US embassy cable - 05MADRID1003

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SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE

Identifier: 05MADRID1003
Wikileaks: View 05MADRID1003 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Madrid
Created: 2005-03-16 11:15:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: KTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL
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 MADRID 001003 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/16/2015 
TAGS: KTIA, PTER, PHUM, PINR, OPDC, PREL 
SUBJECT: SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE 
 
REF: A. A) SECSTATE 45506 
     B. B) TD/314/09169-05 
 
Classified By: Poloff Ricardo Zuniga; reason 1.4 (D). 
 
1. (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo 
detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, 
Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004.  He 
was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a 
terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 
3,990) on July 13, 2004.  Ahmed is required to report daily 
to a police station near his home, must appear at a local 
courthouse once a week, and is barred from leaving Spanish 
territory.  Ahmed reportedly acknowledged to Baltasar Garzon, 
the high-profile judge investigating his case, that he had 
joined the Taliban in Afghanistan, but denied being a member 
of al-Qaida. 
 
2. (C) Ahmed remains under investigation for his suspected 
association with the Spain-based al-Qaida cell headed by Imad 
Eddin Barakat Yarkas, who is in detention awaiting trial on 
charges of helping organize terrorist groups in Spain and 
supporting the September 11 attacks in the U.S.  Ahmed 
currently resides with his family in the North African 
Spanish enclave of Ceuta.  See ref B for details regarding 
Spanish government's assessment of Ahmed since his release on 
bail. 
MANZANARES 

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