Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUWAIT113
2008-01-30 03:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000113
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON,
NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2017
TAGS: PTER KDRG PGOV KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
BOARD DETERMINATIONS
REF: A. 2007 SECSTATE 165957
B. 1-9-2008 MUBANGO-ROSENBERGER EMAIL
C. KUWAIT 0079
Classified By: CDA Misenheimer for reasons 1.4 b and d
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000113
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON,
NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2017
TAGS: PTER KDRG PGOV KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
BOARD DETERMINATIONS
REF: A. 2007 SECSTATE 165957
B. 1-9-2008 MUBANGO-ROSENBERGER EMAIL
C. KUWAIT 0079
Classified By: CDA Misenheimer for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (C) On January 17, A/POLCOUNS notified Director of MFA
Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ambassador Khaled
Mohammed Al-Maqamis of GTMO Administrative Review Board (ARB)
determinations to keep three of the four Kuwaiti GTMO
detainees in detention (refs A and B). (It was decided in a
previous ARB to maintain the fourth's detention status).
2. (C) Maqamis welcomed the President's statement to the
Amir in their January 11 meeting that two of the four Kuwaiti
GTMO detainees would stand trial, and asked that the USG
provide details of the pending cases to the GOK as soon as
possible. Maqamis said that the continued detention of the
four Kuwaiti GTMO detainees remains a sensitive matter and
expressed frustration that the Kuwaitis had been detained at
length without trial. A/POLCOUNS noted that further
bilateral exchange over the disposition of GTMO would be one
significant area of follow-up to the January 11-12 POTUS
visit to Kuwait.
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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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MISENHEIMER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON,
NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2017
TAGS: PTER KDRG PGOV KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
BOARD DETERMINATIONS
REF: A. 2007 SECSTATE 165957
B. 1-9-2008 MUBANGO-ROSENBERGER EMAIL
C. KUWAIT 0079
Classified By: CDA Misenheimer for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (C) On January 17, A/POLCOUNS notified Director of MFA
Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ambassador Khaled
Mohammed Al-Maqamis of GTMO Administrative Review Board (ARB)
determinations to keep three of the four Kuwaiti GTMO
detainees in detention (refs A and B). (It was decided in a
previous ARB to maintain the fourth's detention status).
2. (C) Maqamis welcomed the President's statement to the
Amir in their January 11 meeting that two of the four Kuwaiti
GTMO detainees would stand trial, and asked that the USG
provide details of the pending cases to the GOK as soon as
possible. Maqamis said that the continued detention of the
four Kuwaiti GTMO detainees remains a sensitive matter and
expressed frustration that the Kuwaitis had been detained at
length without trial. A/POLCOUNS noted that further
bilateral exchange over the disposition of GTMO would be one
significant area of follow-up to the January 11-12 POTUS
visit to Kuwait.
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
MISENHEIMER