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| subject_name  = Abdul Razzak Hekmati
 
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'''Abdul Razzak Hekmati''' (c. 1929 &ndash; {{Death date|2007|12|30}}) was a citizen of [[Afghanistan]], held in [[extrajudicial]] detention in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2>
 
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| title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
 
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His Guantanamo [[Internment Serial Number|ISN]] was 942.
 
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[[Joint Task Force Guantanamo]] analysts estimate he was born in 1929, in [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan.
 
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An American military statement  says he died of [[colorectal cancer]] on December 30, 2007.<ref name=NYTimes20080205/><ref name=JTFGTMO20071230>
 
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| title=Detainee Dies at Guantanamo
 
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| title=Guantanamo Bay detainee dies of cancer
 
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| publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]
 
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| author=[[Carol J. Williams]]
 
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| date=December 31, 2007
 
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Following Hekmati's death [[Carlotta Gall]], a long-time ''[[New York Times]]'' correspondent in Afghanistan, and historian [[Andy Worthington]], author of ''[[The Guantanamo Files]]'', found they were able to confirm Hekmati's alibi.<ref name=NYTimes20080205/>
 
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==Hekmati's medical care==
 
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[[Image:Mark Buzby discusses Abdul Razzak Hekmati's medical care.jpg|thumb|JTF-GTMO Commandant [[Mark Buzby]] discusses the death of Abdul Razzaq Hekmati with chief doctor [[Captain (nautical)|Captain]] [[Bruce Meneley]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}]]
 
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As of June 2009 six captives died while in Guantanamo.
 
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Hekmati however is the only captive who died of natural causes.
 
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In April 2008 the [[Adam M. Robinson]], the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Surgeon General of the United States Navy|Surgeon General]], wrote that every captive over fifty years old had been offered a [[colonoscopy]] to detect colon cancer.<ref name=Mhs2008-04-03>
 
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| title=Comprehensive Medical Care for Detained Enemy Combatants in Guantanamo
 
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| author=[[Adam M. Robinson, Jr.]]
 
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| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
 
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Robinson reported camp medical staff had performed 20 colonoscopies.
 
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==Name issues==
 
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'''Abdul Razzaq Hekmati''' was one of half a dozen captives in US custody American [[intelligence analysts]] called some variation of "Abdul Razzak".
 
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On all the official documents released as of February 2008 Abdul Razzaq Hekmati's name was spelled ''"Abdul Razzak"''. However Gall and Worthington found that during his entire stay in US custody American officials had been identifying him solely by his personal names. They found he was well-known, in Afghanistan, under his full name, ''"Abdul Razzaq Hekmati"''.<ref name=NYTimes20080205/>
 
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Gall and Worthington wrote that he was widely known by the nickname ''"Baraso"''.
 
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== Combatant Status Review ==
 
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{{main|Combatant Status Review Tribunal}}
 
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Hekmati was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.<ref>[[OARDEC]], [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_detainees_testimony.pdf Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005], September 4, 2007</ref> A [[Summary of Evidence (CSRT)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo for his hearing lists the following allegations:<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAbdulRazzak942>
 
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| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Razzak, Abdul
 
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| date=21 September 2004
 
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| pages=page 71
 
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| author=[[OARDEC]]
 
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| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
 
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| accessdate=2007-12-19
 
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| url={{DoD detainees ARB|Set_18_1463-1560.pdf#55}}
 
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| title=Summarized Detainee Statement
 
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:#Detainee served as a Taliban driver beginning in 1992.
 
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:#Detainee was a commander of a Taliban terrorist cell in Afghanistan.
 
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:#Detainee conducted an escort mission for Usama bin Laden in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
 
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:b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.
 
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:#Detainee fought against United States forces in Kabul.
 
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The Department of Defense released a six page summarized transcript on March 3, 2006.
 
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=== Administrative Review Board ===
 
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Detainees whose [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual [[Administrative Review Board]] hearings.  These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.<ref>
 
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  | title = Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials
 
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===First annual Administrative Review Board hearing===
 
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A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for his Administrative Review Board.<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceAbdulRazzak942>
 
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| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Razzak, Abdul
 
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| date=16 August 2005
 
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''The following primary factors favor continued detention''
 
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:a. Commitment
 
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:#The detainee said he was forced to serve the Taliban three months out of every year since they came to power in 1992 {{Sic}}.
 
