Abdul Rahman Noorani

Abdul Rahman Noorani was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Internment Serial Number was 582.

He was repatriated on July 16, 2003.^[2]

Claims he "returned to the fight"

The Defense Intelligence Agency would later assert that during an Al Jazeera interview from October 7, 2001 he was identified as the “deputy defense minister of the Taliban.”^[3] The DIA would also identify him as a "former Guantanamo captive who returned to the fight":^[4]

Abdul Rahman Noor: Noor was released in July of 2003, and has since participated in fighting against US forces near Kandahar. After his release, Noor was identified as the person in an October 7, 2001, video interview with al-Jazeerah TV network, wherein he is identified as the “deputy defense minister of the Taliban.” In this interview, he described the defensive position of the mujahideen and claimed they had recently downed an airplane.^[3]

References

1. ↑ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
2. ↑ "Abdul Rahman Noorani - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. 
3. 1 2 "Fact Sheet: Former GTMO Detainee Terrorism Trends" (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. 2008-06-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.  mirror
4. ↑ Mike Melia (2007-05-15). "U.S. Says 6 Ex-Gitmo Detainees Active". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26.