State Department cable notes that a Foreign Minister contacted the DCM and delivered reports of "Harsh and inhumane treatment are meted out to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners" at Guantanamo. The cable is largely redacted, but indicates that the Foreign Minister does not want their comments to be construed as support for the Taliban or Al-Qaeda, but that the government was concerned about such reports.
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TREATMENT BEING METED OUT TO THE TALIBAN AND AL-QAEDA PRISONS FROM «AFGHANISTAN» AT THE AMERICAN NAVAL BASE. IN GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA." THE TEXT OF THE NOTE IS IN PARAGRAPH.
4 BELOW. IN MAKING HIS
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IIS "CLEARLY WITH THE.«STATES» IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM" AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION SHOULD NO.RUED AS SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR AL-QAEDA..
HE SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THE [ namIZVTERNMENT IS CONCERNED THAT THE REPORTS OF THE U.S.« OF THE PRISONERS AND OF THE «UNITED» «STATES»' DISREGARD FOR THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS COULD "ERODE THE MORAL HIGH GROUND FOR THE CONFLICT IN «AFGHANISTAN» . "
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