Identifier
Created
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05KUWAIT4093
2005-09-19 13:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

KUWAITI PRESS CLAIMS U.S. WILL RETURN FIVE GTMO

Tags:  PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004093 

SIPDIS

FOR S/WCI AND NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/18/2015
TAGS: PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: KUWAITI PRESS CLAIMS U.S. WILL RETURN FIVE GTMO
DETAINEES

REF: A. STATE 163675

B. KUWAIT 3699

C. KUWAIT 3394

D. KUWAIT 2928

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004093

SIPDIS

FOR S/WCI AND NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/18/2015
TAGS: PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: KUWAITI PRESS CLAIMS U.S. WILL RETURN FIVE GTMO
DETAINEES

REF: A. STATE 163675

B. KUWAIT 3699

C. KUWAIT 3394

D. KUWAIT 2928

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4.


2. (U) Arabic and English dailies have given prominent
coverage to hunger strikes by detainees in Guantanamo and
reports that "the United States has agreed to release five of
the 11 Kuwaitis imprisoned at its camp in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba." The papers are also reporting that two detainees,
Abdulaziz Sayer Owain Al-Shammari and Fowzi Khalid Abdullah
Al-Awda, have been hospitalized as a result of a five-week
hunger strike and are now "skin and bones" and unable to walk.


3. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination
and Follow Up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, repeated to
PolChief September 18 the same message conveyed by Kuwaiti
Ambassador Al-Sabah to DAS Gray: the general public, family
members, and Members of Parliament, are putting increasing
pressure on the GOK to secure the release of all detainees.
He added that news of the hunger strike has refueled
allegations of U.S. abuse of detainees. He requested that
steps be taken to immediately return Abdallah Salih Ali
Al-Ajmi to Kuwaiti custody and asked for an expedited
decision regarding the status of the other detainees.


4. (C) Action request: Please provide post with an update
on the status of all detainees and information on the health
of any Kuwaiti participating in the hunger strike. Post
would also welcome information on plans to repatriate
Al-Ajmi. End action request.
LEBARON