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### Viewing cable 08LONDON878, BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND

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08LONDON878 | 2008-03-27 09:06 | 2011-06-05 03:00 | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | Embassy London

Appears in these articles:
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/wikileaks/Wikleaks-US-anger-at-Gordon.6779840.jp
http://news.scotsman.com/iraq/Wikileaks-Gordon-Brown-39wanted-to.6779847.jp
http://news.scotsman.com/iraq/Wikileaks-Iraqi-premier-feared-British.6779849.jp
http://news.scotsman.com/iraq/Wikileaks-Tories-asked-to-oppose.6779848.jp
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Leader-Historical-insight.6779771.jp

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 LONDON 000878

    SIPDIS

    NOFORN
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2018
    TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS
    IR, SU, UK
    SUBJECT: BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND

    REFORM OF THE IFIS

    Classified By: Ambassador Robert H. Tuttle for reasons 1.4 (b,d)

    ¶1. (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met
    Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in
    London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big
    ideas about reforming the international financial
    institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a
    means to prevent terrorism as well as counter China. McCain
    gave his assessment of current progress in Iraq and thanked
    Brown for showing political courage by keeping British troops
    in Basrah. McCain and the other Senators raised Israel,
    Iran, Afghanistan and climate change. Brown told McCain the
    UK will increase its nuclear energy capacity and discussed
    Iran in terms of Europe's management of its energy dependency
    on Russia. Brown heard that McCain is looking for an
    alternative to Guantanamo and McCain said U.S. personnel
    "will never torture another person in our custody again."
    The Senators and the Prime Minister discussed terrorism in
    Iraq and the UK, with Brown ending the meeting by emphasizing
    the need to win hearts and minds. The meeting took place in
    Brown's Cabinet Room, but the mood was informal. End
    Summary.

    Participants
    ------------

    ¶2. (U) Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators McCain,
    Lieberman and Graham in his Cabinet Room. Seated around the
    table were Brown's advisors Simon McDonald, Stewart Wood and
    private secretary Tom Fletcher. The Senators were
    accompanied by Ambassador Tuttle, Senate staff Fontaine,
    Serchuk, Shuffield, poloff and military escort.

    McCain Thanks Brown for Standing Firm in Iraq
    ---------------------------------------------

    ¶3. (C/NF) Senator McCain thanked Brown for British military
    participation in Iraq where, he said, "significant progress"
    has been made. McCain said "in Anbar, people are happy, the
    shops are open, they want to vote." McCain also thanked
    Brown for Britain's military commitment in Afghanistan, which
    he described as "difficult." McCain said he expected a
    battle in Mosul that would last months -- there would be
    casualties -- but it would not be like Falluja. He said Al
    Qaeda "thinks they can't succeed unless they take Baghdad,"
    and he thought "Iran was going to become more involved,
    rather than less." He said there were 20,000 individuals
    detained in Camp Bucca and that the release process had to be
    started. McCain described the Maliki government as, overall,
    "weak," but it had improved; starting at a "one" on a
    one-to-ten scale, it now registers as a "four." McCain told
    Brown the American people "want us out, but see success." He
    added that what is being seen in Iraq is an increase in the
    number of suicide attacks by individuals while statistically
    the situation is getting better. McCain told Brown that
    Israel is getting ready to attack Hamas; he did not know
    when, but the attack "would be worse than the last time."
    McCain also thanked the Prime Minister for his leadership on
    climate change.

    Brown on Iraq
    -------------

    ¶4. (C/NF) The Prime Minister described Britain's changed
    military role in Iraq, saying British forces had moved from
    being a combat force to working with Iraqi troops to improve
    their capabilities. Brown said the violence had diminshed in
    Basrah although the JAM and the Iranian were increasing their
    influence. The important element was providing the people
    hope for the future. It was important to "put an economic
    piece" in place, to give the populace an economic stake in
    the outcome. Also important was increasing the operational
    capacity of the police. Brown said the area has huge
    economic prospects and that economic development was key.
    This could be accomplished only by first training Iraqi

    LONDON 00000878 002 OF 003

    forces and holding local elections.

    Brown on Afghanistan
    --------------------

    ¶5. (C/NF) Brown said he was "worried that Karzai is not
    strong enough" and the government administration was weak.
    Forty-three countries are present in Afghanistan but NATO
    country participation is uneven, even though "everyone knows
    Afghanistan is the front line" for combating Al Qaeda.

    Brown's Big Ideas for the IFIS
    ------------------------------

    ¶6. (C/NF) Suddenly becoming more engaged, the Prime Minister
    turned to his interest in reform of the international
    financial institutions (IFIS) and underscoring the importance
    of aid in world affairs. "If you are going to prescribe
    everything for countries, you have to provide economic
    assistance," said Brown. "The World Bank has become the
    World Bank for development," he said, "why not make it the
    bank for assistance and the environment?" Brown said
    putting,"the Bank at the center of the environment and not
    just development,"would be an "act of statesmanship." McCain
    told Brown that Senator Lieberman, together with Senator
    Warner, is working on new climate change legislation.
    Senator Lieberman said his bill contained a provision for
    grants to developing countries and he thought the President
    would sign it. Brown returned to his thesis on reforming the
    IFIS, noting two other reforms were necessary. He said the
    IMF was "almost irrelevant" and it had to take on a new role.
    He said the world needed an "early warning system" along the
    lines that Alan Greenspan had played for the U.S. If the IMF
    took on this role, mused Brown, people would have confidence.
    "Unless the IMF changes," said Brown, "it will become
    increasingly irrelevant at a time when financial markets are
    becoming more global."

