Azimullah

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Azimullah is a citizen of Afghanistan (WP) who was held in Wikipedia:extrajudicial detention in the Wikipedia:United States Wikipedia:Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Wikipedia:Cuba. His Guantanamo Wikipedia:Internment Serial Number was 1050. American Wikipedia:intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in Wikipedia:North Waziristan, Wikipedia:Pakistan.

Sultan Sari Sayel al Anazi was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.

Summary

Azimullah was one of more than half a dozen captives at Guantanamo who were transferred to Guantanamo because they were under suspicion for participating in rocket attacks on Wikipedia:Firebase Salerno.

Combatant Status Review

Azimullah was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Azimullah's memo accused him of the following:

a. The detainee is associated with forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.

1. The detainee attended the Shinkay and Zaku Khel Zaku Khel madrassas in Afghanistan.
2. The detainee was a student at the madrassa during the Taliban rule.
3. The detainee acted as a guide to a group of individuals attacking the Salerno Fire Base.
4. The detainee acted as the guide for a group that had weapons, surveillance equipment (camera and binoculars) and radios.
5. The detainee met with an Arab man and an Afghan man who gave him money prior to the attack on the firebase.
6. The detainee was arrested for aiding personnel in operations against the Salerno Fire Base.
7. The detainee was captured after the group that he was traveling with were engaged in a gunfight with Afghan Militia Force (AMF).

On March 3, 2006, in response to a Wikipedia:court order from Wikipedia:Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published an eight page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

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First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Azimullah's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 April 2005. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. In March 2003, the detainee was involved in a foiled reconnaissance mission, coordinated by an al Qaida Southern Afghanistan Regional commander, who is also known as a facilitator.
2. The detainee was a Madrassa student in Afghanistan for most of his life, including the timeframe during the Taliban rule.
3. The detainee was at the Lakan Madrassa located in Lakan, Khowst Province, Afghanistan.
4. Several anti-coalition members have been identified as having been students of the Laken/Dari Madrassa.

b. Training

The detainee's mother stated that he attended a training camp in Pakistan. Although, the detainee denied this, he did admit to loving his mother more than the men who trained him.

c. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee was part of a group that included an individual from the Nazamia Madrassa and a known al Qaida member. Reportedly, the Nazamia Madrassa has been used by al Qaida, Taliban and Hizb-I Islam Gulbuddin (HIG) personnel for training. The detainee along with the other members of the group, were ordered by a known al Qaida facilitator to go to a burial ground, where Muslims go to pray near an operating base in Khost Province, Afghanistan, in order to film the base and surrounding areas.
2. The detainee acted as a guide for a group that had weapons, surveillance equipment (cameras and binoculars) and radios.
3. One of the individuals the detainee was with as part of the group, used a video camera to take pictures of checkpoints and the airport.
4. Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin has long established ties with Bin Ladin.
5. The detainee was arrested for aiding personnel in operations against the Salerno Fire Base.
6. The detainee was captured, after the group that he was traveling with was engaged in a gunfight with the Afghan Militia Force (AMF).

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was deceptive and combative in his answers, while trying to claim that he was totally honest and cooperative.
2. The detainee changed portions of his story, especially in relation to his capture.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

• The detainee stated he has never had any military service and was never taught to use the Kalishnikov.
• The detainee denies ever swearing Bia-at to any person or organization. He denies having ever been involved in any Jihad. In addition, the detainee stated he does not know of any Fatwah's that have ever been issued by any Eman (Religious Leader).

Transcript

Azimullah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. In the Spring of 2006, in response to a Wikipedia:court order from Wikipedia:Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page summarized transcript from this Administrative Review Board.

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Azimullah's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 5 March 2006. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. In late May 2003, the detainee was a part of a foiled reconnaissance mission coordinated by an al Qaida Southern Afghanistan Regional Commander who is also known as a facilitator.
2. The detainee was a Madrassa student in Afghanistan for most of his life, including the timeframe during the Taliban rule.
3. The detainee was at the Lakan Madrassa located in Lakan, Khowst Province, Afghanistan.

b. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee acted as a guide for a group that had weapons, surveillance equipment (cameras and binoculars) and radios.
2. One of the individuals the detainee was with as part of the group used a video camera to take pictures of checkpoints and the airport.
3. The detainee was arrested for aiding personnel in operations against the Salerno Fire Base.
4. The detainee was captured after the group that he was traveling with was engaged in a gunfight with the Afghan Militia Force.

c. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was deceptive and combative in his answers, while trying to claim that he was being honest and cooperative.
2. The detainee changed portions of his story, especially in relation to his capture.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee stated he has never had any military service and was never taught to use the Kalishnikov.

b. The detainee denies ever swearing Bia-at to any person or organization. He denies having ever been involved in any jihad. In addition, the detainee stated he does not know of any fatwas that have ever been issued by any Eman.

Repatriation

In October 2007 Wikipedia:Andy Worthington, author of Wikipedia:The Guantanamo Files, reports that Azimullah was released in September 2007.

As of March 18, 2008 the Wikipedia:Washington Post still listed Azimullah as still in detention in Guantanamo.

On November 25, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when Guantanamo captives were repatriated. According to that list he was repatriated on April 28, 2007. He is the only Afghan who was not repatriated in a group with other Afghans.

The Wikipedia:Center for Constitutional Rights reports that all of the Afghans repatriated to Afghanistan from April 2007 were sent to Afghan custody in the American built and supervised wing of the Wikipedia:Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Wikipedia:Kabul.

External links

• Two Afghans Released from Guantanamo: a Farmer and a Teenager Andy Worthington

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