Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BAGHDAD1436
2009-06-01 16:25:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES
VZCZCXRO7603 PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHIHL RUEHKUK DE RUEHGB #1436 1521625 ZNY SSSSS ZZH P 011625Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3290 INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
S E C R E T BAGHDAD 001436
NOFORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WCI, NEA/I, NEA/PM, NEA-I/PM, DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2019
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
SUBJECT: IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES
AT GTMO BEFORE AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FIFTH DETAINEE
REF: A. RICCI-FINGARSON EMAILS - MAY 2009
B. BAGHDAD 199
Classified By: Political-Military Minister Counselor
Michael H. Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T BAGHDAD 001436
NOFORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WCI, NEA/I, NEA/PM, NEA-I/PM, DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2019
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
SUBJECT: IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES
AT GTMO BEFORE AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FIFTH DETAINEE
REF: A. RICCI-FINGARSON EMAILS - MAY 2009
B. BAGHDAD 199
Classified By: Political-Military Minister Counselor
Michael H. Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (U) This is an action request (see para 5).
2. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff met with Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director
General of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center
(PMNOC) May 30 to discuss the transfer of a fifth Iraqi
detainee from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO). Four
former GTMO detainees were transferred January 17 (REF B).
Pol-MilOff provided Al-Asady biometric information and a case
summary for Jawad Jabber Sadkhan (ISN IZ-433). OSD has
proposed that ISN IZ-433 be transferred from GTMO to Iraq
with Detainee Movement Operation (DMO)-100 scheduled on or
about June 10 (REF A).
3. (S/NF) Al-Asady remarked that the Prime Minister was
concerned that the Government of Iraq (GOI) was not receiving
information about all Iraqis detained at GTMO and Al-Asady
requested that the USG provide information on all remaining
Iraqis at GTMO before requesting authorization for the
transfer of ISN IZ-433. (Comment: There is one additional
Iraqi High Value Detainee at GTMO, Abid Al-Baqi, Partial ISN
10026. End Comment.).
4. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff also asked Al-Asady whether, should the
DMO take place as scheduled, it would be a problem for
detainees of other nationalities to transit Baghdad. As
before, Al-Asady noted that as long as the detainees remain
in the custody of U.S. forces at the airport, it is not a
concern.
5. (S/NF) ACTION REQUEST: Request S/WCI provide releasable
information on ISN 10026 and confirmation that no additional
Iraqi detainees remain at GTMO. Al-Asady will meet with the
Prime Minister's Chief of Staff on Wednesday, June 3, during
which the authorization for the transfer of ISN IZ-433 will
be discussed. Al-Asady will depart for India June 5, so
authorization for the transfer of IZ-433 with DMO-100 will
have to be determined before his departure.
HILL
NOFORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WCI, NEA/I, NEA/PM, NEA-I/PM, DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2019
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
SUBJECT: IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES
AT GTMO BEFORE AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FIFTH DETAINEE
REF: A. RICCI-FINGARSON EMAILS - MAY 2009
B. BAGHDAD 199
Classified By: Political-Military Minister Counselor
Michael H. Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (U) This is an action request (see para 5).
2. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff met with Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director
General of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center
(PMNOC) May 30 to discuss the transfer of a fifth Iraqi
detainee from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO). Four
former GTMO detainees were transferred January 17 (REF B).
Pol-MilOff provided Al-Asady biometric information and a case
summary for Jawad Jabber Sadkhan (ISN IZ-433). OSD has
proposed that ISN IZ-433 be transferred from GTMO to Iraq
with Detainee Movement Operation (DMO)-100 scheduled on or
about June 10 (REF A).
3. (S/NF) Al-Asady remarked that the Prime Minister was
concerned that the Government of Iraq (GOI) was not receiving
information about all Iraqis detained at GTMO and Al-Asady
requested that the USG provide information on all remaining
Iraqis at GTMO before requesting authorization for the
transfer of ISN IZ-433. (Comment: There is one additional
Iraqi High Value Detainee at GTMO, Abid Al-Baqi, Partial ISN
10026. End Comment.).
4. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff also asked Al-Asady whether, should the
DMO take place as scheduled, it would be a problem for
detainees of other nationalities to transit Baghdad. As
before, Al-Asady noted that as long as the detainees remain
in the custody of U.S. forces at the airport, it is not a
concern.
5. (S/NF) ACTION REQUEST: Request S/WCI provide releasable
information on ISN 10026 and confirmation that no additional
Iraqi detainees remain at GTMO. Al-Asady will meet with the
Prime Minister's Chief of Staff on Wednesday, June 3, during
which the authorization for the transfer of ISN IZ-433 will
be discussed. Al-Asady will depart for India June 5, so
authorization for the transfer of IZ-433 with DMO-100 will
have to be determined before his departure.
HILL