Identifier
Created
Classification
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05MADRID2132
2005-06-06 14:26:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:  

GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO

Tags:  PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP 
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061426Z Jun 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002132 

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR S/WCI AND EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/06/2015
TAGS: PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
SUBJECT: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO
TERMS OF TRANSFER

REF: A. A) STATE 88737


B. B) MADRID 1881

Classified By: Political Counselor Kathy Fitzpatrick; reasons 1.4 (B) a
nd (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002132

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR S/WCI AND EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/06/2015
TAGS: PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
SUBJECT: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO
TERMS OF TRANSFER

REF: A. A) STATE 88737


B. B) MADRID 1881

Classified By: Political Counselor Kathy Fitzpatrick; reasons 1.4 (B) a
nd (D)


1. (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number
67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating
the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the
transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien
(ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification
from the Central Examining Court Number Five of the National
Court (the judicial entity that requested the extradition of
Ikassrien in June 2004) in which Magistrate Santiago Pedraz
Gomez acknowledged the USG conditions established in ref A
and agreed to abide by those conditions in the Court's
investigation of Ikassrien on charges of membership in a
terrorist organization, "in conformity with established
legislation and within the framework of constitutional
guarantees..."


2. (C) Please advise on next steps as this case develops.

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