BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001571 SIPDIS FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/17/2014 TAGS: PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REF: STATE 222208 Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (C) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning the final determination of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) for four Bahraini detainees to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting that the four were designated enemy combatants. The Minister asked about the status of the two other Bahraini detainees, and the Ambassador responded that he had no information about them at this time. The Minister asked about next steps, now that they had been designated enemy combatants. He wondered whether they might be tried in the U.S. or in Bahrain. He requested further information about the implications of the CSRT's ruling. ¶3. (C) Action Request: Per the Foreign Minister's questions, post would like guidance as to: -- the status of the other two Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo; -- next steps in the legal case against the four designated enemy combatants; -- the implications of the CSRT's ruling. MONROE