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| Identifier: | 03ABUDHABI2599 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03ABUDHABI2599 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2003-06-02 10:27:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 03/21/2007 05:50:30 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM June 02, 2003
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2599 - UNKNOWN)
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER
Captions: None
Subject: PACHACHI PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN IRAQ; UAE WORRIED ABOUT
PERSIAN/SHI'A AMBITIONS AND INFLUENCE
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 02599
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: RSO P/M ECON AMB DCM
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS
CLEARED: A/DCM:TEWILLIAMS; DCG:AEYRE
VZCZCADI252
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA RUCJACC
DE RUEHAD #2599 1531027
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 021027Z JUN 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0190
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ2/POLAD//
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002599 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/NGA NSC FOR THEROUX E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/13 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER, IR, IZ, TC SUBJECT: PACHACHI PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN IRAQ; UAE WORRIED ABOUT PERSIAN/SHI'A AMBITIONS AND INFLUENCE 1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid, in a 5/31 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics covered septel), provided a brief readout on an earlier meeting between former Iraqi Foreign Minister Adnan Pachachi and UAE President Zayid bin Sultan Al- Nahyan. Pachachi and Zayid met for over an hour to review events in Iraq. Pachachi was reportedly very positive about the U.S. role in Iraq, noting that he had met with U.S. and UK officials there and that he greatly valued these exchanges. Pachachi acknowledged that absent the strong and helpful U.S. presence, the country would be plunged into chaos and that a "catastrophe" would ensue. Hamdan noted that in the UAE's view, Pachachi had emerged as one of the only viable Iraqi political leaders, though he admitted that Pachachi's advanced age (he recently turned 80) would limit his ability to serve publicly beyond a couple of years. (Comment: We pass on this readout because in past public statements, Pachachi has been quite critical of what he has termed the U.S. "occupation." It is clear that having spent some time on the ground in Baghdad -- after an absence of over thirty years -- Pachachi perhaps has come to appreciate the complexity of the situation. End Comment.) 3. (C) Hamdan went on to reiterate continuing Emirati concern, outlined by COS Muhammad bin Zayid during his recent Washington visit, about Iranian meddling in Iraq. Hamdan said it was "very scary" to see what the Iranians were doing and the Emiratis are watching events with increasing alarm. WAHBA
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