS
06DUBLIN562AFGHANIS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN IRISH CHURCH
[...] Summary. According to official sources and press reports, 41 Afghani asylum seekers began a hunger/thirst strike in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest perceived pending deportations. Since the strike began on May 12, eight of the all male group have been admitted to a hosp [...]
2006-05-19 17:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI
06DUBLIN582AFGHANI HUNGER STRIKE IN IRELAND ENDS WITHOUT
[...] (U) On May 20, a seven-day hunger/thirst strike instigated by 41 Afghani asylum seekers ended peacefully and without major incident. Per reftel, this group of men sought refuge in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in a bid to strengthen their asylum cases. (None actually faced immed [...]
2006-05-24 12:02:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI
06DUBLIN798IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478)
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...]
2006-07-07 16:45:00Embassy DublinSECRETPINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR
06DUSHANBE1442PRESIDENT KARZAI WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai invited the Ambassador for a private one-hour breakfast at the Presidential Guest House in Dushanbe before returning to Kabul July 28. After a 20-minute one-on-one, Karzai invited his foreign minister and two other advisers to join. WHAT'S RUSSIA UP [...]
2006-07-28 10:36:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR RS AF IR TI
06DUSHANBE1655TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 4, just one business day after arriving at post, Ambassador Jacobson presented her credentials to Tajik President Emomoli Rahmonov. Rahmonov thanked the United States for its support of counter terrorism and counter narcotics efforts and said he looked forward to [...]
2006-09-06 13:30:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1766TAJIKISTAN: KABIRI'S IRPT TAKES A "TIME OUT"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an hour-long introductory call with the Ambassador September 26, Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhiddin Kabiri described his party's reasoning for not participating in the upcoming presidential elections. Kabiri said the party would use the next [...]
2006-09-27 10:27:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OEXC TI
06DUSHANBE1840FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS SOUTH FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NERVOUSLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 45-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Foreign Minister Talbak SIPDIS Nazarov remarked that the United States and Tajikistan have a positive bilateral relationship because they have built an atmosphere of trust. He thanked Boucher for [...]
2006-10-07 08:08:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE1841TAJIK PRESIDENT TELLS BOUCHER ELECTION SHOULD MEET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Tajikistan's President SIPDIS Emomali Rahmonov stressed the positive bilateral relationship with the United States. Stating he wanted to deepen contacts at every level, Rahmonov thanked the United Stat [...]
2006-10-07 08:24:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE300TAJIKISTAN HUMANITARIAN DEMINING: REQUEST FOR PM SUPPORT
[...] Post appreciates PM/WRA information (reftel) and strongly supports further engagement on demining in Tajikistan, including a Policy Assessment Visit and funding for the Tajik Mine Action Committee through the United Nations Development Program. MINES ALONG THE AFGHAN BORDER 2. Russia la [...]
2006-02-14 07:33:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KHDP TI
06FRANKFURT4401German officials make Ansar al-Islam arrest, bring other
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12 German police arrested "Burhan B." at Frankfurt Airport and charged him with breaking German export laws and with membership and support for Ansar al-Islam. Separately, on June 20 authorities launched the trial of Ata Abdoulaziz Rashid and two accomplices. They stand [...]
2006-06-27 15:03:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
06ISLAMABAD10429KABUL DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRESS IN
[...] Pakistani papers continue to give attention to last week's demonstrations in Kabul, with most characterizing the precipitating incident as a sign of American arrogance and the resulting demonstrations as a bellwether of increasing Afghan impatience with the American presence. The high point [...]
2006-06-05 10:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AF
06ISLAMABAD10539MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN
[...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]
2006-06-06 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10555PAKISTAN OBJECTION TO NAM STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On June 3 Poloff meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. After delivering demarche points on the NAM's statement on Iran (reftel B),Poloff asked Siddiqui to explain why the Pakistani delegation objected to a paragraph in the final document at the NAM's Minister [...]
2006-06-06 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PK IN PREL
06ISLAMABAD10608CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON
[...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]
2006-06-07 03:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10849BIO: NWFP GOVERNOR MUHAMMAD ALI JAN ORAKZAI
[...] (SBU) Recently appointed the Governor of the New North West Frontier Province (NWFP),Lt. General (retired) Muhammad Ali Jan Orakzai is an Alikhel-Orakzai Pashtun from Orakzai Agency. The Alikhel is the largest tribe in Orakzai Agency. Born in December 1947, he previously served as Corps Com [...]
2006-06-09 13:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD11311POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE
[...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...]
2006-06-15 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNEAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD11504PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE
[...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately),Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...]
2006-06-19 07:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD11740POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S
[...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...]
2006-06-21 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV MASS
06ISLAMABAD12211AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...]
2006-06-27 06:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPK PREL AF IN
06ISLAMABAD12389FATA: TALKS AND TRUCES ON THE TABLE IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary. Militants in North Waziristan on June 25 offered a one-month "cease-fire" on their deadly attacks on security forces and pro-government elders, if the Government of Pakistan (GOP) acquiesces on five demands. North Waziristan tribal elders re-iterated these demands during a June 27 [...]
2006-06-30 02:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12391FATA: PAKISTANI TALIBAN THREATEN JUI-F INTERESTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior officials from the Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) report increasing concern over the influence and activities of Pakistani Taliban sympathizers in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),border areas of Balochistan, and certain districts [...]
2006-06-30 04:14:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV KISL PK
06ISLAMABAD12740PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS DISCUSS
[...] (c) Summary: Visiting S/CT DAS Virginia Palmer, Chief S/CT Strategist David Kilcullen and SCA DAS John Gastright met June 22-24 in Islamabad and Peshawar with a range of officials and journalists to review developments in Pakistan's troubled tribal region. All interlocutors, whether civilian [...]
2006-07-06 05:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD13677JIRGA CALLED TO NEGOTIATE PEACE IN WAZIRISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. NWFP Governor Jan Mohammad Orakzai on July 16 announced the convening of a 45 member grand jirga to bring peace to Waziristan (and FATA at-large). The jirga of FATA notables--comprised of MNAs, Senators and mostly JUI-F local politicians from 6 of the 7 agencies--will be tasked wi [...]
2006-07-18 02:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD13862BALOCHISTAN: RAIDS ON ILLEGAL AFGHANS NET TALIBAN
[...] (C) Summary. Police in Quetta arrested approximately 200 Afghan nationals during a series of raids July 16, 17, and 18 intended to round up illegal Afghans ahead of the closure of two refugee camps next month. Police officials indicate that those arrested are accused of being in Pakistan witho [...]
2006-07-19 18:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD14208PAKISTANIS EXPEL 58 AFGHANS
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistani authorities turned over 58 Afghan nationals to Afghanistan Sunday from among the more than 200 Afghans rounded up in and around Quetta early last week. It is not known whether any of the 58 have ties to the Taliban, but Embassy contacts say the 58 were among those arreste [...]
2006-07-24 13:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD14209JULY 24 UPDATE ON GRAND JIRGA
[...] (C) Consulate Peshawar and Post have confirmed July 23 press stories that militants in Waziristan have extended a one-month ceasefire with Government of Pakistan (GOP) army troops until August 25. On July 21, militants also released four Frontier Corps scouts that were being held captive. [...]
2006-07-24 14:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD15543SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PARLIAMENTARIANS POSITIVE ON LOYA
[...] (C) Two senior and well-connected participants in the North Waziristan jirga expect the assembly to succeed and to issue binding decisions within 10-15 days. While not divulging the details of each side's negotiating positions, they report that if the jirga is successful, it will result in t [...]
2006-08-07 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PTER PGOV
06ISLAMABAD16266AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...]
2006-08-17 13:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER
06ISLAMABAD16269GWADAR: THE NEARLY BLANK CANVAS
[...] (U) Summary. During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Gwadar, Balochistan, provincial and Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) officials laid out their grand vision for the port,s future--which they hope will someday rival Dubai, providing a key transshipment point for trade with Afghanista [...]
2006-08-18 02:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK ECON EAID
06ISLAMABAD17014REACTION TO DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI SHIFTS FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From Sunday's ""we've got him"" triumphialism, the government's position on the death of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has evolved to a denial that the Baloch tribal leader was the victim of a targeted assassination. The back pedaling follows growing criticism of the security operation [...]
2006-08-29 12:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD17546BALOCHISTAN (5): THE PASHTUNS -- BALOCHISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In Balochistan, violent Baloch tribal leaders and vociferous Baloch nationalists grab the headlines, while the Pashtuns interests and issues are buried on the inside pages. Like the Baloch, the Pashtuns share deep-seated anger toward the federal government for Islama [...]
2006-09-04 07:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17547BALOCHISTAN (6): THE NATIONALIST INSURGENCY
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Despite widespread disillusionment with Islamabad, the most recent tribal uprising led by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a localized insurrection, in which the Nawab had rhetorical support from Baloch nationalists, but little concrete backing in the province-at-large. The [...]
2006-09-04 07:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17548BALOCHISTAN (7): FINDING A SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: To bring peace to the restive province of Balochistan, Islamabad must overcome pervasive distrust and skepticism toward the central government and its proposed development projects by ensuring the people of the province -- Baloch and Pashtun alike -- are the first and main benefic [...]
2006-09-04 07:38:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17963NORTHERN WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 8
[...] (S) Summary: While the September 5 agreement between the GOP and North Waziri leaders allows foreigners to remain in the North Waziristan Agency so long as they do not engage in attacks on or in Afghanistan, some foreigners reportedly are leaving NWA for neighboring areas, a development th [...]
2006-09-08 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL MOPS UN MARR LE
06ISLAMABAD18473TERRORISM FINANCE: COMMENTS ON DRAFT PAPER ON
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Islamabad provides the following comments and observations on the draft "Disrupting External Financing to the Taliban" paper. These comments are in addition to those forwarded to SCA/PB in Ref. B. 2. (S/NF) In "Introduction": Office of the Defense Representative Pakist [...]
2006-09-19 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPK PREL KTFN PTER
06ISLAMABAD18708EMBASSY ISLAMABAD-EMBASSY KABUL-CFC-A
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Islamabad-Embassy Kabul-CFC-A cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On September 12, select Embassy Islamabad, Embassy Kabul and CFC-A personnel met to discuss the security situation in the border areas and ways to improve the political, economic and social ties between Af [...]
2006-09-21 13:12:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER EAID MASS PINR AF
06ISLAMABAD18778OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS FROM MFA
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA Afghanistan Director told PolOff September 20 that high level engagement between Pakistani and Afghan leaders would continue through the autumn and was, he hoped, becoming institutionalized. The official reported that Presidents Karzai and Musharraf would meet on Septem [...]
2006-09-22 08:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF EAID PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19152NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE
[...] (C) The following list of incidents reported in the local press appear to violate the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement which tribal leaders and the GOP signed on September 5. The list has been culled from local press reporting and contacts in the area. According to our conta [...]
2006-09-28 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL MOPS PTER
06ISLAMABAD19795AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS
[...] (U) Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander (Peshawar) LTG Mohammad Hamid Khan on October 5. ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and Peshawar PO (notetaker) were also present. Meetings with NWFP Governor Orakzai and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Arbab reported septels. 2. (C) The 11t [...]
2006-10-10 09:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PK PREL MOPS PTER AF
06ISLAMABAD19796AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH NWFP GOV. ORAKZAI
[...] (U) Ambassador met with North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai on October 5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab, Secretary to the Governor Azmat Orakzai, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and [...]
2006-10-10 10:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER EAID PINR PK PREL SNAR AF
06ISLAMABAD20570FATA SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 22-OCTOBER 12
[...] (SBU) Introduction: This cable reports on security developments in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) between September 22 and October 13, as culled from press reports and conversations with post's interlocutors. The cable also lists cross-border activity from FATA and N [...]
2006-10-19 04:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL MOPS PTER
06ISLAMABAD21073PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: THE VIEW FROM PAKISTAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Pakistani officials have been tasked to coordinate a border region jirga to which Afghan President Karzai would be invited, but are proceeding at a measured pace. The Pakistan approach reflects a consensus that such an event must be organized with great care to [...]
2006-10-27 14:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPK PREL PTER AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD21222INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER AREA SECURITY,
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: In an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao offered a candid assessment of the security situation in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA),sharing his private assessment that vigorous Government of Pakist [...]
2006-10-31 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21698FATA SECURITY UPDATE: OCTOBER 15-28
[...] (C) Embassy contacts in North Waziristan continue to report "foreigners" departing NWA for other tribal agencies, apparently a response to the September 5 jirga agreement. The contacts add that militant commanders who remain in NWA are "thriving," and that Taliban commanders are demanding fe [...]
2006-11-06 07:56:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21879PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: In a November 7 meeting at his Army HQ office, President Musharraf told Asstsant Secretary Boucher that he would propose selective mining of the border with Afghanistan. Saying that it is too early to judge whether the North Waziristan jirga agreement is a success, the Preside [...]
2006-11-08 08:46:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF EAID ECON ETRD IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21904SUBJECT: BALOCHISTAN -- PAST THE CRISIS?
[...] SUMMARY: (C) In the ten weeks since Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in an encounter with the Pak Army, the Government of Pakistan has moved on several fronts to defuse another "nationalist" uprising by Baloch tribals who feel increasingly marginalized in their own province. Massive development [...]
2006-11-09 08:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD21946ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. The two discussed the upcoming strategic dialogue, including the status of dialogues on energy, education, and science and technology [...]
2006-11-13 02:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF EAID ECON ENRG ETRD MNUC PARM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21947BOUCHER AND KASURI COVER F-16S, JIRGAS, NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Kasuri. In the meeting, Kasuri asked for consideration on F-16 payments and previewed Pakistani thoughts on the joint jirgas announced after President Musharraf and [...]
2006-11-13 02:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF MASS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21968 ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...]
2006-11-13 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
06ISLAMABAD22046FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON PAK-AFG JIRGAS, BAJAUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Kasuri reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to hold a jirga as discussed at the September 27 trilateral iftar at the White House, but noted that Pakistan's vision for the event is limited to the tribal areas along the Pa [...]
2006-11-17 11:11:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF IN PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22070TRIBAL AREAS: VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The jury is still out on the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement. Violations of the agreement continued during October 29 to November 12 period. However, cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province appear to have decre [...]
2006-11-20 08:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22251FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PREDICTING NATO FAILURE IN
[...] (U) Following a November 29 press account (reftel) that described Pakistani Foreign Minister Khushid Kasuri as privately telling visiting foreign ministers of NATO member states that the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan and advising NATO members from sending in more troops, the Ministry of [...]
2006-11-30 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PK PREL NATO
06ISLAMABAD22303SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO
[...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...]
2006-12-05 03:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22449TRIBAL AREAS: TALIBANIZATION THREAT PERSISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Twelve weeks after the signing of the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement, the number of cross-border attacks from Pakistan into Afghanistan has declined. However, it is perhaps more likely that the decline is due to coalition force operations in Afghanistan [...]
2006-12-14 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PK AF PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22479VERBAL ATTACKS BY AFGHAN PRESIDENT WEARING ON
[...] (U) Summary: A series of public statements by Afghan President Karzai accusing Pakistan of fomenting instability and violence in Afghanistan have deeply irritated Pakistani officials and popular opinion generally. Although official statements in response have thus far been restrained, Pakis [...]
2006-12-15 11:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22499LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...]
2006-12-18 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PK PREL PTER NATO
06ISLAMABAD22617FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 05:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22618FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI ON ANTI-PAKISTAN RHETORIC
[...] (C) During a December 22 meeting following his return from Iran, Foreign Minister Kasuri speculated on the motives behind the verbal offensive that Afghan President Karzai and other senior Government of Afghanistan (GOA) officials launched against Pakistan only days after the Foreign Minister [...]
2006-12-28 05:35:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD354215TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...]
2006-03-03 02:00:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3807POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]
2006-03-08 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETKDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3895MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...]
2006-03-10 04:28:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD3898MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...]
2006-03-10 06:04:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD4373POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PACE
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 20 - 22 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]
2006-03-17 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD4767ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE
[...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim delivered closely coordinated messages to the Embassy. Both leaders were prepared to support an alliance o [...]
2006-03-22 05:59:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS PK
06ISLAMABAD5070MFA SEEKS INFORMATION ON 1267 COMMITTEE
[...] (S) Summary: On March 24, MFA Director Tasneem Aslam advised DCM that the GOP seeks "hard evidence" from the USG that could be used in domestic legal proceedings on the implemenation of terror financing sanctions against organizations designated by the UN 1267 Committee. Aslam claimed that [...]
