US embassy cable - 05AMMAN5910

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JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF ALLEGED MISTREATMENT

Identifier: 05AMMAN5910
Wikileaks: View 05AMMAN5910 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Amman
Created: 2005-07-25 13:40:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC
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.

UNCLAS AMMAN 005910 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, PINR, PTER, MOPS, JO, KWAC 
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF 
ALLEGED MISTREATMENT 
 
REF: A. AMMAN 05839 
     B. FBIS GMP20050723542009 
 
Jordanian citizen Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab al-Asmar was 
returned to Jordan on July 20 after being released from 
detention at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay (ref A). 
The July 23 local Arabic daily Al Dustoor reported him 
claiming that detainees at Guantanamo suffered from "inhumane 
practices" at the hands of U.S. troops (ref B).  He further 
alleged that U.S. soldiers had repeatedly "desecrated" the 
Koran.  Al-Asmar stated he had not faced any harassment since 
his arrival in Jordan, although he was questioned for several 
hours by state security services and then released. 
HALE 

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