Identifier
Created
Classification
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04MANAMA1664
2004-11-02 15:16:00
SECRET
Embassy Manama
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BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE

Tags:  PREL KAWC BA PETER 
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S E C R E T MANAMA 001664 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2014
TAGS: PREL KAWC BA PETER
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS

REF: STATE 230358

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

S E C R E T MANAMA 001664

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2014
TAGS: PREL KAWC BA PETER
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS

REF: STATE 230358

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


1. (S) Pol/Econ chief October 31 passed reftel information
concerning upcoming Administrative Review Board (ARB)
proceedings for detainees Adil Kamil Al Wadi and Salah Al
Balushi to MFA First Secretary Shaikh Turki Al Khalifa.
(Note: Shaikh Turki is responsible for the detainees issue
in the absence of Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination
and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa. End Note.)
Shaikh Turki said that the GOB would compile any information
it had on detainees Al Wadi and Al Balushi and pass it to the
Embassy for inclusion in the ARB proceedings. He also stated
that he would contact family members and friends for
testimony on behalf of the two detainees. He was not certain
he would be able to complete the information gathering within
30 days and requested additional time.


2. (S) Pol/Econ chief met November 2 with MFA Director for
Consular Affairs Yusuf Ahmad to discuss the issue. Ahmad
noted that the Bahrain Embassy in Washington had delivered to
the State Department under cover of diplomatic note
116/10-157 on October 6, 2004 the report of the Bahraini
security team that had visited detainees at GTMO. That
report includes information on the circumstances under which
the detainees were apprehended, the reasons for their
presence in Afghanistan/Pakistan, their health, an assessment
of their actions in Afghanistan/Pakistan, and proposed
measures and programs for their rehabilitation and
assimilation into Bahraini society. Ahmad suggested that the
ARB would be interested in reviewing this report. Like
Shaikh Turki, Ahmad said he would endeavor to compile all
relevant GOB information and obtain testimony from friends
and family of the two detainees within 30 days. He said he
would inform us if the GOB needed more time to complete the
project.

MONROE