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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07ALGIERS1747 |
PUSHING ALGERIAN MFA ON RETURN OF GUANTANAMO [...] (S) DCM met December 5 with Seddik Saoudi, Deputy Director in the MFA Consular Affairs division, to discuss the Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. The meeting was offered after we had attempted unsuccessfully for six weeks to meet with Hassane Rabehi, MFA Director General for Consular Affairs a [...] |
2007-12-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS KDRG AG |
| 07TRIPOLI1039 |
LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON ACCESS TO RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES REF: A) STATE 165729, B) STATE 127608, C) TRIPOLI 723, D) TRIPOLI 797 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1040 |
GOL FURTHER PROTESTS PLANNED TRANSFER OF LIBYAN DETAINEE AT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM LY |
| 08ASTANA1525 |
KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING SUICIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KDRG PREL KZ |
| 08ASTANA2262 |
KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL MEDIA FINALLY REPORT RETURN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media did not report the return to Kazakhstan of Guantanamo detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev until one week after his arrival. The government made no announcement about the return. Several media outle [...] |
2008-11-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDRG KAWC KPAO KZ |
| 08BAGHDAD217 |
INTERIM RESPONSE TO IRAQ - GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) This is an interim response to reftel. 2. (S) On January 23, Post delivered the diplomatic note cited in Reftel to Iraqi ForMin Hoshyar Zebari who, as a Kurd, is also the best-placed POC for additional actions regarding this and future detainees. 3. (S) Post is developing a demarche [...] |
2008-01-25 20:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PHUM PINR PTER KDRG |
| 08BAGHDAD4068 |
IRAQ APPROVES ACCEPTANCE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (S) SUMMARY. Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Maliki has approved the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from USG custody at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO; REF C) to the control and custody of the Government of Iraq. The PM has authorized the Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC [...] |
2008-12-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
| 08BRUSSELS945 |
GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...] (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy o [...] |
2008-06-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE |
| 08CANBERRA674 |
REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Polcouns and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Craig Chittick, Assistant Secretary, United States Branch, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Chittick said the decision of the Australian Government - taken by the Cabinet after advice from all relevant government agenci [...] |
2008-07-03 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS |
| 08DUSHANBE591 |
POLOFF GAINS ACCESS TO TAJIK PRISONS, VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, PolOff visited Sobit Vakhidov and Rahmiddin Sharopov, both returnees from Guantanamo now held in Tajik prison, pursuant to a 2006 agreement between the United States and Tajikistan. There were numerous bureaucratic complications in gaining access to them, and we were [...] |
2008-04-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI |
| 08DUSHANBE997 |
TRANSFER OF TAJIK GTMO DETAINEE JUMMA JAN [...] (S) On July 29, 2008 PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Head of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolEcon Chief specified that the date range for the transfer would be September 10-16, per email communication with [...] |
2008-07-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER TI |
| 08ISLAMABAD2416 |
PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER KDRG |
| 08ISLAMABAD2455 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI DETAINEES [...] (C) Please see action request para 3. On July 17, Mansoor Khan, Director of the Americas Desk with the MFA, requested a meeting with Poloff to compare lists of Pakistani detainees currently held by the U.S. as a follow up to the June 18 meeting concerning the recent ARB-4 (Ref B). The MFA lis [...] |
2008-07-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDRG |
| 08ISLAMABAD2872 |
PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDRG AF |
| 08ISLAMABAD2893 |
GITMO DETAINEE MADNI RETURNED TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Hafiz Qari Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni was returned August 31 to the GOP's custody (reftel). Arriving at Pakistan's Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Madni was met by Islamabad Capital Police and Embassy A/RSO, who coordinated the transfer. 2. (C) Pol [...] |
2008-09-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM KDRG PINR |
| 08KHARTOUM1369 |
TRANSFER OF DETAINEE TO SUDAN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 8. Siddiq welcomed the possibility of the upcoming transfer. He confirmed that the same humane treatment, security and access assurances previously provided by the GOS with respect t [...] |
2008-09-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG SU |
| 08KHARTOUM1373 |
TRANSFER OF DETAINEE TO SUDAN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 8. Siddiq welcomed the possibility of the upcoming transfer. He confirmed that the same humane treatment, security and access assurances previously provided by the GOS with respect t [...] |
2008-09-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG SU |