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:#The detainee stated he fought with Abdul Wahed in the Russian jihad for approximately five years.  He was a driver for Abdul Wahed, a commander of approsimately 800-1000 soldiers.  After the jihad, Wahed became the military commander of the Helmand Province.
 
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:#As of January 2005, Taliban fighters were regrouping at Abdul Wahid Rais Baghrani's compound in Helmand Province.  The fighters received money, supplies and orders at the compound.
 
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:#The detainee was the number two commander of a 40-man unit of the Taliban in Afghanistan.  The unit was formed in approximately November 2001 and was supported by al Qaida.  The group continually plans to kill Americans.  The Supreme Commander of the unit was Hajji Raes Abdul Wahed {{Sic}}.
 
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:#The detainee was high in the al Qaida hierarchy and acted as a smuggler and facilitator.  Al Qaida's operational leader provided him with weapons.
 
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:#The detainee received weapons shipments, plastic explosives, night-vision equipment, missiles, small arms and ammunition from Syria.  The weapons come from Syria to Zahedan, Iran.  From there they were smuggled into Afghanistan.
 
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:#The detainee aided in weapons distribution to the terrorist team.  He also had a night vision and telescoping optical device to use during mission preparation.  The terrorist group used it for surveillance on United States forces.
 
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:b. Training
 
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:#The detainee reportedly attended the training camp near Khotal-e-Morcha mountain pass outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
 
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:#The detainee provided guidance at the terrorist training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan and was directly involved in assassination attempts.  He also attempted to have other personnel participate in suicide missions and he provided training on how to use explosive vests.
 
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:c. Connections/Associations
 
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:#The detainee was originally a freedom fighter against the Soviets, a member of Hezb-E-Islami, Taliban, and then al Qaida.  He is currently instructing other detainees on how to resist interrogation tactics.
 
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:#The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has long established ties with Usama Bin Laden.  HIG has stages small attacks in its attempt to force US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration and establish a fundamentalist state.
 
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:#In January 2005, Taliban and HIG elements in Afghanistan were beginning to regroup and plan actions against the government of Afghanistan and coalition forces deployed in the country.  Abdul Wahid Rais Baghrani, also a major narcotics trafficker, was one of the key commanders involved.
 
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:#The detainee was part of the main security escort for Usama Bin Laden.
 
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:#The detainee provided information on a number of Taliban personalities in the Helmand Province being protected by Governor Sher Mohammed.
 
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:#The detainee was paid to smuggle 50 Arab family members out of Afghanistan and into Zabul, Iran, through Afghanistan's Nimroz Province.  He was associated with Taliban commanders.
 
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:#The detainee admitted to having knowledge of weapons shipments and weapons smuggling routes as well as knowledge of the Jamiat Islami.
 
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:#The Jamiat Ulema E Islami or "Assembly o the Scholars of Islam" is a radical Sunni religio-political party best known for its anti-United States threats, vocal support of Usama Bin Ladin {{Sic}}, and sponsorship of some 3,000 religious schools (madrassahs).
 
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:d. Other Relevant Data
 
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:#The detainee was knowledgeable of an assassination plot against President Karzai the day before it occurred and knew the specific route Karzai was to take.
 
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:#The detainee attempted to have another individual kill Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and told him he would go directly to heave if he completed the attack.
 
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:#In 2002, the detainee told another individual that there were still suicide pilots in the United States who could carry out their missions.
 
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:#The detainee planned and executed the escape of Ismail Khan from a Taliban prison.
 
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:#Ismail Khan is an exiled Afghan commander.
 
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:#The detainee was arrested as a suspected member of Abdul Wahed's Taliban organization on 21 January 2003.
 
