US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI1668

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.

UAE EXPECTS CLOSED-DOOR "DAY AFTER" DISCUSSION AT GCC FM MEETING

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI1668
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI1668 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-04-07 14:06:00
Classification: SECRET
Tags: EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
null
Diana T Fritz  05/24/2007 04:35:51 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

Cable 
Text:                                                                      
                                                                           
      
SECRET

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           April 07, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1668 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     EAID, EFIN, ECON, PREL                                 

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAE EXPECTS CLOSED-DOOR "DAY AFTER" DISCUSSION AT GCC  
          FM MEETING                                             

Ref:      None                                                   
_________________________________________________________________
S E C R E T        ABU DHABI 01668

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS
CLEARED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT

VZCZCADI126
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEHLO RUEHMD RUEHBY RUEHKO
RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA RUEKJCS RUEKJCS RUCJACC
DE RUEHAD #1668 0971406
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
O 071406Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9299
INFO RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5/UNMA// IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//OSD/NESA// IMMEDIATE
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ3/CCJ4/CCJ5// IMMEDIATE
RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0634
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 0070
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0101
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0263
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001668 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA AND NEA/ARP 
 
CENTCOM FOR POLAD AMBASSADOR LITT 
 
NSC FOR ABRAMS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/7/13 
TAGS: EAID, EFIN, ECON, PREL, IZ, TC 
SUBJECT:  UAE EXPECTS CLOSED-DOOR "DAY AFTER" 
DISCUSSION AT GCC FM MEETING 
 
 
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba 
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 
 
2. (S) In conversations on April 5 and April 6 with 
the Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG 
Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan and MFA Minstate 
Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid both expected that the GCC 
Foreign Ministers would broach the Iraq "day after" 
issue but that there would be no public commentary 
on the discussion.  As for GCC participation in any 
post-conflict peacekeeping operations, Hamdan said 
he expected an invitation to be extended -- either 
to the Arab League or the GCC -- by an Iraqi entity, 
such as the Iraqi Interim Authority.  This would be 
more palatable than a USG/coalition invitation, in 
his view. 
 
3. (S) Addressing overall day after concerns, Hamdan 
advised that we reach out to the Iraqi tribes and 
clans who would put forward their leaders to 
participate in the Interim Authority.  Above all, 
Hamdan emphasized that the Iraqis need to be seen as 
choosing their leaders.  This cannot be a USG- 
engineered process, at least not overtly.  If those 
put forward are seen to have been imposed by the 
USG, we will only feed further anti-American 
extremism.  Hamdan recognized the need for the U.S. 
to play a strong role in post-conflict security and 
maintenance of the peace but noted the importance of 
having a public Iraqi face to these efforts. 
 
WAHBA 

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