Cablegate: Gor Requests Assistance From Mnf-I and Its Baghdad
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SUBJECT: GOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM MNF-I AND ITS BAGHDAD
EMBASSY IN FACILITATING ACCESS TO MOHAMMAD MUNAF
For your information, Post DOJ Office of Resident Legal
Advisor received from Romanian Prosecutor Ciprian Nastasiu a
copy of the following two documents concerning assistance in
facilitating access to AmCit Mohammad Munaf:
(1) From: Public Ministry of Romania, Prosecutor's Office
Attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, General
Prosecutor's Office.
No: 628/D/P/2005
Dated: 01.11.2006
To: Multinational Force in Iraq, The Competent American
Military Authorities
In order to solve the case in our penal file no.628/D/P/2005,
in which researches against OMAR HAYSSAM and others are being
effected for committing international armament traffic
offences in Close and Middle East area, on the grounds of the
strategical partnership between the United State of America
and Romania, 1546/2004 resolution of the Security Council of
UN and of the Cooperation Convention in penal matter between
Romania and United States of America in 1999,
We ask you to approve and facilitate the hearing of the
American citizen Munaf Mohammad, the son of Munaf and Suat,
born on 29 november 1962 in Iraq, who has been in your
custody, between 10 November-12 November 2006 as witness, by
the Romanian investigation team.
We ask you to approve and facilitate the hearing of the iraqy
citiyzens: MAJED MOHAMED HASSAN AL MASHADANI, detainee
nr.178545; HASHEM MOHAMAD MAHMOUD ABDALA AL MASHADANI,
detainee nr.178544; ABDEL KARIM KHALIL IBRAHIM HAMADI AL
FARAJI, detainee nr.178670; MOHAMED HARDAN HASHEM AL ISAWI,
detainee nr.200292, who have been in your custody between 10
November-12 November 2006 as witnesses, by the Romanian
investigation team.
We thank you in advance for your support and cooperation
Respectfully, yours
/s/ Angela Ciurea
(2) From: Public Ministry of Romania, Prosecutor's Office
Attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, General
Prosecutor's Office.
No: 628/D/P/2005
Dated: 01.11.2006
To: The Romanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, to His
Excellency, Romanian Ambassador
Within the tradition of the collaboration between our
institutions, we have the honor to request that you send to
the U.S. military authorities of the Multinational Force in
Iraq our request for hearing the U.S. citizen Munaf Mohammad,
currently under the custody of the U.S. military authorities,
as a witness. Our request is that this hearing takes place
between November 10 - December 12, 2006; during the same
period we also request to be allowed to hear the Iraqi
citizens Majed Mohamed Hassan Al Mashadani, nr. 178545;
Hashem Mohamad Mahmoud Abdala Al Mashadani, nr. 178544; Abdel
Karim Khalil Ibrahim Hamadi Al Faraji, nr. 178670; Mohamed
Hardan Hashem Al Asawi, nr. 200292, also as witnesses. These
citizens currently are under the custody of the U.S. military
authorities.
We mention that the contact person is prosecutor Ciprian
Nastasiu, from the Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism
Directorate (phone: 0040.724.220.824).
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
/s/ Angela Ciurea
Taubman