US embassy cable - 04MANAMA1571

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001571 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/17/2014 
TAGS: PTER, KAWC, PINR, PREL, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF 
COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL 
 
REF: STATE 222208 
 
Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 
(b) and (d). 
 
1.  (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 
 
2.  (C) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche 
concerning the final determination of the Combatant Status 
Review Tribunal (CSRT) for four Bahraini detainees to Foreign 
Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting that 
the four were designated enemy combatants.  The Minister 
asked about the status of the two other Bahraini detainees, 
and the Ambassador responded that he had no information about 
them at this time.  The Minister asked about next steps, now 
that they had been designated enemy combatants.  He wondered 
whether they might be tried in the U.S. or in Bahrain.  He 
requested further information about the implications of the 
CSRT's ruling. 
 
3.  (C) Action Request:  Per the Foreign Minister's 
questions, post would like guidance as to: 
 
-- the status of the other two Bahraini detainees at 
Guantanamo; 
-- next steps in the legal case against the four designated 
enemy combatants; 
-- the implications of the CSRT's ruling. 
 
MONROE