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Viewing cable 03ABUDHABI1820, IS THE MIGHTY MENGASH MOSCOW BOUND?

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
03ABUDHABI1820 2003-04-15 11:19 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Abu Dhabi 
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Diana T Fritz  05/24/2007 04:30:53 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

Cable 
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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           April 15, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1820 - ROUTINE)         

TAGS:     KPAO                                                   

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  IS THE MIGHTY MENGASH MOSCOW BOUND?                    

Ref:      None                                                   
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 01820

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   PAO AMB DCM P/M ECON RSO 
Laser1:
    INFO:   PAO 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS
CLEARED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT

VZCZCADI462
RR RUEHC RUCNRAQ RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA RUEKJCS
RUEKJCS RUCJACC RHRMDAB
DE RUEHAD #1820 1051119
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151119Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9439
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5/UNMA//
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//OSD/NESA//
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL
RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT
 
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001820 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IRAQ PD TASKFORCE, NEA/PPD AND NEA/ARP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO IZ TC
SUBJECT:  IS THE MIGHTY MENGASH MOSCOW BOUND? 
 
REF:  KUWAIT 1199 
 
UAE Information Minister Abdullah bin Zayid called 
the Ambassador 4/14 with a postscript to the tale 
of the "mighty" Mengash -- the scrappy Iraqi farmer 
who "shot down" an Apache with a vintage WWI rifle 
in the first days of the war and became a cult hero 
in much of the Arab world.   Apparently an Abu 
Dhabi TV crew sought Mengash out the other day for 
an interview.  When approached by the Emirati 
journalists, a paranoid Mengash refused to go on 
camera, claiming "the Americans" were looking for 
him and he was now seeking "political asylum" in 
Russia.  If he made it to Moscow, Mengash promised 
Abu Dhabi TV an exclusive.  An amused Abdullah 
swore the story was true. 
 
WAHBA