Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KABUL3768
2007-11-06 11:59:00
SECRET
Embassy Kabul
Cable title:
THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
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S E C R E T KABUL 003768
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, SCA/FO (DAS GASTRIGHT),SCA/A (SINGRAM),S/WCI
(MSTAMILLO, MSHIN, ARICCI),L/PM (JDOROSIN)
NSC FOR JWOOD
OSD FOR MPORGES
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, CSTC-A, SOUTHCOM, JTF-GTMO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2017
TAGS: KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
SUBJECT: THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
AFGHAN CUSTODY COMPLETE; THREE ACQUITTED ANDF DETAINEES
WILL BE RE-TRIED
REF: A. KABUL 03625
B. KABUL 03277
C. KABUL 02647
Classified By: Pol/Mil Counselor Brent Hartley for reasons 1.4(b) and (
d).
S E C R E T KABUL 003768
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, SCA/FO (DAS GASTRIGHT),SCA/A (SINGRAM),S/WCI
(MSTAMILLO, MSHIN, ARICCI),L/PM (JDOROSIN)
NSC FOR JWOOD
OSD FOR MPORGES
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, CSTC-A, SOUTHCOM, JTF-GTMO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2017
TAGS: KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
SUBJECT: THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
AFGHAN CUSTODY COMPLETE; THREE ACQUITTED ANDF DETAINEES
WILL BE RE-TRIED
REF: A. KABUL 03625
B. KABUL 03277
C. KABUL 02647
Classified By: Pol/Mil Counselor Brent Hartley for reasons 1.4(b) and (
d).
1. (S/REL IROA) On November 4, eight Afghans were transferred
from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National
Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified
verbally on October 29 of the (then pending) transfer. On
November 5, Emboffs met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of
the Situation Room in the Office of the National Security
Council (ONSC),to provide details on the eight detainees
transferred on November 4. This was the third such transfer
of detainees from GTMO to Afghan custody, making a total of
19 Afghans transferred from GTMO to the ANDF. Additionally,
two further transfers from the Bagram Theater Internment
Facility (BTIF) to the ANDF occurred on October 10 (20
detainees) and October 18 (19 detainees).
2. (S/REL IROA) Following up on Ref A, Emboffs were told that
three out of the four ANDF detainees acquitted in trials that
concluded on October 23 will be re-tried; the three remain in
ANDF custody pending a re-trial. (COMMENT: IRoA law allows
for the repeated prosecution of an acquitted individual, up
to three times, analogous to a defendant's right of appeal in
U.S. law.) The above listed transfers, in conjunction with
these two detainee releases, bring the total number of
detainees incarcerated at the ANDF to 161. Embassy has
requested a status update from the Ministry of Justice on the
three detainees to be re-tried.
WOOD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, SCA/FO (DAS GASTRIGHT),SCA/A (SINGRAM),S/WCI
(MSTAMILLO, MSHIN, ARICCI),L/PM (JDOROSIN)
NSC FOR JWOOD
OSD FOR MPORGES
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, CSTC-A, SOUTHCOM, JTF-GTMO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2017
TAGS: KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
SUBJECT: THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
AFGHAN CUSTODY COMPLETE; THREE ACQUITTED ANDF DETAINEES
WILL BE RE-TRIED
REF: A. KABUL 03625
B. KABUL 03277
C. KABUL 02647
Classified By: Pol/Mil Counselor Brent Hartley for reasons 1.4(b) and (
d).
1. (S/REL IROA) On November 4, eight Afghans were transferred
from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National
Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified
verbally on October 29 of the (then pending) transfer. On
November 5, Emboffs met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of
the Situation Room in the Office of the National Security
Council (ONSC),to provide details on the eight detainees
transferred on November 4. This was the third such transfer
of detainees from GTMO to Afghan custody, making a total of
19 Afghans transferred from GTMO to the ANDF. Additionally,
two further transfers from the Bagram Theater Internment
Facility (BTIF) to the ANDF occurred on October 10 (20
detainees) and October 18 (19 detainees).
2. (S/REL IROA) Following up on Ref A, Emboffs were told that
three out of the four ANDF detainees acquitted in trials that
concluded on October 23 will be re-tried; the three remain in
ANDF custody pending a re-trial. (COMMENT: IRoA law allows
for the repeated prosecution of an acquitted individual, up
to three times, analogous to a defendant's right of appeal in
U.S. law.) The above listed transfers, in conjunction with
these two detainee releases, bring the total number of
detainees incarcerated at the ANDF to 161. Embassy has
requested a status update from the Ministry of Justice on the
three detainees to be re-tried.
WOOD