Identifier
Created
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05SANAA3046
2005-10-23 13:24:00
SECRET
Embassy Sanaa
Cable title:  

(S) MOI ALIMI SAYS MORE INFO ON SABAWI FORTHCOMING

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S E C R E T SANAA 003046 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2015
TAGS: PREL PTER KDEM IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
SUBJECT: (S) MOI ALIMI SAYS MORE INFO ON SABAWI FORTHCOMING

REF: A. STATE 174132

B. SANAA 2803

Classified By: AMBASSADOR THOMAS C. KRAJESKI, FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (
D).

S E C R E T SANAA 003046

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2015
TAGS: PREL PTER KDEM IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
SUBJECT: (S) MOI ALIMI SAYS MORE INFO ON SABAWI FORTHCOMING

REF: A. STATE 174132

B. SANAA 2803

Classified By: AMBASSADOR THOMAS C. KRAJESKI, FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (
D).


1. (S) Following up on an earlier demarche urging the
detention and transfer to the Iraqi Transitional Government
of Iraqi Former Regime Element High Value Individual Umar
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Ambassador asked Minister of
Interior Rashad al-Alimi on October 17 if the ROYG had made
any progress in carrying out the USG's request. Alimi
responded that he had certain information about Sabawi's
plans to travel outside of Yemen, and would pass this to post
as soon as possible. Alimi also said he had asked the MFA to
provide the Ambassador with a "file" on Sabawi's activities
in Yemen, but gave no indication as to when this might
happen.


2. (S) COMMENT: Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen
al-Dhabbi's September 21 commitment to provide more
information on Sabawi's movements was fulfilled, and Alimi's
comments indicate that this cooperation will continue. We
suspect that the ROYG is not averse to Sabawi's eventual
extradition to Iraq, and will provide us information useful
for facilitating his detention in another country, but Yemeni
officials have made it clear that they will not permit his
apprehension in Yemeni territory.
Krajeski