US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI2854

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(S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER CAN TRAVEL HERE

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI2854
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI2854 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-06-14 11:52:00
Classification: SECRET
Tags: PREL PGOV OTRA IZ TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Cable 
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SECRET

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                            June 14, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2854 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     PREL, PGOV, OTRA                                       

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  (S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER CAN TRAVEL  
          HERE                                                   

Ref:      None                                                   
_________________________________________________________________
S E C R E T        ABU DHABI 02854

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

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: ADCM:TWILLIAMS
CLEARED: POL:SWILLIAMS

VZCZCADI728
OO RUEHC RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDE RHMFISS
DE RUEHAD #2854 1651152
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
O 141152Z JUN 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0413
INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3190
RHMFISS/HQ COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTH BAGHDAD PRIORITY
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 002854 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/NGA-JENSEN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL:  06/14/2013 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, OTRA, IZ, TC 
SUBJECT:  (S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER 
CAN TRAVEL HERE 
 
1.  (U)  CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA 
FOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D). 
 
 
2.  (U)  This is an action message.  Please see 
paragraph four. 
 
3.  (S)  MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid (HBZ) 
contacted the Ambassador 6/13 to say that the UAEG had 
received a request from former Iraqi Information 
Minister Al-Sahhaf to travel to the UAE.  Shaykh 
Hamdan said that before responding to Al-Sahhaf, the 
UAEG wanted to know if there were any USG 
sensitivities regarding Al-Sahhaf's traveling here. 
HBZ did not state what the purpose of Al-Sahhaf's 
travel was or the intended duration of his stay in the 
UAE.  We note that former Iraqi Ambassador to the UN 
Muhammad Al-Douri now works for Dubai-based, pan-Arab 
satellite channel Al-Arabiyya. 
 
4.  (U)  Action Request:  Department please advise how 
we may respond to the UAEG inquiry. 
 
5.  (U)  Baghdad minimize considered. 
 
Wahba 

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