Mohamad Farik Amin
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Mohamad Farik Amin, alias Zubair alias Zaid, is a Malaysian who is alleged to be a fairly senior member of Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda. He is currently in American custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He is one of the 14 detainees who had previously been held at secret locations abroad.[1] In the ODNI biographies[2] of those 14, Amin is described as a direct subordinate of Hambali.
According to Time Magazine[3], Amin, Hambali, and Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep were detained and interrogated on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, where they confessed to scouting out possible sites for terrorist bombings throughout Thailand. Time also reported[4] that the three were captured together in central Thailand on August 11, 2003. The ODNI document says that Hambali and Bin Lep were captured together, but only that Amin was captured some time in 2003.
[edit] References
- ^ Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons, CNN, 7 September 2006.
- ^ Biographies of 14 Guantanamo Bay detainees, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- ^ Asia's Terror Threat: One year after the carnage of Bali, a top terrorist's confessions suggest Asia is as vulnerable as ever, Time Magazine, October 6, 2003
- ^ Asia's Terror Threat Time Magazine, October 6, 2003
