US embassy cable - 04MANAMA1611

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001611 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2014 
TAGS: PREL, KAWC, PTER, PHUM, PINR, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN 
TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF DETAINEES AT GTMO 
 
REF: A. MILLER-WORMAN E-MAIL OF 10/19/04 
     B. MILLER-WORMAN E-MAIL OF 10/13/04 
     C. MANAMA 1528 
 
Classified by DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1.  (C)  This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 
 
2.  (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA 
Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up 
Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible 
options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf 
of Guantanamo detainees Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al 
Khalifa and Abdullah Al Noaimi.  He said that the best way 
would be written testimony.  He asked that the USG provide 
specific written questions in Arabic to the MFA, which would 
forward the questions to the witnesses.  The MFA would then 
give us the written responses in Arabic, which we would send 
to Washington. 
 
3.  (C) Action Request:  We request that State: 
 
(a) be specific as possible in the questions.  Ref A 
describes the types of information the witnesses might 
provide, but does not ask any specific questions of the type 
that would be used in a courtroom; and 
 
(b) give us the questions in both English and Arabic, and we 
will transmit the responses back to State in the language in 
which we receive them. 
 
MONROE