VZCZCXRO1000
RR RUEHDE RUEHDIR
DE RUEHMK #0324 1431431
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 221431Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY MANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7870
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RHBVAKS/COMUSNAVCENT
RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
UNCLAS MANAMA 000324
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ BA
SUBJECT: FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE: BAHRAINI REPRESENTATION
REF: STATE 50592
(SBU) MFA Undersecretary Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa confirmed to CDA on May 22 that Bahrain will attend the
Friends of Iraq conference and that he will be the likely head of Bahrain's delegation. He added that the GOB intended
to send military representatives, but that he did not yet have names. *********************************************
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