Jamat Mujahedeen Maroc
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Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts describe a group they called the Jamat Mujahedeen Maroc[1]
Some of the allegations offered to justify the continued extrajudicial detention of Moroccan Guantanamo captive Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri concerned his association with Jamat Mujahedeen Maroc[1]:
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- The detainee said he was a founding member of a group identifed as Jamat Mujahedeen Maroc. The group was founded during 1999 in Peshawar, Pakistan.
- The detainee said he was called the Military Commander of al Mujahedin de Maroc only due to him being bestowed the title by virtue of being one of the oldest of the group.
- The detainee said member of his group participated in small arms training with Kalashnikov rifles. The training was conducted at a large complex outside of Kabul, Afghanistan and included live fire training by shooting targets. The training was for fighting against the Northern Alliance when called upon by the Taliban. In exchange, the group was provided a house in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- The detainee said that during the summer of 2001, approximately eight members of his group wanted to train with weapons. In an effort to keep these members from going to one of the area training camps, the detainee obtained nine Kalashnikov rifles from the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan had a local official write a letter of reference and then gave a bribe to a Taliban guard at a weapons warehouse.
