JTF GTMO Detainee Assessment

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1 s E c RE T // NOFORN // DEPARTMENT OFDEFENSN JOIIST TASK FORqE GUANTANAMO GUAIITANAMO BAY, CIIBA APO AE ,2May2406 MEMORANDIIM FOR Commander, United States Soutlem Command 3511 NW 9lst Ave,nue, Miami. FL SUBJECT: Recomme,ndahon for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for,. (S/NF) Personal Informatlon: JTF GTMO Detainee Assessment r JDMSATTDRC Reference Name: Bassam Al Doubavkhi o Aliases and CunenlTrue Name: Abdullah Ali Salih Al Debakha A1 Siari. Najim Aldin Rakha::- Marwan Zahwari" Abd Ataziz Sad Muhammad Alkhalidi r Place of Birth: Oasirn Saudi Arabia (SA) o DaJe of Birth: 1978 r Citize,nship: Saudi Arabia o Inten:ment Serial Number (ISNr): US9SA DP 2. (FOUO) Health: Detainee is in good healttt. 3. (S/NF) JTF GTMO Assessment: a. (S) Recommendation: JTF GTMO recommends this detaine for Continud Detention Under DoD Control (CD). If a satisfactory agreement can be reached tlat ensures continued detention and allows access to detainee and./or to exploited lntelllgencg detainee can be Transferred Out of DoD Control (IRO). JTF GTMO previously assessedetainee as Continued Detention Under DoD Contol (CD) on 6 September b. (S//NF) Executive Summary: Detainee is affliatd with Al-Qaida According to a se,nior Al-Qaida membero detainee promised to help finance Al-Qaida operations in the CI"ASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES REASON: E.O SECTION 1.5(c) DECLASSIFT ON: S E C RE T //NOFORN / I 2O3IO5I2

2 s E c RE T / / NOFORNi / JTF GTMO-CC SUBJECT: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Conhol (CD) for Middle Ea*. Detainee alfiliated with Al Wafa personnel and probably participated in the moveme,nt of illicit monies in support of A1 Qaida operations. Detainee claims he was recruited for Al-Qaitla operations in Saudi Arabia He resided in an Al-Qaida associated guesthouse and possibly attended militant training. TADDITIONAL INtr'ORMATION ABOUT THIS DETAII\EN IS AVAILABLE IN AN SCI ADDEIIDUN4,I JTF GTMO determined this detainee to be: r A MEDIUM rislq as he may pose a tbreal to the US, its int rests and allies. r A HIGH threaf from a detention perspective. o Of MEDIUM intellige,nce value. 4. (S//NF) Detalnes's Account of Events: The followlng section ls based, unless otherwlse lndicated, on detainee's own account. These statement ano lncluded without consideratlon of vemcity, accu r?rcy, or rellability. a. (S//NF) Prior Hlstory: Detainee was bom and raised in Qasim. In 1999, he aftended lnam Muhammed Bin Saud University for one se,mester. From 1999 to 2001, he was a selfe,nployed produce trader. In 2001, he started an antique bading business.l b. (S//NF) Recrultrnent and Travel: In Novenrber / December 2001, detainee traveled from Jeddah, SA" to Pakistar (PK), via the United Arab Emirate^s (UAE). Detainee intended to purchase rare books and coins to sell for a profit in the UAX.' c. (S//NF) Training and Activities: Detainee arived in Islamabad" PII where he met Abdullah Ali Nayif Al Muqati Al-Utaybi, ISN US9SA DP (SA-243), at the King Faisil Mosque. They traveled together to Karachi, PK. SA-243 inforrned detainee that he was carrying $28,000 USD worth of various currencies and was concemed about the possibility that he might get robbed.t SA-243 offered to pay detainee to travel with him and protect him while he distibuted money to charities." The two of thern continued on to Quetta" PK to find a good charitable organization.' I ooo34o KB 13-JLN-2002 'zir 6034 o93o 02 t m.6 o:a os6z oz,iir 6034 o93o 02 ' lvsr 09-A?R m. o 03+ os6z oz, m o93o 02 2 s E c R E T / / NOFORN /