    ¶7. (C/NF) Brown launched into ideas about finding ways to
    "build failed states." He noted that there are some 100,000
    peacekeepers across the globe but that failed states still
    exist in places like Somalia, Darfur and Chad. "If we can be
    more effective at stabilizing and reconstructing, some cases
    can be avoided," said Brown, who pointed to Europe's
    successful experience in the Balkans.

    McCain on Iran; Darfur
    ----------------------

    ¶8. (C/NF) Senator McCain agreed with Brown's remarks about
    nation building, but noted his own concerns with the Security
    Council. He said, "no matter how clear the evidence is, the
    Security Council is not going to act." This was the case
    with Darfur. Iran and Sudan were two significant problems,
    yet the world's next superpower (China) was constraining the
    Council. McCain asked Brown if there were ways the U.S. and
    the UK, together with other like-minded nations including
    Japan, could work collectively. McCain said it was worth
    exploring with French President Sarkozy if there were ways to
    work collectively on Iran. He clarified that he was not
    speaking of military action but of sanctions and noted that
    "Iran is not going to be the last nation to seek to acquire
    nuclear weapons."

    Brown on Iran, Russia, and the UK Nuclear Program
    --------------------------------------------- ----

    ¶9. (C) Brown told McCain he thought the G8 could be more
    effective. As to Iran, it was the Eastern European nations
    which were most concerned with not being dependent on Russia.
    They were therefore willing to make deals with Iran. The
    Eastern Europeans, "may want to do anything to have options
    that are not Russia," said Brown. Brown told McCain that the
    United Kingdom itself would be expanding its nuclear energy
    program. McCain asked what the UK did with its spent fuel.

    LONDON 00000878 003 OF 003

    Brown said this was the controversial part of the program and
    that peoples' fears were not yet alleviated. Building new
    nuclear plants had to be considered, however, as it was clear
    North Sea oil reserves are on the wane. The same decisions
    were being taken elsewhere in Europe, Brown said, and pointed
    to oil rich Norway making decisions on nuclear plants even
    though its oil and gas reserves are far from exploited.
    Lieberman raised the "up and down" nature of relations with
    Europe. Brown plunged in, saying this year was good -- with
    Sarkozy in France and Merkel in Germany. He said Europe was
    ready to respond to overtures on the environment, security
    and the global economy.

    Brown on Africa and Terrorism
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    ¶10. (C/NF) The Prime Minister raised his concern that Africa
    would be the next region to fall prey to the appeal of
    terrorism. He said there weren't enough schools in Africa
    and that madrassas were springing up across the continent.
    "Al Qaeda will find support in some of these countries," said
    Brown, "unless we show we are willing to be there." He added
    that China was buying all the natural resources on the
    continent and increasing African governments' debt. The
    "twin issues" of China and Al Qaeda in Africa were his
    concern. Brown said the UK and the U.S. needed to make
    Africans, and African governments, an offer that will help
    them to operate in a transparent and democratic fashion.
    Brown's big idea was to give 10 billion dollars a year
    dedicated to schools. Brown claimed this amount was
    sufficient to provide each child in Africa access to a
    school. Advocating that this could be the Western world's
    "offer" to Africa, Brown said such a broad commitment to
    schools and to health across the continent was necessary or
    "terrorism will take hold." He said Western assistance to
    Africans in the form of aid for education and health would be
    concrete expressions the West can "deliver its values" and
    would undermine the appeal of AQ extremism. Brown said
    Africa presented a "big opportunity" and that African leaders
    are ready
    to respond and need support.

    CODEL on Guantanamo, Torture, and Al Qaeda
    ------------------------------------------

    ¶11. (C/NF) Senator Graham said McCain was looking at
    alternatives to Guantanamo. McCain reiterated what he told
    Brown he has said before, "we will never torture another
    person in our custody again." In Iraq, McCain said, the
    Senators had met with a former Al Qaeda leader. McCain had
    asked what had led to Al Qaeda's gaining a strong foothold in
    the country. The Al Qaeda leader had replied, "two things,
    the chaos after the success of the initial invasion, and the
    greatest recruiting tool -- Abu Ghraib."

    The UK Terror Threat
    --------------------

    ¶12. (C/NF) Brown said winning the battle of ideas is
    important. "We have terror networks in the UK, with four
    potential plots active right now." He told McCain a huge
    number of individuals travel to and from Pakistan and the UK.
    The security and intelligence services in Britain are great,
    said Brown, but in the end, HMG has to win hearts and minds
    to isolate the extremists.

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