Khalden training camp

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The Khalden training camp (also transliterated as khaldan) was a military training camp in Afghanistan that is alleged to have been run by al Qaeda. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda.[1] Having attended one of these camps has triggered suspicion on many of the detainees in the "war on terror".

The Khalden training camp was lead by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was captured in late 2001.

In the allegations presented to Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir's Administrative Review Board American officials asserted that: "Khalden Camp's basic military training program was an accelerated version of that given at al Faruq.[2]"

[edit] Abu Zubaydah's description of Khalden

On March 27, 2007 Abu Zubaydah offered a long description of the history of the Khalden camp, which was read into the record:[3]

  • According to Abu Zubaydah, the Khalden camp dated back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
  • According to Abu Zubaydah, the Khalden camp was not affiliated with al Qaeda, and only provided training in "defensive jihad", how to resist invaders. It provided training only in how to defend against legitimate military targets. It did not provide training in attacking civilians.
  • Abu Zubaydah offered four examples of "defensive jihad" battlegrounds, where Muslim lands were under invasion or occupation by non-Muslims:
  • Abu Zubaydah said the role he played, from 1994 to 2000 was to run guest houses in Peshawar and Islamabad, where potential trainees were housed. Potential trainees room and board was covered, until he formed an assessment as to whether they should be forwarded to the camp for training. He said he did not send fanatics -- "takfiri" to the camp.
  • Abu Zubaydah asserted that he never actually traveled to the camp himself.

