DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

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. ********************************************* * 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