Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BAMAKO37
2009-01-16 14:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bamako
Cable title:
ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAMAKO 000037
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/16/2019
TAGS: PHUM PREL PINS ML
SUBJECT: ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN
CUSTODY IN BAMAKO
REF: BAMAKO 00036
Classified By: Political Officer Aaron Sampson, Embassy Bamako,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAMAKO 000037
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/16/2019
TAGS: PHUM PREL PINS ML
SUBJECT: ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN
CUSTODY IN BAMAKO
REF: BAMAKO 00036
Classified By: Political Officer Aaron Sampson, Embassy Bamako,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1.(U) One of the eight Tuareg rebels captured by the Malian
military on January 12 died in Malian custody in Bamako on
January 15. The eight rebels had been transferred to Bamako
one day before, on January 14 (reftel). Radio France (RFI)
reported the death, quoting an unnamed source from the Malian
Ministry of Defense. The source confirmed the death, and
told RFI that Mali would solicit a legal medical opinion and
Algerian mediation to determine the actual cause of death.
RFI reported that one of the eight prisoners was limping
noticeably upon arrival at the Bamako airport on January 14.
2.(C) On January 16 a Malian government official told the
Embassy that the dead prisoner was not Ahmed Anakib, the
presumed leader of captured rebel contingent and senior
member of either the Tuareg rebel Alliance for Democracy and
Change (ADC),Ibrahim Bahanga's Northern Mali Tuareg Alliance
for Change (ATNMC),or both. The official said the prisoner
was already ill upon arrival in Bamako. He said Mali was in
the process of handing over the body to Algeria in order to
obtain independent certification that the individual was not
tortured or mistreated and that the death resulted from other
causes. The official also said Mali intended to "do what the
Israelis do" and eventually barter the remaining 7 captives
for the three Malian soldiers still held by Ibrahim Bahanga.
LEONARD
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/16/2019
TAGS: PHUM PREL PINS ML
SUBJECT: ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN
CUSTODY IN BAMAKO
REF: BAMAKO 00036
Classified By: Political Officer Aaron Sampson, Embassy Bamako,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1.(U) One of the eight Tuareg rebels captured by the Malian
military on January 12 died in Malian custody in Bamako on
January 15. The eight rebels had been transferred to Bamako
one day before, on January 14 (reftel). Radio France (RFI)
reported the death, quoting an unnamed source from the Malian
Ministry of Defense. The source confirmed the death, and
told RFI that Mali would solicit a legal medical opinion and
Algerian mediation to determine the actual cause of death.
RFI reported that one of the eight prisoners was limping
noticeably upon arrival at the Bamako airport on January 14.
2.(C) On January 16 a Malian government official told the
Embassy that the dead prisoner was not Ahmed Anakib, the
presumed leader of captured rebel contingent and senior
member of either the Tuareg rebel Alliance for Democracy and
Change (ADC),Ibrahim Bahanga's Northern Mali Tuareg Alliance
for Change (ATNMC),or both. The official said the prisoner
was already ill upon arrival in Bamako. He said Mali was in
the process of handing over the body to Algeria in order to
obtain independent certification that the individual was not
tortured or mistreated and that the death resulted from other
causes. The official also said Mali intended to "do what the
Israelis do" and eventually barter the remaining 7 captives
for the three Malian soldiers still held by Ibrahim Bahanga.
LEONARD