BRIEFING JORDAN ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD CIVILIAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 004054 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/29/2014 TAGS: ASEC PTER PREL PGOV IZ JO SUBJECT: BRIEFING JORDAN ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD CIVILIAN HOSTAGES IN IRAQ REF: STATE 111356 Classified By: DCM David M. Hale for reasons 1.5 (b) (d) ¶1. (C) PolCouns and POLOFF covered ref points on U.S. policy toward civilian hostages in Iraq May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Zoubi thanked PolCouns for the information, and asked that the U.S. and/or the Coalition inform Jordan if they learn that any Jordanian nationals are taken hostage in Iraq. 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