Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia

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There is another organization named Al Wafa (Israel), a charity, in Israel, devoted to women, which is not suspected of ties to terrorism.
There is another organization Jamaiat Al-Wafa LiRayat Al-Musenin which is proscribed by the Israeli government.

Al Wafa is an Islamic charity listed in Executive Order 13224 as an entity that supports terrorism. United States intelligence officials state that it was founded in Afghanistan by Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil, Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi and Samar Khand.[1]

According to Saad Madai Saad al-Azmi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Al Wafa is located in the Wazir Akhbar Khan area of Afghanistan.[2]

[edit] Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa

Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa
isn name status notes
5 Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi detained in Guantanamo
  • Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil's CSRT alleges al-Matrafi is one of the founders of Al Wafa.[1][3]
50 Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn detained at Guantanamo
  • "The detainee admits meeting a man named "Suhaib" in Kabul. Suhaib identified himself as being from Saudi Arabia and a member of Al Wafa. Suhaib assisted the detainee with a money exchange.[4]
57 Saad Madai Saad al-Azmi detained in Guantanamo
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa for three months in Kabul.[2]
150 Said Boujaadia detained in Guantanamo
  • Boujaadia's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee is associated with the al Wafa organization.[5]"
213 Khalid Bin Abdullah Mishal Thamer Al Hameydani detained in Guantanamo
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa[6]
217 Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri detained in Guantanamo
  • One of the charges in Al Shammeri's Kuwaiti trial was that he helped fund Al Wafa.[7]
  • Al Shammeri was acquitted.
220 Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi detained in Guantanamo
  • One of the charges in Al Ajmi's Kuwaiti trial was that he helped fund Al Wafa.[7]
  • Al Ajmi was acquitted.
228 Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari
243 Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi detained in Guantanamo
  • Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey's Combatant Status Review Tribunal alleges a traveling companion, named Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi, was a director of Al Wafa.[8]
261 Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary repatriated
  • An al Qaida operative said that al Dosari's sheik may have supported al Wafa's efforts in Chechnya.[9][10]
264 Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah released from Guantanamo in June 2006
  • Alleged to have sent funds 4.5 million Saudi Riyals to al Wafa , through a hawala.[11]
  • Alleged to have carried $7,000, by hand, to al Wafa, in June 2001.[11]
  • Alleged to have stayed in an al Wafa house.[11]
  • Alleged to have met Abdul Aziz al Matrafi, and seen him carrying a rifle, and meet with other al Wafa leaders.[11]
  • Alleged to have fled the US aerial bombardment of Afghanistan in the company of Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi.[11]
271 Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir detained in Guantanamo
  • Al Nasir's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee visited the Al Wafa director in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2001.[12]"
273 Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir
337 Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna detained in Guantanamo
  • Al Bidna's ARB factors state that a Saudi al Qaida facilitator facilitated his illegal entry into Pakistan.[13]
340 Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey detained in Guantanamo
  • Detained largely because he spent four days with a traveling companion, named Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi, who American intelligence analysts suspect was a director of Al Wafa.[8]
345 Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj detained in Guantanamo
  • Al Jazeera cameraman.
  • "After serving as the Al-Haramayn Director in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1997 to January 2000, Jiman Mohammed Alawi Al Muraai, aka Abu Wafa, took a job operating the Wafa offices in Karachi, Pakistan."[14]
440 Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir
496 Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel detained in Guantanamo
  • Haidel's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee provided general information about an al Wafa office in Kabul.[15]"
705 Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily detained in Guantanamo
551 Fouad Mahoud Hasan Al Rabia detained in Guantanamo
  • Alleged that he -likely- transferred money on behalf of Al Wafa.[17]
552 Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari detained in Guantanamo
  • Al Kandari's ARB factors state: "The detainee was associated with the Al Wafa organization.[18]"
565 Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa detained in Guantanamo
  • Al Mousa's ARB factors state: "nformation strongly suggests that the detainee may be identifiable with senior personnel of al Wafa.[19] "
567 Mohammed Sulaymon Barre detained in Guantanamo
  • Ran the local Pakistani office of a Somalian money transfer company, named Dahabshiil, that American counter-terrorism authorities suspected was tied to another money transfer company, named al-Barakat, that they suspected was tied to terrorism.[20]
  • The 911 Commission cleared al-Barakat of the suspicion it had been involved in financing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
568 Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil detained in Guantanamo
  • Alleged founder.[1]
577 Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i detained in Guantanamo
  • Mar'i's CSRT alleges he visited Al Wafa's Kabul office.[21]
690 Ahmed Abdul Qader detained in Guantanamo
  • Once met with al-Matrafi.[22]
951 Allah Nasir detained in Guantanamo
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa in Herat.[23]
1012 Aminullah Baryalai Tukhi detained in Guantanamo
  • "Detainee associated with the leader of al Wafa, Abdulla Aziz [sic] , and received payments for arranging the travel of individuals to and from Afghanistan."[24]
Samar Khand unknown
  • Alleged founder.[1]
Unidentified Guantanamo detainee[25] detained in Guantanamo
  • "Detainee observed that the leader of the Al-Wafa office in Kabul, Afghanistan, known as ###### carried a Kalishnikov rifle, as did several of other Al-Wafa workers located there.[26]"
Abu Mohammed al-Somali unknown
Ramadan Abdul Walid al-Balushi al-Sindi unknown

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d documents (.pdf) from Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  2. ^ a b documents (.pdf) from Sa'ad Madhi Sa'ad Ha Wash Al-Azmi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  3. ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) released in January 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - page 34
  4. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn Administrative Review Board - page 90
  5. ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) released in March 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 28, 2004 - page 108
  6. ^ documents (.pdf) from Khalid Bin Abdullah Mishal Thamer Al Hameydani's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  7. ^ a b Kuwaiti court acquits ex-Guantanamo prisoners. Independent Online (South Africa), May 22, 2006
  8. ^ a b Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 22-30
  9. ^ OARDEC (26 September 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif pages 31-33. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  10. ^ OARDEC (13 September 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif pages 24-26. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah's Administrative Review Board hearing - pages 25-40
  12. ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) prepared for Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - November 16, 2004 - page 57
  13. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna Administrative Review Board, May 2, 2005 - page 41
  14. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 121
  15. ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) prepared for Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 8, 2004 - page 103
  16. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 16-20
  17. ^ documents (.pdf) from Fouad Mahoud Hasan Al Rabia's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  18. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari Administrative Review Board - page 31
  19. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa Administrative Review Board, May 11, 2005 - page 17
  20. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Mohammed Sulaymon Barre's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 30-37
  21. ^ documents (.pdf) from Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  22. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Ahmed Abdul Qader's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 5-11
  23. ^ Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part I, WTOP, March 15, 2006
  24. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Aminullah Baryalai Tukhi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 71-77
  25. ^ The Department of Defense complied with Freedom of Information Act requests, during the winter and spring of 2005, and released 507 memoranda, entitled "Summary of Evidence", that each contained the allegations prepared for a single detainee's Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
  26. ^ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) released in February 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - page 24