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    Octobre 2005 : campagne de pressions américaines sur le gouvernement égyptien, la ligue arabe et les diplomates basés au Caire pour faire retirer la chaîne du Hezbollah, al Manar, des satellites télé arabes, notamment Nilesat.

    31.10.2005 : TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES - Nyheter - Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
    ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article4025263.ece

    Embassy Cairo has been engaging the GOE, the Arab League, and Cairo-based foreign diplomats, to take action to remove Hizballah´s Al-Manar TV from the GOE-owned Nilesat. Building on efforts already made by Embassy Beirut, and drawing from materials compiled by the U.S. Foundation for the Defense of Democracy (FDD), we have been arguing to the GOE that Al-Manar´s inflammatory programming, which glorifies acts of terror and spreads disinformation, poses an unacceptable threat to the security of the region and the wider world. To date GOE and other interlocutors have been responding positively but we have detected no effective action. We believe a sustained regional approach could produce better results. We suggest that Washington agencies report interagency action on Al-Manar to NEA posts, provide us needed technical and legal expertise, and set up formal monitoring of Al-Manar and other broadcasters inciting hatred and terror. Our ensuing regional advocacy work could also target local advertisers or banks dealing with Al-Manar, complementing efforts by Embassies Cairo and Riyadh to persuade the GOE and the SAG to take Hizballah TV off Nilesat and Arabsat.

    #Al_Manar #Hezbollah #Égypte #NileSat #Liban #cablegate

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    Juillet 2005, pressions économiques sur l’Égypte pour autoriser l’installation d’un émetteur pour Radio Sawa, la radio de propagande américaine en arabe.

    19.07.2005 : VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO CAIRO JULY 16, 2005 - Nyheter - Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
    ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article4025246.ece

    In a July 16 meeting, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch asked Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to agree to the installation of a FM transmitter in Egypt to facilitate Radio Sawa broadcasts. Until this is done, A/S Welch underscored, $227 million in ESF money will not be released. He further asked that GOE officials agree to meet with members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors here in Egypt to approve the transmitter proposal as soon as possible. By way of background, A/S Welch reminded Aboul Gheit that this issue has been pending since 2001 and that he had discussed the matter personally with successive Ministers of Information during his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt. Although AM transmitters may cause disruption to Egyptian broadcasting, an FM transmitter would not, A/S Welch explained.

    #Égypte #cablegate #radio

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      26.07.2005: CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS´ ACCESS WITH INFORMATION MINISTER EL FEKKI - Nyheter - Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
      ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article4025250.ece

      Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet with Broadcasting Board of Governors´ (BBG) representatives to explain his plan for revising the law that prohibits non-government ownership of broadcasting and thus to enable Sawa to broadcast within Egypt. But he firmly rejected linking Sawa with aid to Egypt, saying that the GOE would rather forfeit the aid than look like it was leapfrogging the law in response to U.S. pressure. Such an approach, he said, would badly damage the public image of the U.S.-Egyptian partnership and destroy any chance of getting a broadcast facility for Sawa. Portraying himself as a liberal reformer who favors a free media climate, the Minister pointed to sweeping changes in the Information Ministry, which controls the pervasive state TV and radio. He highlighted the real-time and unfettered coverage by Egyptian TV of the Sharm el Sheikh bombings and his own efforts to ensure free and balanced access by all Presidential candidates to the broadcast media. End Summary.

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      11.08.2005: BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH INFORMATION MINISTER EL FEKKI - Nyheter - Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
      ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article4025254.ece

      During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt. In contrast to a more upbeat-sounding approach in his July 26 discussion with the Charge and PAO (reftel), the Minister — as BBG Director Conniff put it — seemed “unconcerned” by the prospect of $227 million being withheld from Egypt´s ESF if there is no progress towards a local SAWA FM broadcast. Both the Minister and his Deputy, whom the BBG group met later, stressed that a total overhaul of Broadcasting Law 13 is the only way forward for SAWA or any other non-GOE broadcasters. They admit that this process, which must wait for the November parliamentary elections and the subsequent legislative process, could take three to five years. Executive Director Conniff made his disappointment clear to the Minister and his Deputy and informed them that he would have to report this response to staffers working on the appropriations bill. If Egypt had to pay $227 million to uphold the integrity of its legal processes, so be it, was the Minister´s response.

