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JTF-GTMO-CDR 29 April 2008

MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, United States Southern Command, 3511 NW 9lst Avenue, Miami, FL 33172

SUBJECT: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9YM-000627DP (S)

JTF-GTMO Detainee Assessment

1. (S) Personal Information:

JDIMS/NDRC Reference Name: Ayman Batarfi

Current/True Name and Aliases: Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi, Doctor Abu Ayman

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt (EG)

Date of Birth: 16 August 1970

Citizenship: Yemen (YM)

Internment Serial Number (ISN): US9YM-000627DP

2. (U//FOUO) Health: Detainee is on a list of high-risk detainees from a health perspective. Detainee is in overall fair physical health but poor mental health. Detainee has medical conditions that are not life threatening. He has a mental health history of paranoid schizophrenia. He has a history of noncompliance with medical treatment as a result of his psychosis.

3. (U) JTF-GTMO Assessment:

a. (S) Recommendation: JTF-GTMO recommends this detainee for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD). JTF-GTMO previously recommended detainee for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) on 20 October 2007.

b. (S//NF) Executive Summary: Detainee was the chief medical advisor for the al-Wafa Humanitarian Organization, an al-Qaida and Taliban linked non-governmental organization

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(NGO) which operated in Afghanistan and Pakistan.1 Detainee acknowledged associations with numerous senior al-Qaida members including Usama Bin Laden (UBL) and provided assistance to Yazid Sufaat, one of al-Qaida’s anthrax researchers in Afghanistan who also had ties to the 11 September 2001 attacks. Detainee traveled to Pakistan (PK) in the late 1980s for medical training, received militant training in Afghanistan, fought against the Soviet occupation forces, and attempted to travel to Chechnya to support extremist activity. Detainee participated in hostilities against US and Coalition forces during which he is assessed to have held a leadership position. [ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DETAINEE IS AVAILABLE IN AN SCI SUPPLEMENT.] JTF-GTMO determined this detainee to be:

A HIGH risk, as he is likely to pose a threat to the US, its interests, and allies

A HIGH threat from a detention perspective

Of HIGH intelligence value

c. (S//NF) Summary of Changes: The following outlines changes to detainee’s assessment since the last JTF-GTMO recommendation. (Changes in this assessment will be

annotated by ¡ next to the footnote.).

Updated detainee’s capture events

4. (U) 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) Prior History: Detainee’s family lived in Egypt until 1977 when they moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (SA).2 In Saudi Arabia, detainee’s father opened a clothing shop where detainee worked in the evenings. In 1987, detainee’s father sent him to Pakistan to begin his medical education. In addition to pursuing his medical degree, detainee also enrolled in English courses.3 While in medical school, detainee became passionate about the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan and, during a school break in the summer of 1988, he traveled to the Khogay Training Camp in Afghanistan. Detainee trained with the mujahideen

1 Analyst Note: Al-Wafa is a National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF) Counterterrorism (CT) Priority 3 Terrorist Support Entity (TSE). Priority 3 TSE have demonstrated intent and willingness to provide financial support to terrorist organizations willing to attack US persons or interests, or provide witting operational support to Priority 1-2 terrorist groups. 2 IIR 6 034 0178 03 3 IIR 6 034 1424 03

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on various weapons to include the AK-47 assault rifle and anti-aircraft weaponry.4 After receiving the training, detainee participated in night-time raids against Soviet forces before returning to Pakistan,5 where he entered the medical program at Karachi University.6 Detainee studied general surgery, plastic surgery and orthopedic surgery until 1994. At that time, he began studies at the General Post Graduate Medical College in Karachi and remained there until 1997.7 In January 1997, detainee traveled to Yemen to visit his family.8 Detainee then returned to Pakistan and transferred to the General Post Graduate Medical Institute in Lahore, PK. Detainee remained at the Medical Institute until 2000, completing several internships at Services Hospital, Lahore General Hospital, and Jinnah Hospital.9 Detainee studied under Doctor Amer Aziz at all three hospitals.10