3 s E c R E T / / NOFORN / / SUBJECT: Recommendafion for Continued Detention Under DoD Contol (CD) for 5. (S//NF) Gapture Information: a. (S/AIF) On 17 Dece,mber 2001, Pakistani forces stopped the taxi that detaine and SA- 243 occupied at a checkpoint in Quetla- The Pakistani soldiers discovered the money they were carrying and arrested thetn Detainec claimed the soldien took his money (approximately $9,000 USD)6, passpor! video camera and laptop computer. After about two weeks in jail, Pakistani authorities tumed detainee over to US forces who tranqrorted him to Bagram, Afehanistan (AD.? b. (S) Property Held: N/A c. (S) Transferred to JTF GTMO: 8 June 2002 d. (S//NF) Reasons for Transfer to JTF GTMO; To provide information on the follorring. Non-govemment organizafions (NGO$, specifically the Red Crescent, operating within Pakistan r The treatuflt ofprisoners while in Pakistan custody awaiting transfer to US custody 6. {S//NF) Evaluatlon Of Detalnee's Account: Detainee's cover story is inconsistent and lacks credibility. Detainee has witbheld hformation from interrogators, told differing accounts, alrd affffipted ta maintain a rhin cover story during his detenfion. Detainee has yet to explain the source of the large sum of money he caried to Pakistan. 7. (S//NF) Detainee Threat: a. (S) Assessment: It is assessed the detainee poses a MEDIUM risk, as he may pose a tlreat to the US, its interests and allies. b. (S//ND Reasons for Gontlnued Detention: Detainee is a.ffiliated qdth Al-Qaida According to a senior Al-Qaida member, detainee promised to help finance Al-Qaida operations in the Middle East. Detainee affiliated with Al Wafa personnel and probably participated in the movement of illicit monies in support of A1 Qaida operarions. Detainee claims he was recruited for Al-Qaida operations in Saudi Arabia He resided in an Al-Qaitla associated guesthouse and possibly attended militant faining. 'IIR ' R , UR 6 A M. Analyst Note: Detaiaee also claimedjewelry aad documeus were h.ken from h'im at tle tine of oaptr:re. See MFR 09-APR J s E c RE T // NOFORN/ 20310s12

4 s E c R E T //NOFORN // SUBJECT: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantaaamo Detainee ISN: US9SA DP (S). (S/ {F) Senior Al-Qaida operafive Abu Zubaydah claimed that while detainee was not a member of Al-Qaida he promised Abu Zubaydah in 2000 or 2001 to provide money for opemfions agains Israel (NFI). Abu Zubaytlah met detainee at a Kuwait guesthouse in Kabul, AF.o o (S/AIF) Detainee initially claimdhe taveled to Pakisfan with $12,000 aad spent about $3,000 before he was captured. Iater, detainee staled that he was-looking to make money wher he encountered SA-243 at the mosque in Islamabad.' (Analyst Note: Detainee carried this significant amount of cash into Pakistan and has failed to identiff the source of the money. It is possible that the money he was carrying was a portion of the money promised to Abu Zubaydah.). (S/n{F) Assessed Al-Qaida member SA-243 claimed he traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan with detainee to perform relief work for the Afghan people.'u (Analyst Note: SA-243 was the director for the A1 Wafa organization in Herat AF.' ' The Al Wafa NGO is lnown to have provided support to Al- Qaida and the Taliban. Al Wafa provided a variety of humanitarian assistancg weapons, and funding to extremist groups, the Taliban and Al-Qaida- Al Wafa membels in custody maintain the organization's activities were limited to humanitarian relief and charitable work, mostly focused on relief aid, food distribution and construction projects.) r (S/A.IF) Detainee claimed that in early to mid-2001, Usama Bin Laden (UBL) supporters asked him to help smuggle weapons out ofa military base in Saudi Arabia- He was targeted because his family's afluence gave him 2sssss to the necessary tansportation required for the operation Detainee received two days oftraining on tecbn:iques and procedures for tansporting various surface-to-air missiles. Deainee was to transport the missiles to one of two locations in Yemen. (Analyst Note: Detainee never idsntified either of the locations.)l2 r (S//NIF) Assessed Al-Qaida member Saad Al-Azf, ISN US9KU DP (KU- 571, transfared), reported that detainee visited "Aziz" at a guesthouse in Karachi PIC (Analyst Note: Aziz is an alias for both Karachi-based senior Al-Qaida facilitator AMU Ali Al-Haji Sharqawi aka "Riyadh the Facilitator," ISN PK9YM DP (\n4-1457), and Karachi guesthouss o,perator AMul Aziz Alsuwedy, ISN US9YM (LI{- 578).)" E m-: t+sls2o-05 t ooo:+o lwn o9-npr-zoo: to TD-31+) tt TD-314/ ,IIR , Analyst Note: Al Wafr is an trct Tier 2 counterrerrorism.nco target Tier 2 arggts are defined as those that bave demolsfated the intent and willingness to support tsrrorist o-rganizations willing to altack US pelsons or interests. " sir 26DEC SIR 02-JAN-2006 tt m s E c RE T // NOFORN / / 203r0sr2

