Padsha Wazir
Padsha Wazir is a citizen of Afghanistan, best known for the years he spent in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 631. American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1972, in Kundai, Afghanistan. Although determined to have been innocent of all charges, three years after he was arrested, he was not immediately released from the detention camps.[2]
Combatant Status Review
Wazir was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.[3] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.
Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant
The Washington Post reports that Wazir was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[4] They report that Wazir has been released.
"Nobody ever asked who I am, what did I do, or where did I live...They just handcuff me...It has been three years, and it shouldn't take that long for Americans to find the truth."
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Guantanamo Medical records
On 16 March 2007 the Department of Defense published medical records for the captives.[5] According to those records Padsha Wazir was 69.5 inches tall. According to those records his weight was recorded 26 times between June 2002 and March 2005. Hiw weight ranged from 156 to 200 pounds.
References
- ^ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b Washington Post, 4 men cleared of terrorism links but still detained, May 20, 2006
- ^ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
- ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
- ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22. mirror
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