b. (S//NF) Recruitment and Travel: In 2000, detainee heard news reports of the Chechen conflict and decided to travel to the area to provide medical assistance.11 Detainee returned to Yemen to visit his father during which he learned he could obtain assistance in Afghanistan for travel to Chechnya. Detainee returned to Pakistan and in June 2000 traveled to the Hajji Habash Guesthouse operated by al-Qaida operative Abu Zubayr in Kandahar, AF. After making inquiries into traveling to Chechnya, detainee learned that Dhahak, who lived near the Kandahar Airport, would be able to help him.12 Dhahak told detainee he would make some calls to see if it was possible to get detainee to Chechnya. After ten days, detainee told Dhahak he could not wait for the road to Chechnya to “open up” and had to return to Lahore. Detainee asked for Dhahak’s contact information and another point of contact that would be able to help him travel to Chechnya. Dhahak provided detainee with the satellite phone number for Abu Musab and detainee returned to Lahore.13 Detainee contacted Abu Musab who informed detainee the Azerbaijan government was searching for him (Abu Musab) and he was unable to assist detainee.14 Approximately May 2001,

4 IIR 6 034 0178 03, 000627 SIR 13-MAR-2007, Analyst Note: In IIR 6 034 1455 03, detainee’s timeline is somewhat vague, with this training occurring sometime between 1989 and 1991. 5 IIR 6 034 1455 03 6 IIR 6 034 1424 03 7 IIR 6 034 0178 03 8 IIR 6 034 1424 03 9 IIR 6 034 0178 03 10 IIR 6 034 0088 04, Analyst Note: Doctor Amer Aziz is a Pakistani physician with admitted associations with senior al-Qaida members, including UBL, and has suspected connections with the al-Qaida weapons of mass destruction program. 11 IIR 6 034 0178 03 12 Analyst Note: Al-Qaida operated the Hajji Habash Guesthouse. Dhahak is Abu Dhahak who operated a guesthouse known for housing jihadists with Yemeni connections. See TD-314/48158-02. Abu Dhahak served as Chechen jihadist commander Ibn Khattab’s representative in Afghanistan. See TD-314/37810-03. In addition to monitoring Ibn Khattab’s equipment in Afghanistan, Abu Dhahak facilitated the movement of Arabs to Georgia and Chechnya. See IIR 6 034 1515 03. 13 IIR 6 034 0459 02 14 IIR 6 034 1515 03

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detainee returned to Afghanistan in search of employment. Detainee returned to the Hajji Habash Guesthouse and worked as a medic in the clinic across the street. After an unspecified period of time, an associate named Abu Assem took detainee to the Ghulam Bacha Guesthouse in Kabul, AF, where he spent five days. Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Masri escorted detainee to local hospitals to continue his search for employment. At the Ghulam Bacha Guesthouse, detainee learned about the al-Wafa Humanitarian Organization from al- Wafa employee Abd al-Rashid. The Director of the Kabul office, Adel Zamel Abd al- Mahsen al-Zamel, aka (Abu Muaz), ISN US9KU-000568DP (KU-568, transferred), arranged for detainee to meet the al-Wafa director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Abdallah Aydhah Abdallah al-Matrafi, aka (Abd al-Aziz) aka (Sayf al-Makki), ISN US9SA-000005DP (SA- 005, transferred).15 Detainee traveled from Kabul to Kandahar for the meeting and was convinced to travel to Karachi and assist al-Wafa personnel there with the purchase of medical supplies. Detainee was initially not compensated, but later received $2,500 US for five months salary.16

c. (S//NF) Training and Activities: Detainee traveled between Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times purchasing, transporting, and distributing medical supplies and equipment for al-Wafa. Following the arrest of the Karachi al-Wafa office director on October 2001, detainee learned Pakistani authorities were also looking for him. To escape the authorities on 11 November 2001, detainee traveled from Lahore to Jalalabad, AF via Islamabad and Peshawar, PK taking with him a truck-load of medicines provided partly by his mentor Doctor Amer Aziz, who detainee noted had treated UBL for a minor injury.17 Detainee requested and received permission from the Jalalabad Taliban Intelligence Director Awal Gul, aka (Malim Awal Gul), ISN US9AF-000782DP (AF-782), to set up medical operations in the Jalalabad University Hospital.18 Detainee assisted at the hospital until the US bombing campaign approached the city later that month. Detainee fled into Tora Bora where he provided medical care to the fighters. Concerned over the lack of medical supplies in Tora Bora, detainee submitted a written request for assistance from UBL and informed UBL of the supplies detainee brought from Pakistan. Approximately ten days later, detainee was taken to meet with UBL.19

