| 02AMMAN2143 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-05-01 09:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2184 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SITUATION IN THE
[...][...] |
2002-05-02 10:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2200 |
JORDAN TELECOM PLANS LINKS TO BAGHDAD
[...]C) According to Jordan Telecom (JTC) CEO Pierre Mattei,
JTC is planning to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to
construct a fiber-op[...] |
2002-05-06 05:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN2204 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-05-06 10:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2221 |
DEMARCHE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. AND ISRAELI PRODUCTS
[...]BU) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the
boycott issue to Ali Al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's
Private Office. Al-Ayed[...] |
2002-05-06 14:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT PREL ETRD AL IS US JO |
| 02AMMAN2222 |
URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...]) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the
prospective emergency session of the General Assembly on the
Middle East to Ali Al-Ay[...] |
2002-05-06 14:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN2227 |
MEDIA REACTON ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-05-07 10:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2228 |
RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON COUNTERRORISM LEGISLATION
[...]) In response to Ref A, Post has queried and received a
positive response from the FonMin's office on the GOJ's
interest in attending [...] |
2002-05-07 10:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM KTIA PREL PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN2243 |
MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT
[...]C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's
Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate
factions in Amman's Wih[...] |
2002-05-07 13:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2251 |
PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE GREETED WITH
[...]) A survey of political contacts suggests a general lack
of enthusiasm over the recent Quartet proposal to stage a
Middle East confere[...] |
2002-05-07 14:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2253 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...]S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third
party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation
Corporation, 5722[...] |
2002-05-08 09:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 02AMMAN2257 |
JORDAN SUGGESTS EUROPEAN INTERVENTION WITH ARAB
[...]C) Responding to our earlier demarche (ref a), Acting
Foreign Minister Shaher Bak told the Charge and PolCouns May
8 that Jordan does[...] |
2002-05-08 11:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN2258 |
GOJ TAKES ACTIONS TO DISCOURAGE BOYCOTT OF U.S.
[...]C) Responding to our earlier demarche on the local
call for a boycott of U.S. goods (ref a), Acting Foreign
Minister Shaher Bak told[...] |
2002-05-08 11:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT PREL ETRD IS US JO |
| 02AMMAN2262 |
DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DELIVERED
[...]C) PolCouns May 7 delivered ref points on the U.S.
position on the International Criminal Court to Ali al-Ayed,
Personal Assistant to[...] |
2002-05-08 12:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA JO KICC |
| 02AMMAN2270 |
JORDAN: PARTICIPATION IN TRANSSHIPMENT ENFORCEMENT
[...]rdanian Customs Director General Mahmoud Qteishat
confirmed May 6 that his agency would send three
representatives to the Barcelona co[...] |
2002-05-08 15:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC JO KSTC MNUC PARM PREL |
| 02AMMAN2298 |
JORDAN LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR BE ABSENT ON WHA VOTE
[...]C) PolCouns spoke May 9 with Dr. Khaled al-Tahaineh,
Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry's International
Organizations Department[...] |
2002-05-09 14:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW JO WHO |
| 02AMMAN2302 |
JORDAN'S THANKS ON WTO SUBSIDY ISSUE
[...][...] |
2002-05-09 14:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN2310 |
DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PLANE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING
[...]) On May 11, upon receipt of NIACT precedence message,
poloff/duty officer passed reftel information regarding the
impending 5/12 flig[...] |
2002-05-11 09:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PTER IR SY JO |
| 02AMMAN2329 |
IBB's Radio Sawa an initial hit among the
[...](Summary) The experimental broadcast of IBB's
Radio Sawa, which offers an attractive mix of Arabic
and American music, became an insta[...] |
2002-05-12 13:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO KPAO |
| 02AMMAN2334 |
EAST BANK-WEST BANK DIVIDE GROWS AS INTIFADA
[...]) Over the past few weeks the Israeli offensive in the
West Bank has
highlighted a trend we have seen growing as the Intifada has �[...] |
2002-05-12 14:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2363 |
JORDAN QIZ UPDATE APRIL 2002
[...]sbu) QIZ exporters and park managers are cautiously
optimistic for a strong 2002 export season. Production is
steady throughout the [...] |
2002-05-13 13:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB JO |
| 02AMMAN2371 |
EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DOES LITTLE FOR JORDAN'S
[...]sbu) Jordan's Association Agreement with the EU entered
into force May 1 after a five-year ratification process that
had frustrated J[...] |
2002-05-14 07:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV JO WTRO EUN |
| 02AMMAN2375 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-05-14 09:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2383 |
JORDAN: REGULATION OF CHARITIES
[...]c) Jordanian charities and non-governmental social
service organizations are registered with and monitored by
the Ministry of Social [...] |
2002-05-14 13:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN2396 |
UNRWA DONORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS GRIPPING
[...]SBU) Summary and comment: UNRWA's May 8-9 meeting of
major donors and host governments highlighted the crisis
gripping the humanitari[...] |
2002-05-14 15:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2414 |
WHA: JORDAN OPPOSES POLITICIZATION OF WHA, WILL
[...]C) PolCouns covered ref points on the morning of May 15
with Ali al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's personal
office, urging Jordan[...] |
2002-05-15 13:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN2420 |
NEW JORDANIAN TELECOM REGULATOR FACES CHALLENGES
[...]SBU) The GOJ's recent reform of its telecom regulatory
infrastructure thrusts its now fully independent regulator
into the role of dec[...] |
2002-05-15 14:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN2423 |
SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING
[...]) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout)
shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a
just-completed three-week t[...] |
2002-05-16 06:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ |
| 02AMMAN2432 |
SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM
[...]C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti
of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong
condemnation of Israeli v[...] |
2002-05-16 09:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2447 |
AL-NAKHBA DAY PASSES QUIETLY IN JORDAN -- WAITING
[...]C) Traditionally a day of protests in Jordan, the May
15 remembrance of al-Nakhba (the "Catastrophe" -- the 1948
founding of Israel) [...] |
2002-05-16 14:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL ASEC JO |
| 02AMMAN2475 |
IMF MISSION VIEWS ON JORDAN DEBT
[...]c) Summary. IMF staff currently in Amman says that
Jordan needs a new Fund program that will allow it to
"refinace" its Paris Club d[...] |
2002-05-19 09:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN2477 |
JORDANIANS SAY UN ISSUES NOT ON AGENDA FOR BEIRUT
[...]C) DCM reviewed ref points May 17 with Ali al-Ayed,
personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, asking that
Jordan oppose any mov[...] |
2002-05-19 11:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL XF JO |
| 02AMMAN2478 |
JORDAN AND DEBT ISSUES
[...]C) We understand there will be a high-level interagency
meeting May 20 to discuss Jordan's request for debt relief
from the Paris Clu[...] |
2002-05-19 15:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN2513 |
IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR JORDAN'S
[...]) We understand that the Department may be considering
consolidating its NADR Humanitarian Demining programs and
focusing on fewer cou[...] |
2002-05-20 05:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | KHDP PREL MASS JO |
| 02AMMAN2516 |
JORDAN: EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW SELECTION
[...]Embassy Amman has reviewed the three candidates for the
Embassy Science Fellow Program that were forwarded to us by
OES and has ch[...] |
2002-05-20 06:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EAGR EAID TSPL SENV KSCA JO |
| 02AMMAN2527 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN
[...][...] |
2002-05-20 13:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2529 |
TENSE REGIONAL SITUATION INCREASES ELECTION
[...]) Developments across the river and elsewhere in the
region continue to place strong pressure on King Abdullah's
reformist agenda. Al[...] |
2002-05-20 13:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | JO KISL PGOV PREL |
| 02AMMAN2554 |
UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS
[...]U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut
and Damascus.
¶2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press[...] |
2002-05-21 07:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO |
| 02AMMAN2559 |
COURT FINDS FORMER MP GUILTY OF SLANDERING
[...]C) The State Security Court May 16 sentenced former
Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal to one and a half years
in prison. Because sh[...] |
2002-05-21 10:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN2587 |
JORDANIANS ASK FOR U.S. HELP IN FACILITATING
[...]C) In a meeting with Ambassador and PolCouns May 20,
Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb stressed the need for U.S.
intervention to improv[...] |
2002-05-21 15:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN2609 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON MCLURG CANDIDACY FOR ACABQ
[...]C) Ambassador covered ref points on the candidacy of
Susan McLurg for the UN Advisory Committee for Administrative
and Budgetary Ques[...] |
2002-05-22 12:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC JO UN |
| 02AMMAN2624 |
NOMINATION FOR AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE
[...][...] |
2002-05-23 05:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD JO |
| 02AMMAN2645 |
Mr. Robert McNamara - Target-of-Opportunity
[...]mmary: PAS Amman organized three public concerts and
two workshops for musician Mr. Robert McNamara during his
program in Jordan on Ma[...] |
2002-05-23 13:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN2648 |
JORDAN: IMF MISSION UPDATE
[...]sbu) The IMF mission is leaving Amman for Washington
Thursday (May 23) evening. According to a mission member,
they are taking with [...] |
2002-05-23 14:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN2649 |
DEATH OF SWEDISH DIPLOMAT ON ROAD FROM BAGHDAD MAY
[...]) Jonas Weiss, Sweden's Amman-based Iraq Watcher, was
killed in a car accident on the Amman-Baghdad road on
Wednesday, May 22. Weiss [...] |
2002-05-23 14:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SW JO |
| 02AMMAN2652 |
JORDAN--FTA ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS
[...]) This is an action cable; see para 5.
¶2. (SBU) Jordan has made some progress in strengthening its
environmental regulato[...] |
2002-05-23 15:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD JO PREL SENV |
| 02AMMAN2655 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-05-27 08:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2673 |
JORDAN WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO SEEK THE
[...]) On May 27, Poloff conveyed reftel information on the
President's May 9 decision to seek the Senate's advice and
consent to ratify th[...] |
2002-05-27 12:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP JO IAEA NPT |
| 02AMMAN2674 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ENCOURAGING UNIVERSAL
[...]) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to
Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of
International and Regi[...] |
2002-05-27 12:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM JO UNGA CDG |
| 02AMMAN2693 |
JORDAN DECLINES TO DEMAND SEARCH OF IRANIAN PLANE;
[...]S) The Ambassador made ref points on Iranian aerial
resupply of Hizballah May 27 to Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher. PolCouns and Mu[...] |
2002-05-28 07:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR SY JO |
| 02AMMAN2696 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE
[...][...] |
2002-05-28 08:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN2706 |
MICROSOFT EXPANDS INVESTMENT IN JORDAN
[...]U) Estarta Solutions, the result of a merger between two
prominent and well-established Jordanian IT companies,
represents a significa[...] |
2002-05-28 12:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN2720 |
IRAQ/GRL: PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1409 CAUSES BARELY A
[...]) Since UNSCR 1409's passage two weeks ago, there has
been surprisingly little reaction from either the GOJ or
Jordan's business commu[...] |
2002-05-28 14:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ETRD IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN2725 |
FONMIN SAYS JORDAN TO PRESS PARIS CLUB FOR
[...]C) During a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador and
PolCouns on other topics (septel), Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher mentioned that [...] |
2002-05-28 15:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN2768 |
KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN
[...]) Congressman Darrell Issa and Congressman Tom Davis met
on May 26 with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher. The focus [...] |
2002-05-30 07:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2793 |
JORDAN ASKS FOR USG SUPPORT ON OIOS AUDIT ISSUE AT
[...]U) This is an action request for the Department. See
paras 3-4 below.
¶2. (U) Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak asked[...] |
2002-05-30 12:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KUNC PREL IZ JO UNSC ERIN |
| 02AMMAN2802 |
CHIEF OF MISSION SUPPORT FOR AMMAN AMERICAN
[...]I STRONGLY SUPPORT AMERICAN EMBASSY AMMAN'S DIRECT
ENGLISH TEACHING PROGRAM AND THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE[...] |
2002-05-30 12:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN2819 |
JORDAN ASKS FOR VIEWS ON FTA MEETINGS
[...]sbu) Majed Hammoudeh, the director of the Foreign Trade
Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade
(MOIT), called to br[...] |
2002-05-30 15:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN2892 |
KING, PM AND FONMIN PITCH A/S BURNS ON DEBT RELIEF
[...]C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Foreign
Minister Marwan Muasher asked A/S Burns and the Ambassador
June 2 for greater U.S. supp[...] |
2002-06-03 14:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL JA US JO |
| 02AMMAN2907 |
DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT
[...]S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI
AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER.
AFTER REVIEWING THE [...] |
2002-06-03 15:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY |
| 02AMMAN2938 |
STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA
[...]U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House
International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander
and Alan Makovsky [...] |
2002-06-04 14:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2941 |
JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE UPDATE
[...]c) Summary: The GOJ recently extended the deadline for
final bids on a proposed crude oil pipeline connecting oil
fields near Baghda[...] |
2002-06-05 06:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ENRG IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN2950 |
DCM EXPLAINS USG POSITION ON AUDIT OF UNCC AWARDS
[...]C) DCM covered ref d talking points on the USG
position on the audit of UN Compensation Commission (UNCC)
awards by the UN's Office o[...] |
2002-06-05 10:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KUNC PREL IZ JO UNSC ERIN |
| 02AMMAN2954 |
DVC Program on "The Protection of Webs Sites on the
[...]Summary: In cooperation with the National
Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP), PAS Amman conducted
the third DVC program of a seri[...] |
2002-06-05 12:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN2980 |
ROYAL JORDANIAN PROBLEMS WITH AIRLINE PASSENGER
[...]mbassador Gnehm received the following letter from Samer
Majali, CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) regarding the
technical problems[...] |
2002-06-06 11:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR JO |
| 02AMMAN2981 |
JORDAN: WORLD FOOD SUMMIT BIOTECH SYMPOSIUM
[...][...] |
2002-06-06 11:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO AORG FAO |
| 02AMMAN2987 |
FOLLOWING VISIT BY PAKISTANI ENVOY, JORDAN
[...]) SUMMARY. On June 4, veteran Pakistani diplomat Wasim
Sajjad visited King Abdullah to discuss the Kashmir crisis
and requested that[...] |
2002-06-06 13:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | JO PREL |
| 02AMMAN2990 |
ILO/PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN
[...]er reftel, on June 5 PolCouns delivered ref points to
Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to the Foreign Minister.
PolCouns emphasized tha[...] |
2002-06-06 13:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREL ELAB IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2999 |
UNRWA'S UXO REMOVAL EFFORTS IN JENIN CAMP STYMIED
[...]C) Summary and Comment: UNRWA's efforts to remove
unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Jenin refugee camp remain
severely hindered by the U[...] |
2002-06-06 15:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3009 |
JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN
[...]UMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS
WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS
HAMBURGER INGREDIEN[...] |
2002-06-09 06:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO PREL KPAO ECON |
| 02AMMAN3010 |
JORDAN: TREASURY QUESTIONS ON TERRORISM FINANCE
[...]sbu) In a conversation with Econ Chief, Malakh Ghanem,
a senior official in the Central Bank of Jordan banking
supervision department[...] |
2002-06-09 06:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS JO |
| 02AMMAN3040 |
DVC Program on the Literary Works of Ernest
[...]mmary: PAS Amman conducted the third DVC program in a
DVC series entitled "Regional American Writers" at 1400 GMT
on Wednesday, June 5[...] |
2002-06-10 07:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN3042 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-06-10 08:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3044 |
JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES
[...]c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform
elements in Jordan's business community are trying to
re-establish themselves in the[...] |
2002-06-10 08:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3077 |
JORDANIAN MINISTERS SEEK WASHINGTON MEETINGS ON
[...]sbu) Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah called the
Ambassador late Sunday, June 9, to say that Prime Minister
Abul Ragheb had asked t[...] |
2002-06-10 14:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3082 |
PROGRESS ON JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES PRIVATIZATION
[...]SBU) The GOJ is moving forward with the privatization of
the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), Jordan's largest
company and the l[...] |
2002-06-11 10:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND EMIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3084 |
JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SURVEY
[...]ollowing are answers to the questions posed in reftel.
We would be happy to provide more detailed answers on
request. Jordan already [...] |
2002-06-11 11:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3092 |
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, PRESS CHARGES UNDER
[...]VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY VISITED JORDAN
DURING MARCH 2002.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: MARCH 12, 2002.
Â[...] |
2002-06-11 13:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP CHENEY RICHARD |
| 02AMMAN3093 |
SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST'S
[...]SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN,
JORDAN DURING APRIL 2002.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: APRIL 11, 2002.
&[...] |
2002-06-11 13:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP POWELL COLIN |
| 02AMMAN3102 |
KING ABDULLAH'S JULY VISIT TO THE US
[...]) Post understands that the Jordanian Embassy in
Washington has been working to arrange meetings for King
Abdullah with the Presiden[...] |
2002-06-11 14:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN3111 |
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTION PLAN: WMD- JORDAN
[...]MBASSY AMMAN AGREES THAT SUBJECT PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT
GOAL. THE GOJ ALREADY HAS A VERY HELPFUL POSITION ON THE
ISSUE OF WMD AND WE DO[...] |
2002-06-12 08:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAO OPRC OIIP PTER PARM |
| 02AMMAN3112 |
KING ABDULLAH'S JULY VISIT TO THE US
[...]) Post understands that the Jordanian Embassy in
Washington has been working to arrange meetings for King
Abdullah with the Presiden[...] |
2002-06-12 08:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN3114 |
STATE OF DIVORCE LAW IN JORDAN: MILD IMPROVEMENT
[...]SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan issued a cabinet
decree in December 2001 that allows certain Muslim women,
within a narrow leg[...] |
2002-06-12 08:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3130 |
IRAQ/UNSC SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON ROYAL JORDANIAN
[...]C) A/DCM covered ref points on Royal Jordanian airlines
(RJ) flights to Baghdad June 11 with Ali al-Ayed, Personal
Assistant to Forei[...] |
2002-06-12 13:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3164 |
PRINCE HASSAN TRAVELING TO US JUNE 16-20
[...]) Prince Hassan Bin Talal met with Ambassador Gnehm on
June 13 to discuss his upcoming travel to the U.S. The
Prince will arrive in N[...] |
2002-06-13 13:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN3174 |
JORDAN AND IRAQI OIL
[...]) During the executive session of the U.S.-Jordan Joint
Military Commission (JMC) in Amman on May 28, DOD U/S for
Policy Douglas Feith[...] |
2002-06-13 14:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL JO IZ |
| 02AMMAN3220 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-06-17 09:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3227 |
JORDAN FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DEBT AIMS
[...]c) In a June 16 meeting with Econ chief, Dr. Muhammad
Abu Hammour, Secretary General of the Finance Ministry (the
number two ministry[...] |
2002-06-17 12:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3242 |
JORDANIANS AWAIT PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST
[...]C) Jordanians, confused about the direction of U.S.
Middle East policy, are nervously awaiting President Bush's
Middle East policy st[...] |
2002-06-17 13:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3248 |
JORDAN EXPRESSES INTEREST IN ECAP
[...]u) On June 6, Post received a letter of thanks from
Mohammed Obeidat, Head of the International Cooperation
Section at Jordanian Cust[...] |
2002-06-17 14:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KSTC ETTC JO EXBS |
| 02AMMAN3249 |
THE CASE OF TOUJAN FAISAL: SCRATCHING ONLY MAKES
[...]) SUMMARY. Imprisoned former Member of Parliament
Toujan Faisal continues to be a topic of discussion and
debate within various elem[...] |
2002-06-17 14:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JO PGOV |
| 02AMMAN3253 |
STATUS OF SIHAM QANDAH CHILD CUSTODY CASE
[...]) SUMMARY. Post has reviewed the case of Jordanian
widow Siham Qandah and her children. At issue are the
custody of the children, t[...] |
2002-06-17 14:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV PHUM SOCI |
| 02AMMAN3273 |
INTERIM LAWMAKING WRAPS UP AS LIKELIHOOD OF
[...]) Jordan's Constitution allows the Cabinet to pass
provisional laws when Parliament is not in session, so long
as the laws are suffici[...] |
2002-06-18 08:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID JO |
| 02AMMAN3296 |
JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO
[...]c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun
talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current
QIZ operations [...] |
2002-06-19 05:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3304 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-06-19 09:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3327 |
ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADERS TO U.S.: DIALOGUE,
[...]) On June 13, Poloff and PA Cultural Exchange Visitor
Imam Yahya Hindi met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders
Hamza Mansour (IAF [...] |
2002-06-20 05:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3330 |
SHARIA PROFS DISMISSED, SOME REINSTATED; MYSTIFIED
[...]) SUMMARY. Three Jordanian universities recently
dismissed 8 professors, most of whom were Sharia professors,
without explanation. M[...] |
2002-06-20 06:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN3332 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-06-20 08:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3346 |
ICC DEMARCHE TO TROOP CONTRIBUTORS: JORDAN
[...]C) PolCouns June 20 delivered ref demarche and the
text of the U.S. draft resolution on the International
Criminal Court (ICC) and p[...] |
2002-06-20 14:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL JO KICC UNSC |
| 02AMMAN3347 |
FOLLOW UP ON RJ FLIGHTS TO IRAQ: FONMIN TALKS TO
[...]C) Following up on our June 11 demarche on the
frequency and regularity of Royal Jordanian (RJ) flights to
Iraq (ref b), PolCouns met[...] |
2002-06-20 14:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3394 |
SYRIAN SOFT DRINKS SWAMP U.S. PRODUCTS
[...]SBU) The local subsidiaries of Pepsi and Coca Cola say
that their soft drink sales are off by up to 40 percent from
2001 due to a new [...] |
2002-06-24 06:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP JO |
| 02AMMAN3403 |
MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QA'EDA AND RADIO `SAWA'
[...][...] |
2002-06-24 12:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3408 |
JORDANIAN PALESTINIANS NOTCH UP CRITICISM OF ARAFAT
[...]) While Jordanian Palestinians have long grumbled about
Arafat, two prominent Jordanian Palestinian leaders recently
expressed to us a[...] |
2002-06-24 13:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3422 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH
[...][...] |
2002-06-25 07:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3423 |
INVITATION TO ORDER SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION
[...]HE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM IS PREPARING A
SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION BOOK SET INTENDED FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS TO MARK[...] |
2002-06-25 07:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN3427 |
GOJ'S OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH
[...]e Jordanian Foreign Ministry released on June 25
Jordan's official response to President Bush's June 24 speech
on the Middle East. Th[...] |
2002-06-25 12:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL US JO |
| 02AMMAN3441 |
LUKE-WARM TO HOSTILE REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S
[...]) A survey of Embassy contacts suggests that President
Bush's June 24 speech received mixed reviews here. More
hard-line Palestinian [...] |
2002-06-25 14:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3453 |
EDUCATIONAL ADVISERS FROM SOUTH ASIA AND NEAR EAST
[...]MIDEAST AMMAN NOMINATES MS. DANA BARADEI FOR SUBJECT
CONFERENCE. FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REQUESTED
PARA 4 PER REFTEL: �[...] |
2002-06-26 07:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN3461 |
JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...][...] |
2002-06-26 09:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3465 |
HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...]) Poloff and Envoff delivered Ref demarche to Aiyman
Aamri, Deputy Director of the International Organizations
section of the Foreign [...] |
2002-06-26 11:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FR GM PHUM PREL SENV TBIO TPHY TSPA TSPL SKCA UNGA |
| 02AMMAN3484 |
MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE: SURVEY ON
[...]C) In response to reftel, Embassy Amman supports the
continuation and development of basic education reform
projects in Jordan and at[...] |
2002-06-27 06:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN3495 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S SPEECH,
[...][...] |
2002-06-27 11:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3496 |
DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION
[...][...] |
2002-06-27 11:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL PGOV SNAR JO |
| 02AMMAN3518 |
UPON REFLECTION...JORDANIAN ESTABLISHMENT
[...]) Mainstream Jordanians, who were initially inclined to
stress what they considered positives in the President's July
24 speech, are v[...] |
2002-06-27 16:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3548 |
STATUS OF JORDAN'S ACCESSION TO UN CT CONVENTIONS
[...]loff delivered Ref points to Aiyman Aamri, Acting
Director of the International Organizations section of the
Foreign Ministry, on June[...] |
2002-06-30 12:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL OSCE USOSCE |
| 02AMMAN3549 |
ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT
[...]) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the
path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its
circulation is small c[...] |
2002-06-30 13:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3609 |
JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...][...] |
2002-07-02 14:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3617 |
EUROPEANS ASK IF U.S. WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING ON
[...]C) During a regular monthly breakfast meeting July 2,
new British Ambassador Christopher Prentice told the
Ambassador that HMG had be[...] |
2002-07-02 16:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN3619 |
JORDAN: XIV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
[...][...] |
2002-07-03 05:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA KHIV TBIO JO |
| 02AMMAN3620 |
KING PARDONS TOUJAN FAISAL: EFFECT ON HER
[...]) SUMMARY. King Abdullah issued a pardon June 26 which
released Toujan Faisal from detention and vacated the State
Security Court's d[...] |
2002-07-03 05:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3621 |
POINTS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY DELIVERED
[...]) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF NON-PAPER TO ALI
AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2.
