SECRET NOFORN// 20320303 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS , JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO U.S. NAVAL STATION , GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA APOAE09360 JTF-GTMO- CDR 3 March2007 MEMORANDUM FOR Commander United States Southern Command , 3511 NW Avenue, Miami, FL 33172 SUBJECT: Recommendationfor TransferOut of Control(TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: 000148DP(S) JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment 1. ( S //NF) PersonalInformation: JDIMS ReferenceName: AdilMabrouk Bin Hamida Aliases and Current/ True Name: Adel Ben Mabrouk Bin HamidaBoughanmi, AbdulNasser PlaceofBirth: Tunis, Tunisia ( TS ) Date ofBirth: 15 September 1970 Citizenship: Tunisia Internment Serial Number(ISN) -000148DP 2. (U//FOUO) Health: Detainee is in good health. 3. ( S //NF) JTF -GTMO Assessment : a. (S) Recommendation: JTF- GTMO recommends this detainee for Transfer Out ofDoD Control (TRO) . Detainee is designated as TRO due to the Tunisian government sentencing detainee to twenty years for being a member of a terrorist organization. JTF -GTMO previously assessed detainee as Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) with Transfer Language on 10 March 2006 . CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES REASON : 12958 , AS AMENDED , SECTION 1.4( ) DECLASSIFY ON: 20320303 SECRET SECRET NOFORN 203202303 JTF -GTMO -CDR SUBJECT : Recommendation for Transfer Out of Control (TRO for Guantanamo Detainee , ISN: -000148DP ( S) Jihad b . ( S //NF) ExecutiveSummary: Detaineeis assessedto be a memberofthe Global Support Network(GJSN) ' , which is affiliatedwithal-Qaida’sglobal terrorist network. Detainee and hisbrothershavebeenassociatedto the TunisianCombatantGroup (TCG), a componentofthe GJSN, via the Sami EssidNetwork and the General ServicesCooperative in Milan, Italy(IT) . Detaineereportedlyreceivedspecializedtrainingat Islamicmilitant to be: trainingcampsin Afghanistan( AF). JTF-GTMOdeterminedthis detainee . A HIGHrisk, as he maypose a threat to the US, its interests and allies. A HIGHthreat from a detentionperspective. Of MEDIUMintelligencevalue. ( //NF) Summaryof Changes: There are no significantchangesto detainee's assessmentsince the last JTF-GTMOrecommendation. 4. ( S ) Detainee's Account of Events : The following section is based, unless otherwise indicated , on detainee's own account . These statements are included without consideration of veracity, accuracy , or reliability . a. (S//NF) PriorHistory: DetaineespeaksArabic as his native language, but also speaks and understands ItalianandFrench. Detaineehasan elementary school education. At the age of 19, detaineedecided to immigrateto Italy. Detaineeusedhispassport to acquire a tourist visa to Trapani, IT, in 1989. Detaineeimmediatelytraveled to Rome, Detainee soldheroinfor a living, but usedmuchofthe incometo support detainee's own drughabit. Detaineereturnedto Tunisiain 1993 and worked as a barber. InSeptember 1995, detainee movedto Milanand livedin a large dormitoryand began attendingthe Via Padua Mosque. In 1998, detaineeattemptedto renewhis residencycard inMilan. Detaineediscoveredhe was sentencedto one and a halfyears in absentia for a 1992 drug-relatedcharge. Detainee . spent one year andninemonths at the Pesaroprisonin Milan b . ( S //NF) Recruitment and Travel : Detainee met Abdul Fatah , an Algerian , at the Via Padua Mosque in Milan . In March 2000, detainee and Fatah decided to travel to Afghanistan to study Islam and live under Islamic law , but were unable to go at that time. In February 2001, detainee again decided to travel to Afghanistan . Fatah did not accompany detainee, 1 ) . AnalystNote: Formerlyknownas the NorthAfricanExtremistNetwork(NAEN 2 000148302 01- MAY-2002 3 IIR 6 034 1207 04 4 000148302 01-MAY-2002, 000148KB SUP 15-DEC-2005 5 000148302 18 -APR -2002 2 SECRETI 20320303 SECRET NOFORN 203202303 JTF-GTMO- CDR SUBJECT : Recommendation for Transfer Out of Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: -000148DP ( S) but provided detainee a travel route and the name ofJafar al- Jazaieri as a point ofcontact Detainee did not tell anyone in his family about detainee's intended trip to Afghanistan because it was a secretive issue. Detainee made his way to Afghanistan through Tehran, Iran ( IR ) then Meshhad, IR, in February 2001. Detainee then crossed the border into Afghanistan through Teybad, IR , near Herat, AF . From Herat, detainee flew to Kabul AF, where detainee stayed at a guesthouse for one went to Jalalabad, AF , and stayed at an Algerian guesthouse owned by Jafar al-Jazaieri, located behindthe Taliban 9 Intelligence Office. c. ( S //NF) Training and Activities : Detainee stayed for approximately one month at Jafar al - Jazaieri's guesthouse . Jafar al- Jazaieri and Abdul Hafiz taught detainee how to assemble and disassemble a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Detainee