2006-03-27 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD5537POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned April 12-15 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan towa [...]
2006-04-03 06:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEAID MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD5903A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary. SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed a range of regional issues in separate April 4 discussions with Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Khan. Kasuri and Khan were optimistic on relations with India, taking heart from PM Singh's recent speech in Amritsar [...]
2006-04-06 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL IN AF PK IR
06ISLAMABAD6419PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...]
2006-04-14 14:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR
06ISLAMABAD6420PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 15:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD7164A PRIMER ON PAKISTAN'S FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED
[...] Summary. This cable is intended to serve as a basic primer on Pakistan,s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The seven tribal agencies that make up the FATA are administratively, legally, and politically distinct from the rest of Pakistan. This primer focuses on these unique features o [...]
2006-04-24 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD7563SIXTEENTH MEETING OF U.S.-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Tripartite Commission (TPC) Met at GHQ in Rawalpindi April 19 -- the third Tripartite conducted at the four-star level and the second official visit to Pakistan by Afghanistan's Chief of the General Staff. Atmospherics were favorable, continuing a trend seen in earlier TPC [...]
2006-04-28 15:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PK AF PTER
06ISLAMABAD8829S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP
[...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...]
2006-05-16 02:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETMASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9336NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN
[...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...]
2006-05-22 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL AF
06ISLAMABAD9585FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...]
2006-05-24 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPL PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9706FATA: STRATEGIES AND REDLINES
[...] (C//NF) Summary. The stabilization of Pakistan's Federally Administered Areas (FATA) and the acceleration of political and economic development in this troubled region is a complex task that will determine the success of USG and Government of Pakistan (GOP) counterterrorism efforts. Since 9/11, [...]
2006-05-25 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS EAID ECON
06ISLAMABAD9708FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]
2006-05-25 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]
2006-05-26 01:37:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06JAKARTA13181NEW ZEALAND DCM CALLS ON JI'S POLITICAL WING
[...] (C) Summary. New Zealand's Deputy Head of Mission briefed us about his meeting with Irfan Awwas, the leader of Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI),Jemaah Islamiyah's political wing (his reporting cable has been sent by classified email to EAP/MTS and INR/EAP). Awwas spoke about MMI's goal of p [...]
2006-11-13 07:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ID
06JAKARTA13229INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR
[...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...]
2006-11-17 06:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID
06JAKARTA13328AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE
[...] (C) On November 27 the Ambassador met with former President B.J. Habibie at his residence in suburban Jakarta. Looking relaxed and displaying characteristic energy and enthusiasm, the former President declared President Bush's November 20 visit a success, discussed his recently released memoir [...]
2006-11-28 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA7397REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM
[...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...]
2006-06-12 09:53:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JEDDAH769IRF OFFICER MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS
[...] (S) Summary. In a visit to Jeddah and Dhahran, DRL/IRF officer Kate Lurie met with various leaders of the Christian communities. In Jeddah, Lurie and Poloff held several meetings with leaders of Christian congregations. In Dhahran, Lurie met with three Americans, two Protestants and one Ca [...]
2006-12-19 15:56:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKIRF SOCI SA
06KABUL1022VISIT OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS GUTIERREZ TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez visited Afghanistan February 28 to March 1. Secretary Gutierrez met with GOA President Karzai, Minister of Commerce Arsala, participated in a roundtable with Afghan International Chamber of Commerce executives and members of parliament, bus [...]
2006-03-08 11:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL1026PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION MOVING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Daud told PRToffs on March 6 that Taliban forces are moving into Helmand and are likely to attack the Afghan Eradication Force (AEF). The governor is also concerned that there may be attacks in other districts due to the large security commitment to the eradic [...]
2006-03-08 17:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL1103PRT/TARIN KOWT - TALIBAN REMAIN POTENT THREAT IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The security environment in the province of Uruzgan in southern Afghanistan remains grave. The Taliban threat has not diminished over time and may increase in the near term. The provincial government - only marginally effective on the best of days - shows signs of surrendering [...]
2006-03-14 15:55:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER MARR SNAR PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL1211NEW GOVERNOR OR URUZGAN PROVINCE TAKES OFFICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malawi Hakim MONIB, President Karzai's appointee as new Governor of Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan, arrived in Tarin Kowt on the morning of March 18 nearly three weeks after his appointment. Outgoing Governor Jan Mohammed Khan greeted Monib graciously, pledging support [...]
2006-03-19 13:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL1218PRT/PATKICA FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 08:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1277CODEL HOEKSTRA SEES POPPY PROBLEM FIRST HAND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: INL exposed Codel Hoekstra March 23 to the challenges facing U.S. counternarcotics policy and eradication in Afghanistan firsthand. The morning discussion between the Representatives, Embassy CN officials, CFC-A and the U.K. Embassy CN experts highlighted for the congressmen [...]
2006-03-23 14:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL1281KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 22, President Karzai presented his new Cabinet to Parliament for approval. The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. The most important change was the replacement of Dr. Abdullah as Foreign Minister with Karzai advisor Dr. Spanta. Other [...]
2006-03-23 17:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1284PRT/LASHKAR GAH - UK OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UK officials told Provincial Council (PC) and Mullahs' Council members in separate meetings on March 19 that the UK mission will last at least three years. The mission is in conjunction with the GOA and will focus on several areas: (1) Extending the government's authority [...]
2006-03-24 13:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL AF UK
06KABUL1285PRT/LASHKAR GAH - HELMAND VIOLENCE: CAUSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, as the insurgency has gained momentum in Helmand province, security has deteriorated. Causes are varied, complicated, and intertwined. They include: Some blurring of tribal/drug trafficking boundaries; growing Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) strength; the [...]
2006-03-24 13:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL13241267 SANCTIONS LIST MONITORING TEAM WILL URGE CASE
[...] (C) Summary: The focus of the upcoming UN 1267 Sanctions List Monitoring Team visit will be to facilitate the delisting of the new governor of Uruzgan, Abdul Hakim Monib. UNAMA officials have been instructed that until delisting has occurred, they are legally barred from supporting any pro [...]
2006-03-26 13:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1325PRT/LASHKAR GAH - JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A judicial conference sponsored by the PRT on March 20 revealed that lack of education and corruption are major impediments to improving Helmand's judicial system. Participating judges agreed that those engaged in poppy cultivation should be punished. They also lamented th [...]
2006-03-26 14:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL AF
06KABUL1328PRT/TARIN KOWT - NEW GOVERNOR OF URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdul Hakim Monib, who took office as Governor of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province on March 18 (reftel),is making a cautious and thoughtful start. Monib is an outsider -- appointed by President Karzai to replace a corrupt and ineffective predecessor -- and he is moving systemati [...]
2006-03-26 14:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL13411267 SANCTIONS LIST MONITORING TEAM WILL URGE CASE
[...] (C) Summary: The focus of the upcoming UN 1267 Sanctions List Monitoring Team visit will be to facilitate the delisting of the new governor of Uruzgan, Abdul Hakim Monib. UNAMA officials have been instructed that until delisting has occurred, they are legally barred from supporting any proj [...]
2006-03-27 11:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1353PRT/LASHKAR GAH - MOUSA QALA DISTRCT CHIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mousa Qala district chief Mohammed Wali and tribal elders told visiting UK PRT liaison officer, poloff, Poppy Elimination Program (PEP) officer, and USAID representative on March 23 that they are looking forward to better security when UK and Afghan National Army troops deplo [...]
2006-03-28 04:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID PREL ASEC AF
06KABUL1358PRT/MAZAR-E SHARIF DOSTUM PRESIDES OVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Dostum, the paramount warlord in northern Afghanistan, presided over a Feb. 23 ceremony in Sheberghan, capital of Jowzjan Province north of Mazar-e Sharif, during which over 100 of his commanders turned in 2.5 tons of boxed ammunition and roughly 400 small arms, RPG lau [...]
2006-03-28 12:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1440CORRECTED COPY: KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 22, President Karzai presented his new Cabinet to Parliament for approval. The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. The most important change was the replacement of Dr. Abdullah as Foreign Minister with Karzai advisor Dr. Spanta. [...]
2006-03-30 11:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1478WARDAK-HILLEN MEETING: ANA IS IMPROVING, ISAF
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of Defense Wardak said the quality of the ANA is improving and he welcomes recent Coalition planning for joint operations. In a March 20 discussion with visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs SIPDIS John Hillen, Minister Wardak said that [...]
2006-04-02 04:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER AF
06KABUL1545PROGRESS ON UN 1267 SANCTIONS DELISTING REQUEST
[...] (C/REL NATO/ISAF/AUS/NZ) Summary: The Afghan National Security Council is preparing dossiers on the 20 individuals for whom they have requested removal from the 1267 Sanctions list. The UN Team has also requested information from CFC-A, particularly with regard to Uruzgan governor Monib, a [...]
2006-04-06 12:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1554THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT: AFGHAN VS AMERICAN BELIEFS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan is in flux, fully exposed to a barrage of new concepts, economic and social change after decades of war, with a populace that both welcomes many changes and yet can react negatively and forcefully when new ideas and events seem to threaten the fragile social structur [...]
2006-04-08 03:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1669PRT/TARIN KOWT - SECURITY PROGRAMS GETTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Establishing GOA authority, particularly police authority, in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province is very much a work in progress. The province's two police forces are semi-reformed militias allied to rival warlords. The PRT and coalition forces are making some progress in trainin [...]
2006-04-12 13:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR ASEC PTER MARR AF
06KABUL1674PRT/SHARANA - WOMEN'S TRAINING BEGINS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the months of March and April, PRT Sharana funded and conducted Paktika's first women's sewing skills and literacy training activities. These activities trained a total of 38 women from Sharana, Paktika's capital, and Orgun-e, the province's largest population center. The [...]
2006-04-13 06:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID AF
06KABUL1714KARZAI NERVOUS ON PROVINCIAL SECURITY: RESURRECTS
[...] (C) In the wake of recent insurgent activity in the South, President Karzai is afraid he may be losing public confidence in his government's authority in rural provincial districts, and he is once again broaching the idea of raising informal auxiliary police units to provide security in ce [...]
2006-04-17 05:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR PTER EFIN AF PK
06KABUL1715RUSSIANS CONVENE G-8 TO DISCUSS TERRORISM; CHARGE
[...] (C) Russian Ambassador Kabulov called a meeting of G-8 chiefs of mission and other interested parties on April 11 to discuss the issue of countering terrorism in Afghanistan through ideological means. The meeting followed a February 2006 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Mosco [...]
2006-04-17 05:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF RU
06KABUL1753WOMEN MPS RECEIVE MUCH ATTENTION, FACE MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Women in the Afghan National Assembly face many challenges: political divisions, sometimes uncoordinated aid efforts, and traditional attitudes. Women are vocal and regular contributors to debate, and hold some key leadership positions, but it is unclear what their impact will [...]
2006-04-19 03:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KWMN AF
06KABUL18NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The tone of the second week for Afghanistan's National Assembly (NA) has been positive, with members of parliament open to new ideas and mostly constructive debate. The NA spent the week finalizing its leadership and discussing its rules of procedure. The formation of caucuse [...]
2006-01-02 13:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1821PRT/KANDAHAR - DEALING WITH THE TALIBAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The "spring offensive" announced by Taliban leaders in southern Afghanistan a month ago appears to be picking up momentum. During the previous four months the Taliban engaged primarily in small hit and run attacks and improvised explosive bombings, and this remains their pr [...]
2006-04-24 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL1828PRT/KANDAHAR - RECENT ATTACKS ON CANADIAN-LED
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At 07:30 April 22 near Gumbad in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed three Canadian soldiers immediately and one perished later at a military hospital. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded, but not seriously. The four vehicle [...]
2006-04-24 14:05:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER MARR ASEC AF CA
06KABUL1884PROPOSED POLICE PROGRAM CHANGES TO MEET THREAT
[...] (C) Operationally-focussed shifts in the Afghan police program will address the security situation in the south and to President Karzai's concerns (ref a). The Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A, formerly OSC-A),in coordination with the Embassy, the German Police Pro [...]
2006-04-28 08:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1887PRT/BAMYAN: KHALILI SUPPORTERS MUDDY
[...] (SBU) The supporters of Second Vice President Khalili are playing political hardball, and Governor Sarabi appears to be their target. Minority Tajik unrest, which has received tacit backing from Khalili stalwarts, appears designed to discredit the Governor. The recent appointment of a crony o [...]
2006-04-28 12:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
06KABUL2007PRT/KUNDUZ: OUT IN BADAKHSHAN'S POPPYLAND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. District managers in Jurm and Baharak acknowledge that poppy is being grown in their districts, but claim that the amount of land under cultivation is much less than in previous years. They add, however, that as long as there are no other economic opportunities for the large [...]
2006-05-03 13:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL2008PRT/HELMAND - HELMAND ERADICATION WRAP UP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 14:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KRDP AF
06KABUL2039PRT/PANJSHIR: U/S VISITS TEAM, MEETS GOV.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-07 06:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR AMGT AF
06KABUL2178PRT/TARIN KOWT: GOVERNOR MONIB'S TENUOUS GRASP ON URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] (C) The security situation in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province remains acute seven weeks after the arrival of a new governor. Unhelpful interference by the previous governor, stepped up Taliban activity, and police forces operating outside governmental authority impede Governor Monib's ability [...]
2006-05-14 11:22:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2186PRT/HELMAND: HELMAND GOVERNOR DAUD VOICES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a weekly security meeting on April 17, Helmand Governor Mohammed Daud told PRT officials that the security situation in the province was becoming more critical. In late April, the Governor moved poppy eradication forces to the northern districts, not only to eradicate, but al [...]
2006-05-15 06:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL2365KABUL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. effort in Afghanistan continues to promote economic reconstruction, build democratic institutions and develop the government's capacity to deal with continuing threats to security. The Afghanistan Compact adopted at the January London Conference and Parliament elected [...]
2006-05-24 15:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OTRA AF
06KABUL2366REPORT FROM KANDAHAR: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN U.S.
[...] (S) Conflicting reports about the U.S.-led forces (CJSOTF) attack the evening of May 21 on the village of Azizi in Panjwai district about 25 kilometers from Kandahar City reflect, in part, an ongoing Taliban psychological operations (psyops) campaign to misrepresent coalition military operat [...]
2006-05-24 16:01:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL2387PAKTIKA'S GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR MORE ROADS,
[...] (SBU) In a May 1 visit to the PRT in Sharana, the capital of Paktika, Ambassador met with Governor Khpulwak and local government officials, where he was repeatedly asked for assistance in constructing local roads to complete the provincial network, as well as help in linking the province to [...]
2006-05-25 07:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL2410The Iranian Border, Islam Qala and the
[...] (SBU) Commercial traffic at Islam Qala, the major border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan, has declined significantly in the last few months, particularly as transshipped goods destined for Pakistan are diverted to other ports of entry. Yet, truck traffic at the "informal" border crossi [...]
2006-05-28 04:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN ELTN AF
06KABUL2424PRT/TARIN KOWT - URUZGAN'S DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Monib, of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan, has been on the job for two months and is still working to build up functioning institutions from the administrative rubble left behind by his incompetent and corrupt predecessor. Visits to Tarin Kowt in recent days b [...]
2006-05-29 12:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2425PRT-QALAT - GOVERNOR ARMAN'S FIRST YEAR IN ZABUL:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Arman has been a strong governor and, overall, Zabul Province has improved over the past year. However, as he well realizes, security and high-level visits are not enough for effective government, and the GoA still lacks the ability to provide goods and services to its [...]
2006-05-29 12:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC SNAR KCRS AF
06KABUL2436SITREP 5/29 1600: MILITARY CONVOY ACCIDENT LEADS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A vehicle accident on the outskirts of Kabul involving a US military supply convoy resulted in at least one Afghan casualty and led to rioting around Kabul on May 29. The situation in Kabul as of 1600 local time was calm except for some small protests in the northwestern suburbs [...]
2006-05-29 13:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER AF
06KABUL2471PRT/PAKTIKA Q JOURNEY TO WAZA KHWA Q
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 12:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2472PRT/PANJSHIR Q BIG TEST FOR AMMO REMOVAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNDP/ANBP program to remove mines and ammunition from Panjshir is reaching a critical juncture. As it nears successful completion of work at the site of Parakh, it now takes on a greater challenge at Paranday, both in terms of depot size and local resistance. UNDP/ANBP of [...]