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Hekmati chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.<ref name=ArbAbdulRazzak942>
 
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===Second annual Administrative Review Board hearing===
 
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A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board on August 5, 2006.<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceAbdulRazzak942>
 
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| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Razzak, Abdul
 
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:#A source stated that the detainee was involved in a terrorist training camp near Khotal-e-Morcha mountain pass outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
 
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:#A source stated that the detainee was directly involved in assassination attempts. The source stated that the detainee also attempted to have other personnel participated in suicide missions. The detainee provided training on how to use explosive vests.
 
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:#A source stated that the detainee was originally a freedom fighter against the Soviets, a member of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has staged small attacks in its attempts to force United States troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration and establish a fundamentalist state. Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has long-established ties with Usama bin Laden.
 
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:#The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has staged small attacks in its attempt to force United States troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration and establish a fundamentalist state. Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has long established ties with Usama bin Laden.
 
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:#A source stated that the detainee was high in the al Qaida hierarchy and acted as a smuggler and facilitator.  The detainee received money and weapons from Syria.  The source stated that al Qaida's operational leader provided weapons to the detainee.
 
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:#The detainee provided details of weapons shipments and weapons smuggling routes of Jamiat Islami.
 
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:#The Jamiat Ulema e Islami is a radical Sunni religious-political party best known for its anti-United States threats, vocal support of Usama bin Ladin and sponsorship of some 3,000 religious schools.
 
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:#The detainee was identified as a senior leader of a 40-man unit for the Taliban in Afghanistan. A source stated that the unit receives money, weapons and support from al Qaida and continually plans to kill Americans.
 
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:#A source stated that the detainee was the number two commander of the unit and also the Taliban Supreme Commander in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
 
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:#The detainee stated that the 40-man unit's commander gave the detainee his satellite phone number so President Karzai could contact the 40-man unit's commander and order him to turn in the rest of his weapons if President Karzai desired it.
 
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:#A source stated that the detainee received weapons shipments, plastic explosives, night-vision equipment, missiles, small arms and ammunition from Syria. The weapons come form Sytia to Zahedan, Iran and were smuggled into Afghanistan.
 
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:#A source stated that military weapons were delivered to the detainee who aided in its  distribution to a terrorist team. The source stated that the detainee also had a night vision and telescoping optical device to use during mission preparation and for surveillance on United States Forces.
 
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:#A source stated that the detaioee was knowledgeable of an assassiation plot against President Karzai the day before it occurred.
 
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:#On 2 November 2001, source indicated that senior Taliban officials were extremely concerned about stopping opposition leader Hamid Karzai.  During conversation between the detainee and a senior Taliban leader, they discussed the fact that Karzai had escapted a Taliban attack.
 
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==New York Times' profile==
 
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On February 5, 2008 ''[[New York Times]]'' writer [[Carlotta Gall]] and historian [[Andy Worthington]], author of ''[[The Guantanamo Files]]'', published a profile of Hekmati.
 
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| title=Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S.
 
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Gall and Worthington described the prison break as such a "deep humiliation" for the Taliban; that they had offered a bounty of one million dollars.
 
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Gall and Worthington had no trouble contacting the three Northern Alliance leaders he helped rescue.  They pointed out that although Hekmati had requested the leaders as witnesses, he was told they were not reasonably available.
 
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*[http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/03/08/afghan-hero-who-died-in-guantanamo-the-background-to-the-story/ Afghan hero who died in Guantánamo: the background to the story] Andy Worthington March 8, 2008
 
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Revision as of 08:56, 29 June 2012

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Abdul Ghani

Template:Infobox WoT detainees Abdul Ghani is a citizen of Afghanistan, currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] Abdul Ghani's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 934. The Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1972.

On 28 July 2008 the Department of Defense announced charges against Abdul Ghani before a Guantanamo Military Commission, and he was accused of having sold Soviet-era munitions to a man who later fired them at American troops.[2] Five months later, all charges were dropped without prejudice, although Ghani continues to be held in Guantanamo Bay.[3]

As of November 23, 2010, Abdul Ghani has been held at Guantanamo for seven years eight months.[4]

Combatant Status Review

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal


Ghani was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.[5] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Ghani's memo accused him of the following:[6][7]

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban and associated with al Qaida:
  1. The detainee admitted to voluntarily joining the Taliban.
  2. The detainee was a member of a 40-man unit of the Taliban that received support from al Qaida.
b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners:
  1. The detainee participated in a rocket attack directed against U.S. forces located at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in the spring of 2002.
  2. The detainee participated in two rocket attacks directed against U.S. forces located at Kandahar Airfield in early November 2002.
  3. The detainee participated in a BM 12 missile attack against a U.S.A.F. transport aircraft while it was departing Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.