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    29.01.2007 : LIST OF AL-MANAR SHAREHOLDERS : POTENTIAL NAMES FOR DESIGNATION ? - Nyheter - Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
    ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article4025174.ece

    Oui, une chaîne de télévision peut être considérée comme un groupe terroriste. À partir de mars 2006. Pourquoi mars 2006 ? Mystère.

    Under E.O. 13224, the Treasury Department in late March 2006 designated the Lebanese Media Group, Al-Manar, and Al-Nour as “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” or “SDGT” (reftel).

    Noter que placer la chaîne de télé du Hezbollah dans la liste des organisations terroristes n’a pas pour vocation à lutter contre le terrorisme, mais à avoir explicitement un « chilling effect » sur la liberté d’expression.

    Designating them now will reinforce our efforts to discredit Hizballah and its institutions and deny Hizballah supporters access to financing that goes through U.S. institutions. Moreover, the publicity that will greet designation will make other Lebanese think twice about being involved in Hizballah-connected institutions. Some people may even become more cautious about appearing on Al-Manar programming, for fear of designation.

    Et un autre « chilling effect » que les américains semblent apprécier :

    (There could even be an impact on General Michel Aoun´s attempt to launch his “Orange TV” station, as potential contributors to Aoun may become leery of Aoun´s cozy relationship with Hizballah. As long as Aoun maintains his relationship with Hizballah and works with Hizballah to topple by non-peaceful means a cabinet we support, we believe that suppressing support for Orange TV is in our policy interest.)

    #Hezbollah #al_Manar #Michel_Aoun #cablegate #Liban

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    Nuclear worries behind failed Forsys deal
    ►http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/nuclear-worries-behind-failed-forsys-deal-wikileaks/article1872429

    Behind the scenes of the failed 2009 takeover of Forsys Metals Corp., there was a fear that remained hidden until now: Ottawa intervened because of U.S. suspicions the Belgian buyers planned to sell its uranium to Iran.

    12.8.2009: PREVENTING FORSYS METALS PENDING SALE TO GEORGE FORREST INTERNATIONAL DUE TO GFIS IRANIAN - Aftenposten.no
    ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article3988317.ece

    1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7.
    2. (S//REL CAN) OBJECTIVES:
    –- To provide the non-paper to the Government of Canada (GOC) in paragraph 5.
    –- To convey U.S. concerns to the GOC regarding the pending sale by Canada,s Forsys Metals of a uranium project to Belgium,s George Forrest International (GFI) given GFI,s ongoing discussions with senior Iranian officials possibly related to Iran,s efforts to acquire uranium ore.
    –- To encourage the GOC to vigorously investigate this matter as soon as possible and (if needed and possible under Canadian law) halt the sale until its investigation is complete.
    –- To encourage the GOC to share with the United States any information it learns in the investigation of this time-sensitive matter.

    #cablegate #nucléaire #Iran #Canada

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    L’asphyxie organisée de #Gaza par l’armée la plus morale du monde passe aussi par la corruption israélienne. En connaissance de cause des américains, évidemment.

    14. 6. 2006 : ALLEGED ISRAELI CORRUPTION AT KARNI IMPEDES U.S. - - Aftenposten.no
    ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article3974066.ece

    1. (S/NF) Summary: U.S. businesses allege that corruption by Israeli officials at Karni crossing is impeding their access to the Gaza market. As of late May 34 shipments of American goods, amounting to nearly USD 1.9 million dollars, have been waiting three to four months to cross into Gaza. U.S. distributors assert they are being asked to pay “special fees” which amount to as much as 75 times the standard processing fee as quoted by GOI officials. According to one major American distributor, corruption extends to Karni management and involves logistics companies working as middlemen for military and civilian officials at the terminal. An open and transparent truck registration system and the development and publication of clear procedures, charges and service standards for Karni would go a long way to fight corruption and advance the Agreement on Movement and Access, goal of effective service standards for the border crossings. End summary and comment.

    #Cablegate #Israël #wikileaks

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    The evil empire stealing technology - #Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
    ►http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article3972436.ece

    Smutny said his primary reason for leaving Tesat-SpaceCom was that he was sick of developing world class German-origin satellite technology only to have the “Frenchies” swoop in via their influence in EADS and siphon German intellectual property. Smutny frankly said “France is the evil empire stealing technology and Germany knows this”, but Germany´s decentralized government is not willing to do much about it. Going on at length of his despise of the French, Smutny said French IPR espionage is so bad that the total damage done to the German economy is greater the that inflicted by China or Russia.

    #France #espionnage_industriel #cablegate #Allemagne

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