AL-AYAD HAD NO INITIAL [...] |
2002-07-03 06:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM OSCE |
| 02AMMAN3622 |
JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PIPELINE ISSUES
[...]u) Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh briefed
DCM and econoff on recent developments on the Egypt-Jordan
gas pipeline and th[...] |
2002-07-03 06:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD JO |
| 02AMMAN3640 |
JORDAN: FS STRAW LETTER TO G7 ON JORDAN DEBT
[...]) As reported reftel, the following is the text of the
UK Foreign Secretary's June 14, 2002 letter to G7 colleagues.
This text was p[...] |
2002-07-03 13:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3641 |
AQABA AUTHORITIES HOST QIZ PROGRAM
[...]u) Aqaba Chief Commissioner Akel Biltaji hosted a group
of some 50 QIZ exporters and park managers for a two-day
program in the Speci[...] |
2002-07-03 13:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3642 |
TALKING POINTS ON ANTHRAX IMMUNIZATIONS DELIVERED
[...]) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF POINTS TO ALI
AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2.
AL-AYAD PROMISED TO FORWA[...] |
2002-07-03 13:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PTER |
| 02AMMAN3648 |
SURF'S UP: THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE JORDANIAN
[...]SBU) While anecdotal evidence suggests that a nationwide
boycott of American products has waned for the time being,
support at the str[...] |
2002-07-03 14:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN3662 |
JORDAN: OES-FUNDED CORAL REEFS SYMPOSIUM BRIDGES
[...]BU) SUMMARY: A recent international symposium on coral
reefs monitoring, partly funded through an OES grant, brought
together scienti[...] |
2002-07-03 15:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ECON JO MEPN |
| 02AMMAN3680 |
JORDAN: PETROLEUM RE-EXPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...]s) DCM met Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh
July 7 to deliver reftel demarche points. Bataineh was
clearly disappointed, [...] |
2002-07-07 13:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL ENRG IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3704 |
FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. ABDUL MAJID
ASFOUR, ASSISTANT CHIEF EDITOR, AL RA'I NEWSPAPER. FULL
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FO[...] |
2002-07-08 09:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN3715 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...][...] |
2002-07-08 14:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3716 |
UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW
[...]C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner
General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7
million in new financial ne[...] |
2002-07-08 14:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3726 |
AND THE SURVEY SAYS . . . GOJ POPULAR
[...]) On June 23, 2002, the Center for Strategic Studies
(CSS) at the University of Jordan released the most recent
iteration of its opini[...] |
2002-07-08 15:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3727 |
QUIET IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS:
[...]C) In a July 3 meeting with refcoord, GOJ Department of
Palestinian Affairs Director-General Abdulkarim Abulhaija
shed some light on t[...] |
2002-07-08 15:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL KWBG JO |
| 02AMMAN3760 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
[...][...] |
2002-07-09 14:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3761 |
LABOR TRENDS IN QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES
[...]UMMARY. Labor conditions at the qualifying industrial
zones (QIZs) are satisfactory and tending toward improvement.
The QIZs continu[...] |
2002-07-09 14:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD |
| 02AMMAN3793 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...][...] |
2002-07-10 14:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3804 |
JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB CONSULTATIONS,
[...][...] |
2002-07-11 12:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3808 |
EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; JORDAN
[...]N RESPONSE TO REF A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON
APPLICATIONS D292692/D293119, ECONOFFS VISITED THE JORDAN
BROMINE COMPANY'S (JBC'S) [...] |
2002-07-11 13:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC JO |
| 02AMMAN3813 |
OUTER SPACE ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...]) On July 11, A/POLCOUNS conveyed reftel points and
Ambassador Javits' remarks on the issue of Outer Space Arms
Control to Ayman Aamir[...] |
2002-07-11 13:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL RS CH JO |
| 02AMMAN3819 |
HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATOR
[...]) In response to Reftel, counterterrorism and homeland
security responsibilities fall to a number of agencies in
Jordan. The General [...] |
2002-07-11 15:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CVIS |
| 02AMMAN3857 |
U.S. SPEAKER, DVCS AND BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAMS:
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. AZMI TUBBEH,
ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP.
ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUE[...] |
2002-07-15 11:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP APER AMGT AFSI OEXC SCUL JO AFOR |
| 02AMMAN3860 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE
[...][...] |
2002-07-15 12:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3861 |
JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2002-07-15 12:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3888 |
JORDAN: BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
[...]C) The Ambassador raised the proposed bilateral
agreement on the ICC (reftel) with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb
on July 15. The Prime M[...] |
2002-07-15 14:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LICC |
| 02AMMAN3894 |
JORDAN'S IRAQ JITTERS
[...]) Repeated public statements by Jordanian FM Muasher and
PM Abul Ragheb since July 10 denying that Jordan will be used
as a "launching[...] |
2002-07-16 08:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL ETTC EPET IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN3910 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE
[...][...] |
2002-07-16 12:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3916 |
JORDANIAN YOUTH UNCONVINCED ABOUT THE WAR ON
[...]he following cable is a report prepared by a foreign
service national and based on extensive contacts in the
student community. �[...] |
2002-07-16 13:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN3931 |
CWC: POINTS ON JULY 25 CSP MEETING DELIVERED TO
[...]) On July 17, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel points on the
July 25 meeting of the CWC's Conference of State's Parties to
Ali Al-Ayed, pers[...] |
2002-07-17 09:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL JO CWC |
| 02AMMAN3934 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE
[...][...] |
2002-07-17 11:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3936 |
JORDAN TIGHTENS BORDER BUT PROMISES SOME
[...]) Despite public reassurances that travel restrictions
on Palestinians entering Jordan have been eased, tacit
acknowledgments made pri[...] |
2002-07-17 12:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL CASC KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3947 |
JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM
[...]) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting
moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and
a wide range of programs.[...] |
2002-07-17 13:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3953 |
. . . AND NOW ELECTIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY
[...]) As King Abdullah's July 31st visit to Washington
approaches, the status of elections to reinstate Jordan's
Parliament remains uncert[...] |
2002-07-17 15:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN3958 |
Travel Restrictions for Palestinians Crossing
[...]ales of West Bank Palestinians stuck at the Jericho
border crossing have been prominent in conversations
throughout Jordan in recent w[...] |
2002-07-18 09:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3968 |
JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE
[...][...] |
2002-07-18 11:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN3971 |
CONFIRMATION THAT EMBASSY AMMAN POLFSN SIREEN
[...]) Post confirms that POLFSN Sireen Khalifeh will attend
FSI's September 16-27, 2002 Political Training Course for
FSNs. Embassy point[...] |
2002-07-18 11:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | APER AFSI AFSN PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN3978 |
FORMER JORDANIAN PM TOUR D'HORIZON
[...]S/NF) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging tour-d'horizon with
the Ambassador, former PM and FM Abdulkarim Kabariti candidly
weighed in on a var[...] |
2002-07-18 14:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS ETRD EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN4050 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB MINISTERS
[...][...] |
2002-07-22 13:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4060 |
JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...]ENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN
1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN[...] |
2002-07-23 07:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN4062 |
RESPONDING TO ISRAELI CHARGES ABOUT UNRWA: MESSAGE
[...]) On July 23, A/Polcouns (in the absence from post of
Refcoord) conveyed ref A para 4 points to UNRWA Deputy
Commissioner General Kare[...] |
2002-07-23 14:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO UNRWA |
| 02AMMAN4063 |
JORDAN WILL SUPPORT SPANISH-MOROCCAN UNDERSTANDING
[...]) On July 23, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on the
Spanish-Moroccan Understanding to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Aide
to Foreign Minist[...] |
2002-07-23 15:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP EU XF JO |
| 02AMMAN4067 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S WASHINGTON
[...][...] |
2002-07-23 15:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4082 |
PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN
[...]ummary: Ambassador requests $40,000 under the PRM
Ambassadors' fund for refugees in the Middle East, to
purchase a 14-passenger minib[...] |
2002-07-24 07:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID KPAL LE |
| 02AMMAN4086 |
PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN
[...]SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople
met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might
be the leading inv[...] |
2002-07-24 10:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4089 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE GAZA BOMBING
[...][...] |
2002-07-24 12:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4117 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FLIGHT SCHOOLS
[...]U) Econoff conveyed request for information to Civil
Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar. Najjar
said he understood the [...] |
2002-07-25 07:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC JO |
| 02AMMAN4119 |
REINFORCED COCKPIT DOORS: JORDANIAN RESPONSE
[...]U) As per REFTEL, we informed Civil Aviation Authority
Director General Hanna Najjar and National carrier Royal
Jordanian Airlines off[...] |
2002-07-25 10:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC ATRN AMGT JO |
| 02AMMAN4122 |
JORDAN: NO TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO ATTEND WSSD
[...][...] |
2002-07-25 11:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ECON PREL KSUM |
| 02AMMAN4138 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA BOMBING RAID
[...][...] |
2002-07-25 15:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4145 |
IRAQ AND THE JORDANIAN POPULACE'S MOOD DOMINATE
[...][...] |
2002-07-28 07:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN4179 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...][...] |
2002-07-29 11:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4180 |
IRAQ/UNSC: DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN FLIGHTS TO
[...]) On July 29, Charge delivered ref A points regarding
the frequency and regularity of Royal Jordanian Airlines'
Baghdad flights to Ali[...] |
2002-07-29 12:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC JO IZ |
| 02AMMAN4213 |
JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GI'S IN WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS
[...]) ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Trade Ministry
Secretary General Samer Tawil on July 25. Tawil agreed that
SIPDIS &#x[...] |
2002-07-30 09:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN4217 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND T OCCUPIED
[...][...] |
2002-07-30 11:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4236 |
AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD
[...]) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met
with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour
(IAF Secretary Ge[...] |
2002-07-31 06:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN4244 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S ASPEN SPEECH,
[...][...] |
2002-07-31 09:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4258 |
IAF PRESS RELEASE RESPONDS TO PRESS CRITICISM OF
[...]Summary. The July 17 meeting between R Special
Coordinator Ambassador Christopher Ross and the
leadership of the Islamic Action Front[...] |
2002-07-31 12:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO KISL KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN4260 |
U.S. GOALS FOR UNGA DELIVERED TO JORDAN
[...]) On July 31, Charge delivered reftel points (left as a
non-paper) on U.S. Goals at the 57th UNGA to Ali al-Ayed,
personal aide to For[...] |
2002-07-31 14:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO UNGA UN |
| 02AMMAN4261 |
57TH UNGA: JORDANIAN DELEGATION
[...]) As per reftel request, Jordan's MFA has provided us
the following information regarding the GOJ's delegation to
the upcoming 57th UN[...] |
2002-07-31 14:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA JO UNGA UN |
| 02AMMAN4286 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S U.S. VISIT,
[...][...] |
2002-08-01 13:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4304 |
JORDAN TRADE MINISTER'S IRAQ TRIP "ONLY FOR
[...]C) According to the number two Ministry official, Trade
Minister Salah al-Bashir's July 19-23 visit to Baghdad was
primarily for show[...] |
2002-08-04 12:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4312 |
RECYCLING CARRY-OVER/FORWARD BALANCES FOR
[...]Post reports the following status for its revenue
generating programs:
Allot. Total Projected Estima[...] |
2002-08-04 13:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO |
| 02AMMAN4313 |
UNGA/MIDEAST: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON JENIN REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-08-04 14:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN4317 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-08-05 08:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4331 |
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO PRINCIPAL
NOMINEES FOR SUBJECT TOUR: MS. HALA AL HADIDI, ECONOMIC
REPORTER, JORDAN NEWS AGENC[...] |
2002-08-05 12:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN4369 |
FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS
[...]R. ABDUL MAJID ASFOUR, ASSISTANT CHIEF EDITOR, AL RA'I
NEWSPAPER, CONFIRMS HIS PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROGRAM.
¶2. MR.[...] |
2002-08-06 09:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN4377 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ
[...][...] |
2002-08-06 12:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4379 |
USINT BAGHDAD CHIEF BERNACKI GETS OUT OF TOWN,
[...]) PolCouns and Poloff met August 6 with Krzysztof
Bernacki, Chief of USINT Baghdad, as he transited Amman for
home leave in Poland. B[...] |
2002-08-06 15:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4395 |
57TH UNGA: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JORDANIAN
[...]) Post has received the following additional information
from the Jordanian MFA regarding Foreign Minister Muasher's
arrival/departure[...] |
2002-08-07 08:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA JO UNGA UN |
| 02AMMAN4401 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2002-08-07 11:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4405 |
UN SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN REQUEST TO ADD
[...]C) Following up on earlier Embassy approaches to the
GOJ (ref a), PolCouns on August 6 covered ref b points on
Jordan's request to ad[...] |
2002-08-07 13:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER JO UNSC |
| 02AMMAN4426 |
NEA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICE HOSTS NGO GRANT-WRITING
[...]) The NEA Regional Environment Office sponsored a one-day
grant-writing workshop for the Jordanian environmental NGO
community on July[...] |
2002-08-08 10:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN4443 |
IRAQI, TURKISH FONMINS VISIT AMMAN: FOCUS ON
[...]S) Iraqi FonMin Naji Sabri visited Amman August 6 and
met with King Abdullah, PM Ali Abul Ragheb, and FonMin Marwan
Muasher. In an A[...] |
2002-08-08 13:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL IZ TU JO |
| 02AMMAN4447 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDANIANS ON IRAQI PROCUREMENT
[...]/NF) On August 8, POLCOUNS delivered points in reftel to
Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to the foreign minister.
Ayed asked if there [...] |
2002-08-08 14:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4499 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2002-08-12 10:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4506 |
PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF
[...]S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade,
political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about
recent developments on bo[...] |
2002-08-12 12:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4519 |
DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD
[...]) On August 7, Poloff delivered reftel information on
the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood to the Jordanian
MFA. On August 12, Ay[...] |
2002-08-12 13:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JO UNHRC |
| 02AMMAN4521 |
UPDATE ON DOCUMENT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...][...] |
2002-08-12 13:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS XF |
| 02AMMAN4526 |
GOJ RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO QATAR FOR CONSULTATIONS,
[...]) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan closed the
al-Jazeera office in Amman on August 7 and subsequently
recalled its Ambassador to Qa[...] |
2002-08-12 14:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM QA JO |
| 02AMMAN4533 |
JORDAN: NO INCREASE IN INSURANCE OR SHIPPING
[...]) Summary. According to the head of the Jordanian
Shipping Agents Association, the July issuance of a "special
advisory" by the Mari[...] |
2002-08-13 07:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | MOPS ETTC EPET PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4554 |
JORDAN: BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK PROGRAM
[...]ue to changes in embassy staffing during the summer
transfer cycle and the departure of the officer previously
responsible for this pr[...] |
2002-08-14 11:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC JO |
| 02AMMAN4583 |
JORDAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WSSD WATER PARTNERSHIP
[...][...] |
2002-08-14 14:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV JO UNCSD |
| 02AMMAN4589 |
FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE
[...]) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting
SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is
fragile, that most [...] |
2002-08-15 05:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4594 |
SFRC STAFFER TALWAR'S MEETING WITH FM MUASHER
[...]) Foreign Minister Muasher met with the DCM, Poloff, and
SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar on August 13. Most of the
discussion revolved aro[...] |
2002-08-15 08:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4645 |
MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...][...] |
2002-08-18 13:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4648 |
JORDAN IPR UPDATE: MIXED OUTLOOK
[...]SBU) Jordan's record on enforcement of IPR laws
has been improving steadily over the past six months.
However, greater awareness of th[...] |
2002-08-19 07:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON JO |
| 02AMMAN4652 |
MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...][...] |
2002-08-19 11:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4682 |
(NIAG 2057) JAPANESE EMBASSY ASKS FOR MORE
[...]S/NF) Japanese Embassy Counselor (and Japanese Charge
in Iraq) Masashi Kono called on PolCouns August 18.
Referring to Embassy Tokyo'[...] |
2002-08-19 13:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL GM JA IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN4697 |
JORDAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT BANKS'
[...]S) Summary. Jordan's central bank governor is worried
that a sudden interruption in Oil for Food exports via Jordan
to Iraq in the e[...] |
2002-08-20 11:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | EFIN ETRD JO |
| 02AMMAN4719 |
A STEP FORWARD ON IRAQ, BUT ELECTIONS POSTPONED
[...]) King Abdullah's televised speech on August 15 carried
few surprises. As expected, he announced the postponement of
elections until [...] |
2002-08-20 13:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4722 |
ARAB-ISRAELI COOPERATION--MERC MAKES THE GRADE
[...]BU) An embassy survey of Jordanian scientists
collaborating with Israeli counterparts on MERC (Middle East
Regional Cooperation) proje[...] |
2002-08-20 15:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL JO MEPN |
| 02AMMAN4724 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2002-08-21 11:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4744 |
MEETING WITH STEAMED FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAHIR
[...]) In a meeting with former Prime Minister Tahir al-Masri
on August 18, a visibly angry al-Masri complained about the
recent U.S. treat[...] |
2002-08-22 06:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4755 |
JORDAN QIZ INVESTORS BRING CONCERNS TO ISRAELI
[...]u) Summary. Thanks to a meeting organized by the
Israel-Jordan Chamber of Commerce, an impressive number of
QIZ investors were able [...] |
2002-08-22 11:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4786 |
U.S. FIRM INTERESTED IN CALL CENTERS IN JORDAN
[...]u) Summary. In an initiative that it sees both as
a promising business venture and an element of support
for regional peace, the U.S[...] |
2002-08-25 06:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECPS ECON IS JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN4820 |
Jordanian Youth and the Future of Jordan
[...]BU) The following cable was drafted by an FSN member of
the Embassy staff. We thought it was particularly
interesting as a descriptio[...] |
2002-08-25 14:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN4829 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...][...] |
2002-08-26 06:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN4832 |
REINFORCED COCKPIT DOORS: JORDANIAN VIEWS
[...]U) Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director
General Hanna Najjar informed us August 22 that he fully
expects state-owned carr[...] |
2002-08-26 10:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC JO |
| 02AMMAN4841 |
JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FLIGHT SCHOOLS
[...]SBU) As per instructions reftel, the following are
non-FAA approved flight schools in Jordan. The information
was provided to us by C[...] |
2002-08-26 13:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN4843 |
JORDANIAN VIEWS ON ICAO SYG, DESIRE FOR SEAT ON
[...]SBU) Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director
General Hanna Najjar told us August 22 he agrees with the
U.S. view that it is [...] |
2002-08-26 14:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR JO ICAO |
| 02AMMAN4863 |
JORDAN: CONFERENCE ON SPECIALIZED IP COURTS
[...]U) The Jordanian government has nominated two
judges, Bassam Talaheen and Khalid Samam', to attend the
September 12-13 conference bei[...] |
2002-08-28 06:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID KIPR JO |
| 02AMMAN4864 |
JORDAN'S DIPLOMATS FOCUS ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[...]sbu) Summary. Reflecting the emphasis he has put
on economic and commercial development and the growing
private sector export and in[...] |
2002-08-28 06:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN4945 |
SPREAD THE WORD: JORDAN ICT FORUM
[...]U) This is an action request. See para. 6.
¶2. (U) SUMMARY: Under the patronage of King Abdullah, the
Ministry of Inform[...] |
2002-09-03 05:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS BEXP JO |
| 02AMMAN4946 |
JORDAN RE: UN CONVENTION TO BAN HUMAN CLONING
[...]U) On August 27, poloff delivered reftel points to Ayman
Aamiri, Deputy Director of the Office of International
Organizations at the M[...] |
2002-09-03 05:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN4968 |
SURVEY OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA ISSUANCE POLICIES
[...]U) The following is in response to reftel questions.
A) (S/NF) Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies
Represented at Post[...] |
2002-09-03 12:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | ASIG AMGT CVIS JO |
| 02AMMAN4975 |
FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY: JORDAN
[...]) On September 3, A/Polcouns contacted Ayman Aamiri,
Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International
Organizations, to again [...] |
2002-09-03 14:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM JO UNHRC |
| 02AMMAN4986 |
MEPI ROLLOUT PLAN
[...]OST PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT SECRETARY POWELL'S
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEPI INITIATIVE WITH A SERIES OF
RELATED ACTIVITIES TARGETED FOR JORDAN'[...] |
2002-09-04 05:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP EFIN ECON PREL XF KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN4996 |
JORDANIAN ATTENDEES: ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE
[...]U) As per instructions REFTEL, we passed along to the
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MOICT)
our intention to n[...] |
2002-09-04 13:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC JO |
| 02AMMAN5071 |
SENATOR CORZINE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND THE MEPP WITH
[...]) Senator Jon Corzine traveled to Jordan August 28-30.
On August 29, the Senator met with Foreign Minister Muasher,
Prime Minister Abu[...] |
2002-09-05 16:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5074 |
SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN
[...]MBASSY AMMAN WILL COMMEMORATE THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR
ATTACK ANNIVERSARY WITH IN-HOUSE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR [...] |
2002-09-08 06:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN5085 |
57TH UNGA: PASSPORT INFORMATION OF JORDANIAN
[...]) As requested ref A, this cable provides the department
with the passport numbers of members of the Jordanian UNGA
delegation (previo[...] |
2002-09-08 11:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA PREL EAIR JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN5131 |
APPREHENSION AND RESIGNATION: A SENIOR JORDANIAN
[...]C) In an off the record session of the Amman World
Affairs Council attended by A/DCM on September 2, Royal Court
Chief Fayez Tarawneh[...] |
2002-09-09 12:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5144 |
JORDAN - MONITORING OF REFUGEE REGISTRATION
[...]Cairo's Regional Refcoord and Amman's Refugee
Admissions Specialist met with UNHCR Amman's Senior
Protection Officer and Acting [...] |
2002-09-09 14:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF JO UNHCR |
| 02AMMAN5168 |
SEPTEMBER 11 ONE YEAR LATER IN JORDAN: SYMPATHY
[...]) A year after 9/11, many Jordanians still make a point
of expressing sympathy for the victims of the attacks and
condemnation for tho[...] |
2002-09-11 05:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI XF JO |
| 02AMMAN5173 |
OUTSPOKEN JORDANIAN MP SAYS IRAQIS DON'T LIKE
[...]C) In a recent rambling conversation with A/DCM,
Mahmoud Kharabsheh (please protect), an outspoken former
Jordan MP and former provin[...] |
2002-09-11 11:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5185 |
JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11
[...][...] |
2002-09-11 13:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5195 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...]S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third
party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation
Corporation, 5722[...] |
2002-09-11 14:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 02AMMAN5196 |
GOJ PUSHES BACK AT POPULAR DISSATISFACTION
[...]) In recent weeks, the GOJ--through the King's
public address on August 15 (see Ref A), the Prime
Minister's speech to the Jordan pres[...] |
2002-09-11 15:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL KPAL IZ XF IS JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5207 |
PRINCE HASSAN TRAVELING TO US OCTOBER 3-8
[...]) The office of Prince Hassan Bin Talal has notified us
that Prince Hassan will be traveling to the U.S. October 3-8.
