US embassy cable - 04MANAMA1664

S E C R E T MANAMA 001664 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, S/WCI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2014 
TAGS: PREL, KAWC, BA, PETER 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE 
REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS 
 
REF: STATE 230358 
 
Classified by DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1.  (S) Pol/Econ chief October 31 passed reftel information 
concerning upcoming Administrative Review Board (ARB) 
proceedings for detainees Adil Kamil Al Wadi and Salah Al 
Balushi to MFA First Secretary Shaikh Turki Al Khalifa. 
(Note:  Shaikh Turki is responsible for the detainees issue 
in the absence of Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination 
and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa.  End Note.) 
Shaikh Turki said that the GOB would compile any information 
it had on detainees Al Wadi and Al Balushi and pass it to the 
Embassy for inclusion in the ARB proceedings.  He also stated 
that he would contact family members and friends for 
testimony on behalf of the two detainees.  He was not certain 
he would be able to complete the information gathering within 
30 days and requested additional time. 
 
2.  (S) Pol/Econ chief met November 2 with MFA Director for 
Consular Affairs Yusuf Ahmad to discuss the issue.  Ahmad 
noted that the Bahrain Embassy in Washington had delivered to 
the State Department under cover of diplomatic note 
116/10-157 on October 6, 2004 the report of the Bahraini 
security team that had visited detainees at GTMO.  That 
report includes information on the circumstances under which 
the detainees were apprehended, the reasons for their 
presence in Afghanistan/Pakistan, their health, an assessment 
of their actions in Afghanistan/Pakistan, and proposed 
measures and programs for their rehabilitation and 
assimilation into Bahraini society.  Ahmad suggested that the 
ARB would be interested in reviewing this report.  Like 
Shaikh Turki, Ahmad said he would endeavor to compile all 
relevant GOB information and obtain testimony from friends 
and family of the two detainees within 30 days.  He said he 
would inform us if the GOB needed more time to complete the 
project. 
 
MONROE