Al Qaida safe house, Karachi

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The American intelligence analysts who compiled the justifications for continuing to detain the captives taken in the "war on terror" made dozens of references to al Qaida safe house, in Karachi.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Some of the references:

  • refer to instances when important documents, particularly various lists of individuals, were captured in al Qaida safe houses, or al Qaida guest houses, in Karachi. A list of 324 Arabic names, associated with senior al Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, being one of the most commonly referenced.
  • refer to instances when suspects were captured in an al Qaida safe house in Karachi. The bin Attash brothers, who were regarded as significant enough sources of intelligence that they were interrogated in the CIA's archipelago of covert black sites, were captured in a Karachi safe house.
  • refer to instances when a suspect temporarily stayed in Karachi safe house or guest house.

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[edit] Captured in a Karachi safe house or guest house

American and Pakistani counter-terrorism officials conducted an extensive series of raids, across Pakistan, on September 11, 2002, the first anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Suspected safe houses and guesthouses in Karachi and Faisalabad were particular targets. Several of the captives captured on September 11, 2002 were of sufficient intelligence value that they were interrogated first in the one of the CIA's archipelago of black sites, in particular the dark prison.[7]

Some other captives were captured in suspect safe houses or guest houses in Karachi on other dates. And yet other captive's documents state that they were captured in a Karachi safe house or guest house, without specifying the date it occurred.

Captured in al Qaeda safehouse, in Karachi
isn capture
date		 name notes
838 September 11, 2002 Shawki Awad Balzuhair
  • "The detainee was captured by Pakistani police in a raid on a Karachi apartment on 11 September 2002."[8]
1457 September 11, 2002 Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash
570 February 7, 2002 Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim Al Qurashi
  • "On 7 February 2002, the Pakistanis raided a Karachi statehouse [sic] and captured the detainee and approximately 15 other individuals."[9]

[edit] Listed on a suspicious document seized in Karachi

Many of the captives in Guantanamo learned from the allegations they faced during their Combatant Status Review Tribunals or Administrative Review Board hearings that their continued detention was being justified because their name, or "known alias", was found on a suspicious list. The ambiguous wording American intelligence analysts used when describing the suspicious lists leaves open to speculation how many lists there actually were.

Ziyad bin Salih bin Muhammad Al Bahooth
  • "The detainee's name, nationalisty and his possession of a Saudi passport was found on a document recovered from the raid of a suspected al Qaida safehouse in Karachi, Pakistan.[10]"
Rami Bin Said Al Taibi
  • "The detainee's name was found in a document recovered from an al Qaida safehouse in Karachi."[11]
Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai
  • "Al Radia's name was found on a document listing Arabic names recovered from an Al Qaida safe house in Karachi, Pakistan."[12]
Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa
  • "The detainee was listed on a document recovered in safehouse raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan.[13]
Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman Al Qadasi
  • "The detainee's name was found on a document listing 324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from safehouse raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Pakistan."[3]
Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi
  • "Detainee's name was found on a document listing 324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from a safe house associated with suspected al-Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan."[14]
Abdullah Al Kandari
  • "The detainee's name was found on a list of 324 Arabic names recovered from safehouse raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan.[2]
Faiz Al Kandari

The detainee’s name appeared on a list of captured mujahidin found on a hard drive with is associated with Khalid Shaykh Muhammad (KSM).[15]
Walid Said Bin Said Zaid "The detainee’s name was on a document listing 324 Arabic names aliases and nationalities recovered from a safehouse raid of suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan."[1]

[edit] Stayed in Karachi safe house or guest house

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Walid Said Bin Said Zaid Administrative Review Board - page 14
  2. ^ a b Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari Administrative Review Board - pages 11-13
  3. ^ a b Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman Al Qadasi Administrative Review Board, April 28, 2005 - page 14
  4. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Khalid Mallah Shayi Al Jilba Al Qahtani Administrative Review Board, March 31, 2005 - page 2
  5. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed Rabeii Administrative Review Board - 28 January 2005 - page 65
  6. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Bader Al Bakri Al Samiri Administrative Review Board - March 7, 2005 - page 75
  7. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - November 9, 2004 - page 274
  8. ^ OARDEC (18 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Balzuhair, Shawki Awad page 28. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  9. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim Al Qurashi's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 187
  10. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ziyad bin Salih bin Muhammad Al Bahooth Administrative Review Board, May 19, 2005 - page 38
  11. ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) prepared for Rami Bin Said Al Taibi's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 1, 2004 - page 68
  12. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai Administrative Review Board - page 34
  13. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - September 22, 2004 - page 211
  14. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi Administrative Review Board - pages 81-82 18 April 2005
  15. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari Administrative Review Board - page 31
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