The Prince will [...] |
2002-09-12 11:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP ASEC JO |
| 02AMMAN5212 |
JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB
COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL
TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COU[...] |
2002-09-12 12:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JO |
| 02AMMAN5213 |
MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11 ANNIVERSARY
[...][...] |
2002-09-12 12:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5237 |
IRAQ: JORDANIAN REACTION TO POINTS ON PRESIDENT'S
[...]C) In the absence of FonMin Muasher (who is leading the
Jordanian delegation to the UNGA in New York), A/DCM
delivered ref points to [...] |
2002-09-12 15:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL ASEC PTER |
| 02AMMAN5238 |
DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY:
[...][...] |
2002-09-12 16:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL OPRC |
| 02AMMAN5239 |
SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING OF EMBASSY AMMAN'S HOMELAND
[...]S/NF) The Charge on September 11 chaired a meeting of
Embassy Amman's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG).
A/DCM, and DAO, LEGATT,[...] |
2002-09-12 16:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC US JO |
| 02AMMAN5240 |
JORDANIAN ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
[...]c) Post has faxed to NEA/ARN a copy of a paper given to
DAS Satterfield by Prime Minister Abul Ragheb that describes
a preliminary Jo[...] |
2002-09-13 09:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ |
| 02AMMAN5267 |
HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IN JORDAN RAMPING UP IRAQ
[...]C) Summary: Humanitarian agencies in Jordan have
stepped up contingency planning efforts for a crisis in Iraq.
Estimated refugee flo[...] |
2002-09-15 16:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5295 |
PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE
[...]) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA
speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally
supportive statement on[...] |
2002-09-16 14:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC |
| 02AMMAN5331 |
PEACE AIRPORT REVIVED? ISRAELI-JORDANIAN OFFICIALS
[...]SBU) On the heels of an Israeli government decision to
prohibit jets from using Eilat Airport, officials from the
Jordanian and Israel[...] |
2002-09-17 14:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ETRD IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5348 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENTS
[...][...] |
2002-09-18 08:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5353 |
GIFT COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA
[...]AS AMMAN LOOKS FORWARD TO RECEIVING A SET OF THE
LIBRARY OF AMERICA COLLECTION TO DONATE TO AL HUSSEIN BIN
TALAL UNIVERSITY.
[...] |
2002-09-18 11:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN5355 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2002-09-18 11:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5398 |
MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN
[...]) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch
Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has
provided materials t[...] |
2002-09-19 08:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5412 |
BOEING PRESENTS "AGGRESSIVE" FINAL OFFER TO ROYAL
[...]SBU) Summary. The Boeing Company, which has been in
negotiations with Jordanian national carrier Royal Jordanian
Airlines (RJ) for th[...] |
2002-09-20 09:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EAIR JO |
| 02AMMAN5463 |
NEED FOR PD NETWORK
[...][...] |
2002-09-23 05:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP AADP ASEC ACOA AMGT |
| 02AMMAN5470 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ISSUE
[...][...] |
2002-09-23 12:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5471 |
PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-857824
[...]U) As per instructions reftel, we can verify the
legitimacy of the export of M60 tank components to the Jordan
Armed Forces (JAF) Roya[...] |
2002-09-23 13:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC JO |
| 02AMMAN5478 |
EMBASSY AMMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN CAIRO CONFERENCE
[...]mbassy Amman requests country clearance for Political
Counselor Douglas A. Silliman and Public Affairs Officer
Haynes Mahoney to parti[...] |
2002-09-23 14:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OTRA KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN5485 |
JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE
[...]he Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had
a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on
Jordan's economy, poli[...] |
2002-09-24 07:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV JO IS |
| 02AMMAN5490 |
USINT BAGHDAD CHIEF BERNACKI SAYS IRAQIS ARE
[...]) USINT Baghdad Chief Krzysztof Bernacki, in meetings
with the Ambassador and other Embassy officials on September
23, provided his la[...] |
2002-09-24 12:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ |
| 02AMMAN5510 |
AMMAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKS U.S.
[...]) On September 19, poloff met with Dr. Muhammad Kheir
Mustafa, Director of the Amman Center for Peace and
Development (ACPD) to discus[...] |
2002-09-24 15:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5511 |
"FRIENDS OF AMERICA" DECRY LACK OF PUBLIC U.S.
[...]C) A group of self-described "Friends of America"
representing the Amman World Affairs Council called on the
Ambassador and PolCouns [...] |
2002-09-25 05:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5514 |
JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE
[...]sbu) Jordan's number two trade official, Samer Tawil,
told econcouns and econoff September 24 that the GOJ has
nearly completed draft[...] |
2002-09-25 06:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN5515 |
JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTRY GEARING UP FOR JOINT
[...]u) The Ambassador delivered the USG's official
invitation to convene the 2002 U.S.-Jordan Joint Commission
to Jordanian Trade Ministe[...] |
2002-09-25 06:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAGR JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN5517 |
IMPACT ON JORDANIAN BANKS OF OIL-FOR-FOOD TRADE
[...]C) According to the UN officials cited in ref A,
possible military action involving Iraq would interrupt the
functioning of the oil-f[...] |
2002-09-25 09:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO UNSC |
| 02AMMAN5527 |
HAMZA MANSOUR AND THE IAF/MB: MODERATE LEADERSHIP
[...][...] |
2002-09-25 14:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN5528 |
GOJ TO APPROACH DUTCH TO ASK THAT MULLAH KREKAR
[...]S) Following ref a telcon, DCM and PolCouns September
25 called on Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak and Personal
Assistant to Forei[...] |
2002-09-26 04:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PTER NL NO JO |
| 02AMMAN5576 |
GOJ MOVES TO DISSOLVE THE JORDANIAN SOCIETY FOR
[...][...] |
2002-09-26 14:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN5595 |
JORDANIANS CRITICAL OF U.S. AND ARAB POSITIONS ON
[...]) When Poloff recently queried a number of Jordanian
contacts about the Muqatta siege, most had surprisingly
little sympathy for Araf[...] |
2002-09-30 05:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5597 |
Mr. Edward Eikner - Target of Opportunity Pianist:
[...]mmary: This program was initiated by post. In
coordination with The National Music Conservatory (NMC) and
The Ministry of Tourism and[...] |
2002-09-30 06:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN5604 |
DVC Program on "The Negative Effect of Piracy on
[...]Summary: In cooperation with the National
Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) and the ECON
Section, PAS Amman conducted the fourth[...] |
2002-09-30 10:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN5626 |
MFA LEGAL ADVISOR SAYS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT STILL
[...]U) This is an action request for the Department. See
para 5 below.
¶2. (C) MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber told PolCouns[...] |
2002-09-30 14:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV US JO UN |
| 02AMMAN5627 |
MULLAH KREKAR: DUTCH EMBASSY SAYS SECOND SET OF
[...]C) The Jordanian MFA on September 26 presented to the
Dutch Embassy in Amman a second, somewhat more detailed
request for the extradi[...] |
2002-10-01 05:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PTER NL JO |
| 02AMMAN5650 |
PLP direct funding initiative
[...]Amman welcomes this opportunity to submit
proposals for fsi's post language program direct
funding initiative. The current uncert[...] |
2002-10-01 14:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT KFLO JO |
| 02AMMAN5653 |
FTOS: QUARTERLY REVIEW
[...]) Per reftel, a number of foreign terrorist
organizations (FTOs)--mostly Palestinian rejectionist
groups--maintain a clandestine prese[...] |
2002-10-01 15:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KCRM JO |
| 02AMMAN5690 |
GOJ ALLOWS WEEKEND PROTESTS; QUIETER THAN EXPECTED
[...]) The GOJ allowed--officially or unofficially--several
rallies to be held this weekend, September 27-28, to mark the
second anniversar[...] |
2002-10-02 11:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ASEC KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN5692 |
MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN ANY
[...]) The Palace announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle on
September 26 involving five portfolios. Amman had been rife
with rumors of a resh[...] |
2002-10-02 14:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO |
| 02AMMAN5718 |
MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. DECISION REGARDING
[...][...] |
2002-10-03 05:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5719 |
MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. DECISION REGARDING
[...][...] |
2002-10-03 05:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5736 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SIGNATURE OF FOREIGN
[...][...] |
2002-10-03 13:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5737 |
BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...]) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb
reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members
to the Cabinet, and reassig[...] |
2002-10-03 13:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO |
| 02AMMAN5751 |
JAPANESE DIPLOMAT REPORTS BAGHDAD NORMAL, BASRA
[...]) On October 2, a source in the Japanese Embassy's Iraq
Division provided A/Polcouns a readout of his recently
completed three week vi[...] |
2002-10-03 15:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA JO |
| 02AMMAN5781 |
UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) CONCERNS: PRM PDAS GREENE'S
[...]C) In a September 24 meeting on the margins of the UNRWA
Major Donors meeting (reported septel), PRM PDAS Richard
Greene pressed UNRWA[...] |
2002-10-06 12:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5823 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S
[...]S REQUESTED REFTEL, REGIONAL REFCOORD MONITORED PRM-
FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S JERUSALEM CENTER FOR
COEXISTENCE ON SEPTEMB[...] |
2002-10-08 03:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5826 |
JORDANIAN MFA PROPOSING NEW, MORE LIBERAL LAW
[...]C) MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber told PolCouns recently
that one of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's current highest
administrative [...] |
2002-10-08 08:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN5838 |
PRIME MINISTER ABUL RAGHEB ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,
[...]C) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime
Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about human rights and legal
assistance issues (other t[...] |
2002-10-08 11:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PHUM PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN5839 |
PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY,
[...]S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime
Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria
(other topics septels, [...] |
2002-10-08 12:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL ECON IZ SY JO |
| 02AMMAN5840 |
JORDAN WILL SUPPORT RE-ELECTION OF BRUNSON
[...]) On October 8, Embassy received a diplomatic note from
the MFA affirming that Jordan will support the re-election of
IOM Director Gen[...] |
2002-10-08 12:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC JO IOM |
| 02AMMAN5843 |
PM SAYS JORDAN IS NOW STOCKPILING OIL ON TANKER IN
[...]C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb, in answer to a
question from the Ambassador during an October 5 conversation
(septels on other top[...] |
2002-10-08 13:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5878 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: ARABIC TRANSLITERATIONS
[...]his is an action request: Post received the
following diplomatic note from the ministry of foreign
affairs requesting that embassy pr[...] |
2002-10-09 15:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN5904 |
TERRORISM FINANCE - JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON E.O.
[...][...] |
2002-10-10 11:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN5905 |
PROPOSED DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE
[...]OST CONCURS WITH THE IDEA OF A REGIONAL DEMOCRACY
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS HOW BEST TO PROMOTE THE ISSUES RAISED
IN REFTEL, WITH THE GOAL[...] |
2002-10-10 12:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT XF JO |
| 02AMMAN5908 |
PM ABUL RAGHEB TELLS DAS CHENEY GOJ WORKING ON
[...]C) NEA DAS Elizabeth Cheney met October 8 with Prime
Minister Ali Abul Ragheb to discuss economic, political, and
educational reform [...] |
2002-10-10 12:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN5911 |
BORDER SECURITY ACT - HOST GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON USG
[...]N RESPONSE TO REFTEL, JORDANIAN MFA CONSULAR
REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED POST OCTOBER 8 THAT, IN PRINCIPLE,
THE GOJ HAS NO OBJECTION TO FI[...] |
2002-10-10 13:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN5912 |
DEFUSING JORDAN'S GROWING FEAR OF TRANSFER
[...]C) Over the past few weeks, many Jordanians of all
political stripes have become deeply afraid that Israel --
and specifically PM Sha[...] |
2002-10-10 13:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5915 |
PM ABUL RAGHEB TELLS DAS CHENEY GOJ TO CONTINUE
[...]SBU) NEA DAS Elizabeth Cheney discussed the USAID
program and economic reform October 8 with Prime Minister Ali
Abul Ragheb and Plann[...] |
2002-10-10 13:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV US JO |
| 02AMMAN5918 |
DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN CW-RELATED EXPORTS TO IRAQ
[...]/NF) ORCA DELIVERED POINTS IN REFTEL TO GOJ
COUNTERPARTS, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY WILL REVIEW THE
INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP. POST WI[...] |
2002-10-10 14:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC TU IZ JO CBW |
| 02AMMAN5922 |
DAS CHENEY MEETS WITH QUEEN RANIA: US ASSISTANCE,
[...][...] |
2002-10-10 14:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO AID |
| 02AMMAN5964 |
JORDAN: U/S LARSON MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC PLANNING
[...]C) Under Secretary Larson had meetings in Amman
October 13-14 with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and key
members of the Jordanian minist[...] |
2002-10-15 11:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN5966 |
PROGRAM REQUEST: PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE
[...]This is an action request for IIP. See para 6
¶2. In view of the success to date of Embassy Amman's
"Media Professional[...] |
2002-10-15 12:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PROP JO |
| 02AMMAN5967 |
MEDIA REACTION ON CONGRESS' DECISION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2002-10-15 12:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN5993 |
KING ABDULLAH AND FONMIN MUASHER ADDRESS TRANSFER
[...]) Foreign Minister Muasher and King Abdullah made
successive high profile public statements October 10-11
addressing growing fears in [...] |
2002-10-16 05:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5994 |
JORDAN: AIR MARSHALS PROGRAM, ACTION REQUEST
[...]ction Request: Post received via a diplomatic note from
the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following
letter regarding new [...] |
2002-10-16 07:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN5996 |
SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES VISITS
[...]C) SUMMARY. April Palmerlee, Special Coordination for
International Women's Issues, visited Jordan Oct 5-8 for the
recent NEA Economi[...] |
2002-10-16 07:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN6022 |
JORDAN: ROYAL JORDANIAN SEEKS TO DELAY AIRPLANE
[...]c) Samir Hanna, the Boeing VP who has been negotiating
the sale/lease package of nine 737's to Royal Jordanian
Airlines (RJ), reporte[...] |
2002-10-16 15:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP EFIN EAIR JO |
| 02AMMAN6024 |
S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH
[...]/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin
Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed
the U.S.'s appreciation[...] |
2002-10-17 04:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SY SA JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN6028 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO LIST 18
[...]SBU) The Government of Jordan, through the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, has notified us via a diplomatic note that,
following a search[...] |
2002-10-17 08:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PINR PTER KVPR JO |
| 02AMMAN6060 |
A VIRTUAL SUCCESS: JORDAN'S ICT FORUM
[...](U) SUMMARY: Jordan's second ICT Forum was held Sept. 30-Oct.
1 in Amman. Featuring addresses by King Abdullah, Intel CEO Craig
Barre[...] |
2002-10-20 08:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN6073 |
DROC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...]S) DROC President Joseph Kabila paid an official visit
to Jordan September 16-18. The visit entailed the usual
meetings and official[...] |
2002-10-20 13:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL XA ZF CF JO |
| 02AMMAN6095 |
UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND
[...]s requested in reftel, Post is providing updated
information on child labor in Jordan. Post has informed GOJ
that we are compiling t[...] |
2002-10-21 07:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JO |
| 02AMMAN6141 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: JORDAN WILL BE
[...]) On October 21, Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the
MFA's IO Department informed poloff that, due to other
scheduling requirements, [...] |
2002-10-22 06:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN6150 |
REPORT OF POTENTIAL EVACUEES CONTACTS
[...]ER INFORMATION IN REFTEL, AMMAN ACCESSED
HTTP://SES.STATE.GOV/F77-POSTS AND IS READY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
Ã[...] |
2002-10-22 10:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC AEMR CMGT KFLO CASE PINS JO |
| 02AMMAN6154 |
HUMAN RIGHTS: STATUS OF JSCR; MB DEMONSTRATION
[...]C) SUMMARY The President of the Jordanian Society for
Citizens' Rights (JSCR) told us October 14 that despite the
recent reports of a[...] |
2002-10-22 12:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN6157 |
KING ABDULLAH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFO ON DROC
[...]) During an October 19 dinner with visiting NEA A/S
Burns, King Abdullah again raised the September 16-18 visit
to Jordan of DROC Pres[...] |
2002-10-23 05:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL XA ZF XW CF JO SU LY |
| 02AMMAN6182 |
JORDAN: ASSISTANCE IN TELEMARKETING FRAUD
[...]sbu) Summary. The government and Central Bank of
Jordan and the Union Bank for Savings and Investment told the
Embassy they will coo[...] |
2002-10-23 13:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN CJAN JO |
| 02AMMAN6189 |
RAMADAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS STRATEGY 2002
[...]Following is an outline of the PD Ramadan
activities which emphasize respect for Islam and shared
values during the month of Ramadan. [...] |
2002-10-23 13:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN6205 |
DVC Program on "The Negative Effect of Piracy on
[...]Summary: In cooperation with the National
Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) and the ECON
Section, PAS Amman conducted the fourth[...] |
2002-10-24 07:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6226 |
DOPCAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN WILL ALLY ITSELF
[...]BU) On October 24, PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel
demarche on the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention
Against Torture (DOP[...] |
2002-10-24 13:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM US JO |
| 02AMMAN6227 |
57TH UNFC: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ'S DEPLETED URANIUM
[...][...] |
2002-10-24 13:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN6250 |
ICT PROGRAMS IN JORDAN
[...]U) Per REFTEL request, we are providing information on
telecom regulation, internet, and other IT-related questions
posed, as well as [...] |
2002-10-27 07:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EAID JO |
| 02AMMAN6261 |
U.S. DIPLOMAT ASSASSINATED IN AMMAN 10/28: SITREP 1
[...]) Between 0705 and 0715 this morning (October 28), an
individual approached USAID employee Larry Foley as he was
entering his vehicle [...] |
2002-10-28 07:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6265 |
ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28:
[...]) NIACT PRECEDENCE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF URGENCY OF
INFORMATION
¶2. (S/NF) At approximately 1045 local time, the Ambassador [...] |
2002-10-28 09:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6270 |
KING POSITIVE ON ARTICLE 98, BUT BUREAUCRACY DRAGS
[...]U) This is an action request for the Department.
Please see para 6 below.
¶2. (S) In a conversation with A/S Burns on O[...] |
2002-10-28 12:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN6282 |
ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28:
[...]) The GOJ's investigation of this morning's murder of
USAID employee Larry Foley continues. As reported
previously, cooperation from [...] |
2002-10-28 15:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6288 |
JORDAN'S UNUSED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY
[...]u) Summary: We have been following with interest
attempts by Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer to secure
support for a new indus[...] |
2002-10-29 07:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID IS JO |
| 02AMMAN6309 |
ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN: STATUS AS
[...]) Twenty four hours after the brutal murder of USAID
employee Larry Foley, the GOJ continues to provide excellent
cooperation in the i[...] |
2002-10-29 10:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6333 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MURDER OF USAID'S LAURENCE
[...][...] |
2002-10-29 16:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN6345 |
Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History
[...]mmary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like
to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC
program discussing Afri[...] |
2002-10-30 09:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6374 |
JORDAN FUND LAUNCHED
[...]U) Amid an enthusiastic reception, the Government of
Jordan launched the Jordan Fund, a $50 million fund designed
to attract foreign i[...] |
2002-10-31 08:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON KTDB KIDE JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN6427 |
JORDAN RESPONDS TO BANK RECORDS REQUEST, INDICATES
[...]C) Over the past two months, Embassy Officers have
heard from a variety of GOJ officials increased willingness
to cooperate on U.S. l[...] |
2002-11-03 14:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN PTER US JO |
| 02AMMAN6444 |
DELTA DISCUSSES CODESHARING WITH ROYAL JORDANIAN
[...]SBU) Summary. A Delta sales executive left Amman this
week saying that he was prepared to make a positive
presentation to Delta Pres[...] |
2002-11-04 09:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AMGT JO |
| 02AMMAN6462 |
FM MUASHER PLEDGES GOJ WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO
[...]) During a November 4 meeting with FonMin Muasher, the
Ambassador conveyed his personal thanks for the GOJ's
response to the murder of[...] |
2002-11-04 15:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6463 |
FONMIN MUASHER SAYS JORDAN WILL SIGN ARTICLE 98
[...]) During a November 4 meeting with the Ambassador that
covered a number of topics (other subjects reported septels),
FonMin Muasher pl[...] |
2002-11-04 16:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6469 |
TEXTILE DIVERSIFICATION CHALLENGES IN JORDAN
[...]) Embassy Econ staff and USAID Jordan have maintained
an extensive and productive dialogue with Jordan's
government and private sector[...] |
2002-11-05 12:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN6507 |
JORDAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS ON WASHINGTON
[...]c) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher on November 4 and on Finance Minister Michel Marto on
November 5 to revie[...] |
2002-11-05 16:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN6514 |
BOSNIA TRAIN AND EQUIP PROGRAM: POTUS MESSAGE TO
[...]) On October 31, Embassy conveyed reftel message from
the President to King Abdullah. On November 4, Chief of the
Royal Court Fayez T[...] |
2002-10-27 01:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS JO BK |
| 02AMMAN6515 |
JORDAN IMF TEAM REVIEWS IRAQ SCENARIOS
[...]C) According to an IMF team visiting Amman this week to
discuss the Fund's program for 2003, economic disruptions
from military operat[...] |
2002-11-06 07:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN6517 |
JORDAN'S QIZ MANAGERS SEEKING CONFERENCE DURING
[...]u) Summary: Building on U/S Larson's visit to Amman
last month, QIZ park managers and GOJ officials are proposing
an investment prom[...] |
2002-11-06 08:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV BEXP IS JO |
| 02AMMAN6520 |
PRESIDENT BUSH'S RAMADAN GREETING:
[...]ESIDENT BUSH'S NOVEMBER 5 RAMADAN GREETING
RECEIVED WIDE MEDIA PLACEMENT IN JORDAN. PA AMMAN
DISTRIBUTED THE STATEMENT TO EACH OF THE[...] |
2002-11-06 13:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN6521 |
GOJ DISSOLVES SOCIETY FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS
[...]C) SUMMARY. On October 29, the Ministry of Interior
officially dissolved the Jordanian Society for Citizens'
Rights (JSCR). Despite [...] |
2002-11-06 13:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN6522 |
"JORDAN FIRST": KING SEEKS TO PROMOTE LOYALTY
[...]C) SUMMARY. In mid-October, the GOJ rolled out an
extensive public relations campaign to promote its new
"Jordan First" domestic pol[...] |
2002-11-06 13:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN6523 |
REQUEST FOR DVC ON "ISLAM IN A MULTICULTURAL
[...]MMARY: PAS AMMAN REQUESTS IIP SUPPORT IN RECRUITING AN
AMERICAN EXPERT FOR AN ARABIC LANGUAGE 90 MINUTE DVC PROGRAM
ON "CULTURAL DIVER[...] |
2002-11-06 14:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6528 |
Amendments to Jordan's Passport, Citizenship and
[...](U) Summary: Queen Rania November 3 inaugurated the 2nd
annual Arab Women's Summit by announcing that the GOJ has
endorsed three[...] |
2002-11-06 14:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN6535 |
ISLAMIST ABU SAYYAF POSES CHALLENGE TO GOJ IN MA'AN
[...]) Jordanian Security Forces are currently engaged in a
tense standoff with Islamist activist Mohammad Shalibi aka
Abu Sayyaf, which st[...] |
2002-11-06 16:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN6537 |
(ATA #3707-MOI) MEMORANDUM OF INTENT FOR
[...]) This message contains a request for Department
guidance. Please see para 3.
