Libyan training camp

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A Libyan camp was identified as a suspicious Afghan training camp by Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts.

Guantanamo captives allegeged to have attended a Libyan training camp
Jalal Salam Bin Amer
  • During his Combatant Status Review Tribunal Jalal Salam Bin Amer faced the following allegation: The detainee trained at a Jihad Para-military training camp called "The Libyan Base]]," near Kabul, Afghanistan.[1]
  • The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Jalal Salam Bin Amer's first Administrative Review Board hearing alleged[2]:
    • The detainee trained at the Libyan Camp Annex in the vicinity of Kabul, Afghanistan.
    • Libyan training camp annex, outside of Kabul: A Libyan military training camp, known only as "the Libyan camp]]", is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. There is an annex to the camp also used for military training. It is an unknown distance from the main camp. The annex has an average of 10 to 12 students at a time and one trainer. (FN9)
  • According to the allegations in the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Jalal Salam Bin Amer's second annual Administrative Review Board[3]:
    • While traveling to Kabul, Afghanistan, and individual attempted to convince the detainee to train at the Libyan camp and then go fight the jihad in Chechnya. However, the detainee did not agree.
    • The detainee trained at the Libyan Camp Annex in the vicinity of Kabul, Afghanistan.
    • The detainee stated that he was not trained at the Libyan camp, but he was trained by a Libyan man.
    • The detainee stayed in Kabul, Afghanistan at a guesthouse called al Ansar before deciding to go to the Libyan camp for training.
Zohair Abdul Mohammed Al-Shorabi
  • Alleged to have trained in 1999.[4][5][6]
  • Alleged to have trained under Omar al Libi.[5]
Nawaf Fahad Al Otaibi
  • Alleged to have trained in June 2001.[7]
  • His training camp was also called an "al Qaida training camp".[8]
Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari
  • Alleged to have attended a Libyan training camp in 2000.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ unclassified documents (.pdf) from Jalal Salam Bin Amer's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, pages 14-17
  2. ^ OARDEC (7 February 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Awad, Jalal Salam Awad pages 79-81. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  3. ^ OARDEC (7 February 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Awad, Jalal Salam Awad pages 54-56. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  4. ^ OARDEC (8 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al-Shorabi, Zohair Abdul Mohammed page 91. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
  5. ^ a b OARDEC (25 October 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Sharabi, Zuhail Abdo Anam Said pages 21-23. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  6. ^ OARDEC (12 October 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Said, Zohair Mohammed pages 63-65. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  7. ^ OARDEC (11 February 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Otaibi, Nawaf Fahad pages 86-87. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  8. ^ OARDEC (24 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Otaibi, Nawaf Fahad page 28. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  9. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari Administrative Review Board - pages 9-11