Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 08STATE48654, GUIDANCE FOR 1559 CONSULTATIONS, MAY 8

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #08STATE48654.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08STATE48654 2008-05-07 23:34 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Secretary of State
VZCZCXYZ0005
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHC #8654 1282340
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 072334Z MAY 08
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0000
INFO RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT IMMEDIATE 0000
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS IMMEDIATE 0000
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV IMMEDIATE 0000
UNCLAS STATE 048654 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC PBTS PREL LE SY IS
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE FOR 1559 CONSULTATIONS, MAY 8 
 
1. (U)  This is an action message.  USUN may draw from the 
points in para 2 below during consultations on the 
implementation of UNSC resolution 1559, currently scheduled 
for May 8. 
 
2.  (U)  Begin points. 
 
--  We welcome the Secretary General's report and Mr. 
Larsen's briefing on implementation of UNSC resolution 1559. 
 
--  As we meet here today, Lebanon appears once again on the 
brink of conflict.  The Hizballah-led opposition has 
confronted Lebanon's legitimate government, using violence 
and intimidation in an effort to usurp authority from the 
people and government of Lebanon.   On May 6, the Lebanese 
cabinet declared Hizballah's internal communications network 
and surveillance of Beirut International Airport illegal and 
resolved to root out these threats to government authority 
and internal security.  Hizballah and its opposition allies 
responded with demonstrations, scattered violence, and 
threats of escalation if the government did not withdraw its 
decisions. 
 
--  It is clear that Hizballah is constructing a 
state-within-a-state without regard for the authority of the 
Lebanese government, the safety and stability of the nation, 
or the collective wishes of the Lebanese people.  Hizballah's 
leadership also continues to claim that it has rebuilt its 
arsenal and increased its military capacity since the summer 
2006 conflict with Israel.  We note this implies serious 
violations of several resolutions of this Council.  We are 
deeply concerned that, beyond the recently demonstrated 
willingness to cripple the Lebanese state and economy in 
pursuit of its narrow political agenda, Hizballah maintains 
the ability to unilaterally drag Lebanon into another 
conflict. 
 
--  So long as the Hizballah-led opposition acts in defiance 
of Lebanon's legitimate government, works to construct a 
parallel state, and cynically calls for "dialogue" to delay 
Presidential elections and meetings of the Parliament, it 
blocks continued progress in implementing the resolutions of 
this Council and constitutes a continuing threat to peace and 
security in Lebanon and the region. 
 
--  In this regard, we call upon the Council and the 
international community to assist the Lebanese government in 
its efforts to govern on behalf of all Lebanese and to 
prevent the emergence of a parallel state.   Hizballah and 
its patrons in Syria and Iran must comply fully with all 
Security Council resolutions and with the decisions of the 
legitimate Lebanese government. 
 
--  On a related note, I would like to reiterate our concern 
that it has not yet been possible to hold a presidential 
election in Lebanon.  As I noted just a month ago during 
consultations on UNSC resolution 1701, the United States 
continues to hope that Lebanon will elect a president without 
preconditions.  We support the right of Lebanon's democratic 
majority to see that the Lebanese Parliament fulfills its 
constitutional duty in this regard.  While a consensus 
candidate has been agreed upon, we are concerned that the 
Hizballah-led opposition, with political support from Syria, 
is using extra-constitutional preconditions to perpetuate the 
political stalemate at the expense of the Lebanese people. 
 
--  On the matter of Lebanese-Syrian relations, the United 
States joins the Secretary-General in regretting the complete 
lack of progress in establishing a relationship between these 
two states that recognizes Lebanon's independence, 
sovereignty, and right to freedom from foreign interference. 
We again urge the Syrian government to respond to the 
requests of the Lebanese government to undertake serious 
talks aimed at delineating their common border.  Syria 
reports that such talks are ongoing, but in fact none of the 
meetings of the bilateral commission have focused on the 
issues of delineation and demarcation. 
 
-- Further, Syria continues to refuse to establish diplomatic 
relations with Lebanon so long as there is what it 
characterizes as a "hostile" government in Beirut.  We find 
Syrian fears of a "hostile" neighbor difficult to understand 
given that weapons continue to flow from Syria into Lebanon 
and that Syria's allies in Lebanon are working to undermine 
the legitimate government of Lebanon.  We again call upon the 
Syrian government to immediately normalize its relations with 
Lebanon and establish an embassy in Beirut. 
 
-- Progress on these outstanding provisions of UNSCR 1559 is 
long overdue.  It is telling that Syria is unwilling to make 
even these most basic acknowledgments of Lebanon's 
sovereignty. 
 
--  On the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, I note 
that with the exception of the northern part of Ghajar, 
Israel has fully withdrawn from Lebanese territory, and the 
LAF has deployed throughout the country for the first time in 
nearly 40 years.  We applaud this historic deployment and 
encourage all sides to accelerate trilateral efforts to find 
an early resolution to the issue of Ghajjar. 
 
--  On militia disarmament, this report details disturbing 
information about mounting reports that militias are 
expanding their existing weapons arsenals or are reacquiring 
an armed capacity.  The report also notes the Secretary 
General's deep concern about the activities of the PFLP-GC 
and Fatah al-Intifada along the Lebanese-Syrian border.  In 
this context, we note that the Lebanese opposition has called 
for renewed National Dialogue.  We would hope to see the 
conclusions of the 2006 National Dialogue, including the 
commitment to disarm Palestinian militias outside refugee 
camps, implemented first. 
 
--  Finally, I applaud the efforts of Lebanese security 
services, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces under the 
leadership of General Michel Sleiman, to implement UNSCRs 
1559 and 1701 while working to contain threats from armed 
groups in Lebanon and maintain law and order throughout the 
country during this time of great political tension. 
RICE