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| Identifier: | 03ABUDHABI2169 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03ABUDHABI2169 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2003-05-04 09:57:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| 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 04:22:39 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM May 04, 2003
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2169 - UNKNOWN)
TAGS: EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM
Captions: None
Subject: UAE RED CRESCENT BEGINS AIRLIFTS TO BAGHDAD
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 02169
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: AMB DCM RSO P/M ECON
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: DCM:RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: ECON:TWILLIAMS
VZCZCADI226
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDE
RUEHKU RUEHVJ
DE RUEHAD #2169 1240957
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 040957Z MAY 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9785
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3093
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0854
RUEHVJ/AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO 0035
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002169 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, NEA/NGA, PRM/ANE, AND IO/UNP KUWAIT FOR HOC AND ORHA E.O. 12958: DECL 05/04/08 TAGS: EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM, IZ, TC SUBJECT: UAE RED CRESCENT BEGINS AIRLIFTS TO BAGHDAD REF: ABU DHABI 1978 AND PREVIOUS 1. (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Heralding a new phase of UAE Red Crescent operations in Iraq, the UAE Air Force today facilitated the first of four airlifts to Baghdad International Airport on behalf of the Red Crescent Authority (RCA). RCA Secretary General San'a Al-Kitbi told Econoff 5/3 that the plane carried 15 tons of medical equipment and medicines for seven different hospitals in the Baghdad area. The four airlifts combined will deliver more than USD $300,000 in medical supplies to Iraq. Since November 2002, the RCA has spent a total of USD $3,347,761 on its humanitarian operations in Iraq. 3. (C) According to Al-Kitbi, the medical airlifts are only the first step in what is a plan to provide seven hospitals located in different areas of Baghdad with all the medical supplies and equipment they need to offer both outpatient and long-term/surgical services. UAE medical experts are already in Baghdad assisting with the complete renovation of the Olympic Hospital near the Iraq Ministry of Health building and have identified the seven hospitals to receive the RCA assistance. ---------------- In Other News... ---------------- 4. (U) According to press reports, the RCA delegation that arrived to Umm Qasr 4/11 handed over six fully equipped ambulances on 5/2 to the Iraqi Red Crescent Society. ICRC will assist the Iraqi Red Crescent in the distribution of the ambulances to hospitals located in remote areas of southern Iraq. 5. (U) Post also learned that RCA coordinated 5/1 a convoy carrying 140 tons of food and medical aid to Iraq from Jordan on behalf of Human Appeal International -- the third largest NGO in the UAE. UAE Ambassador to Jordan Rahma Al-Za'abi dispatched the convoy from Amman earlier this week. Ten representatives from the UAE branch of Human Appeal International accompanied the supplies to Iraq, and will distribute them to Al-Karekh Hospital and other medical centers in central Iraq. Wahba
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