US embassy cable - 05AMMAN8982

UNCLAS AMMAN 008982 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
CENTCOM FOR J-5 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, PREL, SENV, EAID, JO, PAK 
SUBJECT: JORDAN: APPEAL FOR EARTHQUAKE DEMARCHE DELIVERED 
 
REF: A. STATE 208903 
 
     B. AMMAN 8610 
     C. AMMAN 8781 
     D. AMMAN 8431 
 
 1. (U) Poloff delivered ref A demarche November 17 to 
Ambassador Mohammed Siraj, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's 
Asian Affairs Department.  Siraj said that he would forward 
our request to the appropriate Jordanian relief 
organizations, as well as to Jordanian representatives 
attending the November 19 reconstruction conference in 
Islamabad. 
 
2. (U) Jordan has already contributed five planeloads of 
tents, medicines, food items, blankets, and heaters to 
earthquake victims; deployed a civil defense rescue team to 
search for survivors; and dispatched a 42-man medical team 
that has treated over 3,500 and conducted more than 400 
surgical operations (ref C,D).  A television appeal launched 
by Queen Rania and a Jordan TV telethon raised USD 588,000, 
while other appeals have brought in an additional 30 tons of 
food, clothes, and bedding (ref C). 
 
3. (SBU) Post's civil affairs liaison team is working with 
the Jordanian Armed Forces' Crisis Management Center (CMC) to 
determine if U.S. military assets will be needed to airlift 
additional Jordanian humanitarian assistance (tents, 
medicine, food) to areas affected by the earthquake.  The CMC 
is currently waiting for the Jordanian Hashemite Charitable 
Organization, the umbrella organization under which all 
Jordanian charities operate, to provide a list of 
humanitarian supplies that will require transportation to 
Pakistan.  Once received the CMC will pass this information 
to the USAF Superintendent at the Joint Military Coordination 
Center. 
HALE