5. (U) Capture Information:

15 Analyst Note: Moazzam Begg, ISN US9KU-000558 (KU-558, transferred), identified Abd al-Rashid as the brother-in-law of Millennium Plot co-conspirator Khalil Deek. 16 IIR 6 034 0088 04, IIR 6 034 0193 04, 000627 MFR 12-Jul-2003, Analyst Note: Detainee also stated he received his salary from Abu Ahmed in cash; however, Abu Ahmed returned to the United Arab Emirates shortly after detainee joined al-Wafa. See 000627 MFR 13-Aug-2002. 17 TD-314/16880-02, IIR 6 034 1437 03, 000627 SIR 21-FEB-2007, 000627 SIR 14-FEB-2007 18 000627 SIR 01-AUG-2007 19 TD-314/16880-02, IIR 6 034 1437 03

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a. (S//NF) Ali Muhammad Abdul Aziz al-Fakhri, aka (Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi), ISN US9LY- 000212DP (LY-212), reported he was at a clinic managed by Ayman (assessed to be detainee) near Jalalabad when al-Qaida commander Abd al-Qadus arrived and led them to Tora Bora.20 According to detainee, he was at UBL’s Tora Bora Mountain complex for about twenty-nine days when he was severely injured during an air strike against al-Qaida forces in mid-December 2001. Detainee stated he was left for dead and he personally administered to the wounded, but was rescued by a group of Afghans who took him to the Jalalabad Central Jail. Detainee was taken to the hospital in Jalalabad the next day. After four weeks, detainee was transferred back to the jail where he remained for one week. Detainee was transferred to US custody at Bagram, AF on 27 January 2002.21 Detainee’s account indicates detainee was part of the first attempt by al-Qaida forces to escape from Tora Bora. UBL appointed military commander in Tora Bora LY-212 attempted to arrange a cease-fire with anti-Taliban forces approximately 13 December 2001 in order to secure safe passage for the fighters to their embassies in Pakistan. Following failed negotiations with anti-Taliban Afghan commanders, LY-212 arranged for Afghan guides to lead a large group of fighters out of Tora Bora into Pakistan to escape. The group of about 60-70 fighters departed, and that night the group was attacked from the air. The guide and many others were killed or wounded; detainee was probably wounded during this attack. The survivors straggled back and LY-212 instructed those who could travel unaided to follow him to Pakistan, the wounded who could walk were directed to seek help with local villagers or enemy forces. Detainee was captured in Tora Bora approximately 15 December 2001.22

b. (S) Property Held:

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3,015 Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 24

3,000 Afghanis

c. (S) Transferred to JTF-GTMO: 1 May 2002

d. (S//NF) Reasons for Transfer to JTF-GTMO: To provide information on the following:

Biographical data on UBL and individuals in Tora Bora

Al-Wafa organization in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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¡ TD-314/01800-02, Analyst Note: See IIR 6 034 1168 04 for additional information on Abd al-Qadus. 21 IIR 6 034 0178 03, IIR 6 034 0118 04 22 TD-314/14605-04, Withdrawal from Tora Bora Analysis, Analyst Note: LY-212 is probably in Libyan External Security Organization control in Libya. 23 Analyst Note: Equivalent to approximately $53 US. 24 Analyst Note: Equivalent to approximately $1 US.

