US embassy cable - 03AMMAN7393

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 AMMAN 007393 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PINR, OVIP, JO 
SUBJECT:  JORDANIAN MFA DIP NOTE ASKS FOR STATUS OF 37 
JORDANIANS ALLEGEDLY DETAINED IN IRAQ 
 
REF:  A) AMMAN 7358; B) AMMAN 5663 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY 
 
1.  (U)  Following up on conversation in ref a, the 
Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 12 sent 
the following diplomatic note to the Embassy (full text and 
list of names in para 3 below).  The note requests a status 
report on and the release of 37 named Jordanians allegedly 
detained in Iraq. 
 
2.  (SBU)  COMMENT AND ACTION REQUEST:  The MFA told us on 
November 10 (ref a) that the list of detainees attached to 
the dip notes was based on a compilation of queries from 
Jordanian family members.  The MFA said that it cannot 
confirm that all of these individuals are in custody in 
Iraq, but believes that the families, acting in good faith, 
believe so.  Please advise how the Embassy should respond to 
this note. 
 
3.  (U)  TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE: 
 
THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 
Ref. No.:  MEEM KAF/2/14/1834 
Date:  November 10, 2003 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United 
States of America in Amman.  Following to its note No. MEEM 
KAF/2/14/1302 dated August 28, 2003, the Ministry has the 
honor to attach to the Embassy a list of thirty-seven 
Jordanians who are still detained in Iraq.  The American 
forces do not permit them to depart though not a single 
accusation was presented against them, and the reasons for 
preventing them from departure to the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan were not clarified.  They should be treated like 
others from different nationalities who were in the same 
situation and were permitted to leave. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan will be very thankful if the Embassy provides it with 
any information about the names in the list and the names of 
any other (Jordanians) detained by coalition forces in Iraq 
and the reasons behind their detention. 
 
The Ministry takes this opportunity to renew to the Embassy 
its highest consideration. 
 
The Jordanian Detainees in Umm Qasr at BUCCA Camp No. 5 
 
1.  Hathal Muhsen Ahmad Bani Nasr 
 
2.  Flayyeh Hassan Kassab Al-Zyadi 
 
3.  Fayez Mutlaq Ali Al-Shammari 
 
4.  Talal Sayyah Barjes Al-Shammari 
 
5.  Fawwaz Hameed Fawwaz Al-Shammari 
 
6.  Zaher Mazhour Hmoud Al-Shammari 
 
7.  Saed Noman Hader Al-Shammari 
 
8.  Ali Turki Irhayyel Al-Shammari 
 
Abu Ghareeb Prison Baghdad 
 
9.  Mohammad Saleh Salameh Al-Salameh 
 
10.  Bilal Ahmad Abdullah Al-Omari 
 
11.  Ayman Mohammad Abdur Rahman Al-Jabali 
 
12.  Abdur Rahman Abdul Kareem Omar Zaidan 
 
13.  Khaled Abdullah Suleiman Abu Ennab 
 
14.  Ibrahim Ali Qasem Al-Asmar 
 
15.  Mohammad Abdullah Mohammad Fraihat 
 
16.  Mohammad Rizeq Mohammad Wardat 
 
17.  Ahmad Abdul Kareem Abul Jaber Al-Nobani 
18.  Yaser Hamdan Mohammad Maali 
19.  Ameer Abbas Mohammad Abdul Jawwad 
 
20.  Rami Yaseen Khaled Elyash 
 
21.  Bilal Nasr Mahmoud Mahmoud 
 
22.  Mahmoud Ali Ahmad Ibn Ali 
 
23.  Ali Omar Anees Saleh 
 
24.  Emad Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Hobani 
 
25.  Mohammad Yousef Kamal Al-Khatib 
 
26.  Hussein Ibrahim Yousef 
27.  Mohammad Riyad Mohammad Abu Issa (Abu Ees) 
28.  Ziyad Ahmad Mohammad Al-Rawashdeh 
 
29.  Jihad Ali Jaber Al-Sarhan 
 
30.  Taha Mohammad Al-Sheikh Al-Hajar 
 
31.  Mohammad Ahmad Mahmoud Al-Aqrabawi 
 
32.  Abdul Muhsen Sa'di Al-Shadfan 
 
33.  Raed Abdullah Hussein Abu Saqer 
 
34.  Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Al-Quraiqi 
 
35.  Mohammad Waleed Mahmoud Abu Sabrah 
 
36.  Wael Jamal Ahmad Othman 
 
37.  Salah Hussein Ahmad Assaf