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)
the time. 5 Detainee stated his older brother YM-10014 also played a major role during his
time in Afghanistan. 6 Detainee held a Yemeni passport, so he and his brother Abd al-Aziz
traveled from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, where detainee obtained a visa for Pakistan. 7 While
in Yemen, detainee and his brother contacted mujahideen facilitator Muhammad al-Munasar,
aka (Abu Hamza al-Baidani), who called senior al-Qaida operative Zayn al-Abidin
Muhammad Husayn, aka (Abu Zubaydah), ISN US9GZ-010016DP (GZ-10016), and
recommended the two be accepted for participation in Afghan militant operations. They
traveled to Karachi, PK where GZ-10016 and al-Dhahak al-Tabuki met and took them to al-
Khattab’s Guesthouse located approximately one hour outside Peshawar, PK. Detainee and
Abd al-Aziz then traveled to GZ-10016’s guesthouse in Peshawar where they met senior al-
Qaida operative Ali Muhammad Abd al- Aziz al-Fakhri, aka (Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi), ISN
US9LY-000212DP (LY-212). Detainee and Abd al-Aziz then traveled to Jalalabad, AF via
Torkhum, AF. In Jalalabad, detainee’s older brother, Hussam, took detainee and Abd al-Aziz
to Najim al-Jihad. 8 Detainee stayed at Najim al-Jihad for a short period of time before his
brother Hussam took him to Khaldan Training Camp in Khowst, AF via Kabul. 9
c. (S//NF) Training and Activities: Detainee arrived at the Khaldan Camp prior to 30
December 1997, where he began basic training on light and heavy weapons, mortars, hand
grenades, land mines, and a three to five week general overview of explosives. Detainee
remained at the Khaldan Camp until approximately late May or June 1998, when Hussam
returned to retrieve him. 10 After detainee’s training at Khaldan, detainee returned to Kabul
where he stayed for less than one month. In Kabul, detainee met his brothers YM-10014,
Hussam, and Abd al-Aziz. Detainee remained in Kabul for two to three weeks recovering
from malaria, when he heard Hussam was killed and YM-10014 lost a leg. Detainee and
Abd al-Aziz then traveled to Jalalabad and then on to Peshawar, where they stayed at GZ-
10016’s house for two nights. GZ-10016 provided the pair with plane tickets from
Islamabad, PK to Yemen. Detainee spent several days in Yemen with Abu Hamza al-
Baidani’s group before continuing on to Saudi Arabia. Detainee spent approximately two to
four months with his family in Jeddah before returning to Afghanistan. Detainee then
traveled from Saudi Arabia to Kandahar, where he lived in a guesthouse near the airport.
From Kandahar, he traveled via Kabul to the Jihad Wahl Camp in Khowst, where he and his
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8 TD-314/48022-02, Analyst Note: Variants of Najim al-Jihad include Nejm al-Jihad and Nazim al-Jihad. The
Najim al-Jihad compound is reportedly owned by UBL. The compound housed al-Qaida members and their
families.
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10 001456 FM40 29-SEP-2004, Analyst Note: Detainee stated he arrived at Khaldan Camp in late 1997 prior to
Ramadan. Ramadan began on 30 December 1997 and ended on 28 January 1998. Detainee stated he remained at
Khaldan for five or six months.
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