US embassy cable - 05CAIRO5589

C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 005589 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR S/WCI AND NEA/ELA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/11/2015 
TAGS: PTER, KISL, PHUM, EG 
SUBJECT: MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO 
DETAINEES 
 
REF: CAIRO 5303 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified by Acting DCM Michael Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b) 
and (d). 
 
1. (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the 
Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the 
memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to 
Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
The memorandum is identical in text to the one described 
reftel, but adds a third name, that of Egyptian Abdel Rahman 
Mohamed Al-Marzouq to the two in the original memorandum. 
The memo bears the same date and number as the original. 
 
2. (C) EGIS again provided an English translation that again 
did not accurately translate the document.  The Arabic text 
should be considered authoritative.  We will send the Arabic 
text of the modified memorandum to NEA to pass to S/WCI via 
classified fax. 
 
3. (C) The following is an informal Embassy translation of 
the complete text of the memo: 
 
Begin Text 
 
Note number: 74 
Date: 10 July 2005 
Subject: Egyptian Nationals Detained at Guantanamo Naval 
Base, Cuba: 
 
-- Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al Marzouq 
-- Alaa Mohamed Selim 
-- Samy Abdelaziz Salem Allaithy 
 
In the context of your preparations to release the above 
mentioned detainees, we are willing and in agreement with 
their repatriation to Egypt.  These subjects will be treated 
humanely, according to Egypt's law and its international 
obligations, which allow for visits and prescribe their good 
treatment, should they be imprisoned for legal reasons.   We 
should note that Egyptian Alaa Mohammed Selim is one of the 
defendants in Supreme State Security case number 401/87 
against the "Jihad Organization." 
 
End text. 
 
4. (C) Note: As discussed reftel, although the document is 
not signed, it came in the standard format for written 
communication through liaison channels.  The State Security 
Court case mentioned in the memo obviously refers back to 
1987.  The Embassy does not have any records of this case on 
file.  State Security Court records are generally sealed from 
the public, and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice would 
probably be unable to provide us with any details. 
 
5. (C) EGIS conveyed verbally to ORA officer that once the 
USG makes notification of the time and date of any flight 
returning the three detainees to Egypt, it will make 
arrangements to take them into custody upon arrival, for 
investigation and possible prosecution. 
 
 
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JONES