MULLAH KREKAR: JORDAN UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MEET

S E C R E T AMMAN 000252

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2013
TAGS: PTER SNAR KCRM NO NL JO
SUBJECT: MULLAH KREKAR: JORDAN UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MEET
DUTCH REQUESTS FOR MORE EVIDENCE

REF: A. A) STATE 9307

B. B) AMMAN 150

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


1. (S) Charge and PolCouns delivered ref a points January
13 to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister
Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. Charge
encouraged the GOJ to provide to the Dutch as much as
possible of the additional evidentiary and legal information
they have requested, and to continue to consult with the
Dutch on how to build the strongest possible legal case for
extradition. He also offered additional USG assistance if
the GOJ thought it would be helpful. The best outcome for
both Jordan and the U.S., he stressed, would be Krekar's
extradition to Jordan. Jordan should do as much as possible
to achieve that goal. Even if Jordan is not able to respond
to all of the GONL's requests for further information, the
Charge stressed, it should provide at least a partial
response. He emphasized that any additional Jordanian
information would have to be supplied in the next few days to
be of use in the scheduled January 23 extradition hearing.


2. (S) Ayed, recalling that the Minister and the Ambassador
had discussed this a few days ago (ref b),responded that he
would pass our comments on to FonMin Muasher. Jordan, he
continued, had received and studied the December 19, 2002
Dutch request for further information on the Krekar case.
However, again citing the Minister's earlier conversation,
Ayed said he did not believe that the GOJ would be in a
position to provide to the Dutch "what they want" (i.e.
additional intelligence evidence on which the narcotics
charges are based). He said that FonMin Muasher had conveyed
this point to Dutch Ambassador Marjanne de Kwaasteniet in
Amman this week.


3. (S/NF) ROAL separately make a parallel presentation to
the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate.

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