| 08KHARTOUM149 |
2007 CONTINUED DETENTION DETERMINATIONS REGARDING [...] (C) CDA Fernandez raised the issue of Guantanamo detainees Sami al-Haj (345), Mustafa Al-Hassan Mustafa Ibrahim (719), and Amir Mohammed (720) per reftels with MFA Americas Director Ambassador Abdel Al-Sanosi on January 31 after raising it earlier with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman I [...] |
2008-01-31 12:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG SU |
| 08KHARTOUM645 |
TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES TO SUDAN [...] (S) CDA Fernandez briefed MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on April 27 of the contents of reftel A. RAO briefed Sudanese Intelligence (NISS) at the same time. DLO has provided flight information to appropriate MOD authorities and to MFA in a diplomatic note (without specifying the nature of [...] |
2008-04-27 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI SU |
| 08KUWAIT113 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (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 prev [...] |
2008-01-30 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KDRG PGOV KU |
| 08KUWAIT12 |
GOK LOOKING FORWARD TO POTUS VISIT; AMIR TO RAISE [...] (C) In a December 31 meeting with CDA to discuss Iraqi border and other issues (reported septel), MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah said that the GOK is looking forward to the January 11-12 POTUS visit. He added that there are many issues for both sides to discuss. He recalled the Amir's S [...] |
2008-01-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDRG KU |
| 08KUWAIT14 |
KUWAIT MFA U/S: SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah, the U/S discussed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit and relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues (reported septels). Jarallah also expressed deep concern over the political situation in Lebanon and said that "all of t [...] |
2008-01-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KDRG KPAL ETRD ECON KU IR SY |
| 08KUWAIT159 |
TWO MORE FORMER GTMO DETAINEES ACQUITTED [...] (S) On February 6, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, acquitted former Guantanamo detainees Omar Rajib Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari of all terror-related charges. With this ruling, the Court of Cassation has now acquitted seven of the eight former detainees released to Kuwa [...] |
2008-02-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KDRG PTER PGOV KU |
| 08KUWAIT273 |
GOK NOTIFIED OF ARB IV PROCEEDINGS FOR CYCLES 1 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG PINR PTER PGOV KU |
| 08KUWAIT286 |
GOK DIPNOTE DETAILING TRAVEL PLANS TO GTMO [...] (S) On March 9, post received diplomatic note 20080342 from MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination office detailing the travel plans on March 13 of four Kuwait Security Service (KSS) officials to Washington and Guantanamo Detention Facility. The GOK previously informed Post of the names of the fou [...] |
2008-03-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDRG KU |
| 08KUWAIT30 |
KUWAITI FATHER PLEADS FOR HIS SON'S RELEASE FROM [...] (C) An open letter appeared in the January 7 Kuwait Times that contained a personal plea to President Bush for the release of the author's son, Fawzi (AKA Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al-Awdah-ISN 232) from GTMO. The letter is well-crafted and rational as opposed to the usual diatribes on GTMO that [...] |
2008-01-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU PHUM KDRG PTER |
| 08KUWAIT370 |
SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSSES CT WITH KUWAITI [...] (C) During a March 24-25 visit to Kuwait, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Kuwait's Amir, Crown Prince, PM, FM, MinDef and National Security Bureau President (NSB) to discuss counterterrorism and information sharing, Iran and Iraq, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and the USG's [...] |
2008-04-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCIP KDRG KTFN KU IZ IR |
| 08KUWAIT48 |
GOK PROVIDES NEW ASSURANCE ON GTMO ON EVE OF POTUS [...] (S/NF) The Kuwaiti message in para 3, delivered to Embassy Kuwait after-hours on the evening before President Bush's January 11 arrival, is a last-second GOK attempt to define a positive basis for discussion of the GTMO detainee question. It constitutes both an official response to the U.S. dem [...] |
2008-01-10 20:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDRG PTER KU |
| 08KUWAIT508 |
5/8/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI FM: MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah, her first call on the Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah since presenting credentials April 20, Ambassador stressed the need for GOK action to improve CT performance and cooperation following reported suicide a [...] |
2008-05-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDRG KU |
| 08KUWAIT557 |
S/CT DAILEY OFFERS CT COOPERATION; KSS DESCRIBES [...] (S) In separate meetings May 12 with Kuwait State Security (KSS) and MFA officials, on May 12, S/CT Dailey briefed on the USG paradigm of counterterrorism (CT) efforts and urged speedy and transparent information and intelligence exchanges and tighter border controls. S/CT Dailey also urged [...] |
2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
| 08KUWAIT694 |
KSS TO WAINSTEIN: KUWAIT CT LEGISLATION INADEQUATE [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein, in a June 11 meeting with Kuwait State Security (KSS) Director Muhaylan, conveyed the President's appeal for increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation and information sharing among partners [...] |
2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
| 08KUWAIT696 |
NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND [...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT), met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB), Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...] |
2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
| 08KUWAIT98 |
KUWAIT MFA U/S ON IRAQ, GTMO, 1267 DESIGNEES [...] (C) On January 21, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah told CDA that Kuwait is ready to invest in Iraq, but delays in funding are caused by the Iraqi failure to get project proposals to relevant GOK officials. Recent high-level Iraqi visits to Kuwait have increased bilateral cooperation, and there are now s [...] |
2008-01-24 16:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IR IZ KDRG PINR PTER ETRD |
| 08RABAT370 |
TRANSFER OF MOROCCAN GTMO DETAINEE SAID [...] (C/NF) This is a coordinated mission message, with concurrence from all concerned agencies. In response to queries reftel; (a) The GOM is prepared to receive the proposed transfer. (b) The GOM has provided verbal assurances from a variety of sources including MFA Director of Bilateral Affai [...] |
2008-04-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG MO |
| 08SANAA1212 |
REVIEWING THE ROADMAP OR RETURN OF YEMEN'S GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) On July 20, the Ambassador met with Ammar Saleh, Deputy Director of Yemen's National Security Bureau, to discuss the eleven items that comprise the roadmap for the return of Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo (GTMO), presented initially during [...] |
2008-07-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PTER YM |
| 08STATE123051 |
DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR THE TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEE HAMDAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) The Department thanks Post for its work to develop an agreement with the Government of Yemen (ROYG) to accept the transfer of GTMO detainee SALEM AHMED SALEM HAMDAN (ISN 149) with a commitment t [...] |
2008-11-19 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER YM |
| 08STATE133238 |
OBTAINING A COMMITMENT FROM THE GOK TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-20 07:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG KR |
| 08SUVA475 |
KIRIBATI CABINET AGREES TO OFFER ASYLUM TO UIGHURS [...] (S) On December 20, Embassy delivered points reftel to Kiribati Foreign Secretary Tessie Lambourne. Embassy also forwarded a cover note in conjunction with the non-paper. The Kiribati cabinet had not been privy to earlier discussions between governments. Embassy wanted to help President Tong [...] |
2008-12-22 03:00:00 | Embassy Suva | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG FJ |
| 08TRIPOLI167 |
LIBYA: NOTIFICATION OF ARB-IV PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 08:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI4 |
LIBYA: FAMILY VISIT FOR RETURNED GTMO DETAINEE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI527 |
LIBYAN RESPONSE ON ARB-4 REVIEW PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG KBTR LY |
| 08TUNIS1007 |
DETAINEE LUFTI BIN SWEI LAGHA HAS NOT COMPLAINED [...] (C) Summary: Mabruk Lagha, the older brother of former Guantanamo detainee Lufti Ben Swei reported that he sees his brother about 3-4 times per month and gives him food and clothing. He did not report any mistreatment. Lutfi says his health is fine but Mabruk personally worries about his br [...] |
2008-09-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
| 08TUNIS1110 |
FM SAYS ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES NOT [...] (S) During an October 18 call on Foreign Minister Abdallah, the Ambassador asked the Minister whether the GOT would provide the Embassy access to the two Guantanamo detainees returned last year. Abdallah replied that he had explained honestly the GOT point of view to NEA A/S Welch (ref. a), [...] |
2008-10-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
| 08TUNIS1137 |
(S) TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: WHAT NEXT? [...] (S/NF) Over the last two years, GOT officials have said Guantanamo detainees transferred to Tunisia will not be tortured or mistreated. President Ben Ali reiterated this "promise" to the Secretary in September. They have denied reports that one of the detainees transferred in 2007 was mistr [...] |
2008-11-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
| 08TUNIS193 |
PRESIDENT BEN ALI MEETS WITH A/S WELCH: PROGRESS [...] (S/NF) President Ben Ali and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed regional and bilateral issues in a wide-ranging, warm and open meeting on Thursday, February 28. In response to A/S Welch's remarks and requests, President Ben Ali: -- promised counter-terrorism cooperation "without r [...] |
2008-03-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV KPAL KDRG KDEM TS |
| 08TUNIS42 |
TRANSFERRING TUNISIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO: [...] (S/NF) As Washington agencies consider the disposition of the ten remaining Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo, we offer the following thoughts on how to move forward with their transfer to GOT custody. Following allegations that the two Tunisian detainees transferred in June 2007 were torture [...] |
2008-01-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KDRG PGOV PINR TS |
| 08TUNIS992 |
TUNIS: BEN OMAR'S FAMILY REPORTS PSYCHOLOGICAL [...] (S) Summary: Family members of transferred Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar report he is physically fine, but weak. He faces threats, however, about his family from Ministry of Interior officials who have shown him doctored photos in which security personnel appear to be beating his so [...] |
2008-09-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
| 09ABUDHABI75 |
