SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF FIFTH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE

S E C R E T BAGHDAD 001530 NOFORN SIPDIS STATE FOR S/WCI, NEA/I, NEA/PM, NEA-I/PM, DRL E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/10/2019 TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US SUBJECT: SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF FIFTH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO IRAQ REF: A. BAGHDAD 1436 ¶B. BAGHDAD 199 Classified By: Deputy Political-Military Counselor ¶W. Scott Reid III for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (S/NF) After receiving information on the remaining Iraqi detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO) (REF A), the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) authorized the transfer of a fifth Iraqi detainee from GTMO June 7. In a letter addressed to Commanding General Multi-National Force-Iraq, Dr. Tareq Abdullah, Director for the PMO, requested the transfer of Jawad Jabber Sadkhan (ISN IZ-433) to the Iraqi authorities. Unlike the previous transfer in January (REF B),the Director General of the Prime Minister's National Operations Center, Mr. Hussein Al-Asady, requested that the transfer take place at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) vice the International (Green) Zone (IZ). Major Muhammed Khudhair Mahmoud, Ministry of the Interior Investigator, was authorized to receive the detainee from U.S. forces at BIAP. ¶2. (S/NF) Sadkhan arrived at BIAP aboard Detainee Movement Operation-100 (DMO-100) at 02:42 on June 11 (Note: All times are local Baghdad time - Z 3. End Note.). After a delay waiting for the Iraqi police to arrive at BIAP, Major Mahmoud took custody of Sadkhan planeside at 04:12. Mahmoud transported Sadkhan back to the IZ, arriving at 05:35, where he was processed for detention at the Counterterrorism Bureau (CTB) detention facility on Forward Operating Base Honor in the IZ pending criminal investigation by the Iraqi authorities. DMO-100 departed BIAP at 06:24 enroute to Chad. Post will continue to monitor the treatment and status of all five previous GTMO detainees currently in Iraq (Note: Conditions of detention and status to follow SEPTEL. End Note.). HILL