US embassy cable - 03STATE73569

Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.

MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL

Identifier: 03STATE73569
Wikileaks: View 03STATE73569 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Secretary of State
Created: 2003-03-20 17:31:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: AMGT
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
O 201731Z MAR 03
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS IMMEDIATE
SPECIAL EMBASSY PROGRAM IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE IMMEDIATE 
AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM IMMEDIATE 
AMEMBASSY KABUL IMMEDIATE 
UNCLAS STATE 073569 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT 
SUBJECT: MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL 
 
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAS ARRIVED, AND MILITARY OPERATIONS 
TO DISARM IRAQ HAVE BEGUN. MORE THAN 30 NATIONS HAVE 
JOINED WITH THE UNITED STATES TO FREE THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND 
DEFEND THE WORLD FROM THE GRAVE DANGER POSED BY IRAQ'S 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 
 
AT THIS TIME OF TRIAL AND DANGER, I WANT TO COMMEND AND 
THANK EVERY MEMBER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT FAMILY. EACH 
DAY, YOU SERVE OUR COUNTRY WITH PRIDE, COURAGE, AND 
SACRIFICE. IN THE DAYS AHEAD, I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOUR 
CONTINUED DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO COUNTRY. 
 
FOR THOSE OF OUR STATE DEPARTMENT FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN 
CALLED UP TO SERVE WITH THE MILITARY, WE HOPE AND PRAY 
THAT YOU WILL RETURN SAFELY TO YOUR LOVED ONES AND TO YOUR 
COLLEAGUES IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 
 
2. MINIMIZED CONSIDERED. 
 
 
POWELL 

Latest source of this page is cablebrowser-2, released 2011-10-04