The Department of Defense was forced, by a court order, to publish an eight page summarized transcript from Abdul Ghani's Tribunal.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Ghani's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 9 November 2005.[8] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment
An individual approached the detainee when he was coming out of a local mosque one night and asked the detainee to help him fire rockets.
b. Connections/Associations
An individual stated that he was sent to find the detainee to fire rockets against the United States air base at Kandahar.
c. Intent
  1. The detainee took part in a rocket attack on the Kandahar airfield in November 2002.
  2. The detainee walked with another individual to a place where several rockets were buried. They took the rockets and walked to where they would set them up for launch. The two prepared the rockets for launch and then ignited them. Following that, they left and didn't witness the launch.
  3. The detainee and another individual fired rockets on two consecutive nights.
  4. The detainee was arrested by Afghan Forces for assisting an individual in a rocket attack against United States Forces at Kandahar airfield.
d. Other Relevant Data
  1. The detainee was identified as part of the 40-man unit.
  2. One of the tasks of the 40-man unit was to provide protection to al Qaida for travel in Afghanistan.
  3. The detainee was seen launching a rocket against a United States aircraft near the Kandahar airport.
  4. According to the detainee, when he fired the rockets, he was not following a commander; he was just doing it for money.
  5. An individual states that the detainee was paid money from al Qaida for the missile attack. He also stated that the detainee's military expertise was missiles.


The following primary factors favor release or transfer

N/A

Transcript

Ghani chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.[9] In the Spring of 2006 the Department of Defense was forced, by a court order, to publish an eleven page summarized transcript from Abdul Ghani's Review Board hearing.

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Ghani's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 October 2006.[10] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment
  1. The detainee stated he joined the Taliban voluntarily but was not sure when he joined.
  2. The detainee stated Americans did not have any business in Afghanistan and fighting against them was every Muslim's duty. The detainee further stated they fought against Shah Masood because he was an infidel and that the way Shah Masood was killed was acceptable because in war trickery was allowed.
  3. The detainee stated he served with the Mujahedin until Najib was ousted.
  4. The detainee stated he only fought against Najib's soldiers.
b. Training
  1. A source stated the detainee's military expertise was in missiles.
  2. The detainee stated everyone in Afghanistan knows how to use a gun and he could operate any weapon a soldier could carry in his hands.
c. Connections/Associations
  1. A source stated he knew the detainee's boss was a Taliban commander and did not want to assist the detainee for that reason and that the detainee's boss wanted to fight Americans.
  2. A source stated the detainee was paid by al Qaida for the attack against a United States aircraft near Kandahar Airfield.
  3. A source stated the detainee was also a part of a 40-man training team that taught hand grenade techniques, use of plastic explosives and automobile explosive device use for deployment outside of Afghanistan.
d. Intent
  1. The detainee stated he had the right to defend his country.
  2. The detainee stated if he had the power to kill Shazai, Governor of Kandahar, he would. The detainee considered Shazai a slave of the Americans.
  3. A source stated the detainee would do anything for money.
e. Other Relevant Data
  1. The detainee stated he was offered 1000 Pakistani Rupees to help carry rockets.
  2. The detainee changed his story and stated that he was never paid.
  3. The detainee stated he carried two rockets into the desert near the Kandahar Afghanistan Airfield.
  4. The detainee admitted to being a lookout but refused to admit he knew the rockets were going to be fired at that time.
  5. The detainee further stated that he knew the rockets were going to be fired at the Americans at Kandahar Airfield.
  6. The detainee stated he did not fire any of the rockets.
  7. The detainee stated Shah told the villagers that the detainee fired the rockets at United States troops.
  8. Information received states that the detainee retrieved two batteries, a long length of wire and two missiles and took them approximately one hour away by foot to an area overlooking the Kandahar Airfield.
  9. Information received states the detainee then carried the missiles approximately 20 to 30 meters away where they Template:sic concealed themselves behind a large rock and the detainee fired the missiles against United States Forces at the airfield.
  10. A source state the detainee told him they had to fight against the United States.
  11. A source stated he knew the detainee was involved in fighting the United States but couldn't provide any specifics.
  12. The detainee was captured by United States and Afghan forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan.


