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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
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(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
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