US embassy cable - 04MADRID1186

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SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE

Identifier: 04MADRID1186
Wikileaks: View 04MADRID1186 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Madrid
Created: 2004-04-07 16:16:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL MOPS SP MAR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 001186 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/WE, PM/RSAT AND PM/PMAT 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2014 
TAGS: PREL, MOPS, SP, MAR 
SUBJECT: SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE 
 
REF: STATE 74537 
 
Classified By: Charge d'Affairs J. Robert Manzanares, 
reasons 1.4 (A) and (D). 
 
(C) We delivered reftel points April 7 to Javier Carbajosa, 
Senior Advisor to the Foreign Ministry's Ramon Gil-Casares, 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (GOS's deputy 
 
SIPDIS 
secretary equivalent, Gil-Casares was out of the office for 
 
SIPDIS 
the Holy Week holiday as is much of the Foreign Ministry). 
Carbajosa said the Aznar government's position on the Iraq 
violence is identical to our own, but unfortunately the 
current administration has its hands somewhat tied given its 
caretaker role while the Zapatero government transitions in. 
Carbajosa stated it would be difficult for the Aznar 
government to make strong public statements on the matter, 
particularly since it is well known the Aznar and Zapatero 
teams do not see eye-to-eye on Iraq.  Nonetheless, Carbajosa 
said the Foreign Ministry would do what it could within these 
limits. 
 
MANZANARES 

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