Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NDJAMENA484
2009-10-26 16:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ndjamena
Cable title:
FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AL-QARANI SEEKS CHADIAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NDJAMENA 000484
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/C
STATE ALSO FOR DS/ITA/AF
STATE ALSO FOR DS/RD/AF
STATE ALSO FOR S/CT
STATE ALSO FOR INR
CIA FOR DDI/OEA
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AFR/INR
JCS FOR J2
JCS ALSO FOR J5
RABAT FOR LEGATT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/15
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CD
SUBJECT: FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AL-QARANI SEEKS CHADIAN
PASSPORT UNDER ASSUMED IDENTITY
REF: N'DJAMENA 244
Classified By: Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L NDJAMENA 000484
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/C
STATE ALSO FOR DS/ITA/AF
STATE ALSO FOR DS/RD/AF
STATE ALSO FOR S/CT
STATE ALSO FOR INR
CIA FOR DDI/OEA
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AFR/INR
JCS FOR J2
JCS ALSO FOR J5
RABAT FOR LEGATT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/15
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CD
SUBJECT: FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AL-QARANI SEEKS CHADIAN
PASSPORT UNDER ASSUMED IDENTITY
REF: N'DJAMENA 244
Classified By: Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Embassy staff have been advised by contacts in
Chad's law enforcement community that since his release from
Chadian custody last June (see reftel and previous),former
Guantanamo detainee Yousef al-Qarani (aka Mohamed al-Gharani)
has obtained a fraudulent birth certificate in Moussoro, the
birthplace of his parents, and used it to obtain a Chadian
national identity card under a false name (unspecified).
2. (C) Al-Qarani has used the card to apply for a Chadian
passport, and also produced supporting documents indicating
that in his supposed new identity, he attended law school in
London. Our contacts tell us that the passport application
was denied, apparently because the Chadian side became aware
of al-Qarani's real identity.
3. (C) As noted previously, al-Qarani has made clear his
wish to travel outside Chad, but the GoC has advised us that
it does not intend to give him a passport. The GOC has also
stated publicly that it does not anticipate being in a
position to give him a passport on grounds that "questions
exist" about his identify.
NIGRO
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/C
STATE ALSO FOR DS/ITA/AF
STATE ALSO FOR DS/RD/AF
STATE ALSO FOR S/CT
STATE ALSO FOR INR
CIA FOR DDI/OEA
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AFR/INR
JCS FOR J2
JCS ALSO FOR J5
RABAT FOR LEGATT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/15
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CD
SUBJECT: FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AL-QARANI SEEKS CHADIAN
PASSPORT UNDER ASSUMED IDENTITY
REF: N'DJAMENA 244
Classified By: Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Embassy staff have been advised by contacts in
Chad's law enforcement community that since his release from
Chadian custody last June (see reftel and previous),former
Guantanamo detainee Yousef al-Qarani (aka Mohamed al-Gharani)
has obtained a fraudulent birth certificate in Moussoro, the
birthplace of his parents, and used it to obtain a Chadian
national identity card under a false name (unspecified).
2. (C) Al-Qarani has used the card to apply for a Chadian
passport, and also produced supporting documents indicating
that in his supposed new identity, he attended law school in
London. Our contacts tell us that the passport application
was denied, apparently because the Chadian side became aware
of al-Qarani's real identity.
3. (C) As noted previously, al-Qarani has made clear his
wish to travel outside Chad, but the GoC has advised us that
it does not intend to give him a passport. The GOC has also
stated publicly that it does not anticipate being in a
position to give him a passport on grounds that "questions
exist" about his identify.
NIGRO