Muhammed Rahim
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For other Guantanamo detainee with a similar name, see Mohamed Rahim.
| Muhammed Rahim | |
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| Detained at: | Guantanamo |
| Alias(s): | Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani |
| Conviction(s): | no charge, held in extrajudicial detention |
Muhammed Rahim is a citizen of Afghanistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The United States Department of Defense announced he had been transferred to military custody on March 14, 2008.
According to Agence France-Presse[1]:
Rahim is the 16th so-called "high value" prisoner to be transferred to Guantanamo since September 2006 when President George W. Bush acknowledged the existence of secret CIA detention facilities overseas.
The New York Times reports that he is the first captive to be transferred from CIA custody in close to a year.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Alleged Bin Laden associate in US military custody: Pentagon", Agence France-Presse, March 14, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ "Defense Department Takes Custody Of A High-Value Detainee", United States Department of Defense, March 14, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ Joby Warrick. "U.S. Transfers Bin Laden Aide", Washington Post, March 15, 2008, p. A03. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ a b Mark Mazzetti. "C.I.A. Secretly Held Qaeda Suspect, Officials Say", New York Times, March 15, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. "The Central Intelligence Agency secretly detained a suspected member of Al Qaeda for at least six months beginning last summer as part of a program in which C.I.A. officers have been authorized by President Bush to use harsh interrogation techniques, American officials said Friday."
- ^ "US claims capturing Osama aide", Dawn (newspaper), March 15, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg. "New 'high-value detainee' arrives at Gitmo", Miami Herald, March 15, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Jonathon Karl. "CIA: We Got Bin Laden Translator", ABC News, March 14, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Jim Garamone. "Defense Department Takes Custody of High-Value Al Qaeda Operative", American Forces Press Service, March 14, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