¶2. (U) On October 24, Embassy conveyed ref[...] |
2002-11-07 06:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN6581 |
JORDAN'S JOINT COMMISSION AGENDA
[...]u) Summary: Jordan's government and private sector
have developed an ambitious schedule of events in support of
the December 11 U.S.[...] |
2002-11-08 10:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KPAO JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN6586 |
JORDAN TELECOM DEBUTS ON AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Following a well-subscribed initial public
offering (IPO), Jordan Telecom (JTC) stock had its first day
of public tradin[...] |
2002-11-11 06:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN6595 |
ORDERING PUBLICATION "IF YOU WANT TO STUDY IN
[...]st would like to order a total of 400 copies of
subject title, including: 200 copies of the first
booklet "Undergraduate Study", Arabi[...] |
2002-11-11 14:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 02AMMAN6609 |
CUBA/UNGA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN
[...]) On November 11, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche urging
Jordan to oppose, or at least abstain on, Cuba's anti-embargo
UNGA resolution[...] |
2002-11-12 10:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM JO CU UNGA |
| 02AMMAN6610 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY
[...]/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali
al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised
to provide the inf[...] |
2002-11-12 11:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER JO LE SY IR |
| 02AMMAN6649 |
JORDAN BEGINS DISCUSSION OF 2003 OIL AND TRADE
[...]) Following internal discussion about the timing of a
trip to Iraq by Jordanian ministers, the Jordanian trade and
energy ministers p[...] |
2002-11-12 18:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC ENRG IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN6650 |
GOJ MOVES AGAINST ARMED GROUP IN MA'AN; CURFEW,
[...]S) SUMMARY. As of mid-day November 12, the search for
members of an armed Islamic group in the southern Jordanian
city of Ma'an cont[...] |
2002-11-13 08:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC JO |
| 02AMMAN6659 |
REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDS FOR RELO AMMAN
[...]RELO AMMAN WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSFER OF
ALLOTTED FUNDING OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS (5000) FROM
FOURTH QUARTER TO THE FOR F[...] |
2002-11-13 15:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6671 |
TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LIST 21)
[...]SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed
us via Diplomatic Note that the Global Relief Foundation has
no branches or ac[...] |
2002-11-13 16:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN |
| 02AMMAN6691 |
JORDAN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...]swers keyed to reftel.
A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to
support the global coalition against terrorism[...] |
2002-11-13 18:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CASC |
| 02AMMAN6692 |
DESPITE APATHY AND MILD APPREHENSION, JORDANIANS
[...]C) SUMMARY. Jordanian reaction to the recently
launched "Jordan First" initiative (reftel) has been
characterized primarily by apathy[...] |
2002-11-13 18:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN6699 |
MUASHER ON CAIRO AL MINISTERIAL: SHARA, IRAQ AND
[...]C) NEA DAS David Satterfield called on Foreign Minister
Marwan Muasher November 13. Ambassador, PolCouns, Muasher's
personal aide Al[...] |
2002-11-14 19:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ SY JO |
| 02AMMAN6706 |
PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND THE RIGHT OF RETURN: THE
[...]S) Following more than two years of Israeli-Palestinian
violence and Israel's intense and still ongoing military
operations in the We[...] |
2002-11-17 10:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PINR KPAL KWBG IS JO KPRP |
| 02AMMAN6707 |
JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE
[...]u) Summary: Jordan has nearly completed its initial
Entity Offer for accession into the WTO's plurilateral
Government Procurement Ag[...] |
2002-11-17 10:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN6710 |
ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK ANNOUNCED IN AMMAN
[...]MMARY: 25 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 8 ARAB COUNTRIES
GATHERED AT JORDAN'S DEAD SEA MOVENPICK, NOVEMBER 1-4, 2002
TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISH[...] |
2002-11-17 12:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO AID |
| 02AMMAN6722 |
JORDAN: DAS SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES PROPOSED
[...]c) Summary. In meetings with the Jordanian Prime
Minister and Finance Minister, DAS Satterfield was told that
answers to the U.S. que[...] |
2002-11-18 08:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID JO |
| 02AMMAN6735 |
DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING OF HIZBALLAH
[...]) Following receipt of ref A demarche request, poloff
conveyed points to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin
Muasher. Al-Ayed t[...] |
2002-11-18 12:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR JO |
| 02AMMAN6754 |
JORDAN FORMALLY ASKS FOR TAX TREATY
[...]u) Embassy received on November 17 a diplomatic note
from the GOJ that included a formal request to begin
negotiating a bilateral tax[...] |
2002-11-19 12:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD JO |
| 02AMMAN6764 |
JORDANIAN INSPECTORS IN UNMOVIC?
[...]) This message contains an action request for USUN.
Please see para 6.
¶2. (C) On November 17, the MFA's Legal Advisor Sam[...] |
2002-11-19 16:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN6785 |
LESSENING THE BLOW TO THE GOJ OF MOVING TO
[...]S) If the Department approves our request for
authorized departure (ref A), we need to consider carefully
how to soften the political[...] |
2002-11-20 19:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC US JO |
| 02AMMAN6812 |
U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS DELIVER MESSAGE TO
[...]UMMARY: THE ECA FUNDED U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS
TOUR VISITED JORDAN OCTOBER 20-22 TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO
JORDANIAN STUDENTS [...] |
2002-11-21 12:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC OIIP |
| 02AMMAN6823 |
USE OF FORCE IN MA'AN ASSERTS GOJ AUTHORITY, BUT
[...]S) The winding down but not quite completed security
operation in Ma'an against Islamic militant leader Mohammed
Shalibi (aka Abu Say[...] |
2002-11-21 13:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN6843 |
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
[...]UMMARY: MS. LUBNA ABDUL HAQ, AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT
"AL-ARAB AL-YAWM" ARABIC DAILY NEWSPAPER, AND MS. HALA AL
HADIDI, AN ECONOMIC REP[...] |
2002-11-24 06:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6852 |
THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank
has been among the most respected, and even beloved,
financial institutions i[...] |
2002-11-24 11:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN6862 |
JORDAN CELEBRATES THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN WITH
[...] The following cable was drafted by one of our FSNs and
conveys the mood of Ramadan 2002 in Jordan from her
perspective. &[...] |
2002-11-25 12:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM JO IS |
| 02AMMAN6878 |
JORDANIAN REACTION TO AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE AND
[...]) Summary. Jordanian official and public reactions to
the announcement of authorized departure and the departure of
the Peace Corps a[...] |
2002-11-25 13:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO |
| 02AMMAN6924 |
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
[...]UMMARY: MS. LUBNA ABDUL HAQ, AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT
"AL-ARAB AL-YAWM" ARABIC DAILY NEWSPAPER, AND MS. HALA AL
HADIDI, AN ECONOMIC REP[...] |
2002-11-27 10:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN6926 |
ARTICLE 98: JORDAN EMPOWERS ITS UN PERMREP TO
[...]C) PolCouns on November 26 separately queried Ali
al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, and
Samer Naber, MFA Legal[...] |
2002-11-27 11:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US JO ICC |
| 02AMMAN6937 |
AQABA PIZZA HUT FIRE AN ACCIDENT
[...]SBU) Econoff spoke to Arab Food Catering Company owner
Khaled Dhaleh November 27 to check on press reports about a
"suspicious" fire i[...] |
2002-11-27 14:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ASEC PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN6938 |
FURTHER MA'AN VIOLENCE, OTHER INCIDENTS, RATTLE
[...]) The southern city of Ma'an was again the site of a
clash between police and local armed militants on November
¶24. According to [...] |
2002-11-27 14:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN6939 |
UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) COMPLIANCE: VIEWS FROM GAZA
[...]U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv.
¶2. (C) Summary: In the course of November 18 meetings with
UNRWA'[...] |
2002-11-27 14:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UN |
| 02AMMAN6952 |
QIZ UPDATE - IRAQ WORRIES, TRANSSHIPMENT RUMORS,
[...]sbu) Despite continuing political uncertainty in the
region, QIZ exporters in Jordan continue to report solid
production and growth. [...] |
2002-12-01 10:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV IS IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN6989 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED
[...]U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message
in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA)
convention and its p[...] |
2002-12-01 14:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO |
| 02AMMAN6990 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY
[...]S) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message
in reftel regarding a possible forthcoming Hizballah resupply
flight to Ali Ay[...] |
2002-12-01 14:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY IR JO |
| 02AMMAN6993 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOJ ON POSSIBLE TERRORIST
[...]SBU) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered the
message in reftel concerning the possibility of forthcoming
terrorist attacks i[...] |
2002-12-02 04:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL EAIR DJ YM KE JO |
| 02AMMAN7124 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM
[...]MMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF,
MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH
EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT[...] |
2002-12-09 08:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7125 |
JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR
[...]c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms
for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have
been nearly agreed[...] |
2002-12-09 08:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7128 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM
[...]MMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF,
MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH
EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT[...] |
2002-12-09 09:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7130 |
JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON TANKERS AND PIPELINES
[...]s) Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh updated DCM
December 4 on a number of developments in Jordan's energy
sector. The Minister comm[...] |
2002-12-09 11:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | ENRG EPET ETTC IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7151 |
REQUEST FOR SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS - AMMAN
[...]) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST
¶2. (C) IN RESPONSE TO THE OCTOBER 28, 2002 ASSASSINATION OF
U.S. DIPLOMAT LARRY FOLEY IN AMM[...] |
2002-12-09 16:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ABUD AFIN AMGT |
| 02AMMAN7178 |
TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LISTS 21 AND 22)
[...]U) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
informed us via Diplomatic Note December 2 that the Global
Relief Foundation (list [...] |
2002-12-10 11:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN |
| 02AMMAN7179 |
NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR JORDAN
[...]BU) Per reftel, the following constitutes contact
information for King Abdullah, the Prime Minister, and the
Foreign Minister:
[...] |
2002-12-10 12:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL |
| 02AMMAN7190 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM
[...]MMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF,
MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH
EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT[...] |
2002-12-11 07:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7229 |
JORDAN: YET ANOTHER DELAY FOR BOEING
[...]SBU) Summary. Minister of Transportation Nader Dahabi
informed the Charge that an independent airline consultant
has been brought in[...] |
2002-12-12 12:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EAIR JO |
| 02AMMAN7234 |
RAMADAN 2002: AMMAN
[...]MMARY: EMBASSY AMMAN UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF SPECIAL
ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AIMED AT
REINFORCING A MESSAGE OF RESPE[...] |
2002-12-12 13:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7255 |
JORDAN: PEACE AIRPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT ISSUES
[...]SBU) According to Jordan's Transportation Minister, the
Jordanian government remains ready to work with Israel on a
plan to allow dom[...] |
2002-12-15 11:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ELTN EWWT PREF BEXP JO IS |
| 02AMMAN7304 |
UNRWA LAUNCHES NEW USD 93.7 MILLION EMERGENCY
[...]C) Summary and comment: At December 10 and 11 briefings
in Jerusalem and Amman, UNRWA ComGen Hansen launched UNRWA's
new USD 93.7 mil[...] |
2002-12-16 15:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN7307 |
JAZZ AMBASSADORS 2003/AMMAN
[...]A AMMAN IS DELIGHTED TO REQUEST INCLUSION IN THE 2003
JAZZ AMBASSADORS TOUR. POST PREFERS THE MAY TOUR TIMEFRAME
IN ORDER TO COINCIDE[...] |
2002-12-17 04:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN7308 |
JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON MEPI
[...][...] |
2002-12-17 06:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 02AMMAN7312 |
THE GOJ, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, AND
[...]C) SUMMARY. Since the middle of November, the Jordanian
Government has stepped up pressure on professional
associations to reform, wi[...] |
2002-12-17 12:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN7313 |
THE BULGE: JORDANIANS SET TO BEGIN WORK ON
[...]) Raif Nijem, Vice-President of the GOJ's Restoration
Committee for Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock and the
leader of a Jordanian [...] |
2002-12-17 12:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL KWBG PBTS IS JO |
| 02AMMAN7328 |
JORDAN: CAPITALIZING ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE
[...]u) Jordan's government and business community are
hailing the first annual U.S.-Jordan Joint Economic Committee
meeting held in Washi[...] |
2002-12-18 12:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV SENV BEXP JO |
| 02AMMAN7349 |
MEPI REACTION: AMMAN
[...]UMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE
DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH
REACTION BEST DESCRIBED [...] |
2002-12-19 14:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7388 |
JORDAN: DETAILS ON RJ BOMB THREAT
[...]C) Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna
Najjar and Royal Jordanian Airlines Executive VP Ghassan Ali
provided the followin[...] |
2002-12-22 14:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN7434 |
JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK?
[...]BU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the
Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law,
heralding th[...] |
2002-12-23 13:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN7450 |
IRAQ: JORDAN BRIEFED ON U.S. REACTION TO IRAQ
[...]C) The Ambassador on December 21 summarized ref
information on the U.S. reaction to Iraq's weapons
declaration with Foreign Minister [...] |
2002-12-24 09:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN7452 |
ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP
[...]S/NF) Ref A, of 20 Dec. 2002, requests that posts
establish Homeland Security Working Groups (HSWG) as either
standalone committees o[...] |
2002-12-24 10:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER |
| 02AMMAN7520 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...]S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third
party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation
Corporation, 5722[...] |
2002-12-30 07:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 02AMMAN7535 |
JORDAN: UPDATE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. PRODUCTS
[...]sbu) Summary. Business contacts say that an abiding
affinity for U.S. consumer products, marketing strategies
that played up local c[...] |
2002-12-30 13:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1021 |
VACCINE FOR CRITICAL COALITION PARTNERS: OFFER TO
[...]C) PolCouns February 16 made ref points on the USG's
offer to provide Jordan with a limited supply of smallpox and
anthrax vaccines t[...] |
2003-02-18 07:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | TBIO PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN1040 |
JORDAN MFA ON SECRETARY POWELL'S FEBRUARY 14 UNSC
[...]C) PolCouns February 16 presented Ali al-Ayed, personal
assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, with a copy of
the Secretary's [...] |
2003-02-18 13:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL US IZ JO UN |
| 03AMMAN1049 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): JORDANIAN
[...]BU) On February 17, Poloff delivered reftel points and
copies of OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) questionnaires to
Ayman Aamiri, Deput[...] |
2003-02-18 14:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 03AMMAN105 |
TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LIST 19)
[...]U) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
informed us via Diplomatic Note January 7 that the four
individuals cited in List 1[...] |
2003-01-07 08:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
| 03AMMAN1053 |
JORDANIANS TAKE PART IN SIZABLE BUT SOGGY ANTI-WAR
[...]SBU) On Saturday, February 15, thousands of
demonstrators
participated in a 2 kilometer anti-war march through the
Shmeisani [...] |
2003-02-18 15:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN1054 |
HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED
[...]C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman,
members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT)
met with GOJ Minister o[...] |
2003-02-18 15:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN106 |
IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING
[...]c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department
shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to
Iraq. What has been[...] |
2003-01-07 09:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN1063 |
JORDAN: PILLARS OF THE REGIME, PART IV OF IV - THE
[...]c) Along with the military/security apparatus and
tribal networks, Jordan's economic elite as a group round out
the pillars upon whic[...] |
2003-02-19 10:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN1081 |
MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: POST INPUT FOR JORDAN
[...]) This message responds to reftel request for input on
the MANPADS situation in Jordan. Answers are keyed to
questions posed in reftel[...] |
2003-02-20 05:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN1082 |
JORDAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY FORMS OSAC
[...]U) At a February 18 meeting convened by the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (the Jordanian American
Business Association--JABA), a[...] |
2003-02-20 05:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC ASEC JO |
| 03AMMAN1086 |
INS-APPROVED IRAQI REFUGEES AWAITING SAO CLEARANCE
[...]SBU) AS REQUESTED BY PRM/A, THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE
ABOUT THE INCREASING PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES REPORTED IN
THREE INS APPROVED REFU[...] |
2003-02-20 08:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1092 |
TRIBAL SHEIKHS JAILED FOR SADDAM-SPONSORED IRAQ
[...]) A delegation calling itself the League of Arab and
African tribes consisting of Jordanian "tribal sheikhs"
visited Baghdad in mid-Ja[...] |
2003-02-20 09:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN11 |
JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON ENLARGING INTERARAB FUND
[...]sbu) Summary. In response to proposals to increase the
size and nature of OPIC's support for the Amman-based
InterArab Fund, Embassy[...] |
2003-01-02 08:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EINV JO OPIC |
| 03AMMAN1157 |
JORDAN STALLS ON BIT
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: FM Muasher told the Ambassador that he
wants a three month delay in the Exchange of Instruments of
Ratification that wou[...] |
2003-02-23 14:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN1170 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL
[...]S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third
party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation
Corporation, 5722[...] |
2003-02-24 11:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 03AMMAN1182 |
UPDATE ON JORDAN GLOBE PROGRAM
[...]ER REF A, POST HAS IMPRESSED UPON THE LOCAL GLOBE
COORDINATOR THE IMPORTANCE OF JORDANIAN STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS ATTENDING THE UPCOMING[...] |
2003-02-24 14:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KGLB SENV SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN1185 |
SUPPORTING QIZ'S IN THE EVENT OF WAR
[...]c) SUMMARY: We are beginning to see the first
indications of a negative impact on QIZ business as a result
of war jitters on the par[...] |
2003-02-27 08:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR MOPS IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1188 |
JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
[...]BU) Summary. In a 20 February meeting, Jordan Atomic Energy
Commission DG Kodah made a strong pitch for U.S. technical and
financial a[...] |
2003-02-27 10:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PTER SENV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1191 |
QUOTA GUARANTEES WOMEN SIX SEATS IN PARLIAMENT
[...]) A royal decree issued on February 19 formalized a
quota system that guarantees six seats for women in the next
Parliament. End Summ[...] |
2003-02-27 12:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN1192 |
JORDAN REQUESTS SLIGHTLY LARGER QUANTITIES OF
[...]U) This is an action request for the Department. See
paras 4-5 below.
--------------------------------------
GOJ WA[...] |
2003-02-27 12:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | TBIO PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN1193 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEW FDA, PHRMA ISSUES WITH
[...]c) Summary: Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Walid Ma'ani
explained his plans to create a Jordanian FDA in a meeting
with the Ambassado[...] |
2003-02-27 12:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID BEXP PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN1210 |
EMBASSY AMMAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY
[...]U) Per reftel, Post is providing the following report on
actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2002.
¶2. (SBU) Begin [...] |
2003-03-02 06:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XE XF XM JO |
| 03AMMAN1214 |
LOTS OF HOLES TO BE FILLED IN JORDAN'S 2003 BUDGET
[...]c) Summary. Jordan's new 2003 budget signals a very
difficult fiscal year ahead for Jordan: Filling the holes
needed to meet a 4.3%[...] |
2003-03-02 08:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN1215 |
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SAME CONCLUSION: THE USG
[...]C) SUMMARY. On February 24th PolOff met together with
former senator Hosni Ayesh, a Palestinian-Jordanian, and
former parliamentarian[...] |
2003-03-02 08:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN1233 |
ENGAGING THE GOJ ON IPR COMPLAINT FROM ELECTRONIC
[...]u) Summary: We have met over the past weeks with a
number of GOJ officials regarding the complaint Electronic
Arts (EA) raised throu[...] |
2003-03-03 06:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN1234 |
DCM'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER BATAYNEH
[...]u) Following are info items from the DCM's February 24
meeting with Energy Minister Mohammed Batayneh:
¶2. (c) Gasoil s[...] |
2003-03-03 06:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EAIR ETTC JO |
| 03AMMAN1251 |
ROYAL JORDANIAN WAR CONTINGENCY PLAN
[...]sbu) Summary. Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to
shuttle passengers between Amman and a temporary
operating hub in Athens in the even[...] |
2003-03-03 12:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN MOPS JO |
| 03AMMAN1252 |
BIDDER ON JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE SEEKS USG
[...]sbu) We were recently contacted by Brock Tuppeny,
Business Development Manager for Petrofac, a UK-registered
company with extensive o[...] |
2003-03-03 12:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1253 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE
[...][...] |
2003-03-03 12:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1264 |
FONMIN MUASHER: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AVOIDS A SPLIT
[...]S) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Ambassador and
A/DCM March 2 that he was "perplexed" by Egyptian behavior in
calling for an e[...] |
2003-03-03 15:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL AL SA EG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1283 |
Embassy Amman Staffing as of 3/4/03
[...]-COUNTRY TOTALS:
EMPLOYEES: 115
TDYers: 240
EFMS: 19
CONTRACTORS: 12
�[...] |
2003-03-04 13:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | APER PREL AMGT AEMR ASEC JO |
| 03AMMAN1336 |
JORDAN SCHEDULES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR JUNE
[...]) THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 27 THAT
LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, POSTPONED THREE TIMES,
WILL BE HELD ON J[...] |
2003-03-06 08:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN1344 |
JORDAN: DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES
[...]C) A/DCM covered ref points on the Iraq discussion at
the OIC summit with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to
Foreign Minister Marwan [...] |
2003-03-06 09:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO OIC |
| 03AMMAN1356 |
IAF URGES CITIZENS NOT TO COOPERATE WITH US TROOPS
[...]) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) issued a
statement--published in the Muslim Brotherhood mouthpiece
Al-Sabil on March 4--urging Jordan[...] |
2003-03-06 14:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1357 |
ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN
[...]er reftel, Post's information for the 2002
anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras
below. Responses are keyed to ref[...] |
2003-03-06 14:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO |
| 03AMMAN1358 |
FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE
[...]BU) Embassy Amman in principle would welcome the
proposed initial visit of a USG Consequence Management
Support Team (CMST) to discuss[...] |
2003-03-06 14:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PM JO |
| 03AMMAN14 |
PLO REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICIAL QUIETLY TRYING TO
[...]C) Summary: Jordan-based PLO Refugee Affairs official
Mohamed Abu Bakr told refcoord December 24 that he and West
Bank Refugee Affair[...] |
2003-01-02 10:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1405 |
PRISON VISIT: RAED HIJAZI
[...]ONOFF AND FSN WENT TO SUWAQA PRISON ON MARCH 9, 2003
TO VISIT RAED HIJAZI. ONCE AGAIN RAED REFUSED TO MEET
WITH THE VISITING CONSULAR[...] |
2003-03-10 04:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER JO HIJAZI RAED |
| 03AMMAN141 |
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK
[...]ummary: PAS Amman supports PAS Cairo's request for
increased funding, and seeks an additional USD 65,000
supplement for Amman's Arabi[...] |
2003-01-08 09:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN1424 |
JORDANIAN AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR OEF
[...]sbu) In a March 10 letter to the embassy Royal
Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali confirmed RJ's offer
to provide uplift suppor[...] |
2003-03-10 14:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MOPS JO |
| 03AMMAN1425 |
MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER
[...]his is a joint message with Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen
Jerusalem.