UAE DECLINES TO RECEIVE THIRD COUNTRY GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-19 13:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS KDRG SY TU AE |
| 09ASTANA314 |
KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...] |
2009-02-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ |
| 09BAGHDAD1436 |
IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES [...] (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 [...] |
2009-06-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
| 09BAGHDAD1530 |
SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF FIFTH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (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, D [...] |
2009-06-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
| 09BAGHDAD199 |
SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO IRAQ; [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. After providing humane treatment and security assurances to the USG, the Government of Iraq (GOI) successfully took custody and control of four former Guantanamo detainees from U.S. forces January 17. The four are currently being detained for investigation into crimes possibl [...] |
2009-01-26 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
| 09BAGHDAD37 |
IRAQ PROVIDES WRITTEN ASSURANCES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (S) The Government of Iraq (GOI) provided written security and humane treatment assurances for the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba (GTMO) January 7. Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC), signed the assurances with auth [...] |
2009-01-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
| 09BAGHDAD85 |
IRAQ PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE TO ALLOW ACCESS [...] (S) The Government of Iraq (GOI) provided written security and humane treatment assurances for the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba January 7 (REF A). Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center, who had signed the assurances with aut [...] |
2009-01-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
| 09BRUSSELS783 |
CHINA/EU: HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE IS PRODUCTIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU troika held its annual EU-China Human Rights Dialogue on May 14 in Prague. EU participants found the atmosphere to be more positive and productive on most issues than at the last dialogue in December 2008 in Beijing. 2. (SBU) The EU held legal seminars in Prague tw [...] |
2009-06-05 11:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDRG EUN CZ CH |
| 09CANBERRA533 |
SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS GOA ON UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Daniel Fried asked Australia to resettle some of the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo. Campbell listened politely, but because the ultimate decision rests with Prime Minister [...] |
2009-06-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS |
| 09DUSHANBE1132 |
ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MUQUIT VOHIDOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Ref A request, on October 8, 2009, emboff visited Muquit Vohidov (AKA Sobit Vahidov) in High Security Penitentiary Number 1 in Dushanbe. The meeting took place in the Prison Commander's office, with Prison Commander Colonel Tabarali Inomov and two other prison officers present. [...] |
2009-10-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1398 |
ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RAHMIDDIN SHARIPOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Reftel A request, on December 9, 2009, emboff visited Rahmiddin Sharipov in the Ministry of Justice pre-trial detention facility in Dushanbe where he is now held. The meeting took place in an office of the administration of the detention facility, with two officers of the facility pres [...] |
2009-12-10 10:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE996 |
FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES APPROACH EMBASSY, REQUEST [...] (C/NF) On August 12 Shafi Rakhimovich Salikhov (as spelled in his Tajik passport) walked into the embassy, and asked to speak with an embassy officer. Local guards briefly interviewed him, then referred him to the Assistant Regional Security Officer. Salikhov explained to the A/RSO that he had [...] |
2009-08-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI |
| 09GENEVA263 |
UNHCR OFFERS SEVERAL WAYS FORWARD ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a very productive March 26 meeting with S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller offered the USG several options to assist in finding durable solutions for remaining [...] |
2009-03-30 07:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL |
| 09GENEVA280 |
S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met separately with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). In both meetings he outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) -led review of the remaining 241 detainees at Guantanamo that i [...] |
2009-04-03 15:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL |
| 09GENEVA383 |
GUANTANAMO: SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED AND UNHCR ON NEXT [...] (U)Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Fried and Acting PRM A/S Witten, accompanied by S/GC Williams, Mission RMA Counselor and Legal Adviser, met on May 18th with UNHCR,s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, and her staff to discuss USG progress towards GTMO closure and t [...] |
2009-05-20 07:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL |
| 09KUWAIT1018 |
KUWAITI PSYCHIATRIST: OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR GTMO [...] (S/NF) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum related to poloff on October 21 his positive prognosis for the likelihood of the eventual settling into Kuwaiti life of (newly) former GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri -- repatriated to Kuwait o [...] |
