US embassy cable - 04AMMAN5979

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 AMMAN 005979 
 
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SECSTATE 4476 FOR NEA AND PM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS 
SUBJECT: THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL 
CARRIERS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FROM JORDAN TO IRAQ 
 
1.  U. S. EMBASSY AMMAN CONCURS WITH THE GOJ REQUEST FOR 
THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF UP TO 100 EACH M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL 
CARRIERS (APC) AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO THE IRAQI INTERIM 
GOVERNMENT (IIG). 
 
2.  BASIS FOR REQUEST: 
 
A.  ITEMS BEING TRANSFERRED: UP TO 100 EACH M113 APCS, 94 
EACH .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS AND 274 EACH RT524 RADIO SETS. 
JORDAN HAS OFFERED THE EQUIPMENT TO THE IRAQI INTERIM 
GOVERNMENT FREE OF CHARGE. 
 
THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE M113S ARE: 
RSJ00278, RSJ00291, RSJ00289, RSJ00286, RSJ00273, RSJ00295, 
SJ17030, MSJ17995, MSJ17794, MSJ17793, MSJ17799, MSJ17932, 
MSJ17758, MSJ18004, MSJ18130, SJ18295, SJ17767, SJ17981, 
SJ18202, SJ18248, SJ18229, SJ17957, SJ18263, SJ18194, 
SJ17811, SJ18285, SJ18171, SJ17956, SV1785, SJ17972, SJ17908, 
SJ17761, MSJ17806, SJ17755, 18259, SJ17757, SJ17911, SJ17771, 
SJ17774, SJ17769, SJ17327, SJ18204, 17986, SY17585, SJ17093, 
SJ17376, MSJ17980, SJ17267, MSJ17751, SJ17951, SJT17054, 
SJ17550, SJ17538, SY17607, SJ17074, SJ17583, CHG144, CHG597, 
C299, CHG330, CHG111, C254, MSJ16748, MSJ16714, MSJ16692, 
MSJ16598, MSJ16717, MSJ16723, MSJ16702, MSJ16743, MSJ16727, 
MSJ16627, MSJ16731, MSJ16707, MSJ16724, MSJ16645, MSJ16695, 
MSJ16712, MSJ16699, MSJ16709, MSJ16734, MSJ16735, MSJ16757, 
MSJ16706, MSJ16619, MSJ16687, MSJ16750, MSJ16738, MSJ16802, 
MSJ16764, 6D116606, MSJ16588, SJT17089, SJT17081, SJT17103, 
SJT17100, SJ17336, SJ17281, SJ17534, SJ17545. 
 
THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE .50 CAL MACHINE GUNS ARE: 
1440073, 1992310, 1379058, 1880315, 1862107, 1644358, 
1567657, 1642072, 1554364, 1725894, 1884941, 285368, 823003, 
1450139, 1581371, 2116845, 1532827, 1337634, 1581146, 698296, 
2117391, 1986308, 477897, 2116150, 819034, 1840752, 1659889, 
1641999, 1356806, 846234, 1933369, 703473, 1497538, 857168, 
528951, 809018, 1661482, 332662, 1578840, 2117298, 1638366, 
808877, 1854345, 1862917, 808551, 532736, 828495, 845260, 
523962, 54697, 1372953, 1579128, 1389544, 193284, 1661169, 
525766, 1366291, 1375657, 1380067, 1771054, 1641816, 1786850, 
1365743, 1200163, 2117215, 1651014, 192343, 1641325, 1554289, 
807266, 2119086, 828513, 836084, 848826, 99686, 3430758, 
2116508, 1580147, 1575266, 1854145, 2001167, 324944, 6971027, 
1874583, 1843223, 342248, 341871, 560247, 531473, 825612, 
1369524, 1654034, 1865073, 1641003. 
 
THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE RT 524 RADIOS ARE: 
13908B, 33073, 1217C, 12, N/A, 68, 460A, 19065B, 235B, 45359, 
18172B, 16162, 1153A, 1146A, 61627, N/A, 1458A, 1187A, 1163A, 
6821B, 743B, 8723B, 378B, 1180A, 1202A, 746B, 1035A, 64636, 
63743, 99103, 1191A, 1010A, 1222A, 6182, 7219B, 38953, 1188, 
18178B, 63054, 63685, 1541, 45494, 1459A, 16865, 28365, 
40500, 1197A, 33339, 33351, 479A, 44995, 46035, 1037A, 
15185B, 14415B, 1358A, 26963, 14587B, 1220, 38739, 14437B, 
1336D, 1800, 14545B, 38, 1403, 747B, 8938B, 39069, 63250, 
16043, 25, 66697, 37, 3881B, 45885, 33252, 40322, 1463, 
60924, 1166A, 5797B, 1370A, 13026B, 1868B, 689A, 99854, 146, 
1563, 6713B, 65633, 18181, 38951, 1524, 16, 1385B, 1526, 
6446, 1615C, 1247, 5756B, 6424, 39988, 5998, 1668, 34935, 
557, 38925, 14555, 63256, 4030, N/A, 45352, 9814, 3142, 
32978, 33146, 33409, 217, 1150, 17940, 45595, 1488B, 45884, 
979, 8688B, 12048, 843B, 13308, 63678, 433A, 46108, 45502, 
1178, 33449, B196, 34, 66060, 64349, 38524, 48846, 45364, 
13935B, 45378, 1400A, 23926, 64448, 23926, 38412, 44254, 
1431A, 6052, 1179, 958B, 12118, 6121A, 1549A, 33166, 3092, 
732A, 1327A, 14446B, 46511, 6724B, 6494, 45980, 1204A, 
619778, 33478, 38328, 17077, 74, 45790, 1181A, 7238B, 31982, 
48355, 45013, 64402, 66800, 65004, 52480, 32970, 46508, 
46517, 100, 14436B, 1404A, 1415A, N/A, 65642, 45877, 1500B, 
63144, 61609, 1292B, 14418B, 1056A, 1529, 750B, 64922, 63149, 
N/A, 3938, 39068, 65214, 63666, 33184, 24332, 45699, 45891, 
960B, 61456, 61228, N/A, 33197, N/A, 26492, 6708, 28239, 
33223, 6076, 63165, 13945, 280B, 65156, 442A, 64, 64430, 
45748, 65707, 0329C, 1029A, 56686, 33338, 33480, 33432, 
46501, 1536, 758, 65147, 1411, 38937, 17924, 1208, 720, 1273, 
17918, 24, 65210, 45405, 44283, 1393, 62676, 1410, 487, 
62897, 19354, 13570, 456, 14450, 14447, 32765, 60821, 15112, 
14605, 63142, N/A, 1485, 1322, 64737, 1398, 4577, 33414. 
 
B.  THE JAF BELIEVES, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO EITHER CONFIRM OR 
DENY THAT THESE DEFENSE ARTICLES WERE PROCURED WITH NATIONAL 
FUNDS ON AN FMS CASE. 
 
C.  ACCORDING TO THE JAF THE ACQUISITION COST OF THE M113 
APCS IS $77,000 EACH FOR A TOTAL ACQUISITION COST OF 
$7,700,000.  THE ESTIMATED CURRENT VALUE IS $160,000 EACH. 
 
ACCORDING TO THE JAF THE ACQUISITION COST OF THE .50 CALIBER 
MACHINE GUNS IS $6,000 EACH FOR A TOTAL ACQUISITION COST OF 
$564,000.  THE CURRENT ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE .50 CAL MACHINE 
GUNS IS $8,200 EACH. 
 
THE JAF STATES THAT THE ACQUISITION COST OF THE RT524 RADIOS 
IS $7,840 EACH FOR A TOTAL ACQUISITION VALUE OF $2,148,160. 
THE CURRENT ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE RADIOS IS $24,000 EACH. 
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE TRANSFER IS $10,412,160. 
 
D.  IRAQI DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES WILL USE THE 
U.S.-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTICLES. 
 
E.  THE SECURITY INTERESTS OF ALL PARTIES WILL BE GREATLY 
SERVED BY THE TRANSFER.  JORDAN IS PROVIDING THE WEAPONS FREE 
OF CHARGE TO THE IIG.  THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ IS IN DIRE NEED 
OF JORDAN'S EXCESS WEAPONS SO THAT THEY CAN EQUIP THE IRAQI 
DEFENSE FORCES. 
 
F.  PROPOSED TIME FRAME OR CONSTRAINTS:  AS SOON AS 
INTERESTED PARTIES RECEIVE DOS APPROVAL. 
 
G.  DEMIL:  N/A. 
 
3.  OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: 
 
A.  IMPACT ON FORCE STRUCTURE: N/A. 
 
B.  ANTICIPATED REACTIONS OF NEIGHBORING STATES: NONE. 
 
C.  ABILITY TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN:  IN ADDITION TO TRAINING 
AND EQUIPPING THE IRAQI DEFENSE FORCES, THE IIG WILL ALSO 
HAVE TO RE-BUILD THE LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE 
MAINTENANCE CAPABILITIES TO KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN 
OPERATIONAL STATUS. 
 
D.  OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:  NONE. 
 
E. RELEVANT HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS: THE JORDANIAN 
MILITARY HAS NO HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND SUPPORTS 
CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE MILITARY.  THERE ARE NO HUMAN RIGHTS 
CONSIDERATIONS PRECLUDING THE TRANSFER OF THESE ITEMS. 
 
4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:  TRANSFER OF THE ABOVE 
LISTED ITEMS WILL ALLOW THE IIG TO SUPPLY NEEDED DEFENSE 
ARTICLES TO IRAQI DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES.  JORDAN'S 
EXCESS EQUIPMENT WILL GREATLY SUPPORT THE ONGOING EFFORTS IN 
IRAQ. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF THE 
LISTED DEFENSE ARTICLES TO THE IIG. 
 
5. BAGHDAD MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. 
 
 
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