The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee stated that he accepts that he did something wrong and he has no motivation to lie further.
b. The detainee took the Pakistan Army soldiers to where the other two rockets were still buried.
c. The detainee stated if he knew that Shah was going to fire the rockets at the airport he would not have helped him.


References

  1. ↑ List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2006-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Charge Sheet: Abdul Ghani". United States Department of Defense. 2008-07-28. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/00934%20charge%20sheet%20-%20signed.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-29. mirror </li>
  3. ↑ Salon.com, Goodbye to Guantanamo?, December 23, 2008
  4. ↑ The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/934-abdul-ghani. </li>
  5. ↑ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
  6. ↑ OARDEC. Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Ghani, Abdul. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-03-07.
  7. ↑ OARDEC. Summarized Detainee Unsworn Statement. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-03-01.
  8. ↑ OARDEC. Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ghani, Abdul. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-03-07.
  9. ↑ OARDEC. Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings for ISN 934. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-03-07.
  10. ↑ OARDEC. Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ghani, Abdul. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-03-07.

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Template:GitmoCharges Template:WoTPrisonersTemplate:Infobox WoT detainees Azimullah is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1050. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in North Waziristan, Pakistan.

Sultan Sari Sayel al Anazi was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.[2]

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 Firebase Salerno.Template:citation needed

Combatant Status Review

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal


Azimullah was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings.[3] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Azimullah's memo accused him of the following:[4][5]

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 court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published an eight page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[6]

Administrative Review Board

Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.[7]

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Azimullah's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 April 2005.[8] 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.[9] In the Spring of 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page summarized transcript from this Administrative Review Board.[6]

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Azimullah's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 5 March 2006.[10] 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 Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, reports that Azimullah was released in September 2007.[11]

As of March 18, 2008 the Washington Post still listed Azimullah as still in detention in Guantanamo.[12]

On November 25, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when Guantanamo captives were repatriated.[13] 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 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 Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul.[14]

References

  1. ↑ OARDEC. List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. (PDF) United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2007-09-29.
  2. ↑ The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/507-sultan-sari-sayel-al-anazi. </li>
  3. ↑ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
  4. ↑ OARDEC. Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- LNU, Azimullah. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-05-08.
  5. ↑ OARDEC. [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized Statement]. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-05-08.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "US releases Guantanamo files". Melbourne: The Age. April 4, 2006. http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html. Retrieved 2008-03-15. </li>
  7. ↑ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. URL accessed on November 12, 2010.
  8. ↑ OARDEC. Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-05-08.
  9. ↑ OARDEC. [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 1050]. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-05-08.
  10. ↑ OARDEC. Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Azimullah (Last Name Unknown). United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-05-05.
  11. ↑ Andy Worthington (October 5, 2007). "Eight More Wrongly Imprisoned Men are Quietly Released: The Anonymous Victims of Guantánamo". CounterPunch. http://www.counterpunch.org/worthington10052007.html. Retrieved 2007-10-06. </li>
  12. ↑ "Names of the Detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Washington Post. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/#afghanistan. Retrieved 2008-03-18. </li>
  13. ↑ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. </li>
  14. ↑ "International Travel". Center for Constitutional Rights. 2008. http://ccrjustice.org/files/CCR_Annual_Report_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-13. "CCR attorney Pardiss Kebriaei traveled to Kabul to follow the situation of Guantánamo prisoners being returned to Afghanistan. Since April 2007, all such prisoners have been sent to a U.S.-built detention facility within the Soviet era Pule-charkhi prison located outside Kabul." mirror </li> </ol>

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