2009-10-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU |
| 09KUWAIT1070 |
FORMER GTMO DETAINEE MOVED TO REHAB CENTER [...] (C) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum confirmed to poloff November 10 that former GTMO detainee Khalid Al-Mutayri was recently transferred from a military hospital to the Salam rehabilitation center within the Central Prison and is [...] |
2009-11-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU |
| 09KUWAIT1113 |
CASE DISMISSED, HOLIDAY FURLOUGH FOR GTMO RETURNEE [...] (U) MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination's desk officer Abdullah Al-Shirrah confirmed to poloff November 24 that Kuwait's Public Prosecutor had dismissed all charges the previous day against former GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri, who returned to Kuwait October 9. The story has also appeared in [...] |
2009-11-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU |
| 09KUWAIT502 |
KUWAIT CLAIMS TO BUILD TERRORIST REHAB CENTER, [...] (C) Summary. GOK interlocutors have advised us a long promised rehabilitation center for Islamic extremists -- mentioned by Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 2008 meeting with Secretary Rice -- has been completed and could soon begin operations. The GOK, under significant domestic [...] |
2009-05-18 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU |
| 09KUWAIT613 |
KUWAIT'S NEW REHAB CENTER FOR FORMER GTMO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU |
| 09KUWAIT755 |
INTERAGENCY GTMO TEAM HAS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) An interagency team representing DoD, State, DoJ, and GRPO visited Kuwait July 26-27 to discuss GOK preparations in the event that any or all of Kuwait's remaining four GTMO detainees should be transferred, and to tour the purpose-built "Al-Salam Center" rehabilitation facility and rev [...] |
2009-07-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU |
| 09KUWAIT790 |
GOK ADDS AL-BATHALY TO THE REHAB CENTER MIX [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note August 10 from the Kuwaiti MFA reiterating the GOK's long-standing request for the return of the four Kuwaiti nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, and outlining the procedures to be followed by the GOK in the [...] |
2009-08-11 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU |
| 09LJUBLJANA114 |
SLOVENIAN INTERIOR MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, GUANTANAMO, AND [...] (C) In an April 20 courtesy call on Interior Minister Katarina Kresal, CDA discussed several current issues in the U.S. - Slovenian relationship. CDA pressed Kresal to move forward with HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements, in order to satisfy requirements to remain on the visa waiver program. He raise [...] |
2009-04-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG KCRM NATO CVIS ASEC PHUM PTER PINR SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA274 |
SLOVENIA: PM ASKS FOR BREATHING ROOM RE GUANTANAMO [...] (C) DAS Stu Jones asked Prime Minister Pahor in a private meeting at the Bled Strategic Forum on August 30 if Slovenia would be willing to accept one or two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. Pahor declined to provide an immediate answer, staying that he needed to resolve the border dispute wi [...] |
2009-09-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDRG SI |
| 09LONDON2857 |
UK HOSTS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES LEADERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-18 10:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KDRG |
| 09LUXEMBOURG302 |
LUXEMBOURG: ALBRIGHT-JUNCKER COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker for a brief courtesy call on the margins of the October 15-17 NATO Strategic Concept Conference held in Luxembourg. Juncker committed to maintaining his government's current level of financial and m [...] |
2009-10-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PGOV PREL MARR LU |
| 09MANAMA166 |
S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO MANAMA [...] (S) Summary: A Bahraini MFA official said that the GOB would consider the USG's request to accept non-Bahraini Guantanamo detainees as a gesture of respect to the Obama administration's commitment to close the facility. He added that Bahrain would try to convince Yemen to find a compromise th [...] |
2009-03-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER KDRG SA YE TU LY SY SU BA |
| 09MUSCAT433 |
OMANI MINISTERS VOICE INCREASING CONCERNS OVER REGION’S [...] (C) In separate farewell calls by the Ambassador May 9-11, Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud bin Mohammed Al Sa'id, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and Minister of Health and Deputy Central Bank Governor Ali Moussa expressed Oman's growing anxiety over [...] |
2009-05-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL MOPS KDRG YM PK AF IZ MU |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT730 |
TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AHMED AZIZ (ISN [...] (C) Ambassador raised the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Aziz with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ould Sidi on November 15 and shared copies of diplomatic notes exchanged in the first detainee return in 2007. The Secretary General promised a later formal respons [...] |
2009-11-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG MR |
| 09SANAA1170 |
SALEH PRESSES FOR MEETING WITH OBAMA [...] (S/NF) On June 27, President Saleh urged the Ambassador to hurry preparations for a state visit to Washington, suggesting it would help remove obstacles impeding the transfer of Yemeni GTMO detainees to Saudi custody. On internal issues, Saleh dismissed concern over unrest in Yemen'ssouthern [...] |
