Wikileaks “arabi”: Rabat (da al-Akhbar)

Excerpt from document
(S) Summary: General Ward of Africa Command visited
Rabat on December 30 to sign the Communications
Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement
(CISMOA) and continued military cooperation. During meetings
with Inspector General Bennani and other Moroccan general
officers, General Ward and the Ambassador requested
overflight clearance for the P-3 (Reftel); تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: Guinean DCM Fode Camara (strictly
protect; no relation to Dadis Camara) told PolOffs on
December 30 that despite Dadis Camara’s apparent desire to
depart Morocco (Ref A), he is in no condition to travel and
will not be able to resume control of the country. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief
of Staff and Director General of Multilateral Relations
Nasser Bourita told the Charge on December 28 that the health
of wounded Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara
has improved and that he has sought to leave Morocco.
Bourita reiterated that Dadis Camara arrived without prior
consultation with the GOM, but he was allowed into Morocco
for treatment of his wounds. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S) Summary: In separate meetings on December 16 with
the Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri and Guinean
DCM in Morocco Fode Camara (strictly protect; no relation to
Dadis Camara), the Mission learned that the health of wounded
Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has improved
and that his release from the hospital may be imminent. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: The United States and Morocco maintain
several security dialogues. Bilateral engagement includes
discussions of border control and related issues,
military-to-military consultations, and a State Partnership
Program with the Utah National Guard. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: Since at least August 14, when according
to Moroccan media police arrested 16 suspected drug barons in
a major operation across the country, the press has been
reporting regularly on some aspect of the GOM,s efforts to
disrupt the drug trade and apprehend those suspected of
involvement in it. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(C) Summary: On July 28, a Sale court sentenced
Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belleraj to life in prison
(instead of the death penalty requested by prosecutors) for
running an international terrorist network. The 34 other
defendants on trial with Belleraj received sentences ranging
from one to 30 years. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(C) Summary and Introduction: In June 23 conversations
with Charge mostly devoted to Western Sahara and Algeria
(septel), Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and external
intelligence (DGED) chief Mansouri underscored the GOM,s
commitment to work with the USG on regional issues. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(C) Polcouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Director General of Bilateral Affairs Mohammed
Azaroual on June 19th to urge (per ref. A) Morocco to work in
the coming Arab League Ministerial to promote peace efforts
and to consider Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
recent speech a positive step. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: Morocco and Israel took advantage of
Israeli participation in the June 3-5 Global Initiative to
Combat Nuclear Terrorism seminar in Rabat to re-launch a
diplomatic relationship that had been on ice since the
Israeli military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January
2009. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: On May 26, CODEL Burr discussed the
threat from violent Islamic extremists with Morocco,s
external intelligence chief Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, the
Director General of Studies and Documentation (DGED). The
discussion focused on Al Qaeda,s declining influence in
Iraq; growing danger in Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Afghanistan
and Pakistan; Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb,s
(AQIM,s) current posture; and Iran. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for
information and provides a broader general update on
Morocco’s prison situation and the now year-old Prison
Administration. Overcrowded and underfunded, Morocco’s
prisons are in a difficult, but changing situation. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: Morocco broke diplomatic relations with
Iran and began a campaign against its domestic Shi’a minority
at Saudi Arabian instigation, according to a Rabat-based
Egyptian diplomat. According to the diplomat, Tehran had
been using Morocco and its Embassy in Rabat for activities in
Mali and Senegal. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: The Foreign Minister of the Mauritanian
High Council of State (HCE or junta), passed us indirectly a
personal “non-paper,” urging the USG to pursue “principled
engagement” with the HCE. Continuing the effort to
communicate via alternative channels noted in reftel, a
senior Moroccan diplomat conveyed the previously promised
unsigned non-paper, in both hard and electronic form. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: Continuing the effort to communicate via
alternative channels noted in reftel, a senior Moroccan
diplomat conveyed the previously promised unsigned
“non-paper,” as a personal message from the Foreign Minister
of the Mauritanian High Council of State (HCE or junta),
urging the USG to pursue “principled engagement” with the
HCE. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: A senior Moroccan diplomat asked us to
convey a message to the USG from the Mauritanian High Council
of State (HCE or junta), requesting that the U.S. consider
normalizing its relations with the HCE. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary and Action Request: The President’s order
to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO)
has received significant and positive attention from both the
Moroccan public and Government. Our chief MFA point of
contact on the issue recently asked about the status of the
two remaining Moroccan nationals in GITMO and if/when the
U.S. could release them to Moroccan custody. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(C) Summary: U.S. Charge d’Affaires, a.i., in Nouakchott
Dennis Hankins had productive consultations in Rabat on
January 28 and 29. His most interesting exchange was with
Director General of the external intelligence service Yassine
Mansouri, who reiterated Moroccan concerns about stability
and terrorism, and, for the first time, warned that
Mauritania could become a narco-state like Guinea-Bissau. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(SBU) Morgan Tsangvirai was in Morocco at the end of
November-early December. Tsangvirai received a prize for
promotion of democracy on November 29 in Tangier at the first
Med Days 2008 Conference. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S//NF) Summary: In response to a U.S. request, the
Government of Morocco (GOM) recently provided detailed
information, via diplomatic note to Embassy Rabat, on the
backgrounds of two Moroccan citizens currently being held in
the U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray
visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security
cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan
foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest
level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria
to take further steps to halt the transit of foreign
fighters, to share passenger data for international flights
originating in Morocco, and to enhance bilateral security
coordination. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment
of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint
efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your
meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister,
and the Chief of Morocco’s external intelligence service will
be good opportunities to shore up our strong bilateral
counterterrorism relationship. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco,
Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs
of Morocco’s intelligence service, the internal security
service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of
Interior, and his deputy, a senior royal advisor. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy
Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials
discussed the GOM’s holistic approach to combating terrorism
and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance
CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer’s visit in the
context of continued strong bilateral CT cooperation with the
United States. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S/NF) MFA Africa Chief Abdelatif Bendahane (strictly
protect) told Polcouns Feb. 26 that the GOM had been
approached by the president of Niger for assistance in
dealing with a group of terrorists. They had entered Niger
from inside Algeria, not far from the Libyan border. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S) SUMMARY: Ambassador reviewed Iran’s quest for nuclear
weapons capabilities and international efforts to counter it
with MFA Secretary General Hilale on November 16, and COS
shared parallel sensitive briefing. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S) On September 8, Ambassador delivered reftel talking
points on the Western Sahara to Taieb Fassi Fihri,
Minister-Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff
accompanied Ambassador as note taker. تتمة

Excerpt from document
(S) Ambassador contacted Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister
Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on August
18 to determine the status of his request regarding the
Moroccan prisoners Mohamed Al Ahmed Rachidi (ISN 5590) and
Muhammed Ben Moujan (ISN 160) being transferred to Morocco
between August 21 to 25; and, one non-Moroccan being
transferred from the USG arrival plane to another USG plane
to complete his transfer to another country. تتمة