US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI2529

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WORRIED IRAQIS APPROACH THE EMBASSY ABOUT RENEWING THEIR IRAQI PASSPORTS

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI2529
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI2529 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-05-28 11:19:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Text:                                                                      
                                                                           
      
CONFIDENTIAL

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                             May 28, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2529 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     PREL, PGOV, PHUM                                       

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  WORRIED IRAQIS APPROACH THE EMBASSY ABOUT RENEWING     
          THEIR IRAQI PASSPORTS                                  

Ref:      None                                                   
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 02529

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

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS
CLEARED: ECON:TEW; CONS:MM

VZCZCADI104
OO RUEHC RUEKJCS RUCNRAQ RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA
RUCJACC
DE RUEHAD #2529 1481119
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 281119Z MAY 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0127
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//POLAD/CCJ2/CCJ5// PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//OSD/NESA//
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002529 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/NGA AND NEA/ARP 
 
NSC FOR ABRAMS, THEROUX AND KHALILZAD 
 
DOD FOR OSD/NESA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/27/13 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PHUM, IZ, TC 
SUBJECT:  WORRIED IRAQIS APPROACH THE EMBASSY 
ABOUT RENEWING THEIR IRAQI PASSPORTS 
 
1. (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for 
reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 
 
2. (U) This is an action request, please see para 
4. 
 
3. (C) The Embassy has received calls in the last 
two days from a number of Iraqi citizens resident 
in the UAE requesting urgent information on how 
they should go about renewing their Iraqi 
passports.   Polchief confirmed 5/28 with a 
resident Iraqi citizen doctor that the Iraqi 
Embassy in Abu Dhabi ceased all consular operations 
earlier this week.  The Iraqis who have contacted 
us are worried that their inability to renew their 
passports will jeopardize their residency status in 
the UAE and make it impossible for them to travel 
outside the country.  The Iraqis have already 
approached the UAE authorities, who in turn have 
directed them to the U.S. Embassy for answers.  The 
UAE hosts a large Iraqi population, estimated at 
approximately 30,000.   We imagine other posts with 
large Iraqi communities will receive similar 
queries and that, absent answers, this issue will 
make its way into the local and, possibly, the 
international press. 
 
4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Understanding the 
complexities of this issue, we request the 
Department's guidance at the earliest possible 
opportunity. 
 
WAHBA 

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