¶2. In separate events on March 4 and 5 in Tel Aviv, G[...] |
2003-03-10 15:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SENV KWBG IS JO NO |
| 03AMMAN1426 |
KUWAITI FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN
[...]c) Further to phone and email conversations between
Ambassadors Jones and Gnehm, a March 10 meeting between the
Ambassador and Prime [...] |
2003-03-10 15:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU JO |
| 03AMMAN1428 |
OFFER OF VACCINIA IMMUNE GLOBULIN (VIG) PASSED TO
[...]BU) On March 9, Embassy passed reftel information on VIG
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Jordanian Armed
Forces (JAF). If/[...] |
2003-03-10 16:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS TBIO JO |
| 03AMMAN1429 |
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW; KING
[...]) King Abdullah revamped the Royal Court on March 9,
replacing his most senior advisor, Chief of the Royal Court
Fayez Tarawneh, and c[...] |
2003-03-10 16:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JO |
| 03AMMAN143 |
TURKISH PM GUL'S JANUARY 6 VISIT: IN PUBLIC
[...]) Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with King
Abdullah and Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb January 6 in Amman,
in the third stop of[...] |
2003-01-08 10:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL TU IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1432 |
JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SETS UP
[...]) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced
formation of a "Human Rights Directorate" within the MFA. On
March 5, MFA Human [...] |
2003-03-11 09:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN1433 |
LOOKING AHEAD: JORDANIAN ELECTIONS AFTER AN IRAQ
[...]) We believe it is essential that we start to think
seriously about Jordan's position in a post-Iraq war
environment: what the GOJ wil[...] |
2003-03-11 09:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN1462 |
RELO AMMAN NOMINEES FOR TESOL 2003 CONVENTION
[...]Amman-based Regional English Language Office
(RELO) would like to nominate the following nominees:
Ms. Shireen Bawab from Ea[...] |
2003-03-12 05:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN1477 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT
[...]UMMARY: REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF
PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER OFFICIALS JANUARY 27 TO MONITOR
PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIE[...] |
2003-03-12 05:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1495 |
2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...]MBASSY AMMAN'S SUBMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) FOLLOWS:
----------------
P[...] |
2003-03-12 12:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC JO SANR |
| 03AMMAN150 |
MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: JORDANIANS THINK THE
[...]) Post shares Embassy The Hague's frustration with the
current state of play of the Mullah Krekar extradition case.
To have Krekar wal[...] |
2003-01-08 12:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PTER KCRM PREL JO NL |
| 03AMMAN1517 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-12 14:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1525 |
EMBASSY AMMAN TO FORM CRISIS LIAISON UNIT IF/WHEN
[...]BU) In the event that war begins with Iraq, Embassy
Amman will stand up a Crisis Liaison Unit (CLU) that will
serve as the Embassy's c[...] |
2003-03-13 05:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1526 |
JORDANIAN HOTELIERS HOPE FOR BETTER DAYS
[...]U) SUMMARY: Having slightly recovered from a
post-September 11 drop in regional tourism, Jordan's hotel
industry is now reeling in the[...] |
2003-03-13 07:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JO |
| 03AMMAN1529 |
PRESIDENT OF JORDAN SOCIETY FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS
[...]) SUMMARY. Jordan Society for Citizens' Rights
President Fawzi Samhoury has lost on his court action to have
the JSCR reinstated as a[...] |
2003-03-13 08:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN1530 |
OUTSIDE AMMAN, MANY FEAR ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF
[...]) Summary. In March 5 and 6 meetings in Salt and Aqaba
with Poloff, a number of prominent Jordanian businessmen and
politicians prov[...] |
2003-03-13 09:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN1531 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-13 09:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1533 |
LABOR ROUNDUP: ILO PROGRAM; FTA; POVERTY
[...]) SUMMARY. On March 5, the GOJ and the International
Labor Organization signed a long-awaited memorandum of
understanding on a progra[...] |
2003-03-13 09:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN154 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
[...]) Most political observers in Jordan predict that the
great majority of the large Iraqi expat community in the
Kingdom (estimated by t[...] |
2003-01-08 13:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PREF XF IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1544 |
JORDANIAN TELECOMS PREPARED FOR CONFLICT PRESSURES
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with Jordanian telecom
operators, we were assured that fixed-line and wireless
telecom networks were [...] |
2003-03-13 15:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV BEXP JO |
| 03AMMAN1550 |
JORDAN'S TRANSPORT SECTOR DURING AND AFTER AN IRAQ
[...]c) The GOJ paints a gloomy picture of predicted heavy
losses to the transport sector during hostilities in Iraq,
totaling over $44 mi[...] |
2003-03-13 16:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1579 |
ATLANTIC SUMMIT: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN
[...]C) In the absence of the King, Prime Minister, and
Foreign Minister (all in Abu Dhabi), A/DCM March 16 conveyed
ref points on the Atl[...] |
2003-03-16 14:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
| 03AMMAN1580 |
GOJ WELCOMES POTUS STATEMENT ON ROADMAP BUT
[...]) In what most here see as the final days before the
beginning of a U.S.-led war against Iraq, senior GOJ
officials have issued a seri[...] |
2003-03-16 14:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1581 |
(S) REPORT THAT 20 RUSSIAN MISSILE TECHNICIANS
[...]) On March 16, the First Secretary of the Thai Embassy
in Baghdad, Prasidhi Sochiratna (please protect), contacted
A/POL to request a [...] |
2003-03-16 14:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1582 |
WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS IN JORDAN SIZABLE, PEACEFUL
[...]C) SUMMARY. The weekend of March 15-16 saw sizable
GOJ-permitted demonstrations in Amman and Irbid as well as
smaller gatherings in o[...] |
2003-03-16 15:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN1583 |
JORDAN'S UPDATE OF 1999 AUTOMOTIVE PARTS RE-
[...][...] |
2003-03-16 15:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD JO BGMT |
| 03AMMAN1587 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
[...]S REQUESTED REF, REGIONAL REFCOORD AND REF ASSISTANT
MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE
IRAQIS IN JORDAN ADMINIST[...] |
2003-03-16 16:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1594 |
DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO EXPORT CREDITS PROPOSAL
[...][...] |
2003-03-17 12:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR JO WTO |
| 03AMMAN1598 |
Jordan: Special media reaction on President's
[...][...] |
2003-03-17 13:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN16 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN: VIEWS FROM UNHCR
[...]S/NF) Summary and Comment: According to UNHCR
officials, recognized refugees and asylum seekers represent
5,000 of the estimated 300,[...] |
2003-01-02 10:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL ECON IZ JO PREP |
| 03AMMAN1620 |
JORDANIAN BANKS: WILL WEATHER STORM, BUT FACE
[...]SBU) While fundamentally sound, the Jordanian banking
sector faces a number of short- and long-term challenges:
Exposure to a military[...] |
2003-03-18 14:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN1621 |
JORDAN GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES BOARD OF CENTURY
[...]c) Summary. The Jordanian Minister of Industry and
Trade has dissolved the Board of the Century Investment Group
following accusatio[...] |
2003-03-18 14:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD BEXP JO |
| 03AMMAN1622 |
REFUGEE AND TRANSIT CAMPS IN JORDAN NEARLY READY
[...]U) This is a joint Embassy/DART message.
¶2. (U) UNHCR REFUGEE CAMP: As of mid-day (local time) on
March 18, GOJ workers[...] |
2003-03-18 14:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1623 |
ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM
[...] ROYAL DECREE WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 10 APPOINTING MR.
FAISAL AKEF FAYEZ AS MINISTER OF THE ROYAL COURT. MR. FAYEZ
HAS SERVED AS CHIEF O[...] |
2003-03-18 15:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN1629 |
A SNAPSHOT OF THE IRAQI COMMUNITY IN JORDAN - SOME
[...]U) AS PART OF ROUTINE REFCOORD MONITORING OF PRM-FUNDED
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN
(MONITORING REPORT SUBMITT[...] |
2003-03-18 16:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1650 |
MEPI: POST PLAN TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF GOOD
[...]OST'S INTERAGENCY MEPI COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF USAID,
POL, ECON AND PA HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY OVER
THE NEXT YEAR TO ENC[...] |
2003-03-19 06:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN1651 |
GOJ HOPES JORDAN CAN BE BASE FOR BAGHDAD
[...]sbu) Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir asked the
Ambassador in a meeting on March 12 what requirements would
need to be met to[...] |
2003-03-19 06:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1653 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-03-19 12:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1661 |
TF1Z01: RJ FLYING, BUT MOST INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS
[...]SBU) Queen Alia International Airport Director Nasri
Nowar told us that while the airport remains open, most
international carriers ha[...] |
2003-03-19 14:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AMGT JO CACS |
| 03AMMAN1664 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...]ccording to UNHCR Emergency Coordinator Carlos
Maldonado, UNHCR today began erecting tents at the refugee
camp at Ruweished (also iden[...] |
2003-03-19 14:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1665 |
TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER AGAIN RAISES JORDANIAN
[...]) During a March 19 meeting with Ambassador on a number
of subjects, FonMin Muasher raised the GOJ's concern with the
current suspensi[...] |
2003-03-19 14:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1667 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-19 15:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1685 |
TFIZ01. JORDANIAN STREET ON THE EVE OF WAR:
[...]) SUMMARY. On the eve of likely coalition military
action against Iraq, the mood in Jordan is resigned to war,
but nevertheless very [...] |
2003-03-19 16:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN1686 |
FOLLOW UP DEMARCHES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS ON IRAQI
[...]S/NF) Jordan is a unique case in a number of ways. Our
close relationship at the most senior levels enables us to
maintain a candid [...] |
2003-03-19 16:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC JO |
| 03AMMAN1688 |
DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO KING
[...]C) Following the return of King Abdullah from a 5 day
trip to the UAE and Qatar late on March 18, the Ambassador on
the morning of Ma[...] |
2003-03-19 18:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | OPDC PREL MASS JO |
| 03AMMAN1695 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN NOT INTERESTED IN BEING PROTECTING
[...]S/NF) In his March 19 conversation with King Abdullah
and GID Director Saad Kheir, the Ambassador conveyed USG
concerns regarding the[...] |
2003-03-20 08:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1696 |
TFIZ01: AMMAN SITREP 1 (3/20 1130 LOCAL )
[...]BU) As of 0545 local time (0345 GMT) Embassy Amman stood
up its Crisis Liaison Unit (CLU) which will serve a the
Embassy's central poi[...] |
2003-03-20 08:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1699 |
TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 2 (3/20 1530 LOCAL)
[...]) As of 1530 local (1330 GMT), the situation throughout
Jordan is calm, and street traffic and activity is lower than
normal. Several[...] |
2003-03-20 13:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN17 |
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NAME/TITLE OF MINISTER OF
[...]r reftel, the GOJ has no ministerial position for
women's affairs. Women's issues in large part fall under the
Ministry of Social Dev[...] |
2003-01-02 11:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP KWMN KPAO KSEP |
| 03AMMAN1701 |
TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 3 (3/20 2000 LOCAL)
[...]) As of 2000 local time (1800 GMT) the situation in
Jordan remains calm. A steady rain throughout the day has
kept many people off th[...] |
2003-03-20 17:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1702 |
TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 4 (3/21 0800 LOCAL)
[...]) UNHCR contacts report that oil tanker trucks coming
in from Iraq to Jordan have stopped entirely as of 2130 local
time March 20. &#[...] |
2003-03-21 05:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1704 |
TFIZ01: JORDANIAN MARKETS REACT CALMLY TO START OF
[...]sbu) We have been in touch with the finance ministry,
central bank, and local bankers, and have reported in our
sitreps and other mes[...] |
2003-03-21 11:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN1705 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-21 12:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1708 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 6 (3/22 0930 LOCAL)
[...]) Embassy Amman will remain on "standfast" through
March 22.
¶2. (C) Finance Minister Marto told us privately that plan[...] |
2003-03-22 07:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1716 |
JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-22 11:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1718 |
KING'S SPEECH TO NATION UPSTAGED BY "SHOCK AND
[...]) SUMMARY. King Abdullah's March 21 speech was largely
upstaged by the televised coverage of the beginning of
extensive coalition bom[...] |
2003-03-22 12:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN1719 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 7 (3/22 1845 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy maintained a standfast posture
throughout 3/22, but will open 3/23 on a regular work
schedule. However, American pers[...] |
2003-03-22 15:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1720 |
PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE
[...]C) During a series of discussions in the days before
the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians
and Palestinians resi[...] |
2003-03-22 15:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1735 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-23 12:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1744 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL)
[...]) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed
by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of
five Iraqi diploma[...] |
2003-03-23 12:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1745 |
FONMIN MUASHER WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 CAIRO ARAB
[...]C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher March 23 to deliver ref points on the planned March
24 Arab League ministeri[...] |
2003-03-23 13:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ AL XF JO |
| 03AMMAN1749 |
DENYING PETROFAC'S ADVOCACY REQUEST
[...]u) On March 13, Embassy informed Petrofac Business
Development Manager Brock Tuppeny of the USG's determination
that Petrofac's bid o[...] |
2003-03-23 17:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN1769 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-24 12:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1770 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 9 (3/24 1600 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule, with
consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities --
the Peace Corps office[...] |
2003-03-24 12:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC EFIN ETRD CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1774 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN FREEZE OF IRAQI ASSETS
[...]C) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) officials have
frozen Government of Iraq (GOI) assets in Jordanian banks
pending resolution o[...] |
2003-03-24 15:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1776 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 10 (3/25 0800 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25,
with Consular services open. Services at ancillary
facilities -- the Peace Cor[...] |
2003-03-25 07:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1789 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-25 12:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1798 |
TFIZ01: KING ABDULLAH, GOJ RETRENCH IN FACE OF
[...]S) The sharp and angry public reaction to the start of
war in Iraq has forced King Abdullah and the GOJ to alter
their public line to[...] |
2003-03-25 15:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1800 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 11 (3/25 1800 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25,
with Consular services open. The Peace Corps office opened
briefly to allow [...] |
2003-03-25 16:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1803 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 12 (3/26 0800 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 26.
Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center and [...] |
2003-03-26 06:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1805 |
TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN
[...]) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an
increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage,
dismay, disillusion and impote[...] |
2003-03-26 07:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO |
| 03AMMAN1808 |
TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER DID NOT ATTEND MARCH 24
[...][...] |
2003-03-26 09:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AL IZ EG JO |
| 03AMMAN1832 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-26 13:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1833 |
TFIZ01: IRAQ: ENCOURAGING POSITIVE JORDANIAN
[...]C) A/DCM on March 26 covered ref points on the UNSC
open session on Iraq with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to
Foreign Minister Mar[...] |
2003-03-26 14:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN1835 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN'S EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS: GOJ
[...]) Naji Sabri's publicly released March 25 letter
denouncing the GOJ's decision to expel five Iraqi diplomats
(ref A), and Taha Yasin R[...] |
2003-03-26 14:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN184 |
MARCH 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURITY OF
[...]) On January 8, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel non-paper on
the March 2003 Vienna conference on security of radioactive
sources to Ayman A[...] |
2003-01-09 13:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TRGY MNUC KNNP KSAF PINS TPHY JO IAEA |
| 03AMMAN1840 |
JORDAN RESPONSE TO MCA COUNTRY DATA REQUEST
[...]sbu) Ministry of Finance Secretary General Dr. Mohammad
Abu Hammour provided the following information in response to
reftel request.[...] |
2003-03-26 14:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID JO EFNI |
| 03AMMAN1842 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 13 (3/26 1915 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy continued on a normal schedule throughout
March 26. Consular services were open. Activities at the
American Language C[...] |
2003-03-26 16:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1843 |
TFIZ01: THAI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ PROVIDES MORE
[...]) On March 26, Thai Ambassador to Iraq (also accredited
to Jordan) Tawatchai Piyarat (please protect) invited A/DCM
and A/Pol to his t[...] |
2003-03-27 05:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL IZ TH JO |
| 03AMMAN1844 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 14 (3/27 0900 LOCAL)
[...]) Embassy Amman remains on a normal work schedule March
¶27. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace
Corps office[...] |
2003-03-27 05:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1845 |
VISAS ADVISORY OPINIONS: SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA FOR
[...] SUBMIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A NOMINATION FOR A
SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA (SIV) FOR SENIOR CULTURAL SPECIALIST
NADIA AL ALAMI AND HER F[...] |
2003-03-27 08:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS JO AL ALAMI NADIA |
| 03AMMAN1849 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-27 12:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1855 |
MEPI ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR JORDAN
[...]BU) IN THE COURSE OF A COURTESY CALL BY THE NEW USAID
DIRECTOR AND THE AMBASSADOR ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR
DISCUSSED WITH PLANNING [...] |
2003-03-27 14:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN1864 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 15 (3/27 1800 LOCAL)
[...]C) Embassy EAC met March 27 to discuss security
measures in anticipation of significant protest activity
after Friday prayers on Marc[...] |
2003-03-27 15:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1867 |
TFIZO1: GOJ BRACES FOR COUNTRYWIDE ANTI-WAR
[...]) Although the coalition's military actions against Iraq
started a week ago, this Friday will be the first time that
Jordanians will c[...] |
2003-03-27 17:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN1869 |
TFIZOl: AMMAN SITREP 16 (3/28 1200 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is closed March 28 and 29 for the
Jordanian weekend. Given expectations for widespread
demonstrations around the count[...] |
2003-03-28 08:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1872 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 17 (3/28 1900 LOCAL)
[...]C) Embassy Amman went off standfast at 1800 local after
a mostly quiet day (see below). The movement of American
staff remains restr[...] |
2003-03-28 14:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1875 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 18 (3/29 1100 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy is closed March 29 for the Jordanian
weekend. It will open for regular business on Sunday, March
¶30. The movemen[...] |
2003-03-29 07:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1876 |
TFIZO1: REPORT FROM U.S. REPORTER EXPELLED FROM
[...]) SUMMARY - MR. NATE THAYER, A REPORTER EXPELLED FROM
IRAQ, CALLED TODAY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SITUATION IN
BAGHDAD. HE SPECIFICA[...] |
2003-03-29 09:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | CASC AMGT ASEC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1880 |
TFIZ01: JORDANIAN STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF
[...]) SUMMARY. WE ASSESS JORDAN'S STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA
COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ TO BE REACTIVE AND CAUTIOUS,
RATHER THAN INCITEFUL. [...] |
2003-03-29 17:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP |
| 03AMMAN1881 |
TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL
[...]S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty
Jordanian oil tanke[...] |
2003-03-29 17:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1882 |
TFIZ01: VENTING ON THE WEB: JORDAN INTERNET USE
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: The two major Internet providers in Jordan
report a sharp upsurge in Internet use, particularly email
traffic, over the [...] |
2003-03-30 07:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PREL KPAO IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1883 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 19 (3/30 1500 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March
¶30. Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center[...] |
2003-03-30 11:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1885 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-30 12:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1898 |
TFIZ01: INFOMIN: SEVEN OIL TRUCKS GO TO IRAQ,
[...]C) Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told the
Ambassador March 30 that, contrary to information reported in
ref conversation with F[...] |
2003-03-30 12:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1901 |
Jordan: Reply to Questionnaire
[...](u) Below is information on duties/taxes and customs
procedures for information technology products and electronic
commerce transactio[...] |
2003-03-31 05:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD JO ECIP |
| 03AMMAN1902 |
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE
[...]S) AmEmbassy Amman was placed on Authorized Departure
beginning February 8, 2003 and the current extension of
that status expires on A[...] |
2003-03-31 07:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC AEMR CASC JO |
| 03AMMAN1905 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 20 (3/31 1200 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March
¶31. Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center[...] |
2003-03-31 08:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1910 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-31 10:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1914 |
PROPOSED VISIT TO JORDAN BY TREASURY AUDITING TEAM
[...]C) Post learned by email from NEA that Treasury Under
Secretary Taylor contacted Jordanian Finance Minister Michel
SIPDIS &#[...] |
2003-03-31 14:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | EFIN |
| 03AMMAN192 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ABU ABBAS
[...]S) The Ambassador made the points in reftel to Foreign
Minister Muasher on the morning of January 9. Muasher said
he understood the i[...] |
2003-01-09 14:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IT JO IQ |
| 03AMMAN1922 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 21 (3/31 1800 LOCAL)
[...]C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule March 31.
Consular services were open. Activities at the American
Language Center remai[...] |
2003-03-31 16:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC PREL CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1928 |
TFIZO1: WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS MOSTLY PEACEFUL;
[...]) Weekend demonstrations in Jordan's refugee camps,
Amman, Irbid, Salt, Zarqa, Karak, Aqaba and Maan attracted
large numbers of anti w[...] |
2003-04-01 06:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1929 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 22 (4/01 1200 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 1.
Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center rema[...] |
2003-04-01 07:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1949 |
TFIZ01 THE IRAQI WAR THROUGH JORDANIAN EYES
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Almost two weeks into the war, and
Jordanians remain fully engrossed with the latest
developments in I[...] |
2003-04-01 11:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN1951 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-01 13:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1953 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 23 (4/01 2000 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule April 1.
Consular services were open. Activities at the American
Language Center remaine[...] |
2003-04-01 15:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN EAIR IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1954 |
TFIZO1: 99 PROMINENT JORDANIANS LETTER EXHORT KING
[...]) On March 31, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published an
open letter to King Abdullah, signed by 99 prominent
Jordanians, urging the King[...] |
2003-04-01 17:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1955 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 24 (4/02 1000 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April
¶2. Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center[...] |
2003-04-02 05:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1973 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-02 11:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1981 |
TFIZO1: 104 (LESS PROMINENT) JORDANIANS SIGN
[...]C) On April 2nd, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published a
second letter addressed to King Abdullah. The letter
contains one basic point[...] |
2003-04-02 14:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1983 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 25 (4/02 2000 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule 2 April.
Consular services were open. Activities at the American
Language Center remain s[...] |
2003-04-02 15:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1999 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 26 (4/03 1000 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy will operate on a normal schedule April 3.
