Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05AMMAN5910
2005-07-25 13:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF
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UNCLAS AMMAN 005910
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF
ALLEGED MISTREATMENT
REF: A. AMMAN 05839
B. FBIS GMP20050723542009
Jordanian citizen Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab al-Asmar was
returned to Jordan on July 20 after being released from
detention at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay (ref A).
The July 23 local Arabic daily Al Dustoor reported him
claiming that detainees at Guantanamo suffered from "inhumane
practices" at the hands of U.S. troops (ref B). He further
alleged that U.S. soldiers had repeatedly "desecrated" the
Koran. Al-Asmar stated he had not faced any harassment since
his arrival in Jordan, although he was questioned for several
hours by state security services and then released.
HALE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF
ALLEGED MISTREATMENT
REF: A. AMMAN 05839
B. FBIS GMP20050723542009
Jordanian citizen Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab al-Asmar was
returned to Jordan on July 20 after being released from
detention at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay (ref A).
The July 23 local Arabic daily Al Dustoor reported him
claiming that detainees at Guantanamo suffered from "inhumane
practices" at the hands of U.S. troops (ref B). He further
alleged that U.S. soldiers had repeatedly "desecrated" the
Koran. Al-Asmar stated he had not faced any harassment since
his arrival in Jordan, although he was questioned for several
hours by state security services and then released.
HALE