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Al-Wafa and al-Qaida medical capabilities

Guesthouses in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Ingress and egress routes for Pakistan and Afghanistan

Chechnya rebel medical facilities/capabilities

6. (S//NF) Evaluation of Detainee’s Account: Detainee is extremely intelligent and has provided extensive information about himself and others associated with the al-Wafa NGO. Nearly all aspects of detainee’s story are corroborated. Detainee admits ties with senior extremists, yet may be omitting potential key details. Detainee may be withholding information on al-Wafa’s support to al-Qaida and specifically the anthrax research program. When first detained, detainee refused repeated requests to act as an informant for US intelligence agencies. Detainee reversed his decision and offered to assist in an attempt to secure his early release, but for the last six months has been abusive toward his debriefers. Yasin Muhammad Salih Mazeeb Basardah, ISN US9YM-000252DP (YM-252), reported detainee pretends to be crazy.25 While detainee claims to hear voices and sometimes speaks incoherently, he has also written a letter in 2008 in which he recorded a phone number in Saudi Arabia, the combination of his briefcase in Pakistan, and the dates of his cover letter for a five year period which has been in his briefcase for the last seven years.26 Detainee has provided consistent reporting but has also provided several discrepancies and he likely possesses additional information of interest.

7. (U) Detainee Threat:

a. (S) Assessment: Detainee is assessed to be a HIGH risk, as he is likely pose a threat to the US, its interests, and allies.

b. (S//NF) Reasons for Continued Detention: Detainee was the chief medical advisor for the al-Wafa NGO. Detainee and al-Wafa provided assistance to al-Qaida including assistance to personnel tied to the anthrax research program. Detainee is associated with UBL and other senior al-Qaida leadership, and is listed on al-Qaida documents. Detainee is an admitted combat veteran who attempted travel in support of militants in Chechnya, and is assessed to have held a leadership role during hostilities against US and Coalition forces.

(S//NF) Detainee was the al-Wafa NGO chief medical advisor in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (S//NF) SA-005 hired detainee to supervise the purchase of medical supplies and equipment for al-Wafa.27 (Analyst Note: Detainee has acknowledged his medical

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role within al-Wafa. Other detainees also identified detainee as a doctor associated with al-Wafa.28) (S//NF) Adel Zamel Abd al-Mahsen al-Zamel US9KU-000568DP (KU-568) stated detainee was the medical representative for al-Wafa and was considered the al- Wafa subject matter expert for all medical matters. Detainee was based out of the Kabul al-Wafa office but routinely visited Pakistan in order to obtain and ship medical supplies via truck or aircraft to Afghanistan. Once he coordinated the shipment of the items, he would then return to Afghanistan to receive the items himself. KU-568 knew of at least two truckloads of medicine detainee shipped from Pakistan to Kabul.29 (S//NF) Detainee traveled to Herat, AF to accept delivery of three ambulances for al-Wafa.30 Detainee reported al-Wafa used ambulances to transport large sums of money.31

(S//NF) Detainee and al-Wafa provided support to al-Qaida including its anthrax research program. (S//NF) While serving as al-Wafa’s chief medical advisor, detainee offered al- Wafa’s services to one of al-Qaida’s key anthrax researchers, Yazid Sufaat, aka (Abu Malik). Detainee met Yazid Sufaat in August 2001, at the Hajji Habash Guesthouse in Kandahar. They proceeded to the al-Wafa office where they discussed Yazid Sufaat’s request for assistance in purchasing laboratory equipment. Detainee told Yazid Sufaat when he traveled to Karachi to contact the al-Wafa office there for assistance in purchasing these items.32 Detainee also stated he instructed Jamil Qasim in the Karachi office to allocate $4,000 to $5,000 US to assist Yazid Sufaat in purchasing these items.33

¡ (S//NF) Yazid Sufaat is a Jemmah Islamiyah (JI) member and an associate of JI leader Riduan Bin Isomuddin, aka (Hambali), ISN US9ID-010019DP. Yazid Sufaat was arrested in Malaysia for providing accommodations for two of the 11 September 2001 hijackers during a 2000 meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Sufaat also gave a letter of reference and $35,000 US to convicted terrorist Zaccarias Moussoui.34

