Identifier
Created
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04MANAMA1571
2004-10-17 14:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:  

BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF

Tags:  PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA 
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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).

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