5 s E c RE T // NOFORN // SIIBJECT: Recommendation for Continued Detention Und r DoD Conhol (CD) for Guantaaamo Detainee, ISN: US9SA DP (S). (S/A{F) Detainee applied for entry to an undetermined paramilitary training course, A variation of his name, Abu Najem Al Najdi, was found on an Afghanistan-based nilitary training camp application recovered during a raid on aa Arab offce in Kandahar, AF. During a debrieffng, detainee gave his parents' phone number as , This number majches the phone number for 'bearcst relative" entered on the application. Additionally, the dale and place ofbirth are also the same on both documents.'" (Analyst Note: It is assessed that detainee applied for and possibly attended militant training.).. (S/A.{F) Detainee used several aliases and assumed another person's identity: o (S/A{F) KU-571 identified detainee as Najim Aldin (variant Najrrudeen). " o (S/n{F) Detainee used the name of a friend, Abdallah Ali Salih Al-Dabkha Al- Siari, as his own. Ilis brother chided him in a letter for using a false name.and told him to use his real name, Bassam, so his family's letters would reach bim.'o A visiting Salldi delegation determined his true name is Bassam Muhammad Salih A1- Dubaylfii." o (S/nF) On 21 November 2A02, detaimee gave his name as Abdullah Sleiman Saleh El Hadha1.18 o (S/,NF) Detainee slated that he used the alias Rakhan while he was in Saudi Arabia and he used Marwan and Zahwari during his detention at JTF GTMO.re c. (FOUO) Detainee's Gonduct: The detainee is assessed as a HIGH threat from a detention perspective. The detainee's overall behavior has $gen 1sn-co6pliant and hostile to the guard force and staff. The detainee curr nfly has 75 Reports of Disciplinary Infraction listed in DMS, with the most recsnt occurring on 17 December 2005 when he refired to eat. Ofher incid nts for which the detainee has been disciplined include using provoking words and gestures with the guarcls, assault, failwe to follow instuctions/camp rules, damage to property, possession ofnon-weapon type contraband, inciting a riisturbance, threatening the life ofa guard, and unauthorized communications. The detainee has 29 Reports of Disciplinary hfraction for assault with the most recent occurring on 28 Septeorber 2005 when he tlrew urine on guards. Other behavior notes show that on 8 October 2003, detainee told guards thaf he wanted to kill them and all the rest of the United States army. On 14 August 2004, detainee tbreatened the life ofa guard and said that he would kill the guard's family when he left the camp. On 15 October 2004, detainee tlrealened a guard by making throat-cutting gestures and telling the guard that he was going to cut his head otr On 7 May 2005, detainee told a guard that he was going to kill the block sergea:rt before their unit left. 'n TRRs , IIR 60340i6202 tl ooor+o ra 13-JuN-2002, IrR ': cuan-2004-a00647 " IrR t" ooo34o lffr 21-Nov-zooz t' ooo34o sir o2-mer-2006 \ s E c RE T/i NOFORN/ t2

6 s E c RE T / / NOFORN / JTF GTMO{C SUBJECT: Recommendation for Continued Dete,ntion Under DoD Conffol (CD) for There are several more examples of the detainee tbreatening the lives of guards. The most recent threal occulred on 16 July 2005 whe'n he told guards that he would kill thern anyway he can and anywhere he is. On 20 August 2005, detainee began yelling as medical pemonnel were aftending to another detainee. He yelled out tlat Usama Bin Laden would torture the corpsman for four years and stated that the 9/11 attacks would never stop. 8. (S//NF) Detalnee Intelligence Valus Assessment: a. (S) Assessment: JTF GTMO determined this detainee is of MEDIUM intelligence value. Detainee's most recsnt interrogation session occurred on 2 March b. (S//NF) Placement and Access: Senior Al-Qaida member Abu Zubaydah identified detainee as a pote,rrtial money donor to Al-Qaida Detainee is closely associated with SA- 243, the former N Wafa director in Herar" AF. They were arrested in Pakistan with large sums of money. Detainee stayed in an Al-Qaida guesthouse and may have received paramilitary training. He was allegedly recruited to carry out an Al-Qaida weapons acquisition operation. c. (S//NF) Intelligence Assessmen* Much of detainee's activities and timeline, specifically in Afghanistan, remains unknown- While he admitted to faveling to Pakistan with SA-243 in late 2001, reporting has placed detainee in Afghanistan as early as Abu Zubaydah's identification of detainee as a potential money donor and detainee's close association with SA-243 indicate his fikely involvement with A1 Wafa's financial support in Al-Qaida operations. Fudher exploitation is required to determine the veracity ofdetainee's admitted recruituent into Al-Qaida operations in Saudi Arabia. There is no reportirg to indicate detainee served in any substantial capacity for Al-Qaida- While SA-243 likely possesses the information to accurately determine the extent of detainee's role and activities in Pakistan and Afghadstqn, SA-243 has been stringently uncooperafive during his detention and deceptive. d. (S/NF) Areas of Potential Erploitatlon: o Detainee's possible involvement with the Al Wafa NGO. Al-Qaida recruitnent, facilitation, and operations in Saudi Arabia o Detainee's own true activities and timeline t SA s E c RE T //NOFORN //

7 s E c R E T //NOFORN// SIIBJECT: Recommendafion for Continued Dete,ntion Under DoD Contol (CD) for 9. (S) EC Status: Detainee's e'nemy combatant status was reassessed on 28 December 20M, and he rernains an en,mv combalant. Rear Admiral" US 7 s E c RE T // NOFORN //