MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO

C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 005589

SIPDIS

FOR S/WCI AND NEA/ELA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/11/2015
TAGS: PTER KISL PHUM EG
SUBJECT: MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO
DETAINEES

REF: CAIRO 5303 AND PREVIOUS

Classified by Acting DCM Michael Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).


1. (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the
Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the
memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to
Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The memorandum is identical in text to the one described
reftel, but adds a third name, that of Egyptian Abdel Rahman
Mohamed Al-Marzouq to the two in the original memorandum.
The memo bears the same date and number as the original.


2. (C) EGIS again provided an English translation that again
did not accurately translate the document. The Arabic text
should be considered authoritative. We will send the Arabic
text of the modified memorandum to NEA to pass to S/WCI via
classified fax.


3. (C) The following is an informal Embassy translation of
the complete text of the memo:

Begin Text

Note number: 74
Date: 10 July 2005
Subject: Egyptian Nationals Detained at Guantanamo Naval
Base, Cuba:

-- Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al Marzouq
-- Alaa Mohamed Selim
-- Samy Abdelaziz Salem Allaithy

In the context of your preparations to release the above
mentioned detainees, we are willing and in agreement with
their repatriation to Egypt. These subjects will be treated
humanely, according to Egypt's law and its international
obligations, which allow for visits and prescribe their good
treatment, should they be imprisoned for legal reasons. We
should note that Egyptian Alaa Mohammed Selim is one of the
defendants in Supreme State Security case number 401/87
against the "Jihad Organization."

End text.


4. (C) Note: As discussed reftel, although the document is
not signed, it came in the standard format for written
communication through liaison channels. The State Security
Court case mentioned in the memo obviously refers back to

1987. The Embassy does not have any records of this case on
file. State Security Court records are generally sealed from
the public, and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice would
probably be unable to provide us with any details.


5. (C) EGIS conveyed verbally to ORA officer that once the
USG makes notification of the time and date of any flight
returning the three detainees to Egypt, it will make
arrangements to take them into custody upon arrival, for
investigation and possible prosecution.


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