User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg591



This memo was released in April of 2005.[1]

The allegations this detainee faced were:

a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida.
  1. On 29 Sep 2001, the detainee traveled from his home in Saudi Arabia via Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Iran; finally arriving in Afghanistan on 03 Oct 2001.
  2. The detainee traveled with two associates from Saudi Arabia.
  3. The detainee and both of his traveling companions, ##### and ###### traveled to carry out charity work in conjunction with a Saudi charity, ((al-igatha al-khaira)).
  4. Al Igatha is a large Saudi NGO with field offices worldwide, many of which are staffed by or support terrorists or mujahidin. The NGO is Linked to al Qaida and other extremist NGO's .
  5. ###### was on a list of al Qaida mujahidin and their al Qaida trust accounts recovered from various computer media seized during raids against al Qaida associated safehouses.
  6. The Saudi government designated ####### as a priority target and lists him on the "watch and arrest list" for travel to Afghanistan.
  7. The Saudi government designated the detainee as a priority target and put him on a watch and arrest order.
  8. The detainee was captured by Pakistani forces when he attempted to cross the border from Afghanistan.

References edit

  1. CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) released in April 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - September 30 2004 - page 116