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S E C R E T BAGHDAD 001436 
 
NOFORN 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR S/WCI, NEA/I, NEA/PM, NEA-I/PM, DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2019 
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
SUBJECT: IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES 
AT GTMO BEFORE AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FIFTH DETAINEE 
 
REF: A. RICCI-FINGARSON EMAILS - MAY 2009 
     ¶B. BAGHDAD 199 
 
Classified By: Political-Military Minister Counselor 
Michael H. Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
¶1. (U) This is an action request (see para 5). 
 
¶2. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff met with Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director 
General of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center 
(PMNOC) May 30 to discuss the transfer of a fifth Iraqi 
detainee from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO).  Four 
former GTMO detainees were transferred January 17 (REF B). 
Pol-MilOff provided Al-Asady biometric information and a case 
summary for Jawad Jabber Sadkhan (ISN IZ-433).  OSD has 
proposed that ISN IZ-433 be transferred from GTMO to Iraq 
with Detainee Movement Operation (DMO)-100 scheduled on or 
about June 10 (REF A). 
 
¶3. (S/NF) Al-Asady remarked that the Prime Minister was 
concerned that the Government of Iraq (GOI) was not receiving 
information about all Iraqis detained at GTMO and Al-Asady 
requested that the USG provide information on all remaining 
Iraqis at GTMO before requesting authorization for the 
transfer of ISN IZ-433.  (Comment:  There is one additional 
Iraqi High Value Detainee at GTMO, Abid Al-Baqi, Partial ISN 
¶10026.  End Comment.). 
 
¶4. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff also asked Al-Asady whether, should the 
DMO take place as scheduled, it would be a problem for 
detainees of other nationalities to transit Baghdad.  As 
before, Al-Asady noted that as long as the detainees remain 
in the custody of U.S. forces at the airport, it is not a 
concern. 
 
¶5. (S/NF) ACTION REQUEST:  Request S/WCI provide releasable 
information on ISN 10026 and confirmation that no additional 
Iraqi detainees remain at GTMO.  Al-Asady will meet with the 
Prime Minister's Chief of Staff on Wednesday, June 3, during 
which the authorization for the transfer of ISN IZ-433 will 
be discussed.  Al-Asady will depart for India June 5, so 
authorization for the transfer of IZ-433 with DMO-100 will 
have to be determined before his departure. 
HILL