US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI1931

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TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO BUILD DESAL PLANT FOR BASRA

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI1931
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI1931 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-04-22 10:52:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Diana T Fritz  05/24/2007 04:28:06 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           April 22, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1931 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM                                 

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO BUILD DESAL PLANT FOR BASRA     

Ref:      None                                                   
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 01931

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

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: ECON:TWILLIAMS

VZCZCADI752
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDI
RUEHKU
DE RUEHAD #1931 1121052
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 221052Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9545
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHDI/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3061
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0846
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001931 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IRAQ TASK FORCE, ALSO NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, 
PRM/ANE, AND IO/UNP 
KUWAIT FOR HOC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM, IZ, TC 
SUBJECT:  TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO BUILD DESAL PLANT FOR 
BASRA 
 
REF: ABU DHABI 1901 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1.  UAE President Shaykh Zayid Al-Nayhan ordered the 
UAE Armed Forces on 4/21 to immediately provide 
potable water to the Iraqi city of Basra.  Press 
reports confirm that the UAE Armed Forces are planning 
to build a desalination plant on the Shatt Al-Arab 
with a capacity of 250,000 gallons a day.  The UAE Red 
Crescent Authority already is providing 20,000 gallons 
a day of potable water to the residents of Basra, 
according to press reports. 
 
2.  Comment: The UAEG continues to look for ways to 
assist the Iraqi people, with both immediate and 
longer-term needs.  The offer of a desalination plant 
should help Iraq's second largest city ameliorate an 
historic water deficit.  We are checking with the Red 
Crescent on the modalities of transporting and setting 
up this facility.  End comment. 
 
Wahba 

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