2006-05-30 13:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2552RECONCILIATION PROGRAM HOLDS CONFERENCE WITH
[...] (SBU) The Independent Commission for the Program for Strengthening Peace (PTS) - the Afghan-led reconciliation process - held a conference on May 15 with representatives of Coalition and ISAF PRTs in order to familiarize them with the PTS process and to give the heads of the six regional PTS [...]
2006-06-05 04:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL257PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE
[...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...]
2006-01-18 06:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM
06KABUL2601PRT/KUNDUZ: STRONG INDICATIONS THAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There are strong indications that the May 30 attack on a USAID alternative livelihoods contractor in the remote river valley district of Darayeen in Badakhshan province was perpetrated by local drug lords who feared that the contractor was undermining their multimillion dolla [...]
2006-06-07 10:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL265PRT/KHOST: BOMBINGS IN KHOST TARGET CIVILIANS; NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 10:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER
06KABUL2687PRT/PAKTIKA PAKTITA FOUR DISTRICTS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An early June journey to and assessment of four districts in western Paktika ka revealed districts with generally little infrastructure and little support from the central government. Despite certain similarities, these districts differ in their support for the government and [...]
2006-06-13 02:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2718KUNAR TRIP HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR MORE AFGHAN INPUT
[...] SUMMARY: Increasing Afghans, involvement in development projects was one of the main themes of the Ambassador,s June 4 trip to the PRT in Asadabad, Kunar province. The Ambassador met with Governor Wafa, members of the local shura, and students from a nearby school who were an enthusiastic audi [...]
2006-06-14 16:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL2723CODEL HAYES MEETS KARZAI, WARDAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 31, Congressmen Robin Hayes (R-NC),Joe Wilson (R-SC),Jeff Miller (R-FL),Richard Keller (R-FL),and Henry Cuellar (D-TX),and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) met separately with Defense Minister Wardak and President Karzai. The President blamed the recent distu [...]
2006-06-15 05:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2765PRT FARAH FROM THREATENED CIVIL STRIFE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Village elders from Gullistan District in northern Farah requested help from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to resolve extortion, theft, and freedom of movement problems stemming from corrupt and abusive practices by Purchaman District Manager Salim Mobarez. The elde [...]
2006-06-18 12:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV AF
06KABUL2781GOA REPLY TO REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FIVE
[...] (SBU) Polmiloff contacted Afghan National Security Council officer for detainee affairs Jamil Bahramy regarding the five individuals listed reftel, to confirm whether the GOA would be willing to accept these individuals back from Guantanamo through the reconciliation program (PTS). Bahramy, a [...]
2006-06-19 10:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWCR PHUM PINS AF
06KABUL2829PRT/KUNDUZ NEW POLICE CHIEF IN KUNDUZ
[...] (SBU) Note: Below is the first reporting shared with the Embassy by the German PRT in Konduz. We hope to make this a precedent, not only for the Germans but for the other non-US PRTs as well. We are working with ISAF, as part of its PRT Coherence Plan to pool as much PRT reporting as possi [...]
2006-06-22 07:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2841ASSESSING THE PASHTUN BELT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-Embassy Islamabad-CFC cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Neumann, Ambassador Crocker, CFC Commanding General Eikenberry, and their senior staffs met at Embassy Kabul for the first of a series of planned periodic inter-Embassy meetings prompte [...]
2006-06-24 02:52:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER USAID MASS PINR AF
06KABUL2862PRT/KUNDUZ: NEW POLICE CHIEFS RAISE HOPES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new police chiefs in Kunduz, Baghlan and Takhar are well-educated, professional, career police officers who have risen through the ranks over the past 20 to 25 years, assiduously avoiding direct participation in partisan politics and earning a reputation for loyalty and in [...]
2006-06-25 09:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR MARR AF
06KABUL2970NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND
[...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...]
2006-07-02 13:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER PREL MOPS AF PK
06KABUL2975ZABUL GOVERNOR ON ROMANIAN DEPLOYMENT, UAE AID,
[...] (S) In a meeting with Ambassador Neumann on June 30, Zabul Governor Arman expressed his concern with the ability of the Romanians to operate in Zabul province without additional support. Leaving aside the question of combat capability, he cited three factors: 1) the Romanian troops will be n [...]
2006-07-03 07:08:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL30PRT-QALAT: GOVERNOR FIRES SHAMULZAI DISTRICT CHIEF,
[...] (U) Summary: Zabul Provincial Governor Arman used a carrot and stick approach (local autonomy and good officials; development projects) and argued both Islam and geopolitics at a shura to try to convince Shamulzai district elders not to deal with the Taliban. While Arman is willing to fire [...]
2006-01-03 09:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF PK
06KABUL3001KHOWST DLEGATION PRESS FOR NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of elders and a parliamentarian from Khowst Province told A/DCM and PRTOff June 19 that Governor Merajoddin Pathan's administration is overrepresented by former Communist government officials, leading to weakening of GOA legitimacy in Khowst. The group warned ant [...]
2006-07-05 13:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL3019LEAHY AMENDMENT GUIDANCE FOR POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) As reported ref a, the recent list of 86 senior Afghan National Police officers, as promulgated by the GOA, contained the names of 14 individuals who did not successfully pass the MOI rank reform Selection Board review process. These name [...]
2006-07-06 07:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KCRS AF
06KABUL3021AMBASSADOR AND MRS NEUMANN VISIT LITHUANIAN PRT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Neumann and Lithuanian Ambassador Srsknys visited Lithuanian PRT Chaghcharan on June 23, and met with Ghor Governor and other provincial officials. The Lithuanians impressed the Ambassador with their excellent relations with provincial officials, regular patro [...]
2006-07-06 07:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID ECON LH AF
06KABUL3078PRT/PANJSHIR: Road Paves Way For Change
[...] (SBU) The new road in Panjshir, funded by USAID at 16 million USD, is making daily progress along its 47- km stretch. The road is transforming the province - economically, politically and socially. The change is overwhelmingly positive; Panjshiri support of the project is wide-spread. Ther [...]
2006-07-10 06:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN PGOV ECON EAID AF
06KABUL3135DISSATISFACTION IN THE PROVINCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: : On 10 July, Poloff met with Arif Khan, a member of the Paktika Provincial Council who has been in Kabul trying to meet with GOA officials to express his concerns over poor governance, corruption and deteriorating security in Paktika. His efforts to have government meetings had [...]
2006-07-13 11:16:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL317TRIP REPORT PDAS SCHWEICH TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: From January 11 to January 13 PDAS Thomas Schweich led a team from INL Washington to review the status of the INL-supported civilian police training, justice reform and counter narcotics programs in Afghanistan. The trip included a trip to the Kandahar air base and regional police tr [...]
2006-01-24 05:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3179DEPT FOR THE PREVENTION OF VICE AND THE PROMOTION
[...] (C) The feared Department of the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue that existed during and before the Taliban era may resurface again if Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Shinwari has his way. Two months ago, at a meeting of the National Ulema Council for Afghanistan, Shinwari and [...]
2006-07-17 08:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR AF
06KABUL3198KARZAI: A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Middle East again in turmoil, Washington does not need a leadership crisis involving President Karzai ) and the good news is that he is not in immediate danger of political collapse. The bad news, however, is that public confidence has eroded badly in recent weeks, as hi [...]
2006-07-17 16:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL3216PRT FARAH FARAH CITY MAYOR SACKED OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10, Farah business representatives joined members of the Provincial Council and visiting Parliamentarians demanding Deputy Governor Juma Ghanghor dismiss Mayor of Farah City, Besmellah Khan, amid constant allegations of corruption. Local merchants also protested again [...]
2006-07-19 04:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KCOR AF
06KABUL3260 PRT/PANJSHIR: Feud Called "Family Affair"
[...] (SBU) Panjshir Governor Bahlul and NDS Director Saleh, both Panjshiris, have feuded recently, throwing light not only on their personal differences but also on Panjshiri cohesiveness. When matters threatened to boil over, Panjshiri heavyweights stepped in to close ranks. The episode is reve [...]
2006-07-23 12:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3264PRT/QALAT: GOVERNOR, CJTF-76 PUSH SHAJOY DISTRICT
[...] (C) Summary: At Governor Arman,s request, CJTF commander MG Freakley met with mullahs and elders from Shajoy district, an area which has become more problematical in recent months. The ultimate objective is the release of a BAF detainee, Mullah Riais, in return for his allegiance to the GoA [...]
2006-07-24 02:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL328KANDAHAR: A GOVENOR'S INTENTIONS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Neumann and senior Embassy staff had several meetings with the Governor of Kandahar, Asadullah Khalid, between December 26, 2005 and January 14, 2006. In these meetings Govenor Khalid spoke about his intention to fight illegal poppy cultivation, detailed his problem with the m [...]
2006-01-24 13:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
06KABUL329LONDON CONFERENCE SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE
[...] (SBU) President Karzai arrives in London for the January 31 ) Feb 1 Afghanistan Conference with a two-fold agenda: -- To present to the world the face of a reborn and newly confident Afghanistan that, with the seating of its first parliament in 32 years, has successfully fulfilled the last [...]
2006-01-24 17:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL ECON EAID SNAR AF
06KABUL3317PRT/KUNDUZ: BRINGING DOWN A PROMINENT WARLORD --
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Amir Gul, a former Taliban commander and one of Baghlan's most prominent warlords, was arrested after a large arsenal of incriminating bomb-making material, weapons and ammunition was found at his compound during an Afghan National Army (ANA) cordon-and-search operation in Baghlan [...]
2006-07-27 10:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PINR AF
06KABUL3439PRT/SHARANA - SUMMER OF THE TALIBAN: A TALE OF TWO
[...] (C) Summary: Insurgent/Taliban forces have taken over two districts in Paktika province this summer. The remote districts of Naka and Dila have come under insurgent control with Afghan government forces either surrendering their weapons or simply leaving the districts in the face of insurge [...]
2006-08-01 16:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3454NOMINATIONS OF FIVE NEW CABINET MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) The nominations of five new cabinet members were announced by the Presidential Palace on the afternoon of August 2. The nominations are for the Ministries of Commerce, Culture and Information, Economy, Transportation, and Women's Affairs. 2. (SBU) The Minister of Commerce nominee is [...]
2006-08-02 14:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR AF
06KABUL351POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF FORMER TALIBAN OFFICAL AS
[...] (C) Summary. President Karzai has informally indicated that he will appoint Mullah Abdul Hakim Munib as the new governor of Uruzgan. Munib is a former high-ranking Taliban official who has reconciled with the government of Afghanistan. Karzai mentioned the decision in passing during a meeting [...]
2006-01-26 05:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL
06KABUL3538PRT/TARIN KOWT - GOVERNOR MONIB: FOCUSED ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since he took office on March 18, Uruzgan Governor Abdul Hakim Monib has been confronted by a number of challenges to his authority, most coming from former Uruzgan Governor Jan Mohammed Khan and his supporters, but also from a deteriorating security situation that has undermin [...]
2006-08-07 14:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL3570PRT KUNAR: SOVIET-STYLE SALE OF EAST AFGHAN TIMBER
[...] (SBU) Cracking down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling has been one of Kunar's outgoing governor's most important achievements. He strictly enforces Karzai's decrees on that matter. According to his interpretation, however, no individual can transport wood without the GoA's express per [...]
2006-08-09 11:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON AF
06KABUL3594KARZAI NOMINATES SABIT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai nominated Dr. Abdul Jabar Sabit as Attorney General on August 8. The Embassy has worked closely with Sabit on several issues including the Counternarcotics Law, Anti- Terrorism Law, and detainees. Although a somewhat volatile personality, his appointment seems [...]
2006-08-11 16:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PTER AF
06KABUL3597GOA VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED DEPT OF VICE AND VIRTUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister for Religious Affairs and the Hajj, in whose ministry the proposed Department for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue would be located, is a strong supporter for the reinstatement of the Department. Minister Shirani met with Ambassador Neumann on August 8 [...]
2006-08-13 06:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL3719PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI
[...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...]
2006-08-21 10:18:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL376HELMAND GOVERNOR PROMISED COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel discussed, among other things, the dramatic increase in opium cultivation in Helmand and advised the establishment of the Helmand Eradication Planning Task Force to deal with the critical issue of opium cultivation in Helmand. That Task Force met January 26 and is undertakin [...]
2006-01-27 03:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3761TRIBAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY STILL MATTERS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 12:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3824PAG UPDATE:AUG 23 MEETING
[...] (C) The full Policy Action Group (PAG) met August 23. 2. (C) Key view points and topics of discussion raised were: -- The Security Operations Group (SOG) has begun producing joint daily reports on the security situation. Defense Minister Wardak reported that the implementation and coordi [...]
2006-08-28 08:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL3935HELMAND GOVERNOR ON TRIBAL WARFARE, SECURITY, NEED
[...] (C) Summary: Helmand Governor Daud asked the Ambassador on August 23 for support for efforts to carve out the space the governor said he needs to build "loyal" local governance in the province. The Governor acknowledged poppy cultivation and Taliban activities are critical threats to his effor [...]
2006-09-03 08:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL4005KARZAI COMMENTS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICY
[...] (S) Ambassador Neumann met with President Karzai and discussed the Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. Karzai is vehemently against aerial spraying saying that we would eliminate poppy for one year at the price of turning Afghanis permanently against GOA and putting large numbers into the [...]
2006-09-06 12:54:00Embassy KabulSECRETSNAR AF
06KABUL4009SRSG KOENIGS' BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (S) In an August 27 briefing for resident embassy/mission representatives, SRSG Koenigs reported on his recent visit to Islamabad and sought support for his proposal for an organized political dialogue (as complement to the tripartite process and involving the UN, the NATO political represent [...]
2006-09-06 13:52:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL UNAF NATO PK AF
06KABUL4045NAC VISIT TO KANDAHAR PROMPTS REQUEST FOR MORE
[...] (C) Over the course of two days, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Kandahar Air Field (KAF),home of NATO Regional Command South (RC-South),to review PRT activities in southern Afghanistan and receive a briefing on Operation MEDUSA. On September 5, Kandahar PRT Commander LtCol Simon [...]
2006-09-10 03:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL4062PRESIDENT MUSHARAF'S VISIT TO KABUL: LAYING THE
[...] (C) Keenly aware of domestic skepticism over Pakistan's claims that it is committed to controlling cross-border elements of the ongoing insurgency, President Karzai nevertheless made the decision to host a very public visit by President Musharaf to Kabul on September 6-7. The theme of the vis [...]
2006-09-11 03:19:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PK AF
06KABUL4161PAG REPORT SEPT 14: SECURITY SITUATION STRETCHED
[...] (C) An Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) briefing to the September 14 Policy Action Group (PAG) continues to paint a stretched security situation in the four southern provinces of Helmand, Farah, Zabul, and Uruzgan. Military gains are being put into jeopardy due to lack of police [...]
2006-09-15 15:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL417DEBATE BUT NO ACTION IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's first week in session after a holiday recess was marked by heated debate over procedures for approval of the Cabinet and travel by Members of Parliament overseas. After initially agreeing to approve the Cabinet Minister by Minister, the Wolesi Jirga (lowe [...]
2006-01-30 14:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL4232AFGHAN POLICE REFORM: CIVIL ORDER MAINTENANCE -
[...] (C/REL CAN) Summary: Ongoing Afghan National Police (ANP) reform efforts are focused on removing corrupt/incompetent leadership, increasing the quality of training and equipment, and "rebalancing"/augmenting the force in favor of provinces with the greatest security needs. As important as the [...]
2006-09-18 11:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV AF
06KABUL4233PRT/ASADABAD - EAST AFGHAN MILITIA FORCES HERE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Provincial and district officials in the eastern Afghan border provinces of Kunar and Nuristan see militia or auxiliary forces, in existence since last year, as essential security elements. Though they are untrained and unreliable, the 1000 men in Kunar and 200 in Nuristan guar [...]
2006-09-18 11:47:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4251SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT
[...] (S) President Karzai is more self-confident than three months ago, but not politically stronger. Karzai worries endlessly about how firm our support is -- and how much he must do. He will be looking for support and encouragement of every kind during this visit, but assurances must be balance [...]