2009-06-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDRG CASC PREL YM |
| 09SANAA1278 |
PRESIDENT SALEH PRESSES FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) A clearly agitated President Saleh complained to the Ambassador July 20 that it was a negative recommendation from Embassy Sana'a that was preventing the White House from extending an invitation to him for an official visit with President Obama. The Ambassador clarified to Saleh that his [...] |
2009-07-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDRG PTER YM |
| 09SANAA1485 |
YEMEN UNITES IN CELEBRATION OF AL-MOAYAD'S RELEASE [...] (U) The Yemeni press was unanimously ecstatic at the news that terrorist financier Sheikh Mohamed al-Moayad and his assistant Mohamed Zayd have been released from U.S. custody. Official press sought to cast the release as the personal achievement of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, while independ [...] |
2009-08-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAO KDRG YM |
| 09SANAA1669 |
BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING SEP 6, 2009 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a September 6 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, President Saleh pledged unfettered access to Yemen's national territory for U.S. counterterrorism operations, suggesting that in the process, the USG assumed responsibility for the success - or failure - [...] |
2009-09-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PINR KDRG PINS SA YM |
| 09SANAA168 |
ROYG MOVES REHABILITATION CENTER SITE TO ADEN [...] (C) In what he described as his last "official task" for President Saleh following his December 17 cabinet resignation, former Deputy Prime Minister Rashad al-Alimi told the Ambassador during a January 31 meeting that he will oversee the construction of Yemen's extremist rehabilitation center [...] |
2009-02-02 08:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG YM |
| 09SANAA257 |
REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST [...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...] |
2009-02-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KDRG KISL YM |
| 09SANAA307 |
SALEH INSISTS ON RECEIVING GTMO DETAINEES, ASSURES [...] (C) The Ambassador told President Saleh that there are profound doubts in Washington about Yemen's ability to receive and properly manage detainees returned from Guantanamo. The Ambassador urged the President, in a February 18 meeting, to reconsider his objection to the possibility of sendin [...] |
2009-02-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG KISL YM |
| 09SANAA495 |
SALEH SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) President Saleh on March 16 rejected a proposal by visiting Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (APDNSA) John Brennan that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be sent to a Saudi rehabilitation center jointly run by Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saleh instead insisted that the [...] |
2009-03-23 07:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | KDRG PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ SA YM |
| 09SANAA569 |
ROYG FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 16 BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi called in Ambassador April 1 to express concern about the outcome of last month,s discussion between APDNSA John Brennan and President Saleh on GTMO detainees, and solicit the Ambassador,s views as to how we can move this issue forward. Dhabbi [...] |
2009-04-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL KDRG YM |
| 09STATE100312 |
GUANTANAMO CLOSING S/E FRIED SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting at the Kuwaiti Permanent Mission in New York, S/E for the Closure of Guantanamo, Dan Fried told the Kuwaiti PM that the way forward to resolve the Kuwaiti detainee issue is to finalize the draft diplomatic note outlining proposed GOK security measures. R [...] |
2009-09-26 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDRG KU |
| 09STATE108370 |
S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S) SUMMARY - S/E for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, Ambassador Daniel Fried, met with Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar on October 16 to inform Mekouar that Moroccan national Younis Abdurrahman Checkkouri (197), has been approved for transfer from Guantanamo to Morocco. The [...] |
2009-10-20 15:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG AG LY MO TS |
| 09STATE115011 |
REPATRIATION OF SUDANESE NATIONAL FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 3-6. 2. (S) Sudanese national Mahmoud Idris (SU-036)is being considered for transfer from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Sudan. Interagency members are considering factors such as GOS humane treatment and security assurances, as well [...] |
2009-11-06 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KDRG SU |
| 09STATE115878 |
TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AHMED AZIZ (ISN 757) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-10 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG MR |
| 09STATE117303 |
TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TO SOMALILAND AUTHORITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-13 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG KE SO |
| 09STATE119647 |
INFORMING THE GOT OF THE TRANSFER OF TUNISIAN DETAINEES FROM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-19 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDRG PHUM IT TS |
| 09STATE125014 |
FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE ABDEL AHMED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 17:35:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG MR |
