Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT1057
2007-07-03 14:58:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED
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S E C R E T KUWAIT 001057
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NOFORN
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/ESC/TFS; NSC FOR KIFAYAT, TREASURY
FOR A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN, DANIEL HARRIS, AND BENJAMIM DAVIS;
S/CT FOR MONOSSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2017
TAGS: ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
SUBJECT: KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED
ON BAIL
REF: A. KUWAIT DIPNOTE 307 DATED 22-MAY-2007
B. KUWAIT 808
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
S E C R E T KUWAIT 001057
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NOFORN
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/ESC/TFS; NSC FOR KIFAYAT, TREASURY
FOR A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN, DANIEL HARRIS, AND BENJAMIM DAVIS;
S/CT FOR MONOSSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2017
TAGS: ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
SUBJECT: KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED
ON BAIL
REF: A. KUWAIT DIPNOTE 307 DATED 22-MAY-2007
B. KUWAIT 808
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (S/NF) On June 24, U.S.-designated terrorist facilitator
Jaber Al-Jalahmah was taken into custody by GOK authorities
for questioning regarding his involvement in the recruitment
of Kuwaiti jihadists. He was released on July 1 on a KD 300
(USD 1050) bond. (Background: Jaber Al-Jalahmah is a
Kuwait-based jihadist who has provided financial, logistical,
and recruitment support to the Al-Qaeda network in Kuwait,
Iraq, and Afghanistan. In December 2006, Al-Jalahmah and two
other Kuwaitis were designated terrorist facilitators by the
U.S. Department of Treasury. End background.)
2. (SBU) Al-Jalahmah's detention was widely reported in both
Arabic- and English-language dailies. Reports included
statements from Al-Jalahmah, his attorney, GOK officials, and
family members of Kuwaitis Al-Jalahmah allegedly recruited.
On June 30, Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas quoted Al-Jalahmah
as saying "Yes, I encouraged youths to go for Jihad in Iraq."
The same day a second piece from family members of recruits
claimed "our sons were deceived." On July 1, only a day
after his release, however, Al-Jalahmah reportedly told
Al-Qabas that he was "detained just for suspicions." On the
same day, another article in Al-Wasat quoted him as saying he
"advised youth not to go to Iraq." In July 3 press reports,
Al-Jalahmah appeared to recant even further, telling
Arabic-language daily Al-Watan "I do not incite youth to go
to Iraq and I do not know the two Kuwaitis who were rounded
up in Syria." He further noted that the "cases of Islamist
youths are fabricated by the Ministry of Interior."
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For more reporting from EMBASSY Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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LeBaron
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NOFORN
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/ESC/TFS; NSC FOR KIFAYAT, TREASURY
FOR A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN, DANIEL HARRIS, AND BENJAMIM DAVIS;
S/CT FOR MONOSSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2017
TAGS: ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
SUBJECT: KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED
ON BAIL
REF: A. KUWAIT DIPNOTE 307 DATED 22-MAY-2007
B. KUWAIT 808
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (S/NF) On June 24, U.S.-designated terrorist facilitator
Jaber Al-Jalahmah was taken into custody by GOK authorities
for questioning regarding his involvement in the recruitment
of Kuwaiti jihadists. He was released on July 1 on a KD 300
(USD 1050) bond. (Background: Jaber Al-Jalahmah is a
Kuwait-based jihadist who has provided financial, logistical,
and recruitment support to the Al-Qaeda network in Kuwait,
Iraq, and Afghanistan. In December 2006, Al-Jalahmah and two
other Kuwaitis were designated terrorist facilitators by the
U.S. Department of Treasury. End background.)
2. (SBU) Al-Jalahmah's detention was widely reported in both
Arabic- and English-language dailies. Reports included
statements from Al-Jalahmah, his attorney, GOK officials, and
family members of Kuwaitis Al-Jalahmah allegedly recruited.
On June 30, Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas quoted Al-Jalahmah
as saying "Yes, I encouraged youths to go for Jihad in Iraq."
The same day a second piece from family members of recruits
claimed "our sons were deceived." On July 1, only a day
after his release, however, Al-Jalahmah reportedly told
Al-Qabas that he was "detained just for suspicions." On the
same day, another article in Al-Wasat quoted him as saying he
"advised youth not to go to Iraq." In July 3 press reports,
Al-Jalahmah appeared to recant even further, telling
Arabic-language daily Al-Watan "I do not incite youth to go
to Iraq and I do not know the two Kuwaitis who were rounded
up in Syria." He further noted that the "cases of Islamist
youths are fabricated by the Ministry of Interior."
********************************************* *
For more reporting from EMBASSY Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
LeBaron