Casio F91W
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The Casio F91W is an inexpensive model of digital watch, manufactured by the Japanese firm Casio. It has a daily alarm and a 1/100 second stopwatch.
Since the watch was introduced it has only been updated once. The change was to the backlight which went from the standard light in older watches to the blue 'micro-light' seen in most of today watches.
The watch is controlled by three pushbuttons. The upper left button turns on the backlight, cancels the alarm, and is used for selecting settings. The lower left button cycles the modes of the watch: → Alarm → Stopwatch → Time adjustment and back to the normal time display. The button on the right is the function button: it starts and stops the stopwatch, and changes the settings currently being adjusted. The watch's display shows the day of the week, day of the month, hour, minutes, seconds, and the signs for PM (or 24-hour clock), alarm signal, and hourly signal.
In stopwatch mode, minutes, seconds and one-hundredths of a second are shown and a LAP feature (temporary pause) is available.
This watch is widely available through the world in various packaging, including a version with a 'chrome' case and strap available in the USA at Fry's and other outlets.
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[edit] Claimed use in terrorism
This model of watch is notable because United States intelligence officials have identified it as the watch that terrorists use when constructing time bombs.[1] Ahmed Ressam, the millennial bomber, bought two Casio F91W.[2]
When the Department of Defense was forced to comply with US District Court justice Jed Rakoff's court order to release the documents from Guantanamo detainees' Combatant Status Review Tribunals it became known that the allegations against at least 17 of the Guantanamo detainees justified their continued detention because they had been wearing this model of watch, when captured.[3]
Casio officials declined to be interviewed about the U.S. intelligence accusations.[2] But Casio did issue a statement, where they said the watch "has no exclusive technology," and, "Casio continues to work closely with all government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security to help limit any potential threats and deal with security concerns."
Detainees who testified to their surprise and confusion over this allegation have described their watches, and those descriptions have not matched the description of the F91W. Their descriptions have mentioned built-in compasses and calculators -- features the F91W lacks.
[edit] Detainees whose continued detention was justified by their ownership of a Casio watch
Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah |
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Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari |
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Abdelaziz Kareem Salim al-Noofayee | |
Hani Abdul Muslih al Shulan |
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Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim |
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Usama Hassan Ahmend Abu Kabir |
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Abdul Matin |
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Mazin Salih Musaid |
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Salih Uyar | |
Mosa Zi Zemmori |
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Mesut Sen |
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Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghiyth Sulayman |
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Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman |
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Tariq Shallah Hasan Al Alawi Al Harbi |
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Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif |
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Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri |
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Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem Jarabh |
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Shabir Ahmed |
[edit] References
- ^ "Why Am I in Cuba?", Mother Jones (magazine), July 12, 2006
- ^ a b Guantanamo Captives Jailed Because Of Digital Watches, WCVB, March 10, 2006
- ^ Guantanamo: what you need to know, Alternet
- ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 22-30
- ^ documents from Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
- ^ Sketches of Guantanamo detainees-Part II, Boston Globe, March 15, 2006
- ^ Voices Baffled, Brash and Irate in Guantánamo, New York Times, March 6, 2006
- ^ Guantanamo detainee accused of having digital watch, Dawn (newspaper), March 8, 2006
- ^ Detainees' cases show another side of Gitmo, USA Today, November 3, 2004
- ^ Incoherencies, Eponymies: Proofs of Accusations Often Skimpy, Le Monde, March 13, 2006
- ^ Details of some hearings involving Guantanamo detainees, Fox News
- ^ Details of some hearings involving Guantanamo detainees, Fox News
- ^ US releases more Guantanamo files, BBC, April 4, 2006
- ^ a b c Common Casio watch becomes evidence at Guantanamo, Associated Press, March 9, 2006
- ^ Details from the Guantanamo Transcripts, NPR
- ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Salih Uyar's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - mirror - pages 15-21
- ^ Administrative Review Board - factors in favor of continued detention or release (.pdf), US Department of Defense - page 101-102
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf), of Mesut Sen Administrative Review Board - page 1
- ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghiyth Sulayman's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 23-31
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman Administrative Review Board - page 65
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Tariq Shallah Hasan Al Alawi Al Harbi Administrative Review Board, March 4, 2005 - page 66
- ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memorandum (.pdf) prepared for Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 25, 2004 - page 67
- ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - September 29, 2004 - page 244
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem Jarabh Administrative Review Board - page 60
- ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Shabir Ahmed's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 203-216