(S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO

S E C R E T KUWAIT 001904

SIPDIS

TEL AVIV FOR RICHARD LEBARON
TUNIS FOR NATALIE BROWN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2014
TAGS: PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
SUBJECT: (S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO
DETAINEE: "ONE IS NOT ENOUGH"

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Frank C. Urbancic,
Reasons 1.4 (C) and (D)

(S) Acting Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah summoned CDA
on June 19 regarding Kuwaiti detainees currently being held
at Guantanamo. Apologizing for the short notice, Al-Jarallah
said that the Kuwaiti Charge in Washington had been notified
that the US was prepared to release one Kuwaiti detainee,
Nasser al-Mutairi, to Kuwait's custody. Al-Jarallah reported
that the Prime Minister directed him to inform Washington
that Kuwait is ready to receive al-Mutairi. However, he
continued, the GOK was under the impression that more than
one Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee would be handed over and
therefore "is concerned and a bit disappointed" that only
al-Mutairi will be released. "One is not enough,"
Al-Jarallah stressed, adding that Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr.
Mohammed, who is in Hong Kong, will contact Secretary Powell
directly to convey the same message.


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