2006-09-19 05:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL4321SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...]
2006-09-21 14:00:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER MARR PGOV PK AF
06KABUL4326PRT/MEHTARLAM - THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan National Police (ANP) is the predominant Afghan government institution responsible for the security of Laghman province. Its recent performance has engendered mistrust by the local population and is in many cases directly responsible for the deterioration in security [...]
2006-09-21 14:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4327PRT/MEHTARLAM - THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan National Police (ANP) is the predominant Afghan government institution responsible for the security of Laghman province. Its recent performance has engendered mistrust by the local population and is in many cases directly responsible for the deterioration in security [...]
2006-09-21 14:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4432Update on Japanese Ring Road
[...] (U) At the Embassy of Japan's request, Embassy and USAID staff have recently participated in discussions with the Japanese about the security situation in southern Afghanistan and its impact on the prospective start of Japan's segment of the ring road. We have described approaches to operating [...]
2006-09-28 11:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL452PRT Panjshir: The Security Dimension
[...] (SBU) In Panjshir Province, the security environment is permissive. The PRT is able to move about actively in the valley and interact closely with its inhabitants. The main factors shaping the positive environment are: strategic alignment with the U.S., a strong governor who works with the [...]
2006-02-01 13:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL453PRT HELMAND: GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ON POPPY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand provincial Governor Engineer Daud told PRT officers on January 30 that he is optimistic his poppy eradication plan will succeed. Along with eradication, there must also be significant assistance to poor farmers, especially in the far north of the province. The Govern [...]
2006-02-01 13:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL460PRT Panjshir: The Political Context
[...] (SBU) The political dynamics in Panjshir Province are changing. Political standing, in the old paradigm, was based on ones closeness to Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Mujahideen leader assassinated in September 2001. But a new paradigm is emerging. Political clout derives more and more from ones [...]
2006-02-02 10:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL4777SENATORS FRIST AND MARTINEZ MEET WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) President Karzai hosted an Iftar dinner in honor of Senators Bill Frist and Mel Martinez, at the end of their October 2 visit to Afghanistan. Karzai used the dinner to express deep appreciation for U.S. support for Afghanistan, and particularly for the President's efforts to encourage Pr [...]
2006-10-04 02:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER OREP PK IN IR AF
06KABUL4779TRIBAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ON SECURITY AND BORDER
[...] (C) During an October 1 courtesy call, Minister of Frontier and Tribal Affairs Abdul Karim Brahowie blamed Pakistan for Afghanistan's security woes. While no concrete results have been seen from the North Waziristan agreement, the Minister sees a role for tribal leaders in reducing border ten [...]
2006-10-04 02:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL4783PAG REPORT OCT 2: MOVING ON GOVERNANCE AND AUX POLICE
[...] (C) The October 2 Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting agreed on an general action plan for Afghan Development Zones (ADZs). Two GOA teams will be going to Helmand and Kandahar provinces to assess the state of governance there, with the aim of identifying and removing incompetent or corrupt offi [...]
2006-10-04 05:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF NOTAG
06KABUL4899PAG REPORT OCT 4: KARZAI RALLIES HIS TEAM
[...] (C) At a three-hour marathon session of the PAG October 4, an engaged, focused and energetic President Karzai, appearing at times frustrated, directed both his own government and the international community to move forward rapidly on the full menu of security, reconstruction, and strategic c [...]
2006-10-08 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL491PRT/PANJSHIR: THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
[...] (U) The U.S.-led assistance effort is transforming the economy of Panjshir Province, , leading to what the Governor calls the new prosperity. He cites four areas for economic growth: commerce, facilitated by an improved road network; tourism, attracting visitors primarily from Kabul; agri [...]
2006-02-05 12:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIS EMIN PGOV AF
06KABUL495GOVERNOR DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT IN THE PANJSHIR
[...] (U) Disarmament is still a problem in Panjshir, according to Governor Haji Bahlul, who met with the DCM on February 4. Bahlul praised the PRT's work and said that the relatively permissive security posture (the Panjshir PRT is the first to be led by a civilian) has helped improve community-PRT [...]
2006-02-05 13:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL PINR AF
06KABUL5008PRT/ASADABAD: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED TIMBER SALE
[...] (C) On August 30 Kunar Province Governor Deedar told us he had received permission from Kabul to implement a plan to sell off large stocks of timber in Kunar, stocks which have accumulated since the previous governor cracked down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling in early 2005. The GOA [...]
2006-10-15 02:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR AF
06KABUL5012EQUIPPING THE ANSF: SEIZING THE MOMENTUM OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraph 10. 2. (C/REL ISAF) Summary: The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are at a critical point in their development and require dependable ammunition, weapons, and other equipment. The North Atlantic Council's (NAC) September 27 decision (refte [...]
2006-10-15 06:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMASS PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5025PRT KANDAHAR/HELMAND: SECURITY CONCERNS TAKE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Taliban elements have re-infiltrated into parts of the districts of Panjwayi and Zharay. Security incidents in the area have increased, resulting in the deaths of six Canadian soldiers since late September. Canadian forces first shifted into a defensive position to get rein [...]
2006-10-16 04:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5106PRT JALALABAD: NANGARHAR GOVERNOR,S SECURITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai called a special meeting with 200 elders and mullahs from the three southern districts on October 2 to discuss the escalating violence in the province, especially in the south. Representatives from each of the districts spoke, with members of t [...]
2006-10-22 02:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5196DEPUTY INTERIOR MIN KHALID: REFORM NEEDED ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A/DCM and Polmiloff met with Afghan Deputy Minister of the Interior (MoI) Khalid, Afghan National Police (ANP),General Salihi A. Baiani and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) Senior Police Advisor Colonel Pitchlynn October 15. In a candid, confidential, and [...]
2006-10-25 09:51:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5197ASSASSINATION OF TRIBAL WARLORD IN HERAT PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Regional Pashtun warlord Amunallah Khan, his son and many others in his convoy were killed in an armed attack which took place on the road between Shindand and Zir Kuh in southern Herat Province on October 22. Reprisal attacks by his followers took place in the general Zir Kuh area the sa [...]
2006-10-25 10:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SNAR PINS AF
06KABUL5215AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KANDAHAR GOVERNOR
[...] (C/NF) During an October 22 meeting in Kandahar, Ambassador Neumann and Governor Khalid discussed the Afghan National Auxiliary Police Program (ANAP) and agreed that recruits for the ANAP needed to come from all regions of the province and not be based on one tribe or individual if we are to [...]
2006-10-26 08:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5216PRT JALALABAD: PTS RECONCILIATION PROGRAM NANGAHAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jalalabad PRT Officer met with Khuja Mohammed Naim Sadiq, the Director of the Jalalabad PTS Office, on October 19. Mr. Khuja reported that 115 former Taliban have been processed through his office, although only 25 are on record as having been reconciled through the PTS head [...]
2006-10-26 08:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5249PRT PANJSHIR: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER QANOONI OPENS
[...] (SBU) The grand opening of the Teachers, Training College (TTC) October 10 in Panjshir combined several unusual features for a public ceremony: a large Kabul delegation; a strong Afghan lead; some participation of women; and, for the first time, broad political themes dealing with regional i [...]
2006-10-29 11:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AF PREL
06KABUL5250PRT/ASADABAD: MURDERS OF KORENGAL OUTPOST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-29 11:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL5277SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Your November 1-3 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President and Afghan government with security and reconstruction very much on their minds. The country is facing some of its most serious challenges since the fall of the Taliban. Since his return from Washington, President Kar [...]
2006-10-30 14:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR
06KABUL5284PRT/QALAT: Initial Afghan National Auxiliary Police Class
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first class of Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) graduated in Zabul province October 8 and have deployed along Highway 1. The course was taught both in the classroom and in the field, and substantial skills improvement was seen throughout the ten days of training. Fa [...]
2006-10-31 07:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5387NSA HADLEY HEARS PRESIDENT KARZAI'S VIEWS ON THE
[...] (S) President Karzai used his November 2 dinner with NSA Hadley to lay out his goals and plans for the cross-border jirgas agreed to at the September 27 trilateral dinner in Washington. Karzai confirmed that he hopes there will be two parallel events, each addressing the security issues in th [...]
2006-11-07 04:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5393PRT GHAZNI - TALIBAN NIGHT LETTERS DISTRIBUTED IN GHAZNI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As seen in other provinces around Afghanistan, "night letters" issuing death threats to Afghan National Army (ANA) members, Afghan National Police (ANP),and Afghan women employed by U.S. PRT's and "any other foreigners", have surfaced around Ghazni City. Translations of two suc [...]
2006-11-07 11:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5394NSA HADLEY MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE AFGHAN
[...] (S) On Nov 2, NSA Hadley held two meetings with Members of Parliament. The first meeting, which took place at the Embassy, included Deputy Speakers of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ),Arif Noorzai and Fouzia Koofi, WJ Second Secretary Mohammed Salij Saljoqi and WJ Secretary General Ghulam Hassan Gran. [...]
2006-11-07 11:43:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL5398SON OF SLAIN AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAKES
[...] (SBU) Naqibullah (No Last Name),the 18-year-old son of Safia Ama Jan, the Director of Women's Affairs in Kandahar province, who was gunned down outside her home in September (see reftel),contacted post to report threats against himself and violent acts against his father since the murder of [...]
2006-11-07 12:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER PK AF
06KABUL5399PRT LASHKAR GAH - NORTH QUIET AFTER ISAF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The situation in Musa Qala district in the north of Helmand Province, the site of serious clashes between ISAF and Taliban forces, remains relatively stable following ISAF,s recent withdrawal from the district center (DC). The withdrawal followed an arrangement between the l [...]
2006-11-07 14:38:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5400READOUT OF HADLEY MEETING WITH CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) National Security Advisor Steven Hadley met with Chief Justice Azimi to learn more about the present challenges to rule of law in Afghanistan and provide encouragement for the future. Unqualified judges in office and a lack of trained recruits create a long-term challenge to the justice [...]
2006-11-07 15:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS AF
06KABUL5414OUR TAKE ON AFGHANISTAN OBJECTIVES AT THE RIGA
[...] (C) Summary: The upcoming NATO Summit in Riga offers a prime opportunity to advance our agenda in Afghanistan with our NATO Allies. We believe it essential to continue to project a steady, measured message on the need to eliminate caveats some nations have imposed on the deployment of their [...]
2006-11-09 12:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF
06KABUL5421PRT TARIN KOWT - GOVERNOR MONIB'S MILITIA
[...] (C) Summary: Uruzgan's Governor Monib formed a militia to make up for a severe shortage of Afghan security forces and open challenges to his authority. He created a militia force of approximately 1300 by reaching out to tribal leaders, many of whom were marginalized by his predecessor. He h [...]
2006-11-10 11:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5437MUSA QALA - SHOWING GOA AUTHORITY IS ESSENTIAL
[...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with Helmand Governor Daud, Ambassador Neumann discussed the situation in Musa Qala and Daud,s own plans. Daud confirmed that he had told President Karzai that if Deputy Governor Amir Mohammad Akhundzada were not removed, Daud refused to return to Helmand. He said [...]
2006-11-13 06:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL544VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE INTO SECOND DAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Violent anti-Danish and anti-Western demonstrations continued throughout Afghanistan on Tuesday, February 7. Norwegian-led PRT Maimana in northwestern Afghanistan came under small arms fire and grenade attack from a small group of protesters who breached the PRT perimeter. Dutch [...]
2006-02-07 14:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC AF DA NO
06KABUL5442BOUCHER AND SPANTA ON JIRGAS, MUSA QALA, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta in Kabul to draw out Afghan expectations on cross-border jirgas and press for early consultations with Islamabad to bridge differences. Spanta described [...]
2006-11-13 10:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5444RASSOUL REVIEWS AFGHAN SECURITY SITUATION WITH
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Rassoul used his November 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher to review Afghanistan's evolving security situation, which he characterized as generally improving due to NATO operations in the South, but still affected b [...]
2006-11-13 12:08:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
06KABUL5446BOUCHER'S CONVERSATION WITH KEY DONORS ON WHAT'S
[...] (SBU) In a working lunch in Kabul on November 8, the Ambassador, British Ambassador Evans, Japanese Ambassador Kosuge, and Deputy EU Representative Michael Semple told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher the UN-led Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board P [...]
2006-11-13 12:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF
06KABUL5452PRESIDENT KARZAI WITH A/S BOUCHER ON SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with President Karzai to report on his discussions in Islamabad on the cross-border jirgas, and urged early direct discussions before differences on expectations and plans become s [...]
2006-11-14 04:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5487PRT/LASHKAR GAH - GOVERNOR DEFENDS DEAL WITH MUSA QALA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with PRTOff, Helmand Governor Daud defended the Afghan government's deal with the leaders of Musa Qala district, wherein the government recognizes the leaders' right to administer the district in return for recognition of the central government's authority. [...]
2006-11-14 10:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5499STABILITY AT STAKE IN ZABUL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers visited the Romanian Forward Operating Base (FOB) and the U.S. run Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Zabul province November 6, where they attended security briefings on Taliban activity and redeployment of artillery assets as well [...]
2006-11-15 09:19:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MASS AF
06KABUL5556AFGHANISTAN COMPACT: THIRD JCMB SESSION TAKES A HARD LOOK
[...] The third session of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) was held in the presence of a visiting UN Security Council delegation on November 12. UNAMA and Afghan co-chairs reported that the Afghanistan Compact process is taking hold and actively helping to shape Afgha [...]
2006-11-21 12:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL5579PRT/PANJSHIR: ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ATTACK SPARKS ALERT
[...] (C) Governor Bahlul of Panjshir credits alert civilians with foiling the November 15 attempt of a terrorist to launch a suicide attack in the valley. According to the Governor, the Pashtun terrorist could get no further than Golbahar, outside the valley, where he blew himself up. The Governo [...]
2006-11-26 09:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PHUM AF
06KABUL5584MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...]
2006-11-27 01:34:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF
06KABUL559PRT/GHAZNI:NAWA, GHAZNI'S LOST DISTRICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographically isolated and largely ignored by the Afghan government and the international community, the southern district of Nawa is one of Ghazni's most troubled security environments and is vulnerable to infiltration by anti-government forces from neighboring Paktika and Zabu [...]
2006-02-08 11:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM PINR AF
06KABUL5632POLICY ACTION GROUP NOVEMBER 22: ADZ'S AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 22 Policy Action Group decided to: - Consider expanding the Afghan Development Zone (ADZ) concept to Regional Command - East (RC-East) while maintaining the focus on RC South; - Limit, for now, the Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) recruitment, trainin [...]
2006-11-30 03:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL5638PRT/LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ? AN INSIDER VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21 PRTOff met with an Afghan from Helmand Province?s Musa Qala district, someone with some influence in the district and access to information about the current situation on the ground. The individual offered harsh criticism of the three factions vying for control [...]
2006-11-30 07:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5644CODEL DREIER AND PRESIDENT KARZAI ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (SBU) In their November 26 meeting with President Karzai, Representatives David Dreier (R-CA),David Price (D-NC),Lois Capps (D-CA),and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) reaffirmed the USG's unwavering commitment to providing development assistance and combating terrorism in Afghanistan. The congressiona [...]
2006-12-01 05:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5651PRT MEHTARLAM - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN LAGHMAN
[...] (U) In the aftermath of the (second) attempted assassination of Laghman Governor Gulab Mangal, on October 14, 2006, various theories have emerged to explain the attack. These include: a Taliban attempt to destabilize the government; a local power broker's attempt to maintain political influe [...]
2006-12-03 03:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5653PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS JIRGAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 28-29 meetings with the Ambassador, Pakistan Ambassador to Afganistan Sardar Tariq Azizuddin, noting that he was speaking personally without instructions, raised fundamental questions on the meaning and purpose of the cross-border jirgas. Searching for possible al [...]
2006-12-03 06:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF ASEC MARR MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06KABUL5654PRT BAMYAN - GOVERNOR SARABI FACES CRITICISM FROM
[...] (SBU) This fall there have been a number of complaints Bamyan about the lack of development activity as well as renewed allegations against Governor Habiba Sarabi. These complaints have spawned visits from two Presidential Advisors and a delegation from the Ministry of Interior (MoI). It ap [...]
