JTF-GTMO Detainee Assessment - McClatchy

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JTF-GTMO-CDR
SUBJECT: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD)
Guantanamo Detainee, ISN PK9SA-001456DP (S)
○ (S//NF) Detainee admitted residing in a Quetta guesthouse operated by al-Qaida
operative Yaqub al-Baluchi, aka (Abu Talha al-Baluchi). Detainee further admitted
family members of al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and al-Qaida military chief
Muhammad Atif, aka (Abu Hafs al-Masri), were in the house while he was living in
the residence. 68
○ (S//NF) According to a senior al-Qaida operative, detainee was with a group
residing in a house rented by PK-1461 in Karachi. After the group departed, the
house was given to YM-1457. 69
○ (S//NF) Detainee, PK-1460, PK-1461, and YM-10013 were arrested together
during raids on an al-Qaida safe house in Karachi. 70
○ (S//NF) PK-1461 reported detainee was one of many facilitators in who assisted
al-Qaida Arabs traveling out of Karachi. 71
○ (S//NF) YM-252 stated detainee facilitated operations at various Taliban and al-
Qaida guesthouses in Pakistan. 72
� (S//NF) According to PK-1460, detainee used to complain to KU-10024
about wanting something to do. KU-10024 eventually decided to have detainee
rent a safe house for al-Qaida members using the Pakistani name Sayyid Nur.
KU-10024 obtained a Pakistani National Identity Card for detainee in this name. 73
(Analyst Note: This is the house where detainee, PK-1460, PK-1461, and YM-
10013 were arrested.)
• (S//NF) Detainee’s has close familial ties with senior level al-Qaida members.
○ (S//NF) Detainee’s father, Muhammad Saleh Bin Attash, was a supporter of
UBL.
� (S//NF) According to YM-10014, detainee’s father was a long time friend of
UBL, and there was a strong connection between the two families. 74
� (S//NF) According to an associate of UBL, who was in Yemeni custody as of
25 September 2001, detainee’s father advocated jihadist causes for youths and
assisted them in traveling to and training in Afghanistan. The UBL associate also
stated that funds donated by detainee’s father might have been collected through
charity and other donations from sympathizers in Saudi Arabia. 75
� (S//NF) According to al-Qaida facilitator Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Hasana, aka
(Abu Muaz al-Jiddawi), detainee’s father was considered one of the most
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69 TD-314/10133-03
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74 TD-314/35058-03
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