Derunta training camp
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The Derunta training camp (also transliterated as Darunta) was one of the most well-known of many military training camps that have been alleged to have been affiliated with al Qaeda.
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[edit] Training with poisons
CNN published a story in which they claimed to have acquired videotapes showing al Qaeda experiments poisoning dogs with chemical weapons, at Derunta.[1]
[edit] Location
It was fifteen miles from Jalalabad,[2] just north of the village of Darūntah across the dam (coordinates: 34° 28' 44" North, 70° 21' 44" East).
The CIA provided intelligence, pinpointing Osama bin Laden's presence, that enabled Northern Alliance allies to bombard him in at the Derunta camp in 1999.[3]
The documents from some Guantanamo captives, such as Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely, state that the Khalden training camp was also located in Darwanta.[4]
[edit] Administration
Some sources claim the director of the camp was Midhat Mursi.[5]
[edit] Dispute over whether Derunta was an al Qaeda camp
During his Administrative Review Board Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy acknowledged attending the Derunta camp, but he disputed that it was affiliated wi al Qaeda.[6][7] He asserted that the Derunta camp was a non-al Qaeda camp, that dated back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, that it was originally run by the Hezbi Islami, and that after his attendance there the Derunta camp was one of the many non-al Qaeda camps that Taliban shut down at al Qaeda's request.
Other Guantanamo captives have reported that the similarly well-known Khalden training camp was not an al-Qaeda camp, and was shut down in 2000, at Osama bin Laden's request.
[edit] Alleged attendees
| Ahmed Ressam[8] | a "millennium bomber" |
| Nabil Aukal[9] |
attended in 1997 with four other members of Hamas |
| Menad Benchellali[10] | alleged to be a "chemical weapons" specialist |
| Moazzam Begg[11] | alleged to have attended in 1998 |
| Hisham Sliti[12] | Alleged to have attended both the Khalden training camp and Derunta. |
| Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi[13] | The detainee reportedly received military training on the use of light arms in the Derunta Camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. |
| Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri[14] | Alleged to have attended both Khalden and Derunta. |
| Saed Khatem Al Malki |
During his Administrative Review Board Saed Khatem Al Malki faced the allegations[15]a:
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| Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy |
During both his Combatant Status Review Tribunal and Administrative Review Board Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy faced the allegations[6][7]:
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| Hisham Sliti |
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| Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi |
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| Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri |
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| Sada Jan |
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[edit] References
- ^ Disturbing scenes of death show capability with chemical gas, CNN, August 19, 2002
- ^ Al-Qaeda's trail of terror, The Guardian, November 18, 2001
- ^ Flawed Ally Was Hunt's Best Hope: Afghan Guerrilla, U.S. Shared Enemy, Washington Post, February 23, 2004
- ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - October 25, 2004 - page 65
- ^ WANTED: Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar - Up to $5 Million Reward. Rewards for Justice
- ^ a b Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 34-42
- ^ a b Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy Administrative Review Board, May 2, 2005 - page 48
- ^ Al-Qaeda - a meaningless label, The Guardian, January 12, 2003
- ^ Moderately Deadly: Yassin’s long history of terror, National Review, March 26, 2004
- ^ An Al Qaeda 'Chemist' and the Quest for Ricin, Middle East Info, May 5, 2004
- ^ Jihadist or Victim: Ex-Detainee Makes a Case, The New York Times, June 15, 2006
- ^ a b Summary of Evidence (.pdf) prepared for Hisham Sliti's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - November 19, 2004 - page 62
- ^ a b Summary of Evidence (.pdf) prepared for Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 13, 2004 - page 53
- ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - October 21, 2004 page 148
- ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Saed Khatem Al Malki's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 180
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri Administrative Review Board, April 27, 2005 - page 5
- ^ Abuse testimony (.pdf), from Sada Jan's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - page 2
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