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. -------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ -------------- ¶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. Visit Embassy Amman's classified website at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ or access the site through the State Department's SIPRNET home page. GNEHM