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Viewing cable 09SARAJEVO747, BOSNIA: FORMER FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED; BUT CAN

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09SARAJEVO747 2009-06-24 13:41 2011-08-30 01:44 SECRET//NOFORN Embassy Sarajevo
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PP RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHNP RUEHROV RUEHSL
DE RUEHVJ #0747/01 1751341
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 241341Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0372
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEKJCS/JCS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
XMT AMCONSUL STRASBOURG
S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 SARAJEVO 000747 
 
NOFORN 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR(JONES), 
EUR/SCE(HYLAND/SILBERSTEIN/FOOKS); NSC FOR HELGERSON/WILSON 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/24/2019 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL INR KJUS KCRM BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIA: FORMER FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED; BUT CAN 
THEY BE DEPORTED? 
 
REF: A. 08 SARAJEVO 93 
     B. 07 SARAJEVO 2663 
     C. 05 SARAJEVO 2930 
     D. SARAJEVO 562 
     E. SARAJEVO 406 
     F. 07 SARAJEVO 107 
     G. 07 SARAJEVO 1583 
     H. 07 SARAJEVO 2487 
     I. SARAJEVO 101 
 
Classified By: DCM Judith Cefkin, Reasons 1.4(B), (D) 
 
 1. (S/NF) Summary: Administrative delays and barriers to 
evidence sharing may contribute to the release from the 
Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) Immigration Center of 
several former foreign fighters, who have been deemed threats 
to BiH national security.  Currently the center holds eight 
persons of North African and Middle Eastern origin, who had 
their BiH citizenships stripped by the Citizenship Review 
Commission (Refs A-C).  Several had been picked up in early 
May as part of the work of a Joint Task Force, which emerged 
from a 2008 Law Enforcement Executive Trip to the U.S. 
sponsored by the Department of Justice's International 
Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). 
Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic, whose removal from office 
is being contemplated by senior Party for Democratic Action 
(SDA) officials, berated senior law enforcement agency heads 
for circumventing him in the planning of this action.  One 
former foreign fighter, Awad Aiman, was recently released 
after the State Court upheld his appeal and nullified the 
CRC's decision stripping him of his citizenship.  Contacts in 
the FAS and State Court highlight poor coordination among the 
institutions responsible for ruling on deportation and 
immigration issues, which may force the FAS to release 
additional individuals in the future.  We are encouraging 
contacts in institutions relevant to immigration and 
deportation to meet to streamline coordination to prevent the 
unnecessary release of these individuals. 
 
The Arrests 
----------- 
 
2. (S/NF) A combined action by Federation police, state-level 
Foreigners Affairs Service officers and the Intelligence 
Security Agency (OSA) resulted in the arrest of three illegal 
aliens of North African and Middle Eastern descent, who had 
been deemed to threats to national security (Ref D).  On May 
4 Federation police arrested Syrian-born Awad Aiman and 
Kuwaiti-born Abdulla Ba-Awra and brought them to the FAS 
Immigration Center in Lukavica near Sarajevo.  On May 5 
police also delivered Algerian-born Benkhira Aissa to the 
Center.  A lawyer for Awad protested his client's detention 
claiming that a court appeal was still pending against the 
CRC's decision to revoke Awad's citizenship.  FAS Deputy 
Director Izet Nizam told the press that the three would 
remain in the Center until their immigration status can be 
resolved. 
 
Work of the Joint Task Force 
---------------------------- 
 
3. (S/NF) The joint police action had been agreed upon by 
domestic intelligence and law enforcement agencies 
participating in a Joint Task Force recently set up by the 
directors several state-level and entity law enforcement 
agencies.  The Task Force, whose goal is to identify whether 
the former fighters can be detained and deported, stemmed 
from a project to improve police agency cooperation sponsored 
by the SEED funded Department of Justice International 
Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (Ref E). 
However, the decision to undertake this action, along with 
the selection of targets and timing of arrests, is purely 
driven by domestic intelligence and law enforcement agencies. 
 Of the 48 persons of concern identified by the Task Force, 
they chose to take action first against nine individuals 
known to be residing in BiH illegally, while investigations 
into the other 39 will begin.  Federation police contacts 
have provided us with biodata on those arrested as well as 
outstanding targets.   For the three arrested 
already--Abdulla Ba-Awra (a.k.a. Hudeifa), DOB: 16 Aug 1974, 
POB: Kuwait;  Awan Aiman (a.k.a. Abu Ejmen), DOB  01 Apr 
1964, POB: Mneem, Syria; Aissa Benkhira, son of Lakhdara, 
DOB: 24 Jan 1968, POB: Gharaja, Algeria.  The remaining 
targets of the operation are: Choulah Zoheir, DOB: 13 Sep 
1973, POB: Algeria; Youssef Amgad, son of Mohamed and Aisha, 
DOB: 05 Jul 1966, POB: Kalubija, Egypt; Ibrahim Hosni, son of 
Abdalla, DOB: 06 Jan 1961, POB: El Fayoum, Egypt; Kaddari 
Mohamed, son of Idris and Idde, DOB: 01 Apr 1965, POB: 
Tijart, Algeria; Ghlam Abed, son of Mustafa and Kamajrer 
Turkije, DPB: 10 Feb 1956, POB: Gartouf, Algeria; Mournir 
Silni (Omar Bedjaouvi) a.k.a. Abu Fadil, POB: 16 Feb 1963, 
POB: Tunisia. 
 