2006-12-03 07:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AF
06KABUL5665PRT/QAL-E NOW: NGOS VIEWS ON SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security in Badghis provincial capital of Qal-e Now has always been considered good and to-date there have been no insurgency related incidents there. While attacks in Badghis are currently rare, the security situation is tenuous in many districts. NGOs have limited or changed [...]
2006-12-04 07:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR AF
06KABUL5666PRT/QAL-E NOW: REBUILT AIRSTRIP IMPROVES LIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Spanish PRT recently upgraded the Qal-e Now airstrip to increase the Spanish Military's ability to support and supply the PRT during the upcoming winter months. The project was conducted by the Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI),which trained local staff [...]
2006-12-04 07:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5671PRESIDENTIAL MEETING ON DIAG CONFIRMS GOA SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOA Ministers and international representatives, in a meeting on the Disbandment of Illegally Armed Groups (DIAG) process chaired by President Karzai, called on the Afghan leadership to recommit to the program, stating that it is in the interest of the Afghan people and essenti [...]
2006-12-04 10:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR AF
06KABUL5678PAG NOVEMBER 30: TESTING MUSA QALA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The November 30 PAG focused on the Musa Qala agreement and the need to reach a PAG common line. The PAG reviewed an ISAF paper but put off any decision on it for the following week. We think the paper does not reflect recent intelligence showing that the Taliban are seeking to [...]
2006-12-04 11:51:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF MOPS
06KABUL5679KARZAI RELAYS PRESSURE TO RELEASE BAGHLAN WARLORD
[...] (SUMMARY): (S) President Karzai on 30 November initially urged the Ambassador, COMISAF, and UNAMA Special Representative (SRSG) to endorse the release of former Taliban commander Amir Gul, a prominent Baghlan warlord now in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody. Karzai wants Gul rele [...]
2006-12-04 12:11:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5695PRT TARIN KOWT - SHURA HELD IN CAHAR SINEH, URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary - Uruzgan Governor Monib convened a shura of Cahar Cineh District residents in late September to exhort those supporting the Taliban to work with him to resolve issues peacefully, stop growing poppies, and support efforts to establish security in the province. The governor also [...]
2006-12-05 12:39:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5696PRT TARIN KOWT - SHURA HELD IN CAHAR SINEH, URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary - Uruzgan Governor Monib convened a shura of Cahar Cineh District residents in late September to exhort those supporting the Taliban to work with him to resolve issues peacefully, stop growing poppies, and support efforts to establish security in the province. The governor also [...]
2006-12-05 12:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5698MUSA QALA ELDERS RETURN TO EMBASSY TO PROVIDE
[...] (SBU) Six representatives of the Musa Qala Local Authority (LA) returned to the Embassy (Ref) on November 30 to report on recent developments and appeal for support for development projects in the district. The elders reported on their meeting with President Karzai on November 29, saying they [...]
2006-12-06 01:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5700NEW DRAFT OF AFGHAN MEDIA LAW SMACKS OF
[...] (SBU) The Afghan Parliament's Committee on Religious and Cultural Affairs has circulated draft language amending the Afghan Mass Media Law (Media Law) - adopted by Presidential Decree in 2005 but never approved by Parliament - that troubles many in the Afghan media and international community [...]
2006-12-06 09:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5716FM SPANTA DISCUSSES JIRGAS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) This cable contains action requests (see para 12). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FM Spanta has been seized with preparations for the cross-border jirgas and his December 7 meeting with Pakistan FM Kasuri. Afghanistan very much wants the jirgas to be national in nature, but is wi [...]
2006-12-07 04:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5733PRT JALALABAD - DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE CROSS
[...] (SBU//RELS NATO/ISAF) Summary: While meeting with Provincial Council Chairman Fazlhadi Mslimyar, PRT officials were introduced to three Pakistani journalists visiting Jalalabad and Kabul to discuss the proposed cross border jirga. In a lively discussion, two of the Pakistanis and the Afghan [...]
2006-12-07 10:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5751DEC 6 PAG: NAC SHOULD TEST MUSA QALA
[...] (C) The December 6 PAG continued to negotiate the tests necessary to determine whether Musa Qala district is operating under the control of the central government. A new document was issued but remains flawed as it still misses the essential ingredient needed to test the agreement )- a small [...]
2006-12-09 11:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5809PRT/KUNDUZ: BAGHLAN GOVERNOR'S BIG TALK NOT YET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four months into his term as Governor of Baghlan Province, Sayed Ekramuddin Masomi outlined his ongoing plan of engagement with district leaders to stop narcotics-related activities, control corruption, pursue the Disbandment of Armed Groups (DIAG) process, and bring security to [...]
2006-12-12 03:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5810PRT/PANSHJIR: KABUL-PANJSHIR RELATIONS PART I: THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Relations between the valley province of Panjshir and the capital city of Kabul have evolved this past year. Panjshiris in the central government maintain their prominence, although the sacking of Abdullah Abdullah as Foreign Minister this spring caused some resentment in the [...]
2006-12-12 03:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5814PRT/SHARANA: A LOOK AT AN AFGHAN BORDER DISTRICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Barmal, one of Paktika Province's five districts bordering the tribal areas of Pakistan, has been the scene of a great deal of insurgent activity since coalition and Afghan forces established an Afghan government presence in April 2005. Government influence in Barmal, a distri [...]
2006-12-12 06:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5823KARZAI AND SPANTA ON FM KASURI VISIT ON JIRGAS: NO
[...] (S) President Karzai believes the Pakistanis are having trouble accepting the idea of large cross-border jirgas, due to their deep fear of the Pashtuns, and that we have to work to remove these fears. During his recent meeting with Pakistani FM Kasuri, Karzai did not accept the GOP proposal [...]
2006-12-12 15:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5824PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING INCIDENT AT
[...] (SBU) At 1250hrs on December 12, an explosion occurred inside the Helmand Governor's compound in Lashkar Gah, within the courtyard but outside the building. It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible. One account reports that one of the guards was trying to usher the bomber away from t [...]
2006-12-12 16:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5837DESIGNATING HIG: POST VIEWS
[...] (S/NF) Reftel asks for Post's internal assessment of the impact of designating Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) as a foreign terrorist organization. Post has no objections to designating HIG in the UN 1267 Committee and the OFAC under E.O. 13224, provided that the designation distinguishes betwe [...]
2006-12-13 11:22:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC AF KTFN PTER PREL
06KABUL5839AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN JIRGA DOCUMENTS
[...] (C) As reported reftel, below are the GOA and GOP jirga documents provided to us by Foreign Minister Spanta. The documents have not been provided to other nations, nor to the UN, although many have been given oral briefings. 2. Text of Afghanistan Jirga Document: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AF [...]
2006-12-13 13:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5852PRT/KUNDUZ: INTEL CHIEF TRYING HARD, LACKS CAPABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghlan National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief reports most of his employees and other GOA appointees in the districts are unqualified and untrained, have poor or no infrastructure, and cannot be removed by provincial authorities because they are appointed from Kabul, ofte [...]
2006-12-14 11:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL5853PRT/KHOST: KHOST EAGER TO CONVERT ARBAKI INTO ANAP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials had selected the first 460 members of a future Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) force for Khost, but MOI, implementing a November 11 agreement under the direction of the Policy Action Group (PAG),has since told Khost Af [...]
2006-12-14 11:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER AF MARR SNAR
06KABUL5864PRT/SHARANA: GOA WEAKNESS IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Naka district, a remote district in Northeast Paktika province, came under control of insurgent/Taliban forces in early summer 2006. Irregular contract police forces recruited by Paktika,s Governor Ekhpulwak regained control of the district later the same month. To date, no re [...]
2006-12-16 11:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5865PRT KANDAHAR: ANAP IMPLEMENTATION SNAPSHOT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Afghanistan National Auxiliary Police program (ANAP) is underway in Kandahar. Chief of Police General Esmatullah Alizai, accompanied by Kandahar PRT(KPRT),has convened three recruiting shuras. A large training class of nearly 300 recruits just graduated from the RTC, and [...]
2006-12-16 11:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5879PRT JALALABAD - POSSIBLE CHANGE IN NANGARHAR
[...] (C) Provincial Council Chief Fazlhadi Muslimyar informed PRT officials November 26 of a possible change in the Deputy Governor position, currently held by Mohammad Allam Isaqzai, who Muslimyar said is a candidate for Deputy in the Ministry of Interior in Kabul. 2. (C) Muslimyar reporte [...]
2006-12-17 07:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5889SENATOR MCCAIN AND KARZAI DIFFER OVER PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Over a December 15 dinner, Senator McCain and President Karzai disagreed over the extent to which the Government of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and terrorism in Afghanistan. Karzai,s theme throughout the evening was that Afghans see Pakistan as entirely intertwined with Taliban e [...]
2006-12-18 11:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
06KABUL5900NEW HELMAND GOVERNOR: SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assadulla Wafa was appointed as the new Governor of Helmand Province on December 16. He is currently in Kabul but plans to move to Lashkah Gar in the next few days. Wafa was most recently Advisor, Minister, and Prime Assistant to the Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs and [...]
2006-12-19 14:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK
06KABUL5902TERRORIST LISTS - AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 01:16:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5925EMBASSY KABUL INTENTION TO ISSUE PROVISIONAL LEAHY
[...] (C) Summary: There are clear indications that the Taliban will launch a well-coordinated offensive in the spring that will focus on gaining decisive control of districts with insufficient presence of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and international forces. In order to increase the ANS [...]
2006-12-21 13:39:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL5930FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFGHAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) On December 20, the Afghan Parliament marked its first anniversary with a briefing to the international community and the press in the Wolesi Jirga on the year's progress. The ceremony was attended by almost 100 members of the diplomatic corps, Coalition Force, UNAMA representatives, membe [...]
2006-12-23 08:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL AF
06KABUL5931GOA BITES BACK AGAINT HRW CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF
[...] (U) President Karzai wasted no time in rebutting a December 12 statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling for the immediate enforcement of the 2005 Action Plan on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation. The HRW statement named several prominent GOA officials as having committed gross human r [...]
2006-12-23 11:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5951DECEMBER 21 PAG AGREES TO TEST MUSA QALA AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 21 PAG agreed to move forward to test the Musa Qala (MQ) Agreement, although several members called for flexibility in the target date established for Test 3 (January 31) and for the new Helmand Governor to first lay the groundwork with the tribal elders, since Test 3 [...]
2006-12-26 08:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL596PRT/HELMAND HELMAND GOVERNOR DISCUSSES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-11 10:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL5964THE AFGHAN PARLIAMENT AFTER ONE YEAR
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: Celebrating it's first anniversary on December 19, the Afghan Parliament has established a strong foothold as a powerful force in Afghan politics. With members representing the last many decades of diverse philosophies and all sides of the various conflicts and coups which t [...]
2006-12-27 10:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL AF
06KABUL5965MEETING WITH GENERAL DOSTUM
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Uzbek factional leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum is feeling increasingly frustrated over his lack of a significant role in Afghan decision making and his lack of contact with the Palace. Once a respected (even feared) force in national politics, he has been side-lined from [...]
2006-12-27 10:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PINS PREL AF
06KABUL5982PRT/ASADABAD: TALIBAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO
[...] (C) The murder of two female teachers on December 9, along with three of their family members, was the first direct attack on education in Kunar in recent memory. This, and an increasing number of night letters in Kunar,s main towns, has created an increased climate of fear in the province. G [...]
2006-12-28 08:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL662PRT/KABUL: PROVINCIAL SECURITY ASSESSMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A joint GOA - Coalition effort to address key problems in Zabul, Paktika, and Helmand Provinces could be a template for bringing greater stability to the southeast and help preclude an effective spring offensive by anti-government forces. In a series of meetings starting in [...]
2006-02-13 06:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC SNAR KCRS AF
06KABUL693PRT/LASHKAR GAH - HELMAND: SAID ABAD SCHOOL
[...] (SBU) Summary: School officials in Said Abad told PRToffs on February 11 that despite threats from "those opposed to education" they were determined to keep the co-educational school open. According to the provincial education office, over the past 16 months 18 schools throughout Helmand Pro [...]
2006-02-15 13:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EID PREL AF
06KABUL735PRT/LASHKAR GAH - HELMAND PROVINCE:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thirteen Mousa Qala district elders, including their Provincial Council representative, are frustrated by the lack of basic services in their district. Despite repeated requests to the provincial government over a several year period, they complain that there is little power [...]
2006-02-20 06:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID AF
06KABUL8SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. On 28 Dec, the Governors and Police Chiefs of Kandahar, Zabul and Helmand provinces met with key Regional Command (RC) South commanders and staff. Security dominated the agenda. Many Taliban are migrating to Pakistan for the winter but RC South and the governors all want to ke [...]
2006-01-02 10:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF PK
06KABUL804LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ronald Neumann 1.4 (d). This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (C) Positive Afghan-Pak relations are essential to long-term stability in Afghanistan and to U.S. strategic objectives in the struggle against terrorism. President Bush's visit [...]
2006-02-24 11:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PTER PREF EAID AF PK
06KABUL806PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION PLANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOA's Afghan Eradication Force (AEF) will participate in Helmand's opium poppy eradication campaign, due to commence within the next 10 days. Helmand Governor Daud and Prosecutor Sattar Khan cited "constitutional requirements" to provide specific alternative development [...]
2006-02-24 14:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL852PRT/GHAZNI - GOVERNOR CONSIDERS SUPPORTING NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghazni Governor Sher Alam, frustrated by his inability to maintain security in several of Ghazni's Pashtun provinces and perhaps also desiring to re- institute a security network that is loyal to him, has in recent weeks created or talked of creating informal armed forces outsi [...]
2006-02-27 10:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL855PRT FARAH - ASSESSMENT OF 10 FEBRUARY ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary. PRT Farah was attacked by rockets and mortar rounds, followed by small arms fire, in the early morning of February 10. Although no injuries or damage occurred, the well-coordinated attack demonstrated the growing sophistication of anti-Coalition elements. This and similar even [...]
2006-02-28 04:02:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER AF
06KABUL874PRT/LASHKAR GAH - NAW ZAD PROSECUTOR SAYS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Helmand's northern Naw Zad district suffers from both a lack of governance and security. District leadership appears to be engaged in drug trafficking. According to the district's prosecutor, after four years citizens are running out of patience and their loyalty to the gove [...]
2006-03-01 15:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KJUS PTER AF
06KABUL91MP BIO: ABDUL RASUL SAYYAF
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of biographic reporting cables on Afghanistan's newly elected Parliamentarians. Additional reports will be sent as EMBOFFS continue to meet personally with new MPs during the coming weeks. 2. (SBU) Summary: Amb and POLOFF met with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf on 3 J [...]
2006-01-08 10:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL963PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Daud told visiting Combined Forces Command/Afghanistan Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Major General Wilson on March 4th that he is concerned over eradication security and the apparent lack of provisions for the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National [...]
2006-03-06 15:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KATHMANDU328REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...]
2006-02-02 12:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
06KATHMANDU333REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...]
2006-02-02 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
06KHARTOUM1477SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...]
2006-06-23 11:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SO US AL SU
06KHARTOUM796 Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab
[...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...]
2006-03-30 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KIRKUK128(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]
2006-07-15 14:45:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK92STREET TALKS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN A KURDISH
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On a visit to Ankawa District in Erbil City, business owners told IPAO an influx of migrants was pushing up real estate prices. The owners complained about inflation, fuel prices, and how winning contracts required party membership. Ankawa is a middle-class, pre [...]
2006-04-14 09:10:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK94KRG OIL REP SAYS DOORS ARE OPEN TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: KRG Erbil Oil & Gas Establishment General Director Serwan Aziz said that the Iraqi National Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, as if it were already in place. Aziz also said that when t [...]
2006-04-21 13:04:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PGOV ENRG PREL IZ NO
06KIRKUK96KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP SEEKS U.S. RELATIONS
[...] SUMMARY. (C) The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) supported U.S. invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but has been disappointed with some U.S. actions toward it. The party seeks to uphold the holiness of Islam and advocates Sharia law as the main source of guidance on Iraqi law. The KIG and the [...]
2006-04-21 13:08:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KUALALUMPUR1516RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...]
2006-08-11 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY
06KUWAIT1318MEDIA REACTION: MUBARAK'S STATEMENTS ON SHIITES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1638UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 10:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT25KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ
[...] Tuesday, January 03, 2006 -- Al-Anbaa front page "Washington: The militias are loyal to their sects and there are fears of Iraq becoming a sectarian state" -- Al-Anbaa p. 23 "Bush's military advisor points to reducing the number of troops to 100,000 by the end of the year"; "Washington wi [...]