Consular services will be open. Activities at the American
Language Center [...] |
2003-04-03 08:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2006 |
JORDAN GPA OFFER PRELIMINARY RESPONSES
[...]sbu) Below are informal responses to questions posed
ref a based on our conversations with Jordan's GPA
negotiating team and on our o[...] |
2003-04-03 11:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO WTRO |
| 03AMMAN2007 |
ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY EYES PARLIAMENTARY
[...]sbu) Although they doubt elections will occur as
scheduled on June 17, business leaders in Jordan's main
industrial center believe a [...] |
2003-04-03 12:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN2009 |
Jordanian IPR Enforcement: Good on Interdiction,
[...]u) The GOJ has made good progress implementing
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) legislation in the last
two years. As a result, th[...] |
2003-04-03 12:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR JO |
| 03AMMAN2010 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELIVERED TO MFA
[...]U) Per instruction in reftel A, on March 31 PolCouns and
PolOff delivered the 2002 Country Report on Human Rights
Practices to Ali al-[...] |
2003-04-03 12:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN2028 |
JORDANIAN ECONOMY: WELL-PREPARED, FOR NOW
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: A high state of preparedness on a number
of levels has enabled the Jordanian economy to thus far
weather the war with fe[...] |
2003-04-03 15:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN2029 |
TFIZ01: PM ABUL RAGHEB CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON
[...]S) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb convoked the
Ambassador April 3 to deliver a message on Iraq. Foreign
Minister Marwan Muasher was [...] |
2003-04-03 15:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2030 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 26 (4/03 2000 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy will be closed on April 4 and 5, for the
Jordanian weekend. It will open for regular business on
Sunday, April 7. Th[...] |
2003-04-03 15:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2032 |
TFIZ01: AMIDST EMOTIONS AND ANGER, A FEW CALMER
[...]C) SUMMARY. As we have reported, the anger of most
Jordanians towards coalition military action against the
Iraqi regime is obvious a[...] |
2003-04-03 15:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN2033 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 27 (4/04 1000 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy is closed April 4 for the Jordanian
weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday,
April 6. The movement of[...] |
2003-04-04 10:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2035 |
JORDAN MEDIA PLAYS UP GOJ DEMARCHE AGAINST THE WAR
[...]) SUMMARY: ROUNDING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S THREE-DAY
EFFORT TO ALIGN ITS PUBLIC STANCE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE
FEELINGS OF AN ANGRY NATIO[...] |
2003-04-04 13:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN2044 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 28 (4/05 1000 LOCAL)
[...]BU) The Embassy is closed April 5 for the Jordanian
weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday,
April 6. The movement of[...] |
2003-04-05 09:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2068 |
TFIZ01: ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY PONDERS IRAQ'S
[...]c) Business community leaders in Zarqa, Jordan's
industrial center, are hopeful that a post-war Iraq will open
numerous new business [...] |
2003-04-06 13:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2069 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON BLOCKING UNGA MEETING ON IRAQ
[...]C) PolCouns on April 3 and again on April 6 raised ref
points on possible UNGA discussion of Iraq with Ali al-Ayed,
Personal Assistan[...] |
2003-04-06 13:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO UNGA |
| 03AMMAN2070 |
TFIZ01: JORDANIAN FSNS AND THE WAR NEXT DOOR
[...]C) Summary: As in Sanaa (reftel), the FSNs at the
U.S. Mission in Amman are experiencing societal pressures
and some personal doubts [...] |
2003-04-06 14:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AMGT JO |
| 03AMMAN2071 |
UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DELIVERED
[...]C) On April 3 and again on April 6, PolCouns raised
with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister
Marwan Muasher, points f[...] |
2003-04-06 14:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL JO UNESCO |
| 03AMMAN2072 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 29 (4/06 1730 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April
¶6. Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center[...] |
2003-04-06 15:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2083 |
TFIZO1: ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PEACEFUL COUNTRYWIDE
[...]) Several demonstrations ranging in the hundreds to the
low thousands again took place throughout Jordan after Friday
prayers on April[...] |
2003-04-07 11:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2092 |
JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO UNESCO
[...][...] |
2003-04-07 13:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC JO UNESCO |
| 03AMMAN2098 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 30 (4/07 1530 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April
¶7. Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center[...] |
2003-04-07 16:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2117 |
TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT
[...]S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher April 8 continued U.S. concerns over the unbalanced
coverage in the Jor[...] |
2003-04-08 11:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2124 |
NSC COALITION MEMBERS UPDATE DELIVERED: MFA
[...]S) In an April 8 meeting with FonMin Muasher that
covered a number of issues (septel), the Ambassador delivered
the April 7 NSC Coalit[...] |
2003-04-08 13:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | ASEC AMGT PREL MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2128 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-08 13:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2130 |
RUWEISHED RELIEF EFFORTS FLAPPING IN THE WIND
[...]SBU) Summary and comment: On April 5, refcoord and
DART-West monitored operations at the IOM/JRCS TCN transit
and UNHCR refugee camps[...] |
2003-04-08 15:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2131 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 31 (4/08 1700 LOCAL)
[...]) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April
¶8. Consular services are open. Activities at the American
Language Center[...] |
2003-04-08 16:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2132 |
IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES
[...](SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of
where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are
doing about public opi[...] |
2003-04-08 16:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ |
| 03AMMAN2155 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-09 14:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2159 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 32 (4/09 1730 LOCAL)
[...]) At approximately 2245 April 8, an Embassy TDYer was
shot at and slightly injured by unknown assailants near the
Le Royal Hotel in Am[...] |
2003-04-09 14:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2179 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-10 09:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2194 |
UN FLASH APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN IRAQ
[...]U) As requested ref, refcoord contacted UN Resident
Coordinator Christine McNab to ensure that UN officials in
Jordan have raised the [...] |
2003-04-10 13:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2196 |
TF1Z01: JORDAN TELECOM REGULATOR NIJEM ON THE
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Muna Nijem, the head of the Jordanian
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) concluded a
week of meetings recent[...] |
2003-04-10 14:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN2204 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 33 (4/10 1845 LOCAL)
[...]) Most Jordanians are still sorting through the complex
emotions unleashed by the events of the past 24 hours in
Baghdad and elsewhere[...] |
2003-04-10 15:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2205 |
TFIZ01: JORDANIANS DAZED AND CONFUSED OVER HOW TO
[...]C) The day after Saddam's statue crashed down in Fardous
Square in Baghdad, Jordanians are mostly confused and unsure
how to react, es[...] |
2003-04-10 16:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2206 |
FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S
[...]S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament
Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told
PolCouns that K[...] |
2003-04-10 16:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2208 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 34 (4/11 1630 LOCAL)
[...]BU) Embassy Amman was closed for the first day of the
local weekend on April 11, and will be closed for the second
day of the weekend [...] |
2003-04-12 07:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2212 |
QIZ'S WEATHERING WAR WELL - FOR NOW
[...]u) This cable has been coordinated with Embassy Tel
Aviv.
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SUMMARY
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¶2. ([...] |
2003-04-13 06:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2231 |
TFIZ01: LOCAL EXPORTERS FACE LOSSES FROM
[...]c) Summary: While the government meets with business
leaders to formulate a plan to mitigate the economic costs of
war in Iraq, loca[...] |
2003-04-13 14:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2232 |
JORDAN - REQUEST FOR 2003 EMBASSY SCIENCE
[...]MMARY: Post welcomes the opportunity to further USG
environmental and trade objectives in Jordan and requests
an Embassy Science Fell[...] |
2003-04-13 14:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SENV ETRD AMGT APER KSCA JO |
| 03AMMAN2233 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 35 (4/13 1745 LOCAL)
[...]) Amman was calm throughout the weekend. We did not
hear reports of significant demonstrations or protests
anywhere in the country. &[...] |
2003-04-13 14:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2234 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN WILL PROTECT IRAQI DIPLOMATIC
[...]S) PolCouns on April 13 delivered ref points on the
protection of Iraqi diplomatic property to Ali al-Ayed,
personal assistant to For[...] |
2003-04-13 15:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2240 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-14 12:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2255 |
TFIZ01: ROYAL JORDANIAN INTEREST IN IRAQ CIVIL
[...]SBU) Summary. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) indicates
its availability to help Iraqi Airways or a successor Iraqi
airline begin opera[...] |
2003-04-14 12:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2259 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 36 (4/14 1700 LOCAL)
[...]) Amman and the rest of Jordan is calm. No reports of
any demonstrations anywhere in the Kingdom April 14. Embassy
operated on a nor[...] |
2003-04-14 16:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2260 |
JORDAN ISSUES MODIFIED NOTAM
[...]SBU) After receiving REFTEL talking points April 8,
Jordan Civil Aviation Authority Director Hanna Najjar told us
that he had "no prob[...] |
2003-04-15 05:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MOPS JO |
| 03AMMAN2261 |
JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED EU DEMARCHE AGAINST
[...]C) PolCouns on April 13 raised ref points on EU
intervention against bilateral Article 98 agreements with Ali
al-Ayed, personal assis[...] |
2003-04-15 05:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM US EU JO |
| 03AMMAN2294 |
TFIZ01: WHY JORDANIANS OPPOSE A ROLE FOR AHMED
[...]S) Both the official and popular reaction in Jordan to
the return to Iraq of Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader
Ahmed Chalabi has b[...] |
2003-04-15 15:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL KCRM PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2321 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND U.S.-SYRIA
[...][...] |
2003-04-16 12:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2331 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 37 (4/16 1600 LOCAL)
[...]) Embassy staff are allowed greater freedom of movement
although restrictions are still in place.
---------------
Con[...] |
2003-04-17 04:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2354 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN WILL NOT PERMIT ENTRY TO FLEEING
[...]S) Ambassador April 17 covered ref points on fleeing
Iraqi officials with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The
Ambassador asked tha[...] |
2003-04-17 14:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2358 |
TFIZ01: SEVERAL MISSIONS REQUEST U.S. HELP TO
[...]C) The Polish Charge called the Ambassador April 17 to
present a formal request from the Polish government for U.S.
assistance in ree[...] |
2003-04-17 14:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2363 |
TFIZ01: DISBURSAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AID TO JORDAN
[...]s) Summary. With preliminary assessment of the
political and economic impact of the war in Iraq revealing
substantially greater cost[...] |
2003-04-18 15:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | EFIN EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN2367 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION,
[...]c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed
Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil
was now flowing into Jord[...] |
2003-04-20 10:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN237 |
JORDAN FIRST CAMPAIGN PRESSES AHEAD:
[...]) The "Jordan First" campaign continues to make
headlines almost daily as the GOJ moves to implement
recommendations put forward in De[...] |
2003-01-13 06:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN2372 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-20 11:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2374 |
TFIZ01: OFAC LICENSE REQUEST DENIAL LETTER
[...]U) This cable contains an action request. Please see
para. 5.
¶2. (SBU) As per instructions REF, econoff delivered lette[...] |
2003-04-20 14:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN2394 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN
[...][...] |
2003-04-21 11:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2400 |
TFIZ01: JORDAN SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO RETURN
[...]C) During a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns
April 20, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher and Minister of
State for Foreign Affa[...] |
2003-04-21 14:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2402 |
PM AFFIRMS GOJ INTENT TO HOLD ELECTIONS JUNE 17,
[...]) PM Ali Abul Ragheb affirmed publicly on April 18 that
the GOJ intends to proceed with parliamentary elections on
June 17. However, [...] |
2003-04-22 04:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN2403 |
SPEAKER REQUEST IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN'S
[...]MMARY: IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 17, PA REQUESTS THE RETURN OF U.S.
SPECIALIST DARYL GLENNEY, [...] |
2003-04-22 06:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN2427 |
950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR
[...]C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the
UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on
April 22, 950 people (roughl[...] |
2003-04-22 15:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2429 |
Survey of Jordan's Wireless Internet
[...]s per instructions REFTEL, we consulted with
Jordanian telecom regulatory officials to respond to
survey questions regarding Wi-Fi reg[...] |
2003-04-23 05:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN244 |
MIXED SIGNALS OUT OF AQABA
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, impressive progress in
a number of areas in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ),
much of it due t[...] |
2003-01-13 10:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREF KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN2447 |
TFIZ01: HEAD OF BENI HASSAN TRIBE IN JORDAN SAYS
[...]S) Sheikh Nawwaf al-Eitan, head of the Beni Hassan
tribe in Jordan, contacted PolCouns April 17 to say that the
head of the Beni Hass[...] |
2003-04-23 13:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN245 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN
[...][...] |
2003-01-13 11:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2467 |
TFIZ01:TRACKING IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN
[...]) The GOJ has agreed to receive a small team of U.S.
Treasury experts. Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb told the
Ambassador on April 23[...] |
2003-04-24 07:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | EFIN ETTC JO IZ UNSC |
| 03AMMAN2468 |
Request for Two American Cultural Specialists - FY
[...]mmary: The Amman Public Affairs section requests two
ACULSPECS, Ms. Lynne Allen and her husband Mr. Sergei
Tsvetkov for July/August 2[...] |
2003-04-24 08:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN2486 |
STOPPING FLEEING IRAQI LEADERSHIP FROM ENTERING
[...]S) PolCouns on April 23 passed reftel list of senior
former Iraqi officials to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to
Foreign Minister Ma[...] |
2003-04-24 12:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2504 |
JORDAN TO HOST SPECIAL WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
[...]ost received original letters from King Abdullah to
President Bush, NSA Rice, Secretary Powell, USTR
Zoellick, Administrator Natsios, [...] |
2003-04-28 14:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OVIP JO |
| 03AMMAN2505 |
IRANIAN DEPUTY FONMIN IN AMMAN TALKS IRAQ, PEACE
[...]SBU) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and
African Affairs, Sayed Mohammed Sadr, visited Amman April 23.
He met with King Abd[...] |
2003-04-28 15:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL IR JO |
| 03AMMAN2509 |
JORDAN-BASED COMPANY REPEATS OFAC LICENSE REQUEST
[...]SBU) In response to letter delivered APRIL 16 as
requested in REF B, recipient Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director
General, Arab Company f[...] |
2003-04-29 08:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC JO |
| 03AMMAN252 |
MULLAH KREKAR: JORDAN UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MEET
[...]S) Charge and PolCouns delivered ref a points January
13 to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister
Muasher, and Samer Na[...] |
2003-01-13 15:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR KCRM NO NL JO |
| 03AMMAN2528 |
IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING
[...]S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the
military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast
with his statemen[...] |
2003-04-29 15:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2529 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR JUNE 17;
[...]) In a conversation with the Ambassador on April 25,
King Abdullah confirmed that Jordan will hold Parliamentary
elections on June 17,[...] |
2003-04-29 16:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN253 |
JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT
[...]S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff
confirmed in separ[...] |
2003-01-13 17:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA |
| 03AMMAN2536 |
ORDER FOR 4TH OF JULY PAPER SHOW
[...]ST WISHES TO ORDER ONE 4TH OF JULY: AN AMERICAN
CELEBRATION PAPER SHOW IN ENGLISH. PLEASE USE APO SHIPMENT:
CAO DONNA WINTON &#[...] |
2003-04-30 08:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN2539 |
LABOR SUPPORTING PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE; UNION
[...]C) SUMMARY. Fathallah Omrani, Vice President of the
Jordanian International Textile Workers Union, told us April
29 he is optimistic [...] |
2003-04-30 08:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB JO ILAB |
| 03AMMAN2548 |
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF ENHANCED
[...][...] |
2003-04-30 11:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO |
| 03AMMAN2561 |
EMBASSY AMMAN'S APPLICATION FOR HRDF GRANT FUNDS
[...]mbassy Amman welcomes the opportunity to compete for
funds from the Department's Human Rights and Democracy Fund
(HRDF). The followin[...] |
2003-04-30 14:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM |
| 03AMMAN2562 |
JORDAN: TRADING WITH IRAQ
[...]sbu) The following responses to the questions asked ref
A are based on our ongoing dialogue with Jordanian officials
and business lea[...] |
2003-04-30 14:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN2568 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ROADMAP PRESENTATION
[...]C) A/DCM May 1 presented a copy of the Roadmap to and
reviewed reftel points with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant
to Foreign Minister[...] |
2003-05-01 11:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN2569 |
JORDAN OFFICIALS REITERATE COMMITMENT ON OIL PRICES
[...]c) In public and private statements, senior Jordanian
officials continue to reaffirm their commitment to eliminate
subsidies and move[...] |
2003-05-01 11:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN2571 |
INFORMATION ON LABOR IN JORDAN
[...]U) The following information is provided per reftel A
instructions.
¶2. (SBU) Answers are keyed to reftel a.
&#[...] |
2003-05-01 13:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB |
| 03AMMAN2616 |
IRAQI "SOUVENIR" CAUSE OF FATAL EXPLOSION AT
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: An explosive device apparently picked up
in Iraq as a souvenir by a Japanese photo-journalist
detonated at Queen Alia In[...] |
2003-05-04 13:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN2626 |
PALESTINIANS IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ
[...]) Summary and Comment: The estimated 90,000 long-term
Palestinian residents of Iraq reportedly are losing the legal
protection, privi[...] |
2003-05-04 14:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN2627 |
INCREASING NUMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL SEEKING
[...]) Over the past week, Embassy Amman, Task Force West,
units deployed in Iraq, and CENTCOM HQ have worked jointly to
facilitate the mov[...] |
2003-05-04 15:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2659 |
JORDAN RESPONSE TO CUSTOMS DEMARCHES
[...]u) Embassy delivered ref demarches to Marwan Gharaibeh,
Director of Planning and Organization at Jordanian Customs,
on May 4. Gharai[...] |
2003-05-05 13:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN2669 |
REQUEST TO TERMINATE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE FOR
[...]C) The post EAC met on 29 April 2003 to review
security conditions and events following the end of
military operations in Iraq. Apart[...] |
2003-05-06 07:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KFLO PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN2678 |
MEDIA REACTION ON ROAD MAP, ALTERNATIVE
[...][...] |
2003-05-06 13:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN268 |
SESAME--A VIRTUAL REALITY
[...][...] |
2003-01-14 09:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN |
| 03AMMAN2682 |
JORDAN'S JUNE 17 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: TIMELINE
[...]) Jordan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on
June 17. This cable provides basic information regarding the
legal requireme[...] |
2003-05-06 14:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN2694 |
JORDAN TOURISM TAKES ANOTHER SHORT-TERM HIT
[...]sbu) SUMMARY. The war in Iraq was a new blow to the
Jordanian tourism industry, which was already reeling from
the fallout of the In[...] |
2003-05-07 05:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JO |
| 03AMMAN2716 |
JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES
[...]C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives
and by-products an average of four to eight per cent
effective May 7, 2003. Fin[...] |
2003-05-07 13:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 03AMMAN2717 |
JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES
[...]C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives
and by-products an average of four to eight per cent
effective May 7, 2003. Fin[...] |
2003-05-07 13:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
| 03AMMAN2752 |
SUPPLEMENTAL ESF FOR JORDAN
[...]c) On May 6, Embassy shared with Ministers Marto and
Awadallah drafts sent from Washington of the bilateral
transfer agreement that w[...] |
2003-05-08 14:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN2755 |
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) FRAMEWORK
[...]BU) On April 29, poloff delivered reftel points and
non-paper to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO
department, asking for [...] |
2003-05-08 14:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL JO WHO |
| 03AMMAN2775 |
IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION UNDER JORDANIAN LAW
[...]c) Embassy has consulted with Trade Ministry and
Foreign Ministry officials to obtain answers to reftel
questions regarding sanctions[...] |
2003-05-11 12:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN2786 |
JORDAN REACTS POSITIVELY TO PRESIDENT'S MAY 9
[...]) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's May 9
speech calling for the establishment within ten years of a
U.S.-Mideast Free Tra[...] |
2003-05-11 15:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KPAL IS XF JO |
| 03AMMAN2788 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT AND
[...][...] |
2003-05-12 05:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2801 |
JORDANIAN MILITARY PROSECUTOR CHARGES 11 WITH
[...]BU) The military prosecutor indicted 11 people on May 11
involved in the plot to assassinate USAID employee Larry
Foley. Jordanian of[...] |
2003-05-12 14:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN2822 |
ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT ANNOUNCES LIST OF 29
[...][...] |
2003-05-13 15:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN2825 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN TO SUBMIT
[...]BU) On May 14, A/PolCouns delivered reftel points to
Ayman Aimiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department.
Aamiri said that he was[...] |
2003-05-14 09:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ETTC JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN2829 |
SECRETARY POWELL, FM MUASHER EXCHANGE BIT
[...]SBU) On May 13, Secretary Powell and Jordanian FM
Muasher exchanged Instruments of Ratification of the
American-Jordanian Bilateral In[...] |
2003-05-15 07:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KTIA JO |
| 03AMMAN2844 |
MEDIA REACTION ON RIYADH BOMBINGS, PEACE
[...][...] |
2003-05-15 12:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2871 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON REORGANIZATION OF
[...]BU) On May 14, A/DCM conveyed ref A points to Ali
Al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took
down all the informatio[...] |
2003-05-15 15:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2884 |
VISA CARD OFFICIAL SEEKS CONTACTS IN BAGHDAD
[...]SBU) Visa Jordan, a subsidiary of Visa International,
has sent a staff member to Baghdad to work with Iraqi
businesses to enable them[...] |
2003-05-18 10:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAID AMGT JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN2889 |
YOUR MAY 31 - JUNE 1 VISIT TO JORDAN
[...]) Director Mueller: It was a pleasure speaking with you
last week regarding your upcoming visit to the region. As
you will recall, at[...] |
2003-05-18 15:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM JO |
| 03AMMAN2928 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE
[...][...] |
2003-05-19 11:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2933 |
ELECTION REGISTRATION OPENS; 622 CANDIDATES APPLY
[...]) Registration for candidates wishing to run in the June
17 elections officially began on May 18. Candidates have
three days to regis[...] |
2003-05-19 14:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN2934 |
INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S
[...]) On May 19, A/PolCouns delivered reftel information on
staffing gaps ORHA has identified in Iraq's Ministries to Ali
Al-Ayed, persona[...] |
2003-05-19 14:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2935 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON REORGANIZATION OF
[...]) The Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign
Minister Muasher May 19 during a meeting that covered a
number of issues (other t[...] |
2003-05-19 14:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2954 |
NEW MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL WATER ACTIVITY FLUSH WITH
[...]BU) SUMMARY. A recent Middle East regional workshop on
wastewater reuse in agriculture, jointly-organized by USDA,
USEPA, and USGS, b[...] |
2003-05-20 12:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN2956 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-05-20 12:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN2959 |
WHO SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: JORDANIAN HEALTH
[...]) On May 18, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel points on the
WHO scale of assessments issue to Ambassador Musa Burayzat,
the Director of the [...] |
2003-05-20 13:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL JO UN WHO |
| 03AMMAN2989 |
JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS,
[...]) This cable provides background on Jordan's political
parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on
June 17. Jordan's[...] |
2003-05-20 16:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN2997 |
DEMARCHE ON THE STATUS OF THREE INSTRUMENTS
[...]) Per reftel a, on April 19 A/PolCouns and PolOff
delivered message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MFA
Legal Adviser Samer Naber[...] |
2003-05-21 08:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN2998 |
JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS IRAQ SUPPORT EFFORTS
[...]u) The Jordan-American Business Association is putting
together a program to support efforts by Jordanian companies
to assist in Iraq[...] |
2003-05-21 09:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAID JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN3009 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-05-21 11:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3039 |
JORDANIAN CAMPAIGNING AQABA STYLE; INSIGHT INTO
[...]) PolOff attended a luncheon in Aqaba on May 15 hosted
by Dr. Mohammed Badri, a former member of the parliament for
the Aqaba Governor[...] |
2003-05-21 14:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN3047 |
SCENESETTER FOR CDR, CENTCOM GENERAL FRANKS' MAY
[...]) GENERAL FRANKS: WELCOME BACK TO JORDAN. YOUR VISIT
PROVIDES AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP
OF JORDAN FOR THEIR S[...] |
2003-05-22 09:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM MASS JO |
| 03AMMAN3050 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-05-22 10:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3055 |
JORDAN TELECOM EXPLORING IRAQI MARKET OPTIONS
[...]sbu) Summary: Senior management staff from Jordan
Telecom called on ECONOFF May 15 to inquire about commercial
opportunities for pro[...] |
2003-05-22 12:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EAID JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN3056 |
JORDAN QIZ UPDATE MAY 2003
[...]u) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv.