28 000557 SIR 15-DEC-2003, IIR 6 034 0064 03, TD-314/39563-02 29 IIR 6 034 1231 03 30 IIR 6 034 0088 04 31 000627 SIR 26-FEB-2007 32 IIR 6 034 1308 03 33 IIR 6 034 1515 03, 000627 SIR 21-FEB-2007 34 IIR 6 034 0620 03, IIR 6 895 0138 02, AMEMBASSY Kuala Lumpur 00182 30-Jan-2002, SECSTATE 163246 27-Aug-2002, TD-314/49283-05, IIR 6 034 0143 04, TD-314/49025-04, Analyst Note: The JI is an NIPF Priority 2 CT Target, defined as issues, opportunities, or threats that rise to, or are expected to rise to, the level of interest of the Combatant Commanders or DNI EXCOM Principals, not already identified as Priority 1. This includes terrorist groups, especially those with state support, countries that sponsor terrorism or countries that have state organizations involved in terrorism that have demonstrated both intention and capability to attack US persons or interests.

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(S//NF) Al-Qaida/JI member Mohd Farik Bin Amin, ISN US9MY-010021DP (MY-10021), reported Yazid Sufaat was with Marwan Hadid in Qandahar and noted Doctor Amin was associated with their laboratory.35 Detainee reported Marwan Hadid worked for the Omar Hospital as a hematology technician and was then placed in charge of the Hajji Habash clinic where the detainee worked.36 (Analyst Note: Doctor Amin may be a variant of detainee’s name or, more probable, a reference to al-Qaida second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.)

(S//NF) Senior al-Qaida member and chief operations planner of the 11 September 2001 attacks, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, aka (KSM), aka (Mukhtar), ISN US9KU-010024DP (KU-10024), stated Sufaat and al-Qaida’s military commander Abu Hafs al-Masri, aka (Muhammad Atif), purchased crates of biological equipment to be delivered to Kandahar, allegedly for a blood work lab. During later discussions with al-Masri, KSM learned of al-Qaida’s pursuit of anthrax.37

(S//NF) Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mari, ISN US9YM-000577DP (YM-577), identified detainee as Sufaat’s associate. According to YM-577, detainee gave Sufaat the telephone number for Dr. Jamil Qasim who Sufaat was to contact for funding assistance.38 Jamil Qasim was a microbiology student and served as a junior medical advisor for al-Wafa in the Karachi office.39

(S//NF) Detainee denied any knowledge of al-Wafa’s involvement with biological weapons, adding there were other individuals with this information. Detainee added, “I am not the only one who knows these things.”40 (Analyst Note: Detainee’s statement that he is “not the only one” who knows about the biological weapons is a contradiction to his statement that he had no knowledge of them.) (S//NF) Detainee stated he and United Arab Emirates (AE) based al-Wafa facilitator/financier, Umran al-Awais, purchased medical supplies which included cyanide for a dental hospital in Kabul. Detainee discovered that the Taliban Ministry of Health had assumed control over this shipment of medical supplies and when obtained from the ministry, detainee stated the cyanide was missing from the shipment.41

(S//NF) Analyst Note: The cyanide shipment itself is suspicious. As an alleged humanitarian organization dedicated to assisting the Afghanistan

35 TD-314/43625-05 36 000627 SIR 17-AUG-2006, Analyst Note: A variant of Hadid is Hadeed. Detainee initially denied knowing Marwan Hadid. See 000627 SIR 16-SEP-2004 37 TD-314/60789 04, TD-314/44883-02, TD-314/19304-03 38 TD-314/36220-03 39 000627 FM40 27-JUL-2003, TD-314/35257-03 40 000627 SIR 30-JUN-2004 41 TD-314/35257-03, IIR 6 034 0658 02, 000627 FM40 05-APR-2005, 000627 MFR 13-AUG-2002

