US embassy cable - 04SANAA2698

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 002698 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/16/2014 
TAGS: PTER, PREL, KAWC, PINR, YM, COUNTER TERRORISM 
SUBJECT: CSRT AND ARB NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED, ROYG REQUEST 
MORE INFORMATION ON DETAINEES 
 
REF: A. STATE 215053 
     B. STATE 213690 
     C. STATE 222208 
     D. STATE 221063 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d 
). 
 
1.  (C)  Pol/Econ Chief delivered Notifications of Combatant 
Status review Tribunal (refs A-C), and Final Determination of 
Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notifications (refs D and E) 
to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 16. 
 
2.  (C)  As in the past, Noman accepted notification of Enemy 
Combatant determinations without comment.  Refs D and E 
request ROYG assistance to notify families of detainees going 
before the Administrative Review Board (ARB) and solicit 
input for their cases.  Noman pointed out it would be 
difficult for the ROYG to assist unless more information 
about the detainees was provided by the USG. 
 
3.  (C)  Noman echoed prior complaints by ROYG officials that 
USG information provided to the ROYG on Yemeni detainees was 
not sufficient to determine if the individuals were indeed 
Yemeni nationals.  To help locate detainees families, said 
Noman, the ROYG would need the USG to provide photos, 
identification papers, and, at the very least, the names of 
the detainees in Arabic. 
 
4.  (C)  Comment:  Post will work with OMC and DAO to press 
DoD to provide the additional information requested on the 
detainees' identities.  Short of meeting the ROYG's request, 
we do not anticipate a strong effort on its part to locate 
detainees' families or provide Post with much information in 
support of the detainees' cases before the ARB.  End Comment 
KRAJESKI