¶2. (sbu) Summary: Putting war worries to rest, Jordan's
QIZ exp[...] |
2003-05-22 13:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3078 |
JORDAN ELECTION MISCELLANY: END OF WEEK ONE
[...]) At the end of the May 18-20 registration period, 821
candidates had registered nationwide for the 110 Lower House
seats to be contes[...] |
2003-05-22 14:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN3099 |
MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT - JORDAN
[...]c) Senior Jordanian officials issued strongly
supportive statements both in public and in private following
the President's May 9 ann[...] |
2003-05-26 14:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN3102 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...]) A/POLCOUNS delivered Reftel points on the OIC Foreign
Minister's Conference to Ibrahim Awawdeh, Director of the
Foreign Minister's o[...] |
2003-05-27 04:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ XF ISCON |
| 03AMMAN3135 |
ELECTION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
[...]) Summary. In the three remaining weeks before the June
17 Parliamentary elections the Mission is coordinating with
MEPI-funded NGOs,[...] |
2003-05-29 09:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN3141 |
FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST
[...]ST NOMINATES THE FOLLOWING THREE SENIOR LEVEL
CANDIDATES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM IN
BAHRAIN:
- H.E. MOHAMMA[...] |
2003-05-29 09:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS JO |
| 03AMMAN3152 |
JORDAN FY 2003 PL 480 TITLE I DEVELOPMENT PLANS
[...]TIONAL AID FUND - $5,922,000: SUPPORT LOW-INCOME
FAMILIES. (THOSE WITHOUT BREADWINNERS OR ANY INCOME TO
OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES OF[...] |
2003-05-29 14:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN3172 |
KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 NATIONAL DAY ADDRESS
[...]BU) King Abdullah devoted most of his May 26 National
Day address to preparations for the upcoming Parliamentary
elections scheduled f[...] |
2003-05-30 12:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN3173 |
PRINCE HASSAN HOSTS CONFERENCE OF IRAQI RELIGIOUS
[...]) Former Crown Prince Hassan hosted a conference in
Amman May 27-28 attended by 20 representatives of Iraqi
religious communities and [...] |
2003-05-30 12:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3175 |
FY-03 MRP: "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND THE GLOBAL
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO IRAQI
CANDIDATES, MS. NISREN KAZIMI, MULTI-MEDIA GRAPHICS
DESIGNER, AND MS. WAFA AL-DADA, WEBS[...] |
2003-06-01 07:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3190 |
JORDAN'S IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE A HOT
[...]u) Summary: Surprising local organizers, reservations
for a June 5 Iraq Reconstruction conference are flooding in
from throughout th[...] |
2003-06-02 08:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3205 |
Invitations to Foreign/Trade Ministers Event
[...]ost received the following two letters from Foreign
Minister Marwan Muasher for transmission to Secretary
Powell and Ambassador Zoelli[...] |
2003-06-02 13:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL OVIP JO POWELL COLIN |
| 03AMMAN3207 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA
[...][...] |
2003-06-02 13:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3233 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA
[...][...] |
2003-06-03 12:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3242 |
UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET
[...]U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors
and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically
sound cash-flow positi[...] |
2003-06-03 14:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3261 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA
[...][...] |
2003-06-04 11:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3308 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN
[...]mbassy Beirut cleared this message.
¶2. As requested ref a, Regional Refcoord monitored the
International Catholic Migrat[...] |
2003-06-05 14:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO |
| 03AMMAN3309 |
FACILITATING THE WORK OF IRAQ INSPECTION TEAMS IN
[...]mbassy Amman welcomes the visit of an Iraqi MFA
inspection team to Amman and will be happy to facilitate the
work of the team, in coor[...] |
2003-06-04 17:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3310 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S LEGAL AND SOCIAL
[...]mbassy Beirut cleared this message.
¶2. As requested reftel, Regional Refcoord monitored the
International Catholic Migra[...] |
2003-06-05 14:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO |
| 03AMMAN3311 |
JORDANIANS PROUD, SKEPTICAL OF AQABA SUMMIT
[...]) Initial reaction from a sample of Embassy contacts and
the local press indicates that most Jordanians feel a
combination of pride fo[...] |
2003-06-05 14:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN3332 |
FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...]C) FBI Director Robert Mueller met June 1 with
Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador,
Mueller's Special Assistan[...] |
2003-06-08 13:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL CJAN PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN3365 |
TRAVEL OF NEA ADVANCE TEAM FOR WORLD ECONOMIC
[...]bassy Amman grants country clearance to State/NEA
personnel Gary Grappo, Amy Schedlbauer, Jessica Davies and
Sonia Franceski to Amman,[...] |
2003-06-09 07:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OTRA ECON AMGT JO POWELL COLIN |
| 03AMMAN3375 |
JORDANIAN RESPONSE: CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
[...]U) As per REFTEL, responses to questions addressing
government fiscal transparency in Jordan are as follows:
a-3
b-Th[...] |
2003-06-09 11:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN3420 |
ZARQA ELECTION PRIMER
[...]c) Summary: Mohammed Arsalan, a long-time Embassy
contact and candidate for the "Chechen" seat representing
Zarqa in the new parliam[...] |
2003-06-10 07:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO INRB |
| 03AMMAN3421 |
EXBS PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR JORDAN
[...]u) Post concurs with EXBS cooperative activities
proposed reftel, and expects the GOJ will react favorably to
the proposal.
[...] |
2003-06-10 08:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AMGT ETTC KSTC JO |
| 03AMMAN3422 |
FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST
[...]ST NOMINATES THE FOLLOWING THREE SENIOR LEVEL
CANDIDATES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM IN
BAHRAIN:
- H.E. MOHAMMA[...] |
2003-06-10 08:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS JO |
| 03AMMAN3454 |
2003 Jazz Ambassadors Fall Tour
[...]PAS wishes to be included in the Jazz Ambassadors
Program for the fall FY03. We request the Jazz Ambassadors,
Freddie Bryant and Kale[...] |
2003-06-11 06:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3455 |
IN ABSENCE OF IRAQI EMBASSY, IRAQIS IN JORDAN SEEK
[...]his is an action request; see para 4.
¶2. Embassy Amman's front gate receptionist reports that 10
to 15 Iraqi nationals p[...] |
2003-06-04 17:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3456 |
JORDAN IRAQ CONFERENCE SENDS NEEDED MESSAGE
[...]sbu) Summary: The June 5 "Doing Business With Iraq"
conference organized by four leading Jordanian business
associations left local [...] |
2003-06-11 07:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3460 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROADMAP
[...][...] |
2003-06-11 11:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3461 |
MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION
[...][...] |
2003-06-11 11:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3462 |
MEPI - ARABIC BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM
[...]OST HAS DISCUSSED SUBJECT PROGRAM WITH RELEVANT JORDAN
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OFFICIALS. THE MOE IS INTERESTED, IN
PRINCIPAL, IN P[...] |
2003-06-11 12:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3464 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS JORDANIAN MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT
[...]BU) SUMMARY. In a June 2 courtesy call on the
Jordanian Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammed Thuneibat,
the Ambassador commended the[...] |
2003-06-11 13:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN3512 |
JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS CONTINUATION OF
[...]sbu) Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed
Batayneh confirmed on June 12 press reports that the GOJ had
reached agreement[...] |
2003-06-15 06:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD PREL KU SA JO TC |
| 03AMMAN3513 |
JORDAN ELECTION MISCELLANY: LAST FULL WEEK OF
[...]) Front page news in Jordan's English daily, The Jordan
Times, details the IAF's last minute threat to boycott the
elections due to pe[...] |
2003-06-15 06:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN3514 |
IRAQ'S PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIALISTS LOOK FOR LEG
[...]u) Summary: In a meeting with econoff hosted by the
local AmCham, a visiting delegation from the Iraq Federation
of Industries reque[...] |
2003-06-15 06:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3515 |
REPATRIATION OF IRAQIS: VIEWS FROM JORDAN
[...]C) Summary: According to the GOJ, between 22,000 and
23,000 Iraqis have returned voluntarily from Jordan since
hostilities began. Ne[...] |
2003-06-15 06:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3549 |
EMBASSY AMMAN INPUT: 2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman submits the following case
for bureau consideration. Per instructions REFTEL, post
notes that the case i[...] |
2003-06-16 08:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE JO |
| 03AMMAN3555 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAN
[...][...] |
2003-06-16 11:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3556 |
EMBASSY AMMAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER
[...]U) As per instructions REFTEL, Economic Officer Greg
Garramone covers telecommunications and information policy
for Post. His contact[...] |
2003-06-16 13:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN3566 |
RELO AMMAN REQUEST EXTRA FUNDING FOR JORDANIAN
[...]RELO requests $25,000 to support English teaching
initiative in Jordan. The funds will be used as
follows:
¶2. [...] |
2003-06-16 14:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3587 |
TERRORIST FINANCE:AMMAN:HAMAS NAMES
[...]) On June 16, Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ali
al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher, requesting that the[...] |
2003-06-17 12:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN3588 |
JUNE 24 UN-HOSTED TECHNICAL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...]) On June 15, poloff conveyed reftel points on the
upcoming June 24 UN-hosted meeting on Iraq reconstruction to
Ali al-Ayed, Personal [...] |
2003-06-17 12:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN3612 |
LARGE NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS GO TO THE POLLS;
[...]C) According to preliminary estimates, between 50
and 75 percent of Jordanians eligible to vote went to
the polls June 17 to elect a [...] |
2003-06-17 18:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN3651 |
JORDAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS:
[...]) An estimated 1.3 million Jordanians voted in the
parliamentary elections June 17, out of 2.3 million
registered voters. Surprisingl[...] |
2003-06-18 19:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN3654 |
BAD NEWS FOR RJ
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gnehm followed up with Royal
Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Majali on recent Transportation
Security Administrat[...] |
2003-06-19 08:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN3687 |
IV ALUMNI WERE ELECTED TO 14TH JORDANIAN
[...]OUR ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM AND ONE
CITIZEN EXCHANGE ALUMNUS WERE ELECTED IN THE 14TH JORDANIAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELEC[...] |
2003-06-22 06:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC JO |
| 03AMMAN3785 |
THE RED SEA - DEAD SEA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: A
[...]BU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Sunday afternoon's
World Economic Forum (WEF) panel session on the Red Sea -
Dead Sea canal was notewo[...] |
2003-06-25 13:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID JO MEPN |
| 03AMMAN3826 |
JORDAN'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD
[...]SBU) The Jordanian Executive Privatization Commission
(EPC) announced June 24 four bidders as finalists for the
purchase of a 26% stak[...] |
2003-06-26 10:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN3829 |
GOJ INQUIRES RE STATUS OF OFF CONTRACTS
[...]u) This is an action request; see para 4.
¶2. (u) On June 24, Ambassador received a letter dated June
18 from Minister [...] |
2003-06-26 12:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN3830 |
A/USTR NOVELLI'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH TRADE
[...]sbu) Summary: A/USTR Novelli discussed the President's
MEFTA plans, US-Jordan FTA follow-up, and QIZ's with Trade
Minister Salah Edd[...] |
2003-06-26 12:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3838 |
PA AMMAN'S WEF COVERAGE
[...]ummary: The June 21-23 Extraordinary Meeting of the
World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea provided the USG an
unprecedented opportunit[...] |
2003-06-26 16:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECON OVIP JO |
| 03AMMAN3863 |
JIPA Rolls Out Plans for Intellectual Property
[...]) The Jordanian Intellectual Property Association
(JIPA) announced at a June 25 fund-raising breakfast plans
for its upcoming Intellec[...] |
2003-06-29 06:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN3870 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-06-29 10:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3878 |
JORDAN OFFERS FOOD SAFETY HELP ON IRAQ IMPORTS
[...]u) In mid-June, Jordanian and Iraqi businesspeople
purchased on the high seas a shipment of 4,652 tons of
Brazilian frozen chicken fo[...] |
2003-06-29 13:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3880 |
JORDAN SUPPORTS INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQI
[...]C) Ambassador and PolCouns June 26 delivered to Foreign
Minister Marwan Muasher ref points asking that Jordan
encourage Indian partic[...] |
2003-06-29 14:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IN JO |
| 03AMMAN3891 |
JORDAN-BASED COMPANY WORRIED ABOUT IRAQI SUBSIDIARY
[...]SBU) Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab
Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA)
met with Econoff June 2[...] |
2003-06-29 14:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MOPS PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3904 |
IRAQI MFA INSPECTION TEAM TO RECOMMEND REOPENING
[...]S) PolCouns met June 26 with the members of the Iraqi
MFA's inspection team, Amb. Zaid Noori and Abdul Baqi Ismail
Ali (ref). Noori [...] |
2003-06-30 10:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3905 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-06-30 10:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3931 |
OIL AND JOBS FOR JORDAN: AMERICAN FIRM HAS BIG
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Washington Group International (WGI)
executives updated post on lurching, but continuing, progress
on the commissioning [...] |
2003-06-30 13:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ENRG JO |
| 03AMMAN3947 |
IRAQI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JORDAN MEETS CPA
[...]SBU) Summary. In a meeting with CPA advisors
visiting Jordan, a group of Amman-based Iraqi business
people said that they controlled[...] |
2003-07-01 05:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PINR IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3964 |
MIDEAST STATES DISCUSS REGIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING;
[...](U) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,s
Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in
the Near and Middle [...] |
2003-07-01 13:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL XF JO |
| 03AMMAN3980 |
SECURITY EVALUATIONS OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITES
[...][...] |
2003-07-01 13:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ASEC AMGT JO |
| 03AMMAN3987 |
TRIAL OF ACCUSED IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION POSTPONED
[...]) Local press reported on July 1 that the trial of five
men (six additional suspects are being tried in absentia)
accused of murdering[...] |
2003-07-01 13:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN3988 |
OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY FOR JORDAN
[...]SBU) Citibank Jordan General Manager Suhair Al-Ali
told ECON/C July 1 that Citigroup had scheduled a July 13
presentation to Prime Mi[...] |
2003-07-01 14:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN3989 |
ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS INITIATIVE
[...]SBU) Telecommunications Regulatory Commission chief
Muna Nijem approached USAID director and Econ Couns on
June 30 about U.S. Governm[...] |
2003-07-01 14:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAID JO XF |
| 03AMMAN3990 |
PRESSING JORDAN TO MEET ITS PALESTINIAN AID
[...]C) A/DCM on June 30 delivered ref a oral message from
the Secretary on Jordan's aid pledges to the Palestinian
Authority to Ali al-Ay[...] |
2003-07-01 14:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3991 |
Secretary Powell/Trade Rep Zoellick Discuss
[...]SBU) King Abdullah convened a breakfast meeting June
23 with Secretary Powell and Trade Representative
Zoellick at the World Economic [...] |
2003-07-01 14:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV JO XF |
| 03AMMAN3992 |
PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN
[...]UMMARY: AMBASSADOR REQUESTS USD 20,000 UNDER THE PRM
AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO
BUILD A 177 SQUARE-METER ADD[...] |
2003-07-01 14:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN4001 |
2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER
[...]SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based
regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited
UNHCR refugee camps on the[...] |
2003-07-02 12:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4023 |
AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR SERVICE
[...]SBU) We understand that CPA is planning to reopen
Baghdad International Airport to limited commercial air
service around July 15 and [...] |
2003-07-02 15:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4029 |
PALESTINIAN BUSINESS GROUP VENTS FRUSTRATION
[...]U) Summary. Under Secretary of Treasury John Taylor
and Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas met with a
group of Palestinian bu[...] |
2003-07-03 07:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECPS JO IS IZ |
| 03AMMAN4035 |
TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LISTS 27, 28, 30)
[...]SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed
us via a Diplomatic Note dated June 29, 2003 that the
Benevolence Internationa[...] |
2003-07-03 12:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN |
| 03AMMAN4038 |
Jordan MEPI Strategy
[...]Following per State 126550 is the post's integrated
MEPI strategy divided into the three MEPI Pillars: A)
Economic Reform and Private [...] |
2003-07-03 12:46:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID BTIO PGOV SOCI KWMN PREL KDEM SCUL BEXP PHUM KPAO XF JO ETRO |
| 03AMMAN4041 |
58TH UNGA: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON U.S. INITIATIVES
[...]/PolCouns on July 2 delivered ref b talking points to
Dr. Mousa Braizat, Director of the MFA Department of
International Organizations[...] |
2003-07-03 13:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PHUM OTRA KSEP JO UNGA UN |
| 03AMMAN4042 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UN CLONING RESOLUTION
[...]/PolCouns and Pol Intern met 2 July with Dr. Mousa
Braizat, director, International Organizations Department,
Jordanian Ministry of Fo[...] |
2003-07-03 13:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA JO USUN |
| 03AMMAN4098 |
JORDANIAN ACTION ON IRAQI ASSETS
[...]ummary. According to a senior Jordanian finance
ministry official, the GOJ -- using an April 24 law under
which the GOJ took ownershi[...] |
2003-07-07 07:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN4157 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-07-09 19:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN4185 |
JORDAN/SINGAPORE: US FTA PARTNERS LINK UP?
[...]u) This is a joint Embassy Singapor/Embassy Amman cable.
¶2. (sbu) Summary: Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo
passed[...] |
2003-07-10 05:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PREL SN JO |
| 03AMMAN4189 |
ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT TO PARTICIPATE IN AMMAN
[...]he Islamic Action Front (IAF) declared 2 July that it
would participate in municipal elections on 26 July but only
for seats in the Gr[...] |
2003-07-10 06:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4194 |
PHRMA GROUP FORMS TO SUPPORT IRAQ
[...]SBU) Summary. A group of Amman-based reps of
multinational pharmaceutical companies, facilitated by
the regional office of Pharmaceut[...] |
2003-07-10 11:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN4212 |
Jordan Takes Major Step in Its Education
[...]U) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Cabinet approved an $80
million project as the first step in the provision of
providing broadband connectiv[...] |
2003-07-10 13:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN4233 |
JORDANIANS FEELING UPBEAT, FOR A CHANGE
[...]C) Summary. Jordan is currently on a high: the war in
Iraq is over, parliamentary elections succeeded, the World
Economic Forum was[...] |
2003-07-10 14:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN4240 |
FORMER GID HEAD CONVICTED IN BANK SCANDAL CASE
[...]) Former General Intelligence Directorate (GID) head
Samih Battikhi was sentenced to 8 years in prison on July 10
after being convicte[...] |
2003-07-10 15:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM JO |
| 03AMMAN4246 |
COMPOSITION OF NEW JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT,
[...]) The new Jordanian Parliament elected June 17 is
better-educated and somewhat younger than its predecessor,
and includes a large numb[...] |
2003-07-10 17:54:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4247 |
JORDAN SEEKS TO SECURE SUPPLY OF IRAQI OIL
[...]) During a 9 July meeting, Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher
raised with Ambassador the status of a proposed trip to
Baghdad by a Jordanian [...] |
2003-07-10 18:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4249 |
ON TO BAGHDAD: JORDAN-IRAQ CIVAIR AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...]U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
Director Hanna Najjar signed a Letter of Agreement July 10
regarding air traffic [...] |
2003-07-11 06:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD JO |
| 03AMMAN4251 |
PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD,
[...] controversial amendment to Jordan,s Municipal Law has
come under fire from nearly a third of the members of the
country,s newly elect[...] |
2003-07-13 06:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4256 |
BILATERAL TRADE AGENDA WITH JORDAN
[...]SBU) Ambassador Gnehm called on Trade Minister
Salah al-Bashir July 1 to keep up the momentum on
bilateral trade issues discussed wit[...] |
2003-07-13 13:35:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN4306 |
Some Kurds on Jordan's Border Return to Iraq;
[...]U) This is a joint report from Amman and Cairo
refcoords and contains an action request in para 8.
¶2. (SBU) Summary and [...] |
2003-07-14 12:05:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4307 |
IRAQ ASSETS: JORDAN TO LOOK FOR/FREEZE ASSETS OF 55
[...]sbu) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor
Mohammad Said Shahin told ECON/C that the CBJ would
circularize to commercial banks [...] |
2003-07-14 12:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN4314 |
POST VIEWS ON POTENTIAL HAMAS TARGETS FOR
[...]/NF) Post knows of no GOJ sensitivities regarding the
designation of Ref HAMAS targets for asset-freezing under
E.O. 13224.
GN[...] |
2003-07-14 15:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | EFIN PTER ECON ETTC |
| 03AMMAN4332 |
KING SAYS MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE SOON, NEW
[...]S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador July 13 that he
has been working with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on the
details of a small c[...] |
2003-07-14 16:22:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR JO |
| 03AMMAN4337 |
UNRWA PLANS EXTRAORDINARY, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN
[...]U) This is an action request; see para 8.
¶2. (C) Summary and action request: On July 7, UNRWA briefed
Amman-based donor[...] |
2003-07-15 07:31:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO |
| 03AMMAN4348 |
Creating Gender Sensitive ICT Synergies
[...]) SUMMARY: UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for
Women) plans to launch an "E-Village" project that will
integrate a number of i[...] |
2003-07-15 12:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAID JO |
| 03AMMAN4352 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-07-15 12:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN4354 |
FOLEY TRIAL: COURT HEARS PROSECUTION TESTIMONY,
[...]) The State Security Court on July 15 adjourned the
trial of those accused of assassinating USAID diplomat
Laurence Foley until Septem[...] |
2003-07-15 12:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN4361 |
JORDAN WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNING
[...]U) Charge and PolCouns presented ref a points on
formation of the Iraqi Governing Council July 15 to Ali
al-Ayed, the new Director of[...] |
2003-07-15 15:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4374 |
New Book Published CAIRO PLEASE PASS TO ALEXANDRIA
[...]Amman is pleased to announce a new title from the
Arabic Book Program. "The Best American Short Stories of the
Century", edited by Joh[...] |
2003-07-16 06:44:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO IIP |
| 03AMMAN4389 |
JORDANIAN FM MUASHER AND RUSSIAN FM IVANOV DISCUSS
[...]) Charge and PolCouns met July 15 with Ali al-Ayed,
Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and
Samer Dabbas, the Priva[...] |
2003-07-16 14:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN4403 |
POLL SHOWS JORDANIANS WANT PARLIAMENT AND SEEK
[...]U) Summary: The University of Jordan,s Center for
Strategic Studies (CSS) released an opinion poll 8 July which
suggests Jordanians [...] |
2003-07-16 14:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4404 |
GOJ CALLS FOR END TO ADMIN FEES AT TREBIL BORDER
[...]sbu) Jordanian Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah
sent a letter to the Ambassador July 13 to voice concern over
administrative pro[...] |
2003-07-16 14:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PBTS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4406 |
JORDAN TO LIFT 14 DAY QUARANTINE ON TRAVELERS
[...]On July 14, 2003, Dr. Walid Ma'ani, Minister of
Health, notified the Embassy that the government of
Jordan has lifted all restrict[...] |
2003-07-16 15:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PREL PTER AMED JO |
| 03AMMAN4408 |
NEW PARLIAMENT MEETS, ELECTS SPEAKER; ISLAMIST
[...]U) The Jordanian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House of
the Parliament), elected on June 17, held its first special
session July 16 and [...] |
2003-07-16 15:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN4416 |
GOJ RECEPTIVE TO OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY
[...]C) SUMMARY: OPIC Director for Insurance for Africa and
the Middle East Jim Williams and Citibank executives met
with King Abdullah, G[...] |
2003-07-17 09:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN4417 |
US-FUNDED NEIRAB REFUGEE HOUSING PROJECT NEARS
[...]U) Embassy Damascus cleared this message.
¶2. (C) Summary and Comment: The first U.S.-funded units in
UNRWA's Neirab hou[...] |
2003-07-17 10:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL SY JO |
| 03AMMAN4420 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-07-17 12:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN4423 |
KERAK: A CASE STUDY OF THE WOMEN'S QUOTA
[...]) On July 7, Poloff paid a call to Zakeyeh Shamayleh,
one of the newly-elected women to Parliament who benefited
from the women's quot[...] |
2003-07-17 13:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN4441 |
JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE
[...]e following is an Embassy translation of a
commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language
magazine now on the stands in Jordan, th[...] |
2003-07-20 05:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN4450 |
PRM A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN AND IRAQI
[...]SBU) Summary: During a July 16-17 visit to Jordan, PRM
A/S Dewey met with the Director-General of the GOJ's
Department of Palestinian[...] |
2003-07-20 13:41:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4467 |
RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED BY
[...]ORDAN TIMES EDITION OF JULY 4, 2003 REPORTED THAT
THE COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNED THE EARLIER DEATH
SENTENCE AGAINST AMCIT RAED HIJA[...] |
2003-07-21 07:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED |
| 03AMMAN4477 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-07-21 14:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN4491 |
PM AND CABINET RESIGN; MINOR RESHUFFLE IN THE WORKS
[...]) PM Abul Ragheb on July 19 submitted the resignation of
his cabinet. King Abdullah on July 20 asked him to form a
new Cabinet. In a[...] |
2003-07-21 15:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PGOV PREL ETRD PINR JO |
| 03AMMAN4503 |
AL TAJAMMOUAT QIZ PLANS BIRTHDAY BASH, U.S.
