PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM

S E C R E T KUWAIT 000362

SIPDIS

NOFORN

FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/25/2015
TAGS: PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KU
SUBJECT: PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM
AL-BATHALI

REF: A. KUWAIT 245

B. KUWAIT 215

C. 04 STATE 274686

D. 04 BAGHDAD 1236

E. 04 KUWAIT 3369

F. 04 KUWAIT 2900

G. 04 KUWAIT 1928

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Matthew H. Tueller for reasons 1
.4 (b) and (d)


1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3.


2. (U) Post continues to receive requests from the
Government of Kuwait for information on the status of Kuwaiti
nationals detained in Iraq. Post seeks approval to deliver
the below diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on Saturday, January 29, 2005.


3. (U) Action requested: If there are any objections to
releasing the information provided below, per refs a and b,
Post requests that Department provide alternate language that
can be delivered to the GOK ASAP. End Action Request.


4. (S/REL Kuwait) Begin Text of Diplomatic Note:
The Embassy of the United States of America presents if
compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State
of Kuwait, and in response to its note 20041331 dated June
20, 2004, has the honor to provide the following information
on the status of Kuwaiti nationals detained in Iraq.

Abdelraham Al-Bathali, also known as Abdul Raham Mubarak
Mishkis, is currently detained in Iraq. He was captured by
coalition forces on January 28, 2004 for illegal border
crossing and subsequently admitted to traveling to Iraq to
wage jihad. He remains in custody at Camp Bucca near Umm
Qasr, Iraq because he is considered a threat to coalition
forces in Iraq. While in detention, he has been visited by
the International Committee of the Red Cross and he has also
been permitted to telephone his family on occasion.

Two other men who identify themselves as Kuwaiti nationals
are being detained in Camp Bucca. They are Aamer Mahmoud
Hamza Younis, captured February 24, 2004 in Al Radwaniya, and
Ali Awad Faraj Farjee Al-Harbi, captured December 5, 2004 in
Fallujah.

The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of
this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the States of Kuwait the assurances of its highest
consideration.

End Text of Note.
LEBARON