Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05MANAMA1280
2005-09-05 14:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: CHANGES TO PROCEDURES OF MILITARY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001280
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/05/2015
TAGS: KAWC PTER PREL BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CHANGES TO PROCEDURES OF MILITARY
COMMISSIONS
REF: STATE 162147
Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
(C) The Ambassador September 4 delivered reftel information
concerning changes in the procedures for military commissions
to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.
Shaikh Mohammed said he was pleased that the USG was applying
the rule of law in a way that makes military commissions more
like civilian trials. He asked about the status of the six
Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and requested information on
what crimes they had committed.
MONROE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/05/2015
TAGS: KAWC PTER PREL BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CHANGES TO PROCEDURES OF MILITARY
COMMISSIONS
REF: STATE 162147
Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
(C) The Ambassador September 4 delivered reftel information
concerning changes in the procedures for military commissions
to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.
Shaikh Mohammed said he was pleased that the USG was applying
the rule of law in a way that makes military commissions more
like civilian trials. He asked about the status of the six
Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and requested information on
what crimes they had committed.
MONROE