Minister Sadovic berates FAS Director over the Arrests 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
4. (S/NF) The FAS Director and Deputy Director, long-time 
Embassy contacts, tell us that Minister of Security Tarik 
Sadovic (Party for Democratic Action-SDA) called each of them 
on several occasion to berate them for participating in this 
"illegal" police action and demanding a list of all those 
officers who participated.  Sadovic, who has often been 
chastised for his attempts to politicize the work of the 
Ministry of Security, has not made any public protests of yet 
(Ref F-I).  (Comment: In the aftermath of his re-election as 
SDA President, Suljeman Tihic has acknowledged to us that he 
would like to replace Sadovic as Security Minister.  However, 
high-ranking officials in the SDA tell us they have so far 
unsuccessfully encouraged Sadovic to resign, and it is 
unclear if they are ready to remove him against his will. 
Senior State and Entity law enforcement officials are 
considering scheduling a formal meeting with OHR High 
Representative Inzko to complain about his obstructionist 
approach. End Comment.) 
 
Coordination Problems in the Immigration Sector 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
5. (SBU)  There are several institutions with key roles in 
the process of deporting former foreign fighters, currently 
residing in BiH illegally.  The FAS has the mandate to 
monitor their whereabouts, issue deportation orders, detain 
them in the FAS immigration center, and oversee deportation. 
The FAS also serves as the first level of appeal, if 
detainees wish to appeal their deportation orders.  The 
Ministry of Security's Sector for Immigration serves as the 
second level of appeal on deportation orders.  Several of the 
former foreign fighters also filed asylum claims with 
Ministry of Security's Sector for Asylum and in past practice 
deportation proceedings could not go forward until the asylum 
petition has been adjudicated.  The State Court serves as a 
third level of appeal for deportation orders and is the 
appeal body to review CRC decisions.  Up until recent changes 
in the laws governing aliens and asylum, filing an appeal 
with the State Court, which often takes years to resolve, 
stayed any possible deportation.  In the absence of a 
state-level supreme court, individuals often appeal decisions 
of the State Court to the Constitutional Court or to the 
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which in the 
past has referred such cases to the BiH Constitutional Court 
for review.  The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) oversees 
issues relating to citizenship and has a role in providing 
documentation on how individuals obtained BiH citizenship. 
The Intelligence Security Agency (OSA) provides the 
determination on whether or not individuals pose threats to 
national security. 
 
6. (S/NF) Contacts in the FAS and State Court point out 
coordination and information sharing issues that can 
contribute to the release of such former foreign fighters. 
The appeal process for deportation orders provides for short 
turn-around times by the Ministry of Security (24 hours), 
such that the MoS often fails to or cannot meet this 
deadline.  This failure can be exploited by defense lawyers 
to annul proceedings.  When the State Court must rule on a 
case, it sometimes fails to receive or to request the proper 
documentation from the FAS or MoS, such that judges might not 
have enough evidence to side with the state against the 
individuals.  We have been told that judges often can not 
obtain the classified evidence used by OSA to declare someone 
a threat to national security or the documentation from MCA, 
that had been used by the CRC to rule on stripping 
citizenship.  State Court contacts claim that this 
contributed to the recent State Court decision restoring the 
BiH citizenship to Aiman Awad and his subsequent release from 
detention. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
7. (S/NF) Although we applaud the initiative of domestic 
authorities to organize and take action to deport these 
potentially dangerous illegal aliens, we, along with many law 
enforcement and justice sector contacts, are concerned about 
the systematic inefficiencies that can force their release. 
We understand the difficulties involved in coordinating the 
sharing of classified information with all players involved 
in the multiple levels of possible appeal, but believe there 
are options for resolving the problem.  We are encouraging 
the institutions involved in the deportation process to 
convene coordination meetings to streamline information 
sharing to maximize BiH's ability within the range of its 
laws, to deport illegal aliens, posing threats to national 
security.  End Comment 
 
ENGLISH