Cablegate: Jordanian Detainees Sharafat and Hilal
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DE RUEHAM #6471 2360550
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P 240550Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN
TO RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD PRIORITY 3611
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3434
UNCLAS AMMAN 006471
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MOPS IZ JO
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN DETAINEES SHARAFAT AND HILAL
REF: AMMAN 6407
(SBU) On August 22, Dimai Haddad, chief of staff to Foreign
Minister Khatib, told polcouns that the GOJ would welcome the
release of Mohammed Hilal Bekhtyan al-Sharafat and Hassan
Salman Hilal as soon as possible (reftel). Haddad stated
that Jordan's Ambassador in Baghdad, Ahmad al-Lowzi, should
serve as the point person in Iraq for any issues related to
their release.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
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