[edit] Individuals alleged to have attended the Khalden training camp

Abdullah Khadr[4]
  • Says he only attended two weeks, when he was 13 years old
Abdurahman Khadr[5][6]
  • Attended as a child
Ahmed Ajaj[7]
  • participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Ahmed Ressam[8]
  • LAX "millennium bomber"
Feroz Abbasi[9]
  • released in the UK
Gouled Hassan Dourad[10]
Ibrahim Elgabrowny[7]
  • participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Mahmoud Abouhalima[7]
  • participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Majed Moqed[11]
  • 911 hijacker
Mohamed Rashid al-Owhali[9][12]
  • attended in 1997
  • participated in the bombings of US embassies in Africa
Mohammed Atta[9]
  • 911 hijacker
Mohamed Moumou[13]
Mushabib al-Hamlan[14][15]
  • Friend of the 911 hijackers.
  • Trained with 911 hijackers.
Omar al-Faruq[9]
  • trained in the early 1990s
  • a southeast asian lieutenant
Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami[16]
Ramzi Yousef[7]
  • participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Richard Reid[9]
  • shoe bomber
Saajid Badat[9]
  • tried to be a shoe bomber
Satam al-Suqami[17]
  • 911 hijacker
Zacarias Moussaoui[18]
Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir[2]
Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Habayshi[19]
Noor Uthman Muhammaed[20]
Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri[21]
Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi[22]
  • One of the allegations against Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi was: "Detainee may have trained at the al Qaida Khaldan Camp [sic] ."
Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi[23]
  • One of the factors favoring Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi's continued detention was: "The detainee said he was provided with a letter of introduction for admission to the Khalden Training Camp. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan using a forged passport. The detainee traveled to Khost, Afghanistan via Switzerland, Islamabad, Pakistan and Jalalabad, Afghanistan."
Hisham Sliti[24]
Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman[25]
  • One of the factors favoring Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman's continued detention was: "The detainee was at Khalden Camp between May 1994 and 1999."
Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri[21]
Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy[26]
  • One of the factors considered for his continued detention was: "Detainee denies that he trained at the Khalden training camp."
Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi[27]
  • One of the factors favoring the continued detention of Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi was: "The detainee and others were led out of the Tora Bora region by the leader of the Khalden training camp, who has been linked to Usama Bin Laden, Abu Zubaydah and several other major al Qaida leaders."
Omar Nasiri[28][29]
Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris[30]
  • One of the allegations against Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris was: "The detainee ###############, voluntarily traveled from Italy to Afghanistan in May 1999 to attend the Khaldan training camp."
Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser[31]
  • Two of the factors favoring Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser's continued detention were:
Lufti Bin Ali[32]
  • One of the factors favoring Lufti Bin Ali's continued detention was: "The detainee was identified by a senior al Qaida lieutenant as having studied at the Khaldan camp in 1998 or 1999."
Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari[33][34]
  • One of the allegations against Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari was: "The detainee later traveled into Afghanistan and received wapons training at the Khaldan training camp. Usama Bin Laden personally provided religious instruction and trainee [sic] at this camp."
  • One of the factors favoring Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari's continued detention was: "The detainee traveled to the Khalden training camp in Afghanistan where he received weapons training on the Kalashnikov, Dusaka (AKA Docka), Grinov, BKC automatic rifles, and RPG’s, and anti-aircraft guns. Usama Bin Laden provided religious instruction and gave advice and encouragement to the Jihadists."
Adil Charkaoui[35]
Raouf Hannachi[35]
  • Made the travel arrangements for Ahmed Ressam, the "millennium bomber", to receive training at the "Khaldun training camp".
  • Alleged to have received military training in Afghanistan himself.
Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab[36]
  • One of the allegations against Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab was: "The detainee attended the Khalden Camp, in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1995 where he received weapons, explosive, artillery, and machinegun training."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Son of Al Qaeda, Frontline (PBS)
  2. ^ a b Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir Administrative Review Board - page 18
  3. ^ OARDEC (March 27, 2007). verbatim transcript of the unclassified session of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal of ISN 10016 (Abu Zubaydah). Department of Defense. Retrieved on April 16, 2007.
  4. ^ 'I was never in al-Qaeda,' newly freed Khadr says: Released after 14 months in Pakistani jails, he calls himself an aspiring businessman, Globe and Mail, December 9, 2005
  5. ^ Khadr clears Charkaoui, casts doubt on case, press release from Justice for Mohamed Zarkat, July 14, 2004
  6. ^ Ordinary lad — or jihad conscript? mirrored Toronto Star, December 2, 2003
  7. ^ a b c d Another Angle on al-Zawahiri's Call to Action, Stratfor, December 21, 2005
  8. ^ Going to Camp, Seattle Times, July 7, 2002
  9. ^ a b c d e f The Khaldan Alumni (.pdf), Toronto Star, December 9, 2005
  10. ^ Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2006-09-06). "Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees Transferred to the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" (PDF). Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.
  11. ^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States -- notes to chapter 7, 9/11 Commission
  12. ^ Hijacking suspect 'was bin Laden bodyguard', The Guardian, September 30, 2001
  13. ^ United States Department of the Treasury (2006-12-07). "Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators". Press release.
  14. ^ World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, Global Security
  15. ^ 911 Commission: Notes to Chapter 7, 911 Commission
  16. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 151
  17. ^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States -- notes to chapter 7, 911 commission
  18. ^ Indictment of ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, US Department of Justice
  19. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Habayshi Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 65-70
  20. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Noor Uthman Muhammaed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - October 19, 2004 page 264
  21. ^ a b Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - October 21, 2004 page 148
  22. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - September 28, 2004 page 237
  23. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi Administrative Review Board, May 4, 2005 - page 51
  24. ^ Summary of Evidence (.pdf) prepared for Hisham Sliti's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - November 19, 2004 - page 62
  25. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman Administrative Review Board - page 45
  26. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy Administrative Review Board, May 2, 2005 - page 48
  27. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi Administrative Review Board - pages 59-61
  28. ^ Reid Morden, Running with, and from, al-Qaeda, The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2006
  29. ^ Infiltrating Al-Qaeda: At a terrorist camp, a French spy meets the battling Khadr brothers, Macleans (magazine), November 27, 2006
  30. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - September 30, 2004 page 246
  31. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser Administrative Review Board May 18, 2005 - page 35
  32. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Lufti Bin Ali Administrative Review Board - page 19
  33. ^ documents (.pdf) from Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  34. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari Administrative Review Board - page 31
  35. ^ a b Dozens of Canadians join Jihad terror camps Immigrants recruited, RCMP says, Justice for Mohammed Harkat
  36. ^ documents (.pdf) from Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
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