GOJ TO CONFIRM NAMES OF RELEASED JORDANIAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 008272 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2013 TAGS: PREL MARR IZ JO SUBJECT: GOJ TO CONFIRM NAMES OF RELEASED JORDANIAN DETAINEES REF: SECSTATE 343225 Classified By: DCM David Hale for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) PolCouns on December 17 provided Foreign Minister Muasher's private office director Ali al-Ayed and deputy director Basheer Zoubi with copies of ref list of 37 Jordanian prisoners detained in Iraq. Noting that five Jordanians on the list were released a week earlier, al-Ayed promised to confirm the names of released prisoners. Al-Ayed thanked the Embassy for following up on the issue, noting that the GOJ had received significant pressure from members of Parliament to resolve the matter. Visit Embassy Amman's classified web site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ or access the site through the State Department's SIPRNET home page. GNEHM