11-F-0437 CPA 1092 ArabNationalists See Fallujah as Victory

E6 ACTION NEA-00 INFO LOG-00 AGRE-00 INL-00 USNW-00 PERC-00 DS-00 EUR-00 E-00 I0-00 L-00 M-OO NSCE-00 PA-00 PM-00 P-00 D-00 SP-00 SS0-00 R-OO PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRM-00 G-00 SAS-00 /OOOW EB-00 OMB-00 SS-00 SWCI-00 ------------------1A9C96 081852Z /38 P 081756Z MAY 04 FM CPA BAGHDAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0000 WHITE HOUSE NSC WASHDC SECDEF WASHINGTON DC INFO IRAQ COLLECTIVE e!! e M F I 8 l!l If 'i' I A !i BAGHDAD 000433 E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/14 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, ASEC, PTER, IZ SUBJECT: CPA 1092: ARAB NATIONALISTS SEE FALLUJAH AS VICTORY CLASSIFIED BY DIRECTOR FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, RONALD NEUMANN FOR REAONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 1. teT SUMMARY. INSURGENTS AND ARAB NATIONALISTS VIEWED SITUATION IN FALLUJAH AS A GREAT VICTORY, ~ (b _ )( _ 1> ____ ~ = =----. TOLD CPA FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR NEUMANN AND AMBASSADOR CHRIS ROSS. WHILE A YEAR AGO ANTI-COALITION FORCES FEARED THE U.S. MILITARY, TODAY THEY WERE NO LONGER (b)(1) FALLUJAH 2. -t@t (b)(1) EXPLAINED TO NEUMANN AND ROSS THAT FALLUJAH DID NOT REPRESENT A REEMERGENCE OF THE BA'ATH PARTY. RATHER, FALLUJAH SYMBOLIZED "ARAB NATIONALISM FIGHTING THE OCCUPATION. " HE SAID THAT ARAB NATIONALISTS REGARDED THE SITUATION IN FALLUJAH AS A GREAT VICTORY AND ._ (b _ )(_ 1) __ ___. PREDICTED THE SCENARIO WOULD BE REPLICATED IN OTHER IRAQI CITIES. 3. 't8t (b)(1) EXPLAINED THAT THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL CULTURE INTERPRETED THE (b)(1) HE ARGUED THAT CONSISTENCY WAS VALUED ~----------------~----------~~ (b)(1) AND RESPECTED. 4. tEf+ REGARDING FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND SUPPORT FOR THE INSURGENCY, (b)(1) SUGGESTED THAT IRAQ PUBLICIZE EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN INTERVENTION WHEN AVAILABLE. HE SAID THE PUBLICATION OF SEIZED WEAPONS CACHES AND ARRESTED FOREIGN FIGHTERS WOULD HELP PUT PRESSURE ON CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, (b)(1) SAID THAT OUR REFUSAL TO PUBLICIZE THOSE WE HAD ARRESTED BECAUSE OF OUR LEGAL RULES WAS A MISTAKE. IT WAS INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ARAB PUBLICS AND WAS COSTING US FURTHER CREDIBILITY. THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH 5. tE* (b)(1) 6. te+ l(b)(1) BREMER NNNN