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03AMMAN2447
2003-04-23 13:04:00
SECRET
Embassy Amman
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TFIZ01: HEAD OF BENI HASSAN TRIBE IN JORDAN SAYS

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S E C R E T AMMAN 002447 

SIPDIS

CENTCOM FOR POLAD

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/23/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ JO
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: HEAD OF BENI HASSAN TRIBE IN JORDAN SAYS
BENI HASSAN IN IRAQ WISH TO COOPERATE WITH THE COALITION

Classified By: PolCouns Doug Silliman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D)

S E C R E T AMMAN 002447

SIPDIS

CENTCOM FOR POLAD

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/23/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ JO
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: HEAD OF BENI HASSAN TRIBE IN JORDAN SAYS
BENI HASSAN IN IRAQ WISH TO COOPERATE WITH THE COALITION

Classified By: PolCouns Doug Silliman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D)


1. (S) Sheikh Nawwaf al-Eitan, head of the Beni Hassan
tribe in Jordan, contacted PolCouns April 17 to say that the
head of the Beni Hassan tribe in Iraq would like to cooperate
with Coalition forces. Sheikh Nawwaf said that Sheikh Hatem
al-Hassan, leader of the Beni Hassan in Iraq, called this
week on his Thuraya phone and said that he wanted to get in
touch with Coalition representatives, but did not know how.
He said the Beni Hassan want to cooperate in rebuilding Iraq
in any way possible. Sheikh Nawwaf said that the Beni Hassan
had many members who had served and could again serve in the
Iraqi military, police forces, and fire/civil defense
brigades. In addition, the Beni Hassan would like to
participate in the new political process in Iraq.


2. (S) Sheikh Nawwaf provided the following names and
contact numbers for Beni Hassan leaders in Iraq.

Sheikh Hatem al-Hassan, leader of the Beni Hassan in Iraq,
Thuraya phone number 00-88-21-65-21-31-023. Sheikh Hatem
lives in an-Najaf province near Kufa in an area called Abu
Hallan.

Dr. Rahim Hatem al-Hassan, son of Sheikh Hatem and the Deputy
President of the Bar Association

Dr. Ali Hatem al-Hassan, son of Sheikh Hatem and professor at
a university in Baghdad


3. (SBU) According to Sheikh Nawwaf, the Beni Hassan of
Iraq number 1.5 million and live mostly in the area of
south-central Iraq near an-Najaf and Karbala. Although the
Beni Hassan of Jordan are Sunni, he said that nearly all Beni
Hassan in Iraq are Shia.

GNEHM