JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 19 JORDANIANS

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 AMMAN 003822

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2014
TAGS: PREL MOPS IZ US JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 19 JORDANIANS
CLAIMED TO BE DETAINED IN IRAQ

REF: A. AMMAN 3230


B. AMMAN 3486

C. BAGHDAD 386 (NO CPA MESSAGE NUMBER PROVIDED)

D. NICOLAIDIS/HALE E-MAIL MAY 10 2004

Classified By: Ambassador Edward Gnehm for reasons 1.5 (b),(d).


1. (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and
CJTF-7. See para 5 below.

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JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ
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2. (C) There have been persistent reports of the detention of
Jordanian citizens in Iraq. Members of the Jordanian
Parliament have recently alleged that more than 1000
Jordanians are in Coalition custody in Iraq (Ref A). Dimae
Haddad, the Jordanian Charge in Baghdad, said recently that
through extensive discussions with CPA and Iraqi Interior
Ministry officials they have jointly identified 23 Jordanians
in Coalition custody, and the GOJ believes that as many as
10-15 additional Jordanians in Coalition custody may be
incorrectly identified as Iraqi nationals (Ref B).


3. (C) Embassy Amman received an official request from the
Jordan MFA on May 11 for information on the current status of
19 Jordanians who the GOJ believes are in Coalition custody
in Iraq. The MFA says that a second list will be provided
later. The list of names is enclosed below in the following
format: Detainee No., name, DOB, mother's name, location.

23145, Ahmad Abdul Kareem Hamed Al-Nasser, 1940, Sabha Ersan,
unknown

24350, Mohammad Sayyed Shehadah Azazi, 1964, Fatheyyeh
Al-Sayyed Ahmad, unknown

24351, Bahjat Suleiman Yousef Qasem, 1970, Subheyyeh Ruwaidah
Ahmad, unknown

24353, Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Saleem Al-Arrafeen, 1977, Noufah
Mousa, unknown

150364, Jamal Shaher E'yal Al Zeyyadi, 01/01/1975, Heba
Hassan Matter, Abu Ghreib

152945, Abdullah Ali Mousa (Mustafa) Al-Qashash, 05/02/1980,
Iftikhar, Abu Ghreib

152947, Majed Abdul Jaleel Mohammad Al-Mhairat, 01/01/1979,
Amineh Mohammad, Abu Ghreib

153236, Abdullah Salman Sefer Al-Azzawi, 12/30/1972, Fatemah
Issa, Abu Ghreib

153261, Mahmoud Saber Ahmad Shahin, 1978, Inam Said, unknown

155771, Mohammad Hilal Bikhtyan Al-Souqani Al-Sharafat, 1945,
Emsairah, unknown

155779, Fahed Meteb Sa'di (Soudi) Al-Sharafat, 07/01/1977,
Hilalah Flayyeh Salem, Abu Ghreib

155786, Hassan Salman Hilal Al-Sharafat, 01/01/1956, Hamameh
Shlash, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Ala' Abdur Raouf Tawfeeq Khader, 07/14/1970,
Muneerah Ahmad Rashed, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Amjad Adnan Hassan Al-Shibli (Al-Shalabi),
05/13/1981, Majedah Bitar, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Ja'far Saleem Mohammad Al-Ayed (Al-Abed),
01/12/1976, Jawaher, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Mahmoud Naeem Mahmoud Al-Badri, 01/23/1980, Suad
Said Al-Badri, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Mohammad Khair Khaled Abdul Haleem Naji, 01/01/1946,
Safeyyeh Rafeeq Najeeb, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Mohammad Mahmoud Abdul Haleem Abdul Fattah,
05/17/1983, Jameelah, Abu Ghreib

unknown, Osamah Mohammad Jumah Jamal Abu Siyam, 03/11/1981,
Jameelah, Abu Ghreib


4. (C) Post appreciates the CPA's May 10 list of 10
Jordanians in Coalition custody (Ref D). There is an overlap
of seven names with the Jordanian's request. However, not
all seven have the same biographic data, making an identity
match for each unclear. Post will pass the ref D list to the
Jordanians and ask that they also try to match the two lists.



5. (C) In light of the recent Abu Ghreib abuse story and
unsubstantiated parliamentary allegations that 1,000
Jordanians remain in Coalition custody (still widely
believed),post would appreciate any details confirming
Coalition detention of any of the 19 individuals listed on
the new Jordanian list, their current welfare and reason for
detention.


6. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
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GNEHM