2006-01-04 04:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT3027TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-29 11:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3645KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND DETAINEE POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 10:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT894MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 15, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 04:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06LJUBLJANA774SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO IRAQ A BIG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 14:33:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LONDON6160ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND INL A/S PATTERSON MEET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ONDCP Director Walters and INL A/S Patterson met August 9 in London with Afghanistan,s Counter Narcotics (CN) Minister Habibullah Qaderi. The Minister said Afghanistan's CN Strategy is good but needs to be implemented fully; he agreed that more needs to be done on public outreac [...]
2006-08-22 13:12:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALSNAR AF UK
06LONDON8004(U) PAKISTAN: PM BLAIR MEETS MUSHARRAF IN LAHORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: November 19 talks between PM Blair and President Musharraf focused on counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, and Islamic extremism, according to Kate English of FCO's Pakistan Section (based on a preliminary read-out from the UK High Commission in Islamabad). Musharraf complained to B [...]
2006-11-20 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID PK AF UK
06LONDON8039(C) AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MEETING WITH FCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS John Gastright discussed Afghanistan November 14 with FCO, MOD and Cabinet Office officials. On the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, the UK argued that pressing for use of the term "counter-insurgency" in the summit communiqu would invite unhelpful perceptions of a split i [...]
2006-11-21 17:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAF EAID MARR PREL SNAR UK
06MADRID1914COURT FREES "SPANISH TALIBAN"
[...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Supreme Court announced July 24 that it had annulled the six-year prison sentence handed down in September by Spain's National Court against accused terrorist Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmed, known in the media as the "Spanish Taliban." Abderrahaman, a Spanish national capture [...]
2006-07-28 11:05:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID2380DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN -
[...] (S/NF) Although an info addressee, per reftel invitation Embassy offers the following comments. The initiative on disrupting external financing to the Taliban could help induce the GOS to reenergize the fight against Taliban financing, among other reasons because Spain has some 600 soldiers deploye [...]
2006-09-22 12:12:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP
06MADRID2544SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Spain is an opportunity to press the GOS and, possibly, private sector entities to move in ways that are key to achieving U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq and Iran. You should ask Spain to put its money where its mouth is on the Iraq Compact in two ways. First, as [...]
2006-10-06 16:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL SP
06MADRID2657SPAIN: UPDATE ON KEY TERRORISM-RELATED CASES
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of the October 24 visit to Madrid of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Post presents a brief update on several of the most important pending or recently completed terrorism or criminal cases in the Spanish judicial system. Spain has made great strides in disrupting terro [...]
2006-10-20 12:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER SP
06MADRID3042SPAIN: POLICE ARREST 11 ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS IN
[...] (U) Spanish National Police arrested ten Spanish nationals and one Moroccan national in the North African enclave of Ceuta on charges that the men were plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. Among the detainees were two brothers of former Spanish national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abderrah [...]
2006-12-14 12:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV SP
06MADRID3059SPANISH MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NATO RIGA SUMMIT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. MOD Policy Director Torrente told DCM on December 12 that President Bush's remarks had helped make the NATO Riga Summit more successful than he'd expected. He said that the Summit had achieved important political ends related to future expansion and the Alliance's commitment to [...]
2006-12-19 11:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO SP
06MANAMA1599KING STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL
[...] (S) Summary. Bahrain's King Hamad, during an August 29 discussion with the Ambassador, repeatedly stressed the value he placed on the U.S. relationship, and the importance of the U.S. role in maintaining peace and security in the region. He expected Bahrain to initiate discussions shortly with [...]
2006-08-31 09:27:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV BA OFFICIALS REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1828CROWN PRINCE OUTLINES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH
[...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and discussed Iraq, Iran, the war of ideas in the Middle East, and Bahrain's upcoming elections. On Iraq, the CP said that the United States should adopt a "less forward-leaning position" and allow Iraqi for [...]
2006-10-24 11:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA183Bahrain Guantanamo Media Update: "They promised us
[...] Summary: Bahrain's newest Arabic daily recently completed a six-part series of exclusive interviews with former Guantanamo detainee Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Haji, who was returned from Guantanamo along with two other detainees in November. The exposes have given the greatest space and detail so [...]
2006-02-09 07:23:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA339POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART I): SHARED
[...] (C) Bahrain's three leading Islamic political societies mirror major trends in the country's religious life: Al Minbar, associated with the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood; Al Asala, a Sunni Salafi group; and Al Wifaq, representing the country's Shia community. These three societies represent the [...]
2006-03-06 15:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL
06MANILA5038PHILIPPINES: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, continues to cooperate with the United States on bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts. In 2006, ninety-three bombings occurred in the Philippines from improvised explosive [...]
2006-12-20 06:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC RP
06MANILA740CHALLENGES TO PEACE IN MINDANAO
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite official optimism over a final GRP-MILF peace agreement by the end of 2006, disputes over land and natural resources, clan conflicts (locally called "rido"),and tensions between Muslims [...]
2006-02-21 05:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS MOPS RP
06MOSCOW11241YOUR MOSCOW VISIT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA
[...] (C) We welcome your visit to Moscow as a chance to engage the GOR face-to-face on sensitive regional issues and begin to chip away at Moscow's misconceptions about U.S. intentions in the region. It is a commonplace assumption that Moscow's policies in Central and South Asia are fueled by a [...]
2006-10-06 07:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG PTER SNAR RS
06MOSCOW11773A/S BOUCHER HEARS RUSSIAN WORRIES ABOUT AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During October 9 consultations in Moscow, A/S Boucher outlined U.S. intentions in Central Asia, stressed steps we were taking to address terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan, and reviewed U.S. nuclear policies in South Asia. Foreign Ministry officials and the Rus [...]
2006-10-19 15:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR ENRG XD ZK RS
06MOSCOW12914RUSSIA: KIRIYENKO REVIEWS TEHRAN VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Rosatom Director Kiriyenko provided his impressions from his recent trip to Tehran. He said Foreign Minister Mottaki had been full of bluster, claiming to be unafraid of sanctions and unconcerned about the United States. Mottaki had [...]
2006-12-13 15:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL ETRD RU IR UN AORC
06MOSCOW13171RUSSIA AND IRAN: AFTER THE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has repeatedly told us that when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it shares our strategic goal but differs with us over tactics. Moscow's reluctance to agree to coercive measures was on full display during consideration of UNSCR 1737, but in th [...]
2006-12-29 12:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD KNNP MASS IR RS
06MOSCOW5264RUSSIANS AGAINST DELISTING MONIB
[...] (C) On May 12 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan Section Chief Yuriy Khokhlov, and followed up on the issue with him in a May 15 discussion. On May 17 econoff double-tracked the demarche with Aleksandr Ubilava and Nikolay Ostrokhov from the MFA New Threats and Challenges Dep [...]
2006-05-18 12:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KTFN UN AF RS
06MOSCOW9978U.S.-RUSSIAN COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the last U.S.-Russian Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG) convened in Moscow in December 2005, bilateral CT cooperation has continued to move forward even as the pace has remained uneven. Russia has focused on strengthening its capacity to respond to counterterrorism chal [...]
2006-09-08 13:51:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPTER PREL PGOV RS
06MUSCAT1310MEDIA REACTION: VIOLENCE IN IRAQ, UNSCR 1706, ANNAN'S
[...] On September 3, government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) carried an editorial, "Control of Violence in Iraq, the Responsibility of all Parties:" "Despite all the loud cries that warned against the continuation of the slaughter and assassinations in Iraq and the severe blood [...]
2006-09-04 13:03:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1345MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, ARAB LEAGUE
[...] SUMMARY: Omani press gave wide (and surprisingly acerbic) coverage to the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Columnists in government-owned "Oman" suggested that 9/11 was an Israeli conspiracy and that the post-9/11 U.S. "adventure" has made the world less secure. After the recen [...]
2006-09-12 13:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1394MEDIA REACTION: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE, ARAB REFORM, OMAN'S UN
[...] SUMMARY: Arabic daily "Al-Watan" says an "honest effort" is needed to achieve Middle East peace. State Arabic daily "Oman" calls for "gradual reforms" in the Arab world to stem regional strife. "Oman" also reports Foreign Minister Bin Alawi's UN speech, and notes Western "collusion" with Is [...]
2006-09-25 13:38:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1507MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR, CHALLENGES
[...] SUMMARY: Youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" calls Secretary Rice's Middle East tour "nothing new." Privately owned "Al-Watan" writes about political challenges facing Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, and claims the Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan. Government-owned "Oman" says Japan's North Korea p [...]
2006-10-22 09:58:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1561MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM VERDICT, IRAQ VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says Iraqis can curb violence if they cooperate against it; Youth-oriented, privately owned "Al-Shabiba" believes the "civil war" atmosphere in Palestine makes Hamas and Fatah cooperation unlikely and says that U.S. failure to heed Afghanistan's history lessons [...]
2006-11-06 10:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1614MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL DAY IN OMAN, AL JAZEERA
[...] SUMMARY: Omani media focus this week was squarely - and nearly exclusively - on coverage revolving around the celebration of the country's national day (the Sultan's birthday). The very little press attention to other matters displayed mingled pride and concern over the startup of Al Jazeera [...]
2006-11-20 13:01:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1690SCENESETTER: VISIT OF TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN
[...] (C) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 18 to discuss with government and private sector officials Oman's current anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to press for Oma [...]
2006-12-13 13:49:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETRD PTER OTRA MU
06MUSCAT1707NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]
2006-12-20 07:21:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06NAIROBI2454SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT
[...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositi [...]
2006-06-05 13:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2455SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT
[...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositio [...]
2006-06-05 15:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS PGOV SO
06NAIROBI2525SOMALIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONALS
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with European Union ambassadors on June 2 and with members of the Somalia contact group on June 8 to share our thoughts on Somalia. At both events, he covered the following points: - The ICU has clearly gained considerable ground. We do not consider the Union monolit [...]
2006-06-08 14:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SO
06NAIROBI2757A/S FRAZER MEETS KENYA FM TUJU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Kenya' s Foreign Minister Raf ael Tuju, Assistant Secretary Frazer END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Frazer noted that she came to Kenya at the s pecific direction of Secretary Rice to consult with our Kenyan allies on Somali a. A/S Frazer e [...]
2006-06-25 12:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO
06NAIROBI2781SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...]
2006-06-27 03:03:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SO
06NAIROBI5112GUNS, THUGS, AND POLITICS: INSECURITY IN KENYA
[...] (C) Summary: The recent attack on Kenya's top official responsible for security and the outbreak of gang violence in one Nairobi slum have focused national attention on what the government in a November 9 statement called the "recent upsurge in rape, house robberies, carjacking, and general [...]
2006-11-30 13:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM KE
06NEWDELHI1169NEW INDIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 to review plans for the President's visit, push for an Indian reply on our proposal for a democracy initiative (Ref B) and present the US appeal for further Indian assistance equ [...]
2006-02-15 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER MARR MASS MOPS KNNP
06NEWDELHI2496MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]
2006-04-13 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI2603GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...]
2006-04-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF
06NEWDELHI2967INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]
2006-05-01 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI3248RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]
2006-05-11 08:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3334MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]
2006-05-15 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI3506AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST
[...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]
2006-05-19 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI356LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]
2006-01-18 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3611EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...]
2006-05-24 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR
06NEWDELHI369LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]
2006-01-18 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3882NAM DECLARATION ON IRAN: MEA SAYS GOI POSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered Ref A demarche on June 5, stressing USG concern that India agreed to such a one-sided and weak NAM statement regarding Iranian nuclear activity, and noting that sending mixed messages to Iran at this critical juncture is not productive. Minister of State for Exter [...]
2006-06-05 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN IR AF
06NEWDELHI4667STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...]
2006-07-03 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN
06NEWDELHI5470INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...]
2006-08-04 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN
06NEWDELHI5609A/S BOUCHER AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN TALK
[...] (S) Summary. In an August 7 meeting between A/S Boucher and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, A/S Boucher: -- told Saran that the U.S. is committed to maintaining the spirit of the civil-nuclear deal as agreed on July 18; and -- explained concrete steps the U.S. has taken against Pakistani t [...]
2006-08-11 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP AORC UN NP PK
06NEWDELHI6568READOUT ON FRANCE-INDIA SECURITY TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During visits to France in early September by Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Narayanan, Indian officials confided that they are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. On Middle East issues, France and India agreed that the GOI [...]
2006-09-21 07:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAF FR IN IR KNNP LE MNUC PA PARM PGOV PINR
06NEWDELHI6582INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...]
2006-09-21 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG
06NEWDELHI6584MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...]
2006-09-21 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7153CONGRESS AT THE HALF WAY MARK - MORE CONFIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of the United People's Alliance (UPA) government, Congress Party Chief Ministers met late last month in Nainital to sort out internal issues. Congress emerged strong and confident, having patched-up feuds and solidified party support behind flagbearers PM Manmohan [...]
2006-10-17 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR PINR PREL IN
06NEWDELHI7667FOREIGN MINISTER MUKHERJEE POSITIONED TO HELP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first call on Pranab Mukherjee in his new position as Minister for External Affairs (bio in reftel),the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the broad vision for US-India relations outlined by the President, to which Mukherjee readily added his support and commitment. [...]
2006-11-08 08:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
06NEWDELHI7748BOUCHER DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Indian Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha on November 10th to discuss India's relations with Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Boucher emphasized the importance to the United States that India voice its conc [...]
2006-11-13 08:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7767BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]
2006-11-14 04:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7870FS MENON TELLS USDP EDELMAN INDIA WILL EMPOWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 15 November meeting with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, visiting Under Secretary of SIPDIS Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, outlined the reorganization of the Department of Defense (DOD) Policy Office, noting the addition of an Assistant Secretary for all Asia incl [...]
2006-11-20 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI7885U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...]
2006-11-21 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8250S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER AND ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 7 meeting, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and Ministry of External Affairs Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh discussed: -- Indian flexibility on dates for the next CTJWG, presumably in February; -- Pakistani-based terrorism, i [...]
2006-12-08 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI8268U/S BURNS AND INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 8 meeting, Undersecretary Burns and Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt discussed: -- the civil-nuclear cooperation initiative: U/S Burns briefed DS Dutt on the current status and assured Dutt that the final bill is fully consistent with the July 18 and March 2 [...]
2006-12-11 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI8273BURNS AND MENON DISCUSS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue working lunch, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon discussed: -PAKISTAN: Menon said that the latest round of Foreign Secretary-level talks was productive, but Pakista [...]
2006-12-11 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI8278U/S BURNS MEETING WITH INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Under Secretary Burns and National Security Advisor Narayanan discussed the impending passage of the U.S-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Bill and hopes that a 123 Agreement could be implemented quickly. They agreed that after conclusion of the historic a [...]
2006-12-11 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI8387INDIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS URGE GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. Describing a need for the Karzai government to extend its writ beyond Kabul, for a national identity to improve morale, and for greater unity f [...]
2006-12-18 06:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KISL PK AF IN
06NEWDELHI8511SENATOR SPECTER MEETING WITH P.M. SINGH
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA) called on Indian P.M. Manmohan Singh December 24. Both agreed on the historic impact of the U.S./India civil-nuclear agreement on bilateral relations. P.M. Singh offered the caveat that the significance will be historic once the 123 Agre [...]
2006-12-26 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD ETTC EAGR IR IS IZ JO KN
06OSLO540"RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY
[...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...]
2006-04-27 15:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL
06OSLO617BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...]
2006-05-11 16:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS
06OSLO618BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...]
2006-05-11 16:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS
06OSLO690C-RE6-00473; NORWAY, ISAF AND THE FARYAB PRT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 16:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPINR MASS MOPS PTER AF NO
06OTTAWA137CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT SHOWS RESOLVE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Canada lost its first diplomat in fifty years in Kandahar on Sunday when a suicide bomber killed its PRT chief and seriously wounded three soldiers. Canadian officials are resolute in the face of the casualties about continuing with the mission, but the Canadian public (despite b [...]
2006-01-17 22:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR AF CA NATO
06OTTAWA3224NEW TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON CANADA'S CRIMINAL
[...] (U) On October 24, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has been designated as a terrorist organization under Canada's Criminal Code. 2. (U) All Canadian [...]
