User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/Captured on the battlefield

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Mark Huband writing for the Financial Times, quoted deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Martin J. Lucenti Sr.

"...most of these guys weren't fighting; they were running..."

Lucenti claimed he was was misquoted, and said:

"..."many detainees were captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan where their intelligence was deemed to be of enough value to warrant transfer to Guantanamo."

[edit] Captives who could meaningfully be described as having been "captured on a battlefield"

Captives who could meaningfully be described as having been "captured on a battlefield", even if it seems likely they were just innocent bystanders.
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1017 Omar Mohammed Ali Al Rammah
  • "The detainee was captured with two explosives [sic] detonators in his possession."[1][2][3]
  • "The detainee witnessed the ambush that killed Ibn al Khattab."[2][3]
  • "The detainee was captured in a violent road ambush by Georgia Security Forces in Duisi, Georgia on 28 April 2002."[2][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ OARDEC (21 December 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Rammah, Omar Mohammed Ali page 25. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  2. ^ a b c OARDEC (16 September 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Rammah, Omar Mohammed Ali pages 42-44. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  3. ^ a b c OARDEC (26 May 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al-Rammah, Omar Mohammed Ali pages 25-27. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.