US embassy cable - 04SANAA2047

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AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT DETERMINATION

Identifier: 04SANAA2047
Wikileaks: View 04SANAA2047 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Sanaa
Created: 2004-08-23 13:58:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 002047 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2014 
TAGS: KAWC, PINR, PREL, PTER, YM, COUNTER TERRORISM 
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT 
DETERMINATION 
 
REF: STATE 175727 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski; reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C)  Ambassador notified Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi on 
August 22 that a Yemeni Guantanamo detainee was designated as 
an enemy combatant by the Combatant Status Review Tribunal 
(CSRT) per reftel.  Ambassador assured the FM that the USG 
did not intend to release the nationality of detainees 
determined to be enemy combatants, but emphasized that press 
interest in the tribunal process is intense.  Qirbi nodded, 
saying, "I think it will eventually become public -- it 
cannot be avoided."  The FM asked that we continue to give 
advance notification of CSRT determinations involving 
Yemenis, explaining that having the information before it 
becomes public allows the ROYG to manage popular reaction and 
to provide consular/legal support to their citizens held in 
Guantanamo. 
 
KRAJESKI 

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