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DOS Cable re: US Military Assumes Custody of Suspected Terrorists

Jan. 2, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3575
This State department cable is providing an up and status on the transfer of detainees from Afghanistan to Guantanamo. The detainees scheduled for transfer were complicated by protesters and Human Rights Chamber which purportedly issued an injunction halting the transfer. However, those attempts were unsuccessful in stopping the detainees from being processed out and on to Guantanamo. It also notes that several detainees have had their, presumably, Afghan citizenship stripped and the efforts of those detainees to appeal that action. The state Council of Ministers was notified and confirmed the transfer decision, with one official stating that the decision was made and the government was "sticking to it", rejecting the "paper" issued by the Human Rights Chamber as "illegitimate and a violation of the government’s procedures and mandate.
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