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population, al-Wafa would have replaced the loss of this shipment of cyanide when discovered. Yet, it was never replaced. Further, this was the only shipment of cyanide the detainee acknowledges that al-Wafa orchestrated and the only assistance detainee noted al-Wafa attempted to provide to the dental hospital. Although the assessment that detainee and al-Wafa’s procurement of cyanide for terrorist use can not be validated, al-Qaida is known to have possessed quantities of the substance and experimented with it in Afghanistan.42 (S//NF) SA-005 reported the United Arab Emirates donated four kidney dialysis machines to al- Wafa.43 (Analyst Note: The intelligence community has speculated UBL required constant medical attention for a kidney ailment and that dialysis machines were brought to Afghanistan to assist him. Detainee stated UBL had kidney problems due to exposure to chemical weapons used by the Russians.44 Detainee has illustrated other awareness of UBL’s health stating, “UBL has a bad renal due to the toxic bombs … [he] also suffers from low blood pressure and has to take salt with all of his meals. UBL walks approximately 30 KM every day in the mountains; this is probably affecting his kidneys.”45)

(S//NF) Detainee is associated with UBL and other senior al-Qaida leadership, and is listed on al-Qaida documents. (S//NF) Detainee acknowledged meeting with UBL on two occasions and saw him on at least two other occasions.46

¡ (S//NF) Detainee stated he first saw UBL at the Hajji Habash Guesthouse, aka (al-Nibras Guesthouse) in May 2001.47 (Analyst Note: al-Qaida used the al- Nibras Guesthouse as a stopping point for fighters en route to the front lines or the al-Faruq Training Camp. Detainee did not meet UBL at that time.)

¡ (S//NF) Detainee’s first meeting with UBL occurred approximately August 2001, at the funeral of a famous mujahid in Kabul. Detainee stated he was the attending physician for the mujahid who had been shot in the head and he pronounced the man dead at the Kabul hospital. On the day of the funeral, UBL arrived at the graveyard and thanked detainee for his efforts to save the man’s life.48 (Analyst Note: UBL reportedly attended the 26 August 2001 funeral of a Saudi named Salman, who had been killed on the Kabul front line. Reporting lists attendance at his funeral from between 40 to 100 people.)49

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(S//NF) Detainee’s second meeting with UBL took place in the Tora Bora Mountains approximately 30 November 2001. When detainee arrived in Tora Bora and complained about the lack of available medical supplies, he was told to submit a written request for assistance from UBL. Several days later, Abu Yahya al-Shami escorted detainee to speak with UBL. Detainee expressed concern about the lack of medical care in the region, related the existence of medical supplies in Jalalabad, and requested information on escape routes.50

¡ (S//NF) Detainee stated during his meeting with UBL in Tora Bora UBL’s lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri was present but detainee did not speak with al-Zawahiri.51

¡ (S//NF) Immediately prior to detainee’s second meeting with UBL, al- Qaida spokesman Suleiman Abu Ghayth met with detainee. Abu Ghayth questioned detainee about his reasons for wanting to meet with UBL and then allowed detainee to do so.52 (Analyst Note: Detainee may have other connections to Abu Ghayth. The Kabul al-Wafa office sponsored Abu Ghayth during a two week visit in 2001.53) (S//NF) Detainee’s mentor, Doctor Amer Aziz, personally treated UBL and noted detainee was “quite keen” on fighting and “fully believed in al-Qaida.” Doctor Aziz also stated that he and detainee attended a luncheon with UBL hosted by al-Qaida military commander Abu Hafs al-Masri. Doctor Aziz is suspected of having connections to the al-Qaida chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) programs.54 (Analyst Note: Detainee has denied attending this luncheon.) (S//NF) Al-Qaida senior facilitator Sharqawi Abdu Ali al-Hajj, aka (Riyadh the Facilitator), ISN PK9YM-001457DP (YM-1457), stated detainee worked for al-Wafa. YM-1457 described detainee as the son of Doctor Shaykh Said Batarfi, a well known shaykh in Sanaa, YM, who had studied with YM-1457. YM-1457 stated detainee spent one or two nights in his guesthouse in Karachi (approximately August or September 2001) before the US bombings in Afghanistan. YM-1457 stated detainee was in Karachi to purchase medical equipment.55