| 09STATE125192 |
S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BAALI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for the Closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Ambassador Daniel Fried met with Algerian Ambassador Abdallah Baali on December 4 to ascertain GOA willingness to accept Algerians who do not wish to return to Algeria, and specifically, GOA willingness to receive [...] |
2009-12-07 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDRG AG |
| 09STATE125521 |
INFORMING ROYG OF RETURN OF YEMENI DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. (S) Post should approach the relevant ROYG officials to inform them of the pending return of six Yemeni nationals currently detained at Guantanamo who have been approved for transfer. The detainees are: --Farouq Ali Ahmed (ISN YM-032) [...] |
2009-12-08 18:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KDRG YM |
| 09STATE129362 |
(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] Classified by EUR A/S Philip H. Gordon. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) December 14, 2009; 10:15 a.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Spokesman Ian Kelly Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon Special Assistant Joe MacManus NSC Tobin Bradley Alexandra McKnight (EUR Notetaker) SP [...] |
2009-12-18 15:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY KDRG MOPS MNUC MARR PREL |
| 09STATE130318 |
INFORMING THE GOT OF THE TRANSFER OF TUNISIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S/NF) The recent conclusion of an arrangement with the Government of Italy regarding the requirements for the transfer of Tunisian national Moez Bin Abdul Qadir Fezzani to the custody of the GOI paved the way for his transfer from Bagr [...] |
2009-12-22 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDRG PHUM IT TS |
| 09STATE20757 |
(U) Secretary Clinton's February 24, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) February 24, 2009; 9:45 a.m., Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR Acting DAS Pamela Spratlen PA Robert Wood S Staff NSC Tobin Bradley EUR/WE Elaine Samson (EUR Notetaker) SPAIN [...] |
2009-03-05 19:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY RODHAM KDRG ENRG EUN |
| 09STATE67097 |
SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED'S MEETING WITH TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-29 16:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG TS |
| 09STATE72438 |
SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED MEETING WITH KUWAITI AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, S/E for the Closing of Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried told Kuwaiti Ambassador Sabah that the U.S. has deep security concerns regarding the return of Kuwaiti detainees, stemming from the 2008 suicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq carried out by former Kuwai [...] |
2009-07-13 15:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDRG KU |
| 09STATE79114 |
APPROACH TO THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN ON ASSISTING [...] This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo is requested to meet with Government of Japan (GOJ) officials to request their assistance in allowing Uighur Medivacs from Palau to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa. 2. Background: On June 4, 2009, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Det [...] |
2009-07-29 17:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA PS KDRG |
| 09STATE86558 |
WELFARE VISIT REQUEST TO IMPRISONED FORMER GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Since 2004, 12 Tajik detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility have been returned to Tajikistan. Some were prosecuted by the Tajik government and imprisoned, while others were acquitted or served their prison sentences and [...] |
2009-08-19 20:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDRG TI |
| 09STATE91068 |
FORMER GTMO DETAINEE REQUEST FOR MEDICAL RECORDS AND [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. (C) In response to reftel request, Department provides the following information that can be passed on to Tajik former Guantanamo detainees Shafi Rakhimovich Salikhov, aka, Maroof Saleemovich Salehove (ISN-208),and Mehrabon Faizulovich [...] |
2009-09-01 17:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDRG TI |
| 09TALLINN223 |
Estonia Likely to Accept Gitmo Detainee(s) [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a meeting with the Estonian Foreign Minister Paet on July 29 in Tallinn, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, Ambassador Daniel Fried, requested the Estonian government consider receiving detainees currently held at Guantanamo, who the U.S. government cannot return [...] |
2009-08-03 14:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDRG EN |
| 09TIRANA776 |
GOA AGREES TO ACCEPT MORE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings with Special Envoy Daniel Fried on December 2, Prime Minister Sali Berisha agreed to accept for resettlement at least three and up to six Guantanamo detainees, provided "they are not ethnic-Uighurs and are not too dangerous." In separate meetings with the Prime [...] |
2009-12-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET//NOFORN | KDRG PREL PTER PINR PREF PGOV AL |
| 09TOKYO1740 |
JAPAN ON UIGHUR MEDEVACS FROM PALAU [...] (C) Charge D' Affaires delivered reftel talking points July 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto. Umemoto said Japan would give "serious thought to the matter" and indicated he understood pressure in the U.S. to close Guantanamo. ZUMW [...] |
2009-07-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG JA PS |
| 09TOKYO1840 |
