Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ISLAMABAD15302
2006-08-04 11:50:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO
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S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 015302
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (CHG CLASS)
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO
REF: A. STATE 127312
B. ISLAMABAD 14910
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 015302
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (CHG CLASS)
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO
REF: A. STATE 127312
B. ISLAMABAD 14910
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in
separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center
(NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA
(Americas) Hameed Abdul.
2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the
Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding of the
arrangements for the August 8-10 visit to the Guantanamo
Detention Facility, with the following exception: the
Pakistani delegation believed that it would see twelve (12)
Pakistani nationals, not just the six (6) identified in Ref
A. LTC Imran provided poloff a list of the twelve Pakistani
nationals that the GOP believes to be incarcerated at
Guantanamo. In addition to the six (6) individuals
identified in Ref A, the GOP list includes:
-- Abdul Raheem, Suspect No. 45-US9AF-00561-DP, apprehended
July 2002 in Pakistan (previously interviewed by GOP in
August 2002)
-- Badar Uz Zaman, Suspect No. 48-US9AF-00559-DP, apprehended
Nov 2001 in Afghanistan (previously interviewed by GOP in
August 2002)
-- Aziz Ullah, Suspect No. US9PK-00047-DP, apprehended Nov
2001 in Afghanistan (previously interviewed by GOP in August
2002)
-- Mohammad Halim Sadiqi, Suspect No. US9AF-001007DP,
apprehended Sept 2001 (included on DOD list presented to
Director General-NCMC during April 2004 visit to WashDC --
"DG NCMC List")
-- Mohammad Akbar, Suspect No. US9PK-01200-DP, apprehended at
Jalalabad Airport (DG NCMC List)
-- Sharifa, Suspect No. US9PK-01200-DP, apprehended July 2003
in Orgun (DG NCMC List)
3. (S) Poloff re-confirmed with LTC Imran that he and MAJ
Khaild Mahmood Khan will be the only members of the Pakistani
delegation traveling to Guantanamo.
4. (S) Comment: LTC Imran has asked that the Pakistani
Embassy in WashDC arrange for a meeting with DOD
representatives on August 7
to review the arrangements for this visit. He will certainly
renew his request for access to the six detainees listed
above. Poloff agreed to forward the additional names to
WashDC agencies soonest, so that USG interlocutors will be
prepared to address this request for access.
CROCKER
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (CHG CLASS)
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO
REF: A. STATE 127312
B. ISLAMABAD 14910
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in
separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center
(NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA
(Americas) Hameed Abdul.
2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the
Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding of the
arrangements for the August 8-10 visit to the Guantanamo
Detention Facility, with the following exception: the
Pakistani delegation believed that it would see twelve (12)
Pakistani nationals, not just the six (6) identified in Ref
A. LTC Imran provided poloff a list of the twelve Pakistani
nationals that the GOP believes to be incarcerated at
Guantanamo. In addition to the six (6) individuals
identified in Ref A, the GOP list includes:
-- Abdul Raheem, Suspect No. 45-US9AF-00561-DP, apprehended
July 2002 in Pakistan (previously interviewed by GOP in
August 2002)
-- Badar Uz Zaman, Suspect No. 48-US9AF-00559-DP, apprehended
Nov 2001 in Afghanistan (previously interviewed by GOP in
August 2002)
-- Aziz Ullah, Suspect No. US9PK-00047-DP, apprehended Nov
2001 in Afghanistan (previously interviewed by GOP in August
2002)
-- Mohammad Halim Sadiqi, Suspect No. US9AF-001007DP,
apprehended Sept 2001 (included on DOD list presented to
Director General-NCMC during April 2004 visit to WashDC --
"DG NCMC List")
-- Mohammad Akbar, Suspect No. US9PK-01200-DP, apprehended at
Jalalabad Airport (DG NCMC List)
-- Sharifa, Suspect No. US9PK-01200-DP, apprehended July 2003
in Orgun (DG NCMC List)
3. (S) Poloff re-confirmed with LTC Imran that he and MAJ
Khaild Mahmood Khan will be the only members of the Pakistani
delegation traveling to Guantanamo.
4. (S) Comment: LTC Imran has asked that the Pakistani
Embassy in WashDC arrange for a meeting with DOD
representatives on August 7
to review the arrangements for this visit. He will certainly
renew his request for access to the six detainees listed
above. Poloff agreed to forward the additional names to
WashDC agencies soonest, so that USG interlocutors will be
prepared to address this request for access.
CROCKER