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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001915 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/28/2015 
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM IZ BA REGION
SUBJECT: MODERATING SUNNI ISLAMIST SENTIMENT IN IRAQ: 
BAHRAIN 
 
REF: STATE 231032 
 
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe.  Reason: 1.4 (b)(d) 
 
¶1. (C) The Ambassador on December 28 conveyed reftel talking 
points to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa urging 
help in reaching out to Sunni and other contacts in Iraq. 
Shaikh Khalid responded that Bahrain wants to help in any way 
that it can.  He said that Bahrain has many contacts in Iraq, 
and that he would discuss with the Bahrain leadership what 
steps Bahrain could take. 
 
¶2. (C) Shaikh Khalid said that Bahrain shares our view that 
the new government be as inclusive as possible.  He hoped 
that whoever forms the new Iraqi government not come with a 
sectarian agenda.  In that connection, he noted that the 
outgoing Minister of Interior was widely viewed as blatantly 
sectarian ("a complete agent of Iran"), and it was critically 
important that the Ministry of Interior not be seen as having 
a sectarian agenda.  At the same time, while Bahrain has had 
concerns about Iranian influence on Iraq's Shia, it would be 
important that these concerns not be countered by a 
Sunni-Kurdish alliance against the Shia.  The goal should be 
to find leaders who promote national unity, not sectarian 
interests. 
MONROE