2006-10-25 19:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PTER AF CA
06OTTAWA3564AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]
2006-12-08 18:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR AF CA
06OTTAWA3566TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 20:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KPAO CA
06OTTAWA3575TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND INCITERS ADDED TO
[...] (U) On December 8, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) notified all Canadian financial institutions that two individuals (together with a number of aliases) have been made subject to the United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations by virtue of having be [...]
2006-12-11 17:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CA
06PARIS1068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1430MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Moussaoui Trial -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1863MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2242VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...]
2006-04-05 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER
06PARIS2437MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Afghanistan Italy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS267AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. CHINA AND AFRICA 3. AFRICAN MIGRANTS 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. CHAD 6. DROC 7. UGANDA 8. SUDAN 9 NIGERIA Â [...]
2006-01-13 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS3540MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO - Parliamentary Assembly -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3631MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3844MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Guantanamo -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3872MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3902MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Death of Zarqawi Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 12:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4053MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4117MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Afghan Violence
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 09:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4256MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan U.S. - EU Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4415MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 10:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4449MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4557MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Afghanistan PARIS -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Operation Summer Rain
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4843 Transformation Diplomacy Project: Elected Afghan Women in
[...] SUMMARY: EUR/PPD funding helped Embassy Paris partner with French NGOs and French local and national government sponsors to bring 30 Afghan women parliamentarians to Paris June 12-16, 2006, most of them outside their country for the first time. The parliamentarians addressed high-level and publ [...]
2006-07-17 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM FR
06PARIS4854PAKISTANI FM KASURI'S JULY 5 MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri discussed a range of issues with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in meetings in Paris on July 5. According to the MFA's Pakistan desk officer, Kasuri appeared stunned when Douste-Blazy requested a list of the sensitive techn [...]
2006-07-17 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IO PK PREL
06PARIS4966MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5163MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Israeli Attack on Cana -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5289MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5409MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 10:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5732TERRORISM FINANCE: NOMINATION PROCEDURES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) TFCO held a meeting among relevant agencies at post on August 22 to reach agreement on internal procedures for nominating additional candidates for the second phase of the radical ideologue initiative (reftel). No names were sugge [...]
2006-08-25 15:46:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC FR
06PARIS5744MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5926MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Turkey in UNIFIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6095MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6542HEAD OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT USES VISIT TO FRANCE TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Prime Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy during his first visit to France as speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Yunus Qanooni offered a pessimistic assessment of security, poppy cultivation and Afghan-Pakistan relations. Although Qanooni reportedly offered nothing new [...]
2006-10-02 10:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR
06PARIS715EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 07:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS719EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7213 MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S
[...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...]
2006-11-03 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7329FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II
[...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...]
2006-11-09 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN FR
06PARIS7551HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...]
2006-11-27 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR AF PK
06PARIS7636 MEDIA WRAP-UP: NATO SUMMIT AND AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY--THE
[...] (SBU) The NATO Summit in Riga and President Bush's support for a Global Partnership Initiative elicited commentary highlighting divergent French and American views, while discussion on Afghanistan illustrated the "urgent need to help NATO reverse the growing impression it was losing its grip." [...]
2006-12-01 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7666U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]
2006-12-05 08:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7884FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]
2006-12-21 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7885FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...]
2006-12-21 15:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR
06PARIS962005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...]
2006-01-06 14:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN FR
06PESHAWAR108ANP CHIEF SCANS THE HORIZON
[...] (C) Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would actively support President Musharraf's government, if the GOP embraced three key ANP initiatives: (1) provincial autonomy in health, local government, education, and agriculture; (2) changing the name of the Northwest Frontier Pro [...]
2006-03-06 15:21:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR141NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 10:32:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR143NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 06:06:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR67A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]
2006-02-13 11:35:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PESHAWAR77AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY ON TRIBAL AREAS: DEMOCRACY NOW, TALIBAN
[...] (SBU) On February 11, the Pashtun-based progressive Awami National Party (ANP) convened a conference of tribal elders in Peshawar to assess the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANP National President Asfandyar Wali Khan urged tribal people to rise up against gueri [...]
2006-02-16 10:32:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK AF
06RIYADH6581TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SAJID MOHAMED
[...] (SBU) On May 30, 2006, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Sajid Mohamed Badat to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- T [...]
2006-08-20 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR SA
06RIYADH7211AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD - SUCCESSFUL 9/12 MEETING
[...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Oberwetter and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 12 to seek support on a range of issues relating to Iraq. The King expressed his concern about Iranian influen [...]
2006-09-16 09:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR SA
06RIYADH7834TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN
[...] (S/NF) Post has reviewed the draft strategy to counter both Taliban and funding sources outside of Afghanistan and the mechanisms used to transfer the funds into Afghanistan. Post is aware of donors located in the Kingdom who contribute to the Taliban, however Post has no evidence of deep-pock [...]
2006-10-04 11:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA AF XF
06RIYADH8314TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSC 1267 DESIGNEE, SULIMAN
[...] (U) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 Designee, Suliman H. Al-Buthe (aka Solaiman Al-Buthi) was featured in an article published in the Saudi Gazette, a mainstream Saudi publication censored by the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG). Al-Buthe, the Assistant General Manager [...]
2006-10-17 15:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8825TERRORISM FINANCE: POST'S RESPONSE ON THE RADICAL
[...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia supports the aim of the Radical Ideologue Initiative to sanction individuals and entities that provide both monetary/material support and ideological support to terror organizations (ref a). This initiative underlines the international community's need to counter t [...]
2006-11-13 06:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH8826TERRORISM FINANCE: POST'S RESPONSE ON THE RADICAL
[...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia supports the aim of the Radical Ideologue Initiative to sanction individuals and entities that provide both monetary/material support and ideological support to terror organizations (ref a). This initiative underlines the international community's need to counter t [...]
2006-11-13 06:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH9066TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG'S RESPONSE TO ABOUSOFIAN
[...] (SBU) On December 4, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Abousofian Abdelrazik (AKA Abu Sufian Abdulraziq) to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. [...]
2006-12-13 07:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
06RIYADH9183TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG'S RESPONSE TO UN 1267
[...] (SBU) On December 4, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of twenty names to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaeda. Complimentary opening -- The Minist [...]
2006-12-26 13:35:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
06ROME2877MINISTER OF TRADE: ITALY RETHINKING APPROACH TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 and 12. 2. (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli October 3, Trade Minister Anna Bonino outlined her views on Italy's trade relationship with China and the need for Italian firms to be more aggressive in promoting their brands [...]
2006-10-16 05:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ETTC AF CH IT
06SANAA1773PRESIDENT SALEH ON SOMALIA'S ISLAMIC COURTS: LET'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Foreign Minister are urging dialogue between the USG and factions of the Islamic Courts not aligned with Al-Qaeda. The Courts are now a "fact on the ground" and we must seek to influence them now; if we wait until they take over Baidoa, we will have very [...]
2006-06-15 08:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRS PTER SO YE
06SANAA1832SALEH ADVISES GEN ABIZAID ON SOMALIA'S "NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that Yemen had invited members of the Somali Islamic Courts (IC) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to Sanaa for talks. The IC leadership answered that they would come "within a week." Saleh [...]
2006-06-24 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS SO YE
06SAOPAULO1005SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, NATO ROLE,
[...] "Relapse In Afghanistan" Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (9/18): "Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan is a kind of garden of delights. The US intervention was successful. The hated Taliban regime was deposed and replaced by a government that acquired le [...]
2006-09-18 18:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SARAJEVO2072BOSNIA - EMBASSY WINS TACTICAL VICTORY ON
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: The Embassy succeeded in persuading the Parliament Collegium of Bosnia and Herzegovina to keep the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Law, with its problematic provision for reapplication for citizenship, off the House of Representatives' agenda until after the Octo [...]
2006-09-08 07:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER SMIG PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO3249BOSNIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This cable contains Embassy Sarajevo's submission to the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism, as requested in Ref. A 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina's law enforcement organizations continued their good counterterrorism cooperation with the United States, within the limits of current institutional c [...]
2006-12-26 10:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR PREL PGOV
06SOFIA1330BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAMAS, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Bulgaria's plans to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah following the formation of a "national unity" government in the Palestinian territories, Charge' cautioned deputy Foreign Minister Faim Chaushev, stressing the steps Hamas would have to take in order to legi [...]
2006-09-18 15:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL XF AF IS LE SY IZ IR LY BU
06STATE1470931267 COMMITTEE: FRANCO-AMERICAN PROPOSAL ON
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 2. (SBU) The Department appreciates USUN's efforts to draft a compromise proposal with the French Mission regarding procedural protections and fairness in the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee (REF A). The Department instructs US [...]
2006-09-07 02:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
06TALLINN1049ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S TRAVEL TO
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, I am extremely honored and pleased to welcome you to Tallinn as part of the President's historic visit on November 27-28 (Ref A). Estonia is a steadfast ally and partner with whom we share many common values. The timing of the visit is excellent - President Toomas Hendri [...]
2006-11-21 13:54:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL EN
06TALLINN1131ESTONIA: PRIME MINISTER ANSIP VISITS AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Afghanistan December 10- 12, Prime Minister Ansip assured President Karzai that Estonia and NATO are in Afghanistan for the "long haul." Karzai expressed gratitude for Estonia's support to Afghanistan and complained bitterly about Pakistan's unwillingness to dea [...]
2006-12-22 12:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL AF EN
06TALLINN739 ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a stead War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, where its troops h casualties includi [...]
2006-08-15 15:17:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EN OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP IN TH MG FI
06TALLINN768ESTONIA LEADS THE WAY: MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last several years, Estonia has made significant strides towards modernizing its military and meeting its NATO requirements. Since 2001, Estonia has increased its defense spending 13 percent annually. The GOE has contributed forces to priority international operations a [...]
2006-08-24 08:30:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN883ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FRIST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans-Atlantic security institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanist [...]
2006-09-27 05:38:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EN
06TALLINN888SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Welcome back to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you back to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of Toomas Hendrik Ilves' election as Estonia's next President and the beginning of the parliament's fall session. The Government has approved a bill ext [...]
2006-09-27 05:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL EN
06TALLINN972ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mr. President, I am extremely honored and pleased to welcome your historic visit to Tallinn on November 27-28. Estonia is a steadfast ally and partner; we share so many common values. The timing of your visit is excellent - President Ilves took office on October 9th and the parliament is [...]
2006-10-25 14:01:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL EN
06TASHKENT1562UZBEKISTAN'S KARIMOV THREATENED BY MILITANT ISLAM
[...] (C) Summary: In a marathon discussion with President Karimov, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Boucher pressed Karimov to live up to the promise that U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations once held. Karimov welcomed the effort at dialogue, but said that a lack of trust is at the heart [...]
2006-08-11 12:59:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TELAVIV1164BIBI SAYS UNDECIDEDS, TURNOUT RATE MAKE ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Likud Chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu told the Ambassador and DCM March 22 that the main factors to consider in this election are the continuing high number of undecided voters so close to election day and the possibility of a low voter turnout. Netanyahu underlined his concer [...]
2006-03-23 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1331ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to highlight Acting PM Ehud Olmert's efforts to form a government coalition. Yediot and Israel Radio quoted Olmert as saying Monday that it can be assume [...]
2006-04-04 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]
2006-04-26 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2272ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...]
2006-06-13 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV387INITIAL ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE PLC ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged patience in formulating a response to the surprise outcome of the Palestinian elections, but said publicly that he will not negotiate with a Palestinian Authority government that includes Hamas. Israeli politicians from m [...]
2006-01-27 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV4890CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION,
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...]
2006-12-20 07:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF
06TELAVIV4897FORMER PM BARAK DISCUSSES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (AZ),Joe Lieberman (CT),Susan Collins (ME) and John Thune (SD),as well as Representative Mark Kirk (IL) met with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 17 to discuss developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Ba [...]
2006-12-21 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPAL IZ IR US RU CH IN
06THEHAGUE1292NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH FIGHTING ON THE GROUND AND IN THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch troops in Uruzgan have faced their first serious military challenge in Uruzgan and, by all accounts, aquitted themselves professionally. Prime Minister Balkenende, CHOD Berlijn, Defense Minister Kamp, Foreign Minister Bot and other senior Dutch officials have all reaffirmed the D [...]
2006-06-08 15:52:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV MARR AF NL
06THEHAGUE1334NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...]
2006-06-14 13:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1339NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...]
2006-06-14 15:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE135MEDIA COVERAGE OF PDAS KURT VOLKER VISIT
[...] Summary: PA organized a TV interview and a roundtable with journalists for PDAS Kurt Volker on January 17 in The Hague. All media emphasized Volker's "moderate" approach and reported positively his statement that the US is not pressuring the Dutch. They noted his assertion that [...]
2006-01-20 10:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL MARR PGOV NL AF
06THEHAGUE1991NETHERLANDS/NATO: AMB. NULAND DISCUSSES ROAD TO
[...] (C) Summary: During her September 8 visit to The Hague, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland discussed the road to Riga with FM Ben Bot, Dutch officials, parliamentarians and journalists. Nuland framed discussion with three top summit goals: 1) progress in Afghanistan; 2) a co [...]
2006-09-12 13:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL AF NL
06THEHAGUE2277 SCENESETTER FOR ATT...
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...]
2006-10-19 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
06THEHAGUE2469TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A major Dutch daily reported November 17 that Dutch military intelligence officers had abused prisoners in 2003 in al-Muthanna province, Iraq. Following a Cabinet meeting later in the day, Defense Minister Kamp issued a statement that the allegations had been investigated at th [...]
2006-11-17 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR AF IR NL
06THEHAGUE2546SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) My embassy and I warmly welcome you to the Netherlands. Your visit comes at a time when the Dutch political landscape is undergoing significant change. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the sh [...]
2006-12-04 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF NL
06THEHAGUE2587NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...]
2006-12-11 14:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
06THEHAGUE2639NETHERLANDS: STILL STRUGGLING WITH SREBRENICA
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp presented a special insignia on December 4 to troops who served in Dutch Battalion (Dutchbat) III under the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia in 1995. While the insignia is intended to honor Dutch servicemen who functioned honorably and conscient [...]
2006-12-19 16:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE978NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DM KAMP INTERVIEW DOES
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Dutch government officials downplayed DM Kamp's April 30 television interview in which he claimed the Netherlands might withdraw its deployment to Afghanistan as part of NATO's ISAF III mission should it become "impossible to fulfill the mission." Dutch officials said Kamp [...]
2006-05-02 16:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL PGOV NL AF
06TIRANA461UIGHURS ARRIVE IN ALBANIA FROM GUANTANAMO WITHOUT
[...] (S) On May 5, at 9:03 PM local time, five Chinese-national Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay who had been determined to no longer be enemy combatants arrived by C-17 at Mother Teresa International Airport in Tirana. The five Uighurs were driven to Rinas police station (near the airpor [...]
2006-05-08 11:55:00Embassy TiranaSECRETPREF PTER PHUM PREL AL CH
06TIRANA467FM MUSTAFAJ ON MEETING WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (U) Ambassador met with Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj on the afternoon of May 8, following Mustafaj's meeting with Chinese Ambassador Tian Changchun and the release of a statement by Tian to News24, an Albanian television news channel. 2. (S) Mustafaj said Tian was "very tough" [...]
2006-05-09 02:59:00Embassy TiranaSECRETPREF PTER PHUM PREL PINR AL CH
06TOKYO1097MEDIA REACTION BUSH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1624MEDIA REACTION AFHGANISTAN - TOKYO
[...] "Afghanistan: Terrorism Slowing the Pace of Reconstruction" The liberal Asahi's Kabul correspondent Kitagawa wrote (3/29): "It has been more than four years since the fall of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime. Although the nation has taken its first steps toward democracy with the conv [...]
2006-03-29 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5209 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 08:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5218MEDIA REACTION Q FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 -
[...] There were no immediate editorials or commentaries concerning memorial services held throughout the US and elsewhere in the world. 2. "Five years After 9/11: Where is bin Laden" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent Sakamoto wrote (9/12): "Although Tuesday marked [...]
2006-09-12 05:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5243 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/06
[...] Establishing political leadership TOKYO 00005243 002 OF 010 1) For speedy and accurate decision making that can meet changing times, implement the following reforms to strengthen the political leadership and establish a top-down system led by the Prime Minister's Official Residence (K [...]