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT INITIAL RESPONSE ON ASSISTING [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government understands the importance the Obama Administration has placed on the closure of Guantanamo and wants to cooperate as much as possible on assisting with possible Uighur medevacs from Palau, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA noted, h [...] |
2009-08-12 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG JA PS |
| 09TOKYO1892 |
RESPONSE TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ON ASSISTING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel information as a non-paper to MOFA First North American Division Deputy Director Yamamoto 17 August. Yamamoto expressed appreciation for the information as well as for U.S. agreement to take a case-by-case approach in the event of any medical emergency that may ari [...] |
2009-08-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG JA PS |
| 09TUNIS399 |
ICRC: TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN MOI FACILITIES A [...] (S/NF) The International Red Cross Committee Regional (ICRC) Delegate Yves Arnoldy told the Ambassador ICRC priorities in Tunisia are overcrowding in general and treatment of prisoners in MOI facilities. The ICRC has a good working relationship with the Ministry of Justice, but the Ministry of [...] |
2009-06-18 17:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PTER KDRG TS |
| 09TUNIS407 |
GOT SEEKS RETURN OF TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Saying he was acting at the request of President Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Abdallah told the Ambassador late June 18 that the GOT would like the United States to return all Tunisian Guantanamo detainees to Tunisia. Sending Tunisians to third countries (Italy, Germany and most r [...] |
2009-06-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS |
| 09TUNIS415 |
GOT ASKS EUROPEANS NOT TO TAKE TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) A senior MFA official convoked the German, Italian and Spanish Chiefs of Mission June 19 to inform them the GOT wants the Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo Camp returned home. According to the European COMs, the implicit message was that their governments should not accept the US request [...] |
2009-06-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS |
| 09TUNIS472 |
ICRC SAYS A FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE NEEDS [...] (S/NF) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tunisian Coordinator for Regional Protection Francesco Bruscoli (strictly protect) informed acting P/E Counselor July 14 on the margins of a reception that the ICRC had recently visited the two former Guantanamo detainees imprisoned i [...] |
2009-07-15 16:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER KDRG TS |
| 09VILNIUS264 |
OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ON GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S) On February 13 Post forwarded a list of the GOL's questions regarding Guantanamo detainees under consideration for resettlement in Lithuania (ref A). GOL officials thanked us May 8 for bio information already provided and passed a list of questions that are still outstanding at this time. [...] |
2009-05-13 06:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PTER PREL KDRG EUN LH |
| 09VILNIUS88 |
(S)LITHUANIA SAYS YES: NEXT STEPS ON GTMO [...] (S) Summary: Lithuania's State Defense Council met February 11 and made the decision to accept two Uzbek detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Urgent action request at para 4. End summary. 2. (S) The Council, which includes the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Se [...] |
2009-02-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PTER PREL KDRG EUN LH |
| 09VILNIUS92 |
Media Coverage of Lithuania Accepting Guantanamo Detainees [...] All major Lithuanian media outlets carried accounts of the GOL's interest in accepting some detainees from Guantanamo, with some stories saying that talks with U.S. representatives have already started. 2. On February 11-12, both major newswires, ELTA and BNS, (mostly factual, but used by [...] |
2009-02-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KDRG LH |
| 10BRUSSELS192 |
GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SE FRIED DISCUSSES EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried, along with Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner and Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force Director Matthew Olsen discussed the detention facility's curr [...] |
2010-02-18 05:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDRG EUN PTER |
| 10KUALALUMPUR124 |
GUANTANAMO REVIEW TASK FORCE DETERMINATION FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PTER KDRG MY |
| 10KUWAIT1 |
GTMO RETURNEE FUAD AL-RABIAH RELEASED BY COURT [...] (U) In a page-one special, Kuwaiti daily Arab Times reported on December 30 that recent GTMO detainee Fuad Al-Rabiah, who was handed over to the GOK and returned to Kuwait on December 10, was released by a Kuwaiti court on December 29. The article noted that Al-Rabiah, who was arrested in Afg [...] |
2010-01-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KDRG KU |
| 10LUXEMBOURG5 |
TO HELL AND BACK: GITMO EX-DETAINEE STUMPS IN LUXEMBOURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) detainee Moazzam Begg met with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn 14 January 2010 to press the government of Luxembourg to accept GTMO detainees for resettlement. Begg, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and imprisoned in [...] |
2010-01-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDRG PREL LU |
| 10STATE15539 |
GUANTANAMO REVIEW TASK FORCE DETERMINATION FOR TWO MALAYSIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-19 23:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KDRG MY |