returned to a Kabul guesthouse located in the Wazir Akbar Khan area to study under an Afghan named Yousef Khan , who owned the guesthouse. Detainee remained at this location withapproximately forty - four other individuals from various countries until December 2001.10 5. ( S //NF) Capture Information: a. ( S //NF) In December 2001, detainee thought it was too dangerous to remain in Kabul. Detainee left with a few guests from the guesthouse. In mid -December, Pakistani forces captured detainee with four Arabs from the guesthouse, and an Afghan traveling with them, as the group crossed the Pakistan - Afghanistan border. Pakistani forces transferred detainee from Kohat, PK, US custody at the Kandahar Detention Facility on 31 December 2001. b . (S) PropertyHeld: Money $350 USD AssortedAfghanand Italiancurrency IdentificationDocumentation IranianVisa and old passport photos Recentpassport size photos RepublicofTunisiaidentificationcard MinistryofFinancecard from Italywith detainee identified 6 000148MFR01-APR -2002 UR6 034 091403 8 000148MFR01-APR-2002 9 IIR 6 034 114504, 000148302 08-APR-2003 10 000148302 08-APR-2003 11 000148302 18-APR-2002, 000148MFR01- APR-2002, TD-314/ 00845-02, paragraphD.20 3 SECRETI 20320303 203202303 JTF- GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendation for Transfer Out of Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee , ISN: 000148DP (S) One Casio F - 91W Miscellaneousitems to includeand Italianphone card and a scrap ofpaperwith foreign languagewritten . ( S) Transferred to JTF GTMO : 9 February 2002 d . S ) Reasonsfor Transferto JTF -GTMO: To provideinformationonthe following General Services Cooperative The Sami Essid network and its members Algerian recruiter Abdel Halim Remadna aka (Abdul Fatah) TheAdinehTravelAgency 6. ( S //NF) Evaluation of Detainee's Account Debriefers have routinely commented on detainee's deception during debriefing. Detainee fails to provide complete details on his activities and associates which include members of al- Qaida . 7. ( S //NF) DetaineeThreat: a . ( S) Assessment: It is assessed detainee poses HIGH risk, as he may pose a threat to the US, its interests and allies. b . ( S //NF) Reasons for Continued Detention: Detainee is assessed to be a member of the GJSN Detainee and his brothers are associated with the TCG, a component of the GJSN, via the Sami Essid Network and the General Services Cooperative in Milan . Detainee probably received specialized training at Islamic militant training camps inAfghanistan . ( S //NF) Detainee is a member of the Sami Essid Ben Khemais Network which has been associated with the TCG. Known al-Qaida members recruited detainee and assisted detainee in Afghanistan. Detainee occupied al-Qaida controlled facilities in Afghanistan. //NF) The Tunisian government identified detainee as a member ofthe Sami EssidNetwork, who traveled on the orders of Sami Essid to Afghanistan for training . Tunisia sentenced detainee to twenty years inprison and five years administrative 13 arrest for being a member of a terrorist organization operating abroad . 12 Analyst Note: The GJSN , formerly know as NAEN, is comprised of variousorganizations includingthe Tunisian Combatant Group and the MoroccanIslamic Combatant Group. The Network is an IICT Tier 0 counterterrorism target, defined as terrorist groups, which pose a clear and immediate danger to US persons or interests. 13 TD-314/ 10238-02 4 SECRET NOFORN // 20320303 SECRET JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendation for Transfer Out of Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: 000148DP (S) ( S //NF) The Sami Essid Ben Khemais Network was identified as the key member of the TCG in Italy and is linked to other cells in the The Essid Network was active in the falsification oftravel documents, currency counterfeiting, stolen vehicles, and narcotics trafficking in coordination with the Mafia, ensuring financial support of terrorist groups within Europe. The former leader of this cell Essid Sami Ben Khemais aka (Abu Muhajir ), a Tunisian, was arrested by Italian authorities in April 2002.15 //NF) Detainee's brothers are also listed part ofthe Sami EssidNetwork. Detainee'sbrothers are Samir BenMabrouk Ben Hmida Ben Mabrouk Boughami and 16 Faical Ben Mabrouk Ben Hmida Ben Mabrouk Boughami. ( S // NF) In mid-July 2002 , detainee's brother Samir was residing in Holland with Radi al-Fiqi a Libyan Islamic extremist. Al-Fiqi was an operative of senior al-Qaida lieutenant Zayn al- Abidin Muhammad Husayn aka ( Abu Zubaydah ), ISNUS9GZ-010016DP ( GZ - 10016 ). Samir was also maintaining contact with a 17 large group of Islamic radicals in Italy. Detainee's brother Samir reportedly sought assistance from the Tunisian government and ICRC to have detainee released from JTF -GTMO.18 NF) Abdul Fatah , assessed to be an extremist network recruiter, made arrangements for detainee