(S//NF) Detainee acknowledged meeting YM-1457 on two occasions. The first of these meetings was in approximately July 2001 when detainee and YM- 1457 were in the Taliban Guesthouse in Quetta, PK. YM-1457 knew detainee’s father and offered detainee his phone number so he could contact him if he was ever in Karachi. The second occasion was in late July or early August 2001 when

50 TD-314/16880-02, IIR 6 034 1437 03, Analyst Note: In TD-314/17125-03, al-Shami was reported as killed in Tora Bora. 51 IIR 6 034 1437 03 52 IIR 6 034 1437 03 53 IIR 4 201 2396 04 54 TD-314/40598-03 55 TD-314/22490-04

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detainee contacted YM-1457 while traveling from Lahore to Karachi.56 (Analyst Note: The Taliban Guesthouse in Quetta is assessed to be the Daftar Taliban Guesthouse, a known transit point for al-Qaida recruits en route to Afghanistan.) (S//NF) Detainee is probably associated with senior al-Qaida operations planner KU-10024.

(S//NF) KU-10024 identified detainee as either a student or a doctor in Lahore. KU-10024 also stated he believed detainee worked as a doctor in the hospitals in Jalalabad and Kandahar.57 (Analyst Note: Based on KU-10024’s knowledge of detainee, detainee is assessed to be withholding information regarding his association with KU-10024.)

(S//NF) Detainee stated an unidentified man contacted detainee to request information on treating mumps for Mukhtar’s child in summer 2001.58 (Analyst Note: Mukhtar is one of KU-10024’s aliases. Detainee claimed he never met KU-10024.) (S//NF) Senior operational chief of al-Qaida, Mustafa Faraj Muhammad Muhammad Masud al-Jadid al-Uzaybi, aka (Abu Faraj al-Libi), ISN US9LY- 010017DP (LY-10017), photo-identified detainee as Doctor Ayman who worked for the al-Wafa organization. LY-10017 stated the last time he saw detainee was in 2000 or 2001 refurbishing a hospital in Kabul.59 (Analyst Note: In 2001, the al-Wafa NGO was renovating the children’s hospital located near the al-Wafa Kabul office.60 Detainee described LY-10017 as a “pillar of the Bin Laden Movement.”61) (S//NF) Senior al-Qaida facilitator Abu Bakr Muhammad Boulghiti, aka (Abu Yasir al-Jazairi), photo-identified detainee as a famous scientist and doctor. Abu Yasir stated he first met detainee while staying at Amer Aziz’s guesthouse in Lahore in 2000. Abu Yasir next saw detainee in Kandahar in 2001 and stated detainee was working in a private hospital that specialized in surgery.62 (Analyst Note: Doctor Amer Aziz was detainee’s professor and mentor in Pakistan. The private hospital Abu Yasir noted may be a reference to a clinic located across the street from the Hajji Habash Guesthouse in Kandahar.) (S//NF) Senior al-Qaida operative, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, aka (Abu Zubaydah), ISN US9GZ-010016DP (GZ-10016), photo-identified detainee as Doctor Ayman, a Yemeni national. GZ-10016 stated he met detainee in 2000 or 2001 and shared a flight from Kabul to Kandahar with detainee. Additionally, GZ-10016 added that detainee was associated with al-Qaida and tried to help the group from the

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“medical side.” GZ-10016 stated detainee was possibly related to Doctor Amer Aziz in Lahore.63 (S//NF) A variant of detainee’s name, Doctor Ayman Batifry al-Hadrami, was found on a list of wounded al-Qaida fighters dated mid-April to mid-June 2002. The list was stored on a hard drive recovered in the arrest of KU-10024. The hard drive was associated with al-Qaida 11 September 2001 financier Mustafa Ahmad al- Hawsawi, ISN US9SA-010011DP (SA-10011).64 (S//NF) A variation of detainee’s name, Dr Ayman Batrafi, was found on a another document entitled “Asra.doc” recovered on a hard drive associated with KU- 10024. The document provided a list of captured fighters.65

(S//NF) Detainee is an admitted combat veteran who attempted travel in support of militants in Chechnya, and is assessed to have held a leadership role during hostilities against US and Coalