Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05BAGHDAD4402
2005-10-26 15:55:00
SECRET
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:  

POST REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON SABAWI EXTRADITION

Tags:  IZ KJUS PREL PTER YM 
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S E C R E T BAGHDAD 004402 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2015
TAGS: IZ KJUS PREL PTER YM
SUBJECT: POST REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON SABAWI EXTRADITION

REF: A. SECSTATE 174132


B. SANAA 3046

Classified By: Classified by David C. Litt, Political-
Military Affairs Counselor, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

S E C R E T BAGHDAD 004402

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2015
TAGS: IZ KJUS PREL PTER YM
SUBJECT: POST REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON SABAWI EXTRADITION

REF: A. SECSTATE 174132


B. SANAA 3046

Classified By: Classified by David C. Litt, Political-
Military Affairs Counselor, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (S) In Ref A, the Department requested that Post
"contact appropriate ITG officials to urge them to
request Sabawi's extradition from Yemen to execute
their arrest warrant and to refer his case to the CCCI
for appropriate judicial action".


2. (S) However, in Ref B, Embassy Sanaa notes that it
suspects "that the ROYG is not averse to Sabawi's
eventual extradition to Iraq, and will provide (the
Embassy) information useful for facilitating his
detention in another country, but Yemeni officials
have made it clear that they will not permit his
apprehension in Yemeni territory".


3. (S) In light of this assessment, Post requests
guidance as to whether we should continue to press the
ITG to seek Mr. Sabawi's extradition from Yemen. Post
continues to work with the ITG to clarify (and to some
extent establish) Iraqi extradition procedures, but
given limited Iraqi capacity in this area, we would
like to focus our efforts (and encourage the Iraqis to
focus their efforts) on cases likely to bear fruit.
Satterfield