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S E C R E T KUWAIT 001018 
 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/07/2019 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
SUBJECT: KUWAITI PSYCHIATRIST:  OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR GTMO 
REHABILITATION 
 
REF: KUWAIT 755 
 
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and 
 d 
 
Al-Mutayri Rehabilitation:  Not a Problem 
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¶1.  (S/NF)  Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation 
Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum related to poloff 
on October 21 his positive prognosis for the likelihood of 
the eventual settling into Kuwaiti life of (newly) former 
GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri -- repatriated to Kuwait on 
October 9.  Though he has not seen Al-Mutayri since his 
September trip to GTMO where he interviewed and reviewed the 
medical files of all four remaining Kuwaiti GTMO detainees, 
Al-Ghuloum affirmed that Al-Mutayri "is not going to be a 
problem."  Al-Ghuloum gathered from his colleagues at the 
rehab center and through GOK sources that Al-Mutayri is not 
fighting his continued detention and has reportedly indicated 
his desire 
to be admitted to the Rehab center located at Kuwait's 
Central Prison (reftel).  Ghuloum speculated that it might be 
months before Al-Mutayri will be transferred to the center 
because Kuwait State Security (KSS) desires to keep him under 
observation at a military hospital.  He also speculated that 
KSS is taking active investigatory measures in building a 
criminal case against Al-Mutayri. (Note:  A KSS official who 
met personally with Al-Mutayri after repatriation relayed to 
GRPO that though Al-Mutayri appears calm around family and 
Rehab center staff during their September GTMO visit, around 
security officials, he appears full of anger.  End note.) 
 
Rx: Extend Psychiatric Care to the Family 
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¶2.  (C) Al-Mutayri's re-entry into Kuwait was a low-key event 
and he has reportedly met with few outside of his family.  As 
a member of the team responsible for Al-Mutayri's 
rehabilitation, Al-Ghuloum has not yet seen him and predicted 
that as a psychiatrist, he would have little dealings with 
Al-Mutayri.  The rehabilitation of Al-Mutayri would primarily 
be conducted by Imam Khalid Al-Otaibi (who also traveled to 
GTMO in September) -- who in Al-Ghuloum's opinion was more 
than suited for the task.  Al-Ghuloum speculated that he 
would be called in to counsel the family members of 
Al-Mutayri to help them prepare him for the eventual return 
to daily life. 
 
Family to Play a Crucial Role in Rehabilation 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
¶3.  (C) He also said that by all accounts he had heard, 
Abdullah Al-Ajmi was clinically unstable and warranted 
psychiatric care at the time of his Mosul, Iraq suicide 
detonation in April 2008.  Al-Ghuloum said that he would take 
this into account when counseling family members, and help 
them recognize signs of despondency or depression.  (Note: 
The GOK places a high degree of emphasis on the role of the 
family in rehabilitating extremists, especially in terms of 
the monitoring and prevention of mixing with negative 
influences.  Reinforcing this, families of the former eight 
detainees took steps to have them married to speed up their 
accepting of responsibilities and playing a role in their 
communities.  Dr. Al-Ghuloum does not prescribe marriage as a 
"treatment" but suggested that it would be a tack quickly 
taken by families of the remaining detainees who are still 
unmarried.  End note.). 
 
Little Public Sympathy for Extremists 
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¶4.  (C)  Al-Ghuloum also mentioned that of the four 
detainees, he only had reservations about Fayez Al-Kandari. 
Though he believed that Fayez would not be a threat to 
society, he speculated that he might have some adjustment 
issues.  Along the same lines, Fayez, of the Al-Kandari clan, 
would likely not benefit from the same familial embrace 
available to the other three.  The Kanadir (plural) "are a 
rough lot, the Kuwaiti Celts."  (Ghuloum spent eight years 
doing his clinical studies in Ireland).  Overall, though, 
Kuwaiti public sentiment towards the detainees and others 
suspected of extremism, according to 
Al-Ghuloum (a liberal Shi'a) is one of embarrassment, many 
with calls to "let them rot." 
 
Ample Access to Detainees 
------------------------- 
 
¶5.  (C) Al-Ghuloum also expressed his appreciation for USG 
hospitality and accommodation for the September trip to GTMO, 
saying that he felt that he was allowed ample access to the 
detainees and all relevant information regarding them.  The 
psychiatrist ended by expressing his willingness for 
continued contact with the Embassy on these issues. 
 
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: 
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at: 
 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it 
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JONES