[...]u) Al Tajammouat QIZ park manager Halim Salfiti is
planning in September to commemorate four years of successful
QIZ activity at his [...] |
2003-07-22 06:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN4534 |
GOJ APPROACHES CITIGROUP RE TRADE FACILITATION
[...]sbu) During a July 22 courtesy call, Planning Minister
Awadallah passed Charge a copy of a letter from the GOJ to
Citibank Jordan GM [...] |
2003-07-23 06:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4535 |
USG PERSONNEL DISADVANTAGED BY AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR
[...]CTION RECOMMENDATION AT PARA 6.
¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Personnel from various U.S. and other
governments' agencies have expre[...] |
2003-07-23 07:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN4538 |
HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS: GOJ CREATES TWO NEW HUMAN
[...]C) Over the past few months, the GOJ has created two
new governmental human rights organizations -- the National
Center for Human Rig[...] |
2003-07-23 12:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN4539 |
PARLIAMENTARY QUOTA EXPOSES DIVISIONS AMONG
[...]) One of the unforeseen aspects of the new women's quota
in Parliament is that it has exposed cultural cleavages and
the differing age[...] |
2003-07-23 12:13:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN4577 |
BIOS FOR NEW JORDANIAN CABINET MINISTERS
[...]U) The official Jordanian news agency, Petra, announced
21 July the release of a royal decree approving the new
government of Prime M[...] |
2003-07-24 07:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN4586 |
FIVE IV ALUMNI AND ONE SALZBURG SEMINAR ALUMNUS
[...]IVE IV ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM AND
ONE SALZBURG SEMINAR ALUMNUS WERE APPOINTED MINISTERS IN THE
NEW CABINET. THIS[...] |
2003-07-24 12:48:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC JO |
| 03AMMAN4587 |
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMAT[...] |
2003-07-24 13:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN4588 |
IRAQI MOBILE TENDER CONFERENCE SET FOR AMMAN
[...]ction recommendation at paragraph 4.
¶2. (U) The Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq (CPA)
announced July 21 that a b[...] |
2003-07-24 13:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4590 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-07-24 14:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN4610 |
NOTE VERBALE INVITING COUNTRIES TO DESIGNATE
[...][...] |
2003-07-24 14:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN4629 |
JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD JULY
[...]C) Despite a petition endorsed by the Islamic Action
front (IAF) and its allies in the Lower House of Parliament
to delay municipal e[...] |
2003-07-24 17:23:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4638 |
SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST
[...]SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN,
JORDAN DURING MAY 2003.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: MAY 12-13, 2003.
&#[...] |
2003-07-27 07:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP POWELL COLIN |
| 03AMMAN4643 |
LETTER FROM JORDANIAN PLANNING MINISTER BASSEM
[...]) Please forward the following message from the
Jordanian Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah to Assistant
Secretary William Burns. Si[...] |
2003-07-27 14:27:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN4644 |
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW TURNOUT PROMPTS
[...]) Jordan's July 26 municipal elections suffered from low
voter turnout causing the government to extend balloting in 9
of the 82 munic[...] |
2003-07-27 14:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN4650 |
GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ
[...]c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the
Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery
officials, traveled to Bag[...] |
2003-07-27 15:51:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4679 |
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISIT/SUMMIT, CHARGES
[...]PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT
IN AQABA, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 4, 200[...] |
2003-07-28 13:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN OVIP BUSH PRESIDENT GEORGE |
| 03AMMAN4688 |
SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST
[...]SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN,
JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 19-23, 2003.
[...] |
2003-07-28 14:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN OVIP POWELL COLIN |
| 03AMMAN4689 |
DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON 58TH UNGA, GOJ UNGA DELEGATION,
[...]er ref A, Pol Intern discussed renewal of UNOMIG mandate
with Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the
director of the M[...] |
2003-07-28 14:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JO UNGA UNOMIG |
| 03AMMAN4700 |
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMAT[...] |
2003-07-29 10:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN4713 |
JORDANIAN STOCK OF ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ
[...]u) Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with
humanitarian and other assistance for Iraq in the months
following the end of major com[...] |
2003-07-29 14:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4725 |
JORDAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: ASSET FREEZES
[...]u) As noted SEPTEL, Jordan has been extremely
forthcoming with material assistance for aid and
reconstruction efforts in Iraq. SEPTE[...] |
2003-07-29 16:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4733 |
JORDAN SUPPORTS IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL, TRYING TO
[...]C) PolCouns on July 28 raised ref a points on
supporting the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) with Samer
Dabbas, Iraq action officer in F[...] |
2003-07-30 11:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4735 |
SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...]) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable.
-------
Summary
-------
¶2. (C) The Aqaba summ[...] |
2003-07-30 11:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN4737 |
JORDAN'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CONTROVERSY,
[...]C) Summary: Jordan's municipal elections concluded
July 27 with little fanfare but some controversy. Despite
the efforts of the Isl[...] |
2003-07-30 12:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN4761 |
MEET U.S. FOLLOW-UP: JORDAN
[...]u) Embassy appreciates DOC feedback from the first MEET
U.S. conference. Regarding the proposed issue areas for
future MEET U.S. pro[...] |
2003-07-31 08:24:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN4763 |
JORDANIAN BORDER CONTROL WITH IRAQ
[...]U) This is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. (S) PolCouns July 28 covered with Samer Dabbas, Iraq
action officer in F[...] |
2003-07-31 09:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | MARR MASS PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4764 |
PARLIAMENT OPENS, ERRANT MP'S SWEAR PROPER OATH;
[...]C) The just-begun special session of the Parliament
will examine Parliamentary bylaws, consider a vote of
confidence in the new cabin[...] |
2003-07-31 09:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN4807 |
SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC
[...]BU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for
Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East)
Council meeting, host[...] |
2003-08-03 12:14:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN |
| 03AMMAN4827 |
POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM
[...]) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in
Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic
organization in Jordan is the M[...] |
2003-08-03 14:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG |
| 03AMMAN4831 |
CPA SENIOR HEALTH ADVISOR HAVEMAN'S VISIT TO AMMAN
[...]sbu) Summary: CPA Senior Health Sector Advisor Jim
Haveman and a team of CPA staff visited Amman July 28-29 on a
fact-finding and ap[...] |
2003-08-03 14:21:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4849 |
POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR
[...]C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of
studies in the country over the past several years believes
that there is a gro[...] |
2003-08-04 07:52:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN4891 |
JORDAN LOOKS TO REHABILITATE MUNICIPAL SECTOR WITH
[...]U) In line with GOJ's new Municipal Elections Law,
which empowers the GOJ to appoint all mayors and up to 50
percent of the seats in [...] |
2003-08-05 06:19:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN4893 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH
[...]) SUMMARY: Ambassador met August 3 with Prince Zeid Bin
Raad, Head of the Jordanian Delegation to the UN in New York,
to discuss the [...] |
2003-08-05 09:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA JO KICC |
| 03AMMAN4894 |
AMBASSADOR GNEHM DISCUSSES U.S.-GOJ ISSUES WITH
[...]) Ambassador Gnehm visited newly elected Speaker of the
Parliament, Saad Hayel Srour, and discussed issues related to
the new Parliame[...] |
2003-08-05 09:29:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN4908 |
SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN
[...]) Ambassador delivered reftel oral message via telcon on
August 4 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who was in
Kuwait on official bu[...] |
2003-08-05 14:34:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ AL JO |
| 03AMMAN4929 |
JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...]ENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN
1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN[...] |
2003-08-06 07:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC |
| 03AMMAN4931 |
CPA Iraqi Mobile Telecom Tender Conference
[...]) SUMMARY: CPA telecommunications officials held a
conference in Amman July 31 for prospective bidders on
licenses to provide mobile [...] |
2003-08-06 08:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS JO ENV |
| 03AMMAN4965 |
AMBASSADOR PROMISES JORDAN CONTINUING SUPPORT ON
[...]BU) SUMMARY. In an introductory call on the new
Minister of Environment, Dr. Hisham Gharaibeh, the
Ambassador gave his assurances tha[...] |
2003-08-07 08:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN4979 |
SOLICITATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK
[...]r REF: A) post would like to place the following
publications order:
ITEM QTY COST/ITEM U.S. DOLS
---[...] |
2003-08-07 15:01:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 03AMMAN5006 |
AFTERMATH OF ATTACK ON JORDAN'S EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD
[...]S/NF) Charge spoke to Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and
Foreign Minister Muasher on August 7 to convey our
condolences and sympathies for[...] |
2003-08-07 17:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN5012 |
LOWER HOUSE TRYING TO ROLL BACK ON WOMEN'S
[...]) The Lower House of Parliament voted on August 3 to
reject two of the 211 temporary laws passed since Parliament
was disbanded two ye[...] |
2003-08-08 08:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5025 |
SKIES CLEARING FOR RJ?
[...]BU) COMMENT: Royal Jordanian Airline officials have
apparently taken on board strong messages regarding airline
security, service to I[...] |
2003-08-10 10:33:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN5037 |
ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR
[...]Post reports the following status for its revenue
generating programs in US Dols:
English Teach Library(A[...] |
2003-08-10 14:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO |
| 03AMMAN5038 |
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISIT/SUMMIT, CHARGES
[...]PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT
IN AQABA, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 4, 200[...] |
2003-08-10 15:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN OVIP BUSH PRESIDENT GEORGE |
| 03AMMAN5041 |
AFTER THE BOMBING, JORDAN REQUESTS U.S. PROTECTION
[...]S) Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's
Private Office Director, told PolCouns August 10 that,
despite the August 7 bombing[...] |
2003-08-10 15:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ US JO |
| 03AMMAN5067 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN
[...][...] |
2003-08-11 12:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5100 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ROAD MAP
[...][...] |
2003-08-12 12:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5115 |
JORDANIAN WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY
[...]) A group of Jordanian women conducted a peaceful
demonstration at the gates of the Parliament August 10 to
protest a recent Lower Hou[...] |
2003-08-12 16:57:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5165 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDEAST ROADMAP
[...][...] |
2003-08-14 12:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5186 |
JORDAN'S OIL SUPPLY NEEDS
[...]c) Summary. The Jordanian Oil Ministry believes that
Kuwait has agreed to continue supplying Jordan with 25,000
barrels of crude oil[...] |
2003-08-14 15:45:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5188 |
A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM ABUL RAGHEB AND
[...]S) In separate meetings with PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin
Muasher August 13, A/S Burns expressed condolences for the
bombing of the Jord[...] |
2003-08-14 16:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS ASEC EFIN IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5232 |
CPA TELECOM TEAM RECEIVES OFFERS OF HELP FROM GOJ
[...]BU) SUMMARY:
The CPA telecommunications team met with the Jordanian
Minister of Information and Communications Technologies,
M[...] |
2003-08-18 14:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID JO CPA |
| 03AMMAN5245 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S
[...]U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs)
overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister
Ali Abul Ragheb. [...] |
2003-08-19 07:50:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5257 |
JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS IRAQI GOVERNING
[...]) SUMMARY: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Dr.
Mowaffak Al Rubaie met with Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb on
August 19 in Amman to [...] |
2003-08-19 15:16:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5266 |
JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE
[...]li al-Ayed, the Director of Foreign Minister Marwan
Muasher's Private Office, officially requested to PolCouns
August 19 a meeting bet[...] |
2003-08-19 16:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JO UNGA |
| 03AMMAN5329 |
GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS,
[...]) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing
of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil
al-Sharif, released a sta[...] |
2003-08-21 14:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5330 |
CHRISTIAN MP COMPLAINS ABOUT USG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...]C) A Christian member of the Jordanian Parliament
complained August 20 that USG religious freedom policy in the
Middle East hurts the[...] |
2003-08-21 14:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL XF JO |
| 03AMMAN5333 |
MILITARY PROSECUTORS FORMALLY CHARGE 13 IN 2002
[...]) The Jordanian State Security Court on August 14
formally charged 13 individuals accused of plotting attacks
against U.S. and Jordan[...] |
2003-08-21 14:36:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5336 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS USE PARLIAMENTARY PLATFORM TO
[...]) The Islamic Action Front (IAF), political arm of the
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, bounded onto the political
scene in Jordan this m[...] |
2003-08-21 15:30:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5339 |
BIRTH OF A JORDANIAN "SUPERSTAR" -- AND SOME
[...]U) Diana Corazan, a young Jordanian singing sensation,
was declared the new "Superstar" of Lebanon's Future TV
August 18 after winnin[...] |
2003-08-22 13:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM SY JO |
| 03AMMAN5377 |
LIBERIA: SUPPORTING UN REQUEST TO JORDAN FOR
[...]harge and PolCouns covered ref points on ECOMIL August
24 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's
Private Office. Ch[...] |
2003-08-25 12:10:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR PREL JO UN |
| 03AMMAN5378 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...][...] |
2003-08-25 12:28:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN5491 |
JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT
[...]S/NF) Expressing appreciation for Jordan's cooperation
in tracking Iraqi assets, the Charge explained to Prime
Minister Ali Abul Ragh[...] |
2003-08-28 13:42:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5497 |
JORDAN TO WORK WITH, BUT NOT "RECOGNIZE," IRAQI
[...]C) Speaking to a visiting delegation of Iraqi Governing
Council members August 25, PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher
pledged to work [...] |
2003-08-28 15:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5498 |
INVITATIONAL TRAVEL
[...]st requests authority for FSN Environment Assistant Ms.
Rana Safadi to accept invitational round-trip travel (via
commercial carrier),[...] |
2003-08-28 15:25:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT JO |
| 03AMMAN5499 |
JORDAN MAY IMPLEMENT STRICT CONTROLS ON ENTRY OF
[...]C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb told Charge and
EconCouns August 28 that the GOJ is actively considering a
considerable tightening [...] |
2003-08-28 15:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5500 |
SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST PD
[...]SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN
DURING JUNE 2003.
¶2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 19-23, 2003.
[...] |
2003-08-28 16:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN OVIP POWELL COLIN |
| 03AMMAN5501 |
PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ,
[...]S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad
August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a
border incursion[...] |
2003-08-28 16:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN5532 |
JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING
[...]U) Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif
publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours
after the blast on August 29[...] |
2003-09-01 16:26:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5540 |
JORDAN'S NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ON PRIORITIES
[...]) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting with Emboffs and
visiting Congressional staff, Public Security Directorate
(PSD) Director Gener[...] |
2003-09-02 12:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN5550 |
JORDAN ALLOWS 386 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE UNHCR
[...]C) Summary and comment: On August 24, the GOJ allowed
386 Palestinians (Palestinian-Jordanian women, plus their
Palestinian-Iraqi fam[...] |
2003-09-02 15:32:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5567 |
COMPLETION OF FY02 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND
[...]UMMARY: POST'S TWO PROJECTS FUNDED IN FY02 UNDER
PRM'S AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
WERE COMPLETED BY JULY 2003.[...] |
2003-09-02 15:38:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN5569 |
SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN
[...]S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU
ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through
the Middle East and [...] |
2003-09-02 16:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO |
| 03AMMAN5575 |
CONSULTANT EMPOWERS JORDANIAN WOMEN POLITICIANS
[...]mmary: Jordanian and Palestinian female Members of
Parliament and municipal officials praised the workshops and
individual consultatio[...] |
2003-09-03 09:58:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN5596 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE
[...]C) PolCouns on September 3 covered ref points on Iraq
and the roadmap with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign
Minister Muasher's Privat[...] |
2003-09-03 15:11:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5600 |
JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MADRID IRAQ DONORS
[...]sbu) Summary. Confirming that Jordan is committed to
providing technical and cooperative assistance to Iraqi
ministries, Planning Mi[...] |
2003-09-03 16:17:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5602 |
WITH LITTLE FANFARE, CROWN PRINCE HAMZAH GETS
[...]U) Jordanians were surprised -- but nonetheless
delighted -- at the announcement of the marriage of Crown
Prince Hamzah on August 29,[...] |
2003-09-04 05:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR OVIP JO |
| 03AMMAN5620 |
PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN
[...]) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, met with Kin[...] |
2003-09-04 13:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN5623 |
NEPHEW OF SLAIN IRAQI SHIA CLERIC AL-KHOEI SEEKS
[...]C) Iraqi Shia cleric Sayed Jawad al-Khoei (nephew of
Sayed Abd al-Majid al-Khoei, who was assassinated in Najaf on
April 10) and Ghan[...] |
2003-09-04 13:56:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IZ |
| 03AMMAN5663 |
GOJ REQUESTS STATUS REPORT ON JORDANIAN PRISONERS
[...]BU) This is an action request. See Para 4.
¶2. (SBU) Jordan's MFA sent to the Embassy on August 28 a
diplomatic note requ[...] |
2003-09-04 14:49:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5664 |
IRAQI MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH GOJ RESTARTING
[...]) Susan Johnson, Senior Advisor to the MFA in Baghdad,
and two Iraqi MFA officials visited Amman from August 15 to
20 to meet with GOJ[...] |
2003-09-04 15:15:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5698 |
BAGHDAD BASED IRAQIS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL
[...]) PolOff discussed with two Baghdad based Iraqis what
their lives in Iraq are like post-Saddam, Iraqi expectations
vs. current realiti[...] |
2003-09-07 16:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5699 |
JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SURPRISED BY ABU MAZEN'S
[...]) Jordanian officials publicly and privately expressed
their concern about the fate of the roadmap after the
resignation of Palestini[...] |
2003-09-07 16:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN5763 |
CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN
[...] requested in reftel, post is providing additional
information on child labor in Jordan. Ministry of Labor (MOL)
officials informed po[...] |
2003-09-09 07:55:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5764 |
PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO
[...]C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council
Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please
the Jordanians. Fir[...] |
2003-09-09 08:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN5765 |
PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO
[...]C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council
Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please
the Jordanians. Fir[...] |
2003-09-09 08:03:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN5766 |
GROUP OF JORDANIAN MP'S ASKS GOVERNMENT TO OPPOSE
[...]U) Thirty two members of the lower house of the
Jordanian Parliament (MPs) have sent a petition to the
government asking that Jordan [...] |
2003-09-09 08:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5792 |
VOLVIS PROGRAM ON AMERICAN STUDIES
[...]E PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. HAKAM AL HADIDI,
PRESIDENT, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY
AND DR. MARWAN OBEIDAT, DEAN OF STUDENTS A[...] |
2003-09-10 05:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN5793 |
VOLVIS PROGRAM ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM, CIVIC
[...]HE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. RAED QAQISH FOR
A VOLVIS PROGRAM, MEMBER OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE JORDANIAN
PARLIAMENT FROM O[...] |
2003-09-10 05:12:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN5798 |
ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS NETWORK: READY FOR PRIME
[...]BU) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Telecommunications
Regulatory Commission (TRC) hosted the first preparatory
meeting for the Arab Telecommu[...] |
2003-09-10 09:59:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECPS KMPI JO |
| 03AMMAN5832 |
NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
[...]) King Abdallah accepted the credentials of the new
Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Yacov Hadas Handlesman, during
a ceremony with seven[...] |
2003-09-10 16:40:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | PREL PINR IS JO |
| 03AMMAN5889 |
CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN JORDAN
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: CPA officials have informally sought
Embassy Amman's assistance in determining the status and
timely return to Iraqi go[...] |
2003-09-13 08:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETTC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5890 |
TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN: NEW HACC CHARTER
[...]) Post has received multiple inquiries about travel to
Iraq by way of Jordan, and is in planning stages for the
creation of a logistic[...] |
2003-09-13 08:39:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV JO |
| 03AMMAN5901 |
KING ABDULLAH VISITS IRAN
[...]) King Abdullah visited Tehran September 2-3 in what
President Khatami termed &a significant turning point in
relations.8 Local and re[...] |
2003-09-14 11:18:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR JO |
| 03AMMAN5905 |
American Studies Books For Amman
[...]st would like to re-confirm request for two sets of
"Library of America" and two sets of "Gale Collection", the
first set of each to b[...] |
2003-09-14 13:20:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN5907 |
PROSECUTION WITNESSES TESTIFY IN FOLEY TRIAL
[...]) The state security court trial of five suspects in the
October 2002 assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley
resumed on Septem[...] |
2003-09-14 14:00:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN5940 |
JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER
[...]) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist
plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security
court formally charged 1[...] |
2003-09-15 15:04:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN5941 |
MB AND MP'S CONDEMN EU BLACKLISTING OF HAMAS; GOJ
[...]) Both the Jordanian Mulsim Brotherhood (MB) and a
majority of members of Parliament (MP's) publicly rebuked the
European Union for it[...] |
2003-09-15 16:08:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN5943 |
JORDAN IV DENIED ENTRY TO U.S.
[...]) While the Department correctly notes the difficulties
facing some students in fulfilling NSEERS requirement
(reftel), other traveler[...] |
2003-09-16 04:53:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CLOK PREL KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN5947 |
JORANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT
[...]S/NF) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor
Mohamed Said Shahin phoned ECON/C September 15 with the
following bank account inf[...] |
2003-09-16 09:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5965 |
UNINTENDED BUT EFFECTIVE CLOSURE OF JORDAN-IRAQ
[...]S) U.S. military units on the Jordan-Iraq border
unintentionally but effectively closed the border to
Iraq-bound traffic on September[...] |
2003-09-16 13:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET | MOPS PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5971 |
GOJ CALLS U.S.-JORDAN-IRAQI FRATRICIDE INCIDENT AT
[...]) Acting PM Faris Nabulsi stated that the September 12
U.S.-Jordan-Iraqi fratricide incident at Falluja, was
"unintentional" and woul[...] |
2003-09-16 16:07:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN5999 |
JORDANIAN-ISRAELI WATER FRUSTRATIONS
[...]) SUMMARY: Jordanian Water Minister El-Naser expressed
his disappointment over the past few months' behavior of his
Israeli counterpa[...] |
2003-09-17 13:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV KWBG IS JO MEPN |
| 03AMMAN6000 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: AMMAN: HAMAS NAMES: JORDAN
[...]c) Summary. The Jordanian Central Bank canceled an
order to commercial banks to freeze bank accounts of
HAMAS-connected individuals [...] |
2003-09-17 14:06:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN6027 |
HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN ON THE AGENDA
[...]U) Press reports have highlighted recent "honor
killings," the reduction of a stiff sentence against one
perpetrator, and the rejecti[...] |
2003-09-18 15:43:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KWMN PREL KMPI JO |
| 03AMMAN6028 |
GOJ PLANS TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP
[...]C) Summary: Minister of Interior Habashneh informed
UNHCR on Sept. 8 that the GOJ intends to close the Ruweished
refugee camp and tra[...] |
2003-09-18 16:02:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6029 |
JORDAN'S RED-DEAD POSTURING--YOU'RE EITHER WITH US
[...]) SUMMARY: Jordan,s Planning and Water Ministers,
Bassem Awadallah and Hazim El-Naser, insisted to visiting NEA
Senior Science Advisor[...] |
2003-09-18 16:47:00 |
Embassy Amman |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
| 03AMMAN6064 |
GOJ MAY REQUIRE PRE-APPROVAL FOR ENTRY OF IRAQIS
[...]S/NF) The visiting Jordanian Charge in Baghdad told
PolCouns that, because of security agencies' concerns about
export of terrorism f[...] |
2003-09-21 13:09:00 |
Embassy Amman |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6068 |
Chicken in Transit to Iraq via Jordan
[...]SBU) Post would appreciate urgent guidance on the
following two diplomatic notes from the Jordanian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The[...] |
2003-09-21 14:37:00 |
Embassy Amman |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | |
