Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA897
2007-09-24 14:28:00
SECRET
Embassy Manama
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S E C R E T MANAMA 000897
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2017
TAGS: PGOV PINR JO BA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON KING HAMAD'S HEALTH
REF: A) MANAMA 873 B) MANAMA 882
Classified By: AMBASSASDOR ADAM ERELI FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
S E C R E T MANAMA 000897
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2017
TAGS: PGOV PINR JO BA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON KING HAMAD'S HEALTH
REF: A) MANAMA 873 B) MANAMA 882
Classified By: AMBASSASDOR ADAM ERELI FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
1. (S) Summary: King Hamad may have left Bahrain for
further medical treatment abroad. The Jordanian Ambassador
reiterates other sources' reports that the King has appeared
well, but tired in recent days. End summary.
2. (S) Jordan's Ambassador to Bahrain, Hussein Majali, told
the Ambassador in a courtesy call on Thursday, September 20,
that Jordan,s King Abdullah had been scheduled to visit
Bahrain on September 23, but that on Sunday, September 16,
Majali had received a call from King Hamad asking him to
inform the Jordanian monarch that the visit would need to be
postponed.
3. (S) Majali said the reason for the postponement was that
King Hamad would be traveling abroad. It was his
understanding that the purpose of the travel was to undergo
follow-on check-ups to this summer's medical procedure (Ref
A). Majali, who sees King Hamad regularly, reported that
while the King was not in top form, he is "ok" and his health
is not nearly as dire as some of the more sensational rumors
suggest. In terms similar to those used by National Security
Advisor Ahmed Khalifa (Ref B),Majali told us the King had
had a small tumor removed from his neck this summer and that
a biopsy had revealed it to be benign. King Hamad has made
no public appearances since September 12, although we have
not had confirmation of his absence from official sources.
4. (S) Bio Note: Hussain Majali has been Jordan's Ambassador
to Bahrain since 2004. He is from the prominent East Bank
Majali family, and his father was also Ambassador to Bahrain
for five years in the 1990s. His relationship with King Hamad
is particularly close and dates from Majali's days as a
senior security official in the court of King Hussein, at
which time he came to know the Bahraini monarch as Crown
Prince, before he assumed the throne.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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ERELI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2017
TAGS: PGOV PINR JO BA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON KING HAMAD'S HEALTH
REF: A) MANAMA 873 B) MANAMA 882
Classified By: AMBASSASDOR ADAM ERELI FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
1. (S) Summary: King Hamad may have left Bahrain for
further medical treatment abroad. The Jordanian Ambassador
reiterates other sources' reports that the King has appeared
well, but tired in recent days. End summary.
2. (S) Jordan's Ambassador to Bahrain, Hussein Majali, told
the Ambassador in a courtesy call on Thursday, September 20,
that Jordan,s King Abdullah had been scheduled to visit
Bahrain on September 23, but that on Sunday, September 16,
Majali had received a call from King Hamad asking him to
inform the Jordanian monarch that the visit would need to be
postponed.
3. (S) Majali said the reason for the postponement was that
King Hamad would be traveling abroad. It was his
understanding that the purpose of the travel was to undergo
follow-on check-ups to this summer's medical procedure (Ref
A). Majali, who sees King Hamad regularly, reported that
while the King was not in top form, he is "ok" and his health
is not nearly as dire as some of the more sensational rumors
suggest. In terms similar to those used by National Security
Advisor Ahmed Khalifa (Ref B),Majali told us the King had
had a small tumor removed from his neck this summer and that
a biopsy had revealed it to be benign. King Hamad has made
no public appearances since September 12, although we have
not had confirmation of his absence from official sources.
4. (S) Bio Note: Hussain Majali has been Jordan's Ambassador
to Bahrain since 2004. He is from the prominent East Bank
Majali family, and his father was also Ambassador to Bahrain
for five years in the 1990s. His relationship with King Hamad
is particularly close and dates from Majali's days as a
senior security official in the court of King Hussein, at
which time he came to know the Bahraini monarch as Crown
Prince, before he assumed the throne.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
ERELI