Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04MANAMA1611
2004-10-23 14:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:  

BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN

Tags:  PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001611 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2014
TAGS: PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN
TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF DETAINEES AT GTMO

REF: A. MILLER-WORMAN E-MAIL OF 10/19/04

B. MILLER-WORMAN E-MAIL OF 10/13/04

C. MANAMA 1528

Classified by DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001611

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2014
TAGS: PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN
TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF DETAINEES AT GTMO

REF: A. MILLER-WORMAN E-MAIL OF 10/19/04

B. MILLER-WORMAN E-MAIL OF 10/13/04

C. MANAMA 1528

Classified by DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3.


2. (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA
Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up
Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible
options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf
of Guantanamo detainees Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al
Khalifa and Abdullah Al Noaimi. He said that the best way
would be written testimony. He asked that the USG provide
specific written questions in Arabic to the MFA, which would
forward the questions to the witnesses. The MFA would then
give us the written responses in Arabic, which we would send
to Washington.


3. (C) Action Request: We request that State:

(a) be specific as possible in the questions. Ref A
describes the types of information the witnesses might
provide, but does not ask any specific questions of the type
that would be used in a courtroom; and

(b) give us the questions in both English and Arabic, and we
will transmit the responses back to State in the language in
which we receive them.

MONROE