2006-09-12 08:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5565A/S FORT DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MOFA INTELLIGENCE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan could potentially bring high value to our analysis of events in Iran due to Japan's diplomatic presence in and extensive commercial relations with Tehran, INR A/S Fort told MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS) Director General Takeuchi on September 25. In a meeting [...]
2006-09-26 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPINR IR AF JA
06TOKYO6512MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN - TOKYO
[...] " Afghanistan Five Years On: Reconstruction Looking Shaky" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/14): "The deteriorating situation in Iraq has brought about the takeover of the US Congress by the Democratic Party and the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. What has become of Afghanistan, [...]
2006-11-14 05:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6635U/S BURNS MEETING WITH DFM NISHIDA ON IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan shares U.S. concerns about Russia's obstructionist role in Iran discussions and would like to play a part in pressuring Iran to abandon nuclear enrichment, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told U/S Burns on November 6. U/S Burns underscored U.S. concern about Iran's involveme [...]
2006-11-20 10:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA
06TOKYO6927JAPAN-TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (C//NF) Japan uses at least five lists to track terrorists and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nation Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs). These two lists are shared across the Japanese government, are available to the public, and are updated on an as-need basis. Th [...]
2006-12-11 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTFN KHLS PGOV PROG JA
06TOKYO7000 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7002JAPAN: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR--PURSUIT OF TERRORIST
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan uses at least five immigration and watchlist databases to track terrorist and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions and one is based on Japan's Foreign Exchange Law. These three lists are available to the public and are [...]
2006-12-15 08:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTFN KHLS PROG PGOV KS TH TW JA
06TOKYO7027 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7071JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7072JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7097U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART ONE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials met December 8 with Japanese officials for a day of consultations on Central Asia. The U.S. team aimed to integrate an intensive strategic and policy consultatio [...]
2006-12-21 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON ZK JA
06TRIPOLI453CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]
2006-08-31 15:02:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TUNIS816HOW THE GOT INTIMIDATES CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) INTRO: Tunisian officials adhere closely to President Ben Ali's claim that Tunisia is making great advances towards becoming a modern, democratic state (Ref C),but it is no secret that authorities continue to monitor, intimidate, and SIPDIS seek to discredit civil society activists of a [...]
2006-04-06 14:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV TS
06ULAANBAATAR872INCSR Part 2: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering
[...] (U) Mongolia is not an important regional financial center nor considered an offshore financial center, although there are no laws prohibiting the establishment of offshore entities in Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Mongolia's economy and banking system are relatively small, depriving the cover needed f [...]
2006-12-15 07:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER MG
06USNATO62217 OCTOBER COFFEE
[...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]
2006-10-19 15:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06USNATO640DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT ADDRESSES THE NORTH
[...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt reviewed key points of the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) with the North Atlantic Council on 18 October 2006. Kimmitt noted that the ICI is a contract between the international community and Iraq with the goal of achieving economic [...]
2006-10-26 18:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL IZ AF
06USNATO659NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SACEUR blasts France, Turkey and Italy for not fulfilling their security responsibility in areas around Kabul; NAC with EU, UN, World Bank Representatives seeks better coordination on reconstruction and development; NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) asks [...]
2006-11-03 16:42:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO666NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Azerbaijan: Azeri President Aliev provides an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan,s reforms, predicts an end to Russia,s energy monopoly, and warns that frozen conflicts are the biggest threat he sees to regional stability, (see separate front channel message). -- Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-13 13:55:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO676NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 15, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Western Balkans: During an informal PermRep meeting, U.S. PermRep states that without more progress on ICTY, the Riga Summit is too soon to grant Partnership for Peace (PfP) status to Serbia; she proposes keeping pressure on Serbia through the elections, then taking up PfP i [...]
2006-11-17 17:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO684NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 22, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 18:52:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO706BOUCHER AND NATO TALK AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 14:17:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO OVIP PREL
06USUNNEWYORK10781267 COMMITTEE: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. PAPER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Mission stressed its desire to work closely with the USUN to reach agreement on how to revise listing and de-listing procedures in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee. French Mission officials met with USUN on May 22 to respond to our April 27 d [...]
2006-05-26 18:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1137UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]
2006-06-05 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK12351267 COMMITTEE: BELGIAN DE-LISTING REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Mission recently provided more information to USUN about the background of two individuals for whom Belgium has requested de-listing from the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee's sanctions list. The information w [...]
2006-06-19 20:17:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE
06USUNNEWYORK14301267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) For the past few weeks, USUN and the French Mission have been working quietly on bridging our differences in the "due process" debate currently underway in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee ( [...]
2006-07-31 15:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1435AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY
[...] SUMMARY. The Chairman of the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Argentine Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, held an open briefing and question and answer session for the general UN membership on July 26. This was the first such session conducted by Mayoral. The goal w [...]
2006-08-01 14:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1441LORD CARLILE SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON DEFINING TERRORISM
[...] This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. In a videoteleconference with USUN LegalOff, Department attorneys, and UKUN legal advisers on July 31, Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew Q.C., the UK,s independent reviewer of the Terrorist Act, sought U.S. views on the negotiations of the Compr [...]
2006-08-02 13:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV UNSC KTFN UNGA UK
06USUNNEWYORK1609WAR ON TERRORISM - THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE -
[...] Summary: UN efforts to counter terrorism have increased significantly since September 11, 2001. Pre-9/11 focus on negotiating conventions in the General Assembly has shifted to more robust and aggressive counter-terrorism measures mandated by the Security Council. Although the General Asse [...]
2006-08-22 22:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA UNSC KTFN
06USUNNEWYORK1882UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on September 28, 2006. The three Chairs described their committees' accomplishments over the [...]
2006-09-29 21:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ETTC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1930UN AND CT: DENMARK, BELGIUM, ARGENTINA SHARE VIEWS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Crumpton exchanged views on how to invigorate the UN's counterterrorism efforts with Ambassador Ellen Loj, Danish PermRep and Chairman of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terr [...]
2006-10-10 14:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC PREL KNNP KTFN
06USUNNEWYORK2182BELGIUM RELUCTANT TO TAKE CTC OR 1267 CHAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep Verbeke told Amb Wolff on November 21 that Belgium is reluctant to assume the Chairmanship of the UNSC's Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) because of resource constraints. He also said Belgium is disinclined to accept the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committe [...]
2006-11-22 21:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE
06USUNNEWYORK2297UNSC ADOPTS RES 1735 ON AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) On December 22, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1735, regarding al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions. The resolution focuses on sanctioning active members of the Taliban who are responsible for the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan. It also emphasizes the importance of [...]
2006-12-27 22:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV AF
06USUNNEWYORK375UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a public meeting on 21 February 2006, the Chairmen of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council [...]
2006-02-27 23:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ETTC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK714MARCH 30 ROLLOUT OF WATSON INSTITUTE PAPER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 30 luncheon at the UN, Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies unveiled its final white paper on "Strengthening Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures," research for which had been commissioned and sponsored by the governments of Germ [...]
2006-04-04 22:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM PGOV PTER ETTC
06VATICAN185HOLY SEE'S CHINA ENVOY: RECENT TRIP A SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary. Archbishop Celli, the Vatican's unofficial envoy to China, told Ambassador his July visit to China had a positive outcome and he hoped for a return visit later this year. Celli does not foresee any change in the overall situation for Catholics in China, but does think talks with [...]
2006-09-01 16:14:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM VT CH
06VIENNA2635AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 05, 2006
[...] The Social Democrats (SPOe) have entered an "election alliance" with the Liberal Forum (LIF) by providing the party one space for a parliamentary seat on their federal ballot list in an effort to broaden the Social Democrat's overall appeal to voters in the upcoming general election. SPOe leade [...]
2006-09-05 11:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3232AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 03, 2006
[...] The "secret" meeting between the leaders of the OeVP and the SPOe, which occasioned much speculation in Austria's media yesterday, in fact took place with President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday. The talks were aimed at ending the stalemate in the two parties' negotiations to form a new coalition [...]
2006-11-06 12:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3433AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 29, 2006
[...] Ahead of the next round of coalition talks on Thursday, the Social Democrats and the Conservatives have reached a compromise on the issue of pension increases: Both sides approved raising pensions next year by 1.6 percent and providing a single payment between 25 and 60 Euros. Minimum pensions [...]
2006-11-29 16:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3502 TERRORIST LISTS IN AUSTRIA: NO SEPARATE
[...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) maintains two sets of lists for individuals and entities identified as terrorists/terrorist organizations. The first set of "national" lists in Austria comprises the EU Council Regulations, such as EC 881 of May 27, 2002 imposing restrictive measures ag [...]
2006-12-07 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AU
06VILNIUS487(C) LITHUANIA'S ISAF PRT (C-RE6-00473)
[...] (C) This cable responds to reftel's questions about host country's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan. -------------------------------- GOL COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT -------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOL remains committed to leading the PRT in Ghor Provin [...]
2006-05-26 11:25:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF PINR MASS MOPS PTER LH
06WELLINGTON155CDR CENTCOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: General Abizaid's February 23-25 visit to New Zealand came one month after Admiral Fallon's visit amid high media interest in the bilateral relationship. The General met with Prime Minister Clark, Defense Minister Goff and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, as well as with Chief of [...]
2006-02-28 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06YEREVAN1726ARMENIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2006. Per reftel instruction, the following is an update of Armenia's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. With substantial U.S. assistance, Armenia continues to strengthen its capacity to counter th [...]
2006-12-18 13:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AM
06YEREVAN665UN IN ARMENIA SAYS IT IS FREE OF TIES TO TERROR
[...] (C) UN Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal told us May 11 that she had complete confidence that UN agencies in Armenia had no terrorist organizations among their partners. Asked whether UN agencies in Armenia were vetting existing and potential partners against the U.S. Treasury Department's [...]
2006-05-12 13:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN UNDP AM
06ZAGREB904CROATIAN DELEGATION TO IRAQ - AGENDA
[...] (C) Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic advised PolOff July 28 that the delegation he will lead to Baghdad August 1-3 (reftel) has secured all necessary appointments through the Polish Embassy in Baghdad to enable Croatian Ambassador to Iraq Jerko Vukas to present his credenti [...]
2006-07-28 09:43:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB983IRAQ: CROATIA AIMING FOR PERMANENT PRESENCE AFTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT : Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic thanked Charge August 8 for Embassy Baghdad's assistance to his delegation during an August 1-3 visit to Iraq (reftels). Simunovic characterized the visit as extremely positive and noted that Zagreb's new Ambassador [...]
2006-08-18 11:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR
07ABIDJAN175COTE D'IVOIRE MINISTRY OF FINANCE DISCUSSES
[...] EconOff spoke with the Ministry of Finance's Director of Cabinet Ahoutou about points raised in reftel. Ahoutou said the government of Cote d'Ivoire takes the matter seriously, and government agencies charged with enforcing limits on international cash transfers are well trained and vigilant. [...]
2007-02-16 15:54:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07ABUDHABI1292SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S
[...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...]
2007-08-01 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1595IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...]
2007-09-25 05:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE
07ABUDHABI507ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND SUMMIT IN RIYADH -- UAE
[...] (C) On March 25 DCM discussed reftel points with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan. On Iraq, Al Haidan predicted the Arab League meeting in Riyadh would issue a communique based on the following four principles: (1) Unity of Iraq for all Iraqis; (2) Dissolution of all Iraqi militias includin [...]
2007-03-26 11:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL AE
07ABUDHABI702CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. On April 24 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) hosted CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon for an introductory lunch, in what was the Admiral's first visit to the UAE since assuming command [...]
2007-04-26 15:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE
07ABUJA113SPOT REPORT: DAILY TRUST DIRECTOR ARRESTED FOR
[...] (U) Local media are reporting on January 17-18 that Mallam Muhammed Bello Ilyas Damagun was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on January 16 on charges of terrorism. He is a director of the company which publishes the Daily Trust Newspaper. He is alleged to run a terrorist organ [...]
2007-01-19 08:17:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER PHUM PGOV NI
07ABUJA2375NIGERIAN SSS ARRESTS ALLEGED TERRORIST OPERATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's domestic intelligence agency the State Security Service (SSS) officially acknowledged the arrests of militants with suspected terrorist links who possessed "explosive-making devices," confirming an earlier leaked, though not entirely accurate, press report. The announce [...]
2007-11-13 17:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NI KDEM
07ABUJA968SHAYKH MINIMIZES MILITANCY PROSPECTS IN NORTH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10, PolOffs met with Kano State Government Senior Adviser on Religious Affairs and respected Islamic scholar Shaykh Aminudeed Abubakar who provided insight into the religious landscape of Kano. He minimized the potential for militancy in northern Nigeria, claiming that Ni [...]
2007-05-18 12:10:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL NI
07ADDISABABA18ETHIOPIA: PM MELES REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Meles told the Ethiopian Parliament Jan. 2 that Ethiopian military forces, along with TFG and Puntland militias, had defeated and dispersed Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) extremists. He highlighted the warm welcome and full cooperation Ethiopian forces had received from So [...]
2007-01-04 07:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO ET
07AITTAIPEI1685MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 26 on the Taiwan government's fuel subsidy plan to fight soaring oil prices; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States; on a graft scandal allegedly involving a DPP legislator; and on Afghan [...]
2007-07-26 23:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI272MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL ISSUES, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies all gave front-page coverage February 2 to Rebar Group founder Wang You-theng and his wife, who reportedly boarded a Singapore Airlines flight from Los Angeles and stopped over in Singapore today en route to Myanmar (Burma). Coverage also focus [...]
2007-02-02 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI688MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ, JAPAN'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused new coverage March 24-26 on a TV debate held Saturday among three DPP presidential hopefuls vying for the party's presidential candidacy in 2008; on the alleged scandal involving the privatization of the Taiwan Television Enterprise; and [...]
2007-03-26 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AMMAN3043GENERALLY POSITIVE JORDANIAN REACTION TO POTUS
[...] (C) Summary. Jordanian reaction to the President,s speech among political contacts has been generally positive, with a strong emphasis on the call for an international conference. Those we canvassed were hopeful, although with a definite "wait-and-see" approach on the parts of some and outri [...]
2007-07-17 13:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JO
07ANKARA1002ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1066ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA115U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1229ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA134U/S BURNS' LUNCH WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan exchanged views on Afghanistan, Kosovo, Cyprus, the Halki Seminary, the possibility of an Armenian genocide resolution in the US Congress, and Central Asia at a working lunch January 19 that followed a m [...]
2007-01-24 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1344TURKEY ALARMED ABOUT AFGHANISTAN; ASKS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan contacted Ambassador on May 31 to register Turkey's concern about developments in northern Afghanistan and to seek U.S. intercession. He said that conditions have deteriorated, especially in the north. Tension is rising and clashes have occurred between the cent [...]
2007-06-01 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL AF TU
07ANKARA1398TURKISH ALARM ABOUT AFGHANISTAN ABATES; PRESSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOT BELIEVES THE JUNE 3 FIRING OF JOWZJAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR JUMA KHAN HAMDARD HAS TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATED TURKEY'S MOST IMMEDIATE CONCERN THAT TENSIONS BETWEEN AFGHANI PRESIDENT KARZAI AND WARLORD GENERAL ABDUL RASHID DOSTUM WOULD BUBBLE OVER. ACCORDING TO MFA OFFICIALS, KAR [...]
2007-06-05 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS AF TU
07ANKARA1440ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1556TURKISH MFA CONSULTATIONS WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu used his consultations in Tehran June 10-14 to review developments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. In debriefing Ambassador June 15, Sinirlioglu said he pressed for but did not get an explanation [...]
2007-06-18 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV IZ AF IR TX TU
07ANKARA1569ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1573ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1603ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1693ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1705ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1763ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1805AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY REPORTS TALIBAN INFILTRATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Turkey is learning about new alleged ISI and Taliban-affiliated groups that have emerged in northern Afghanistan that are hostile to General Abdul Rashid Dostum. Dostum believes the Karzai government is also providing wea [...]
2007-07-16 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PINS PREL AF TU
07ANKARA1849ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA20ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2027ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2080ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2134TURKEY: GOT CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT is following developments in Pakistan with concern. It is encouraging President Musharraf to compromise with his political opponents and broaden his base. Though not enamored of Musharraf, the GOT fears his departure would herald much greater instability and is looking [...]
2007-08-17 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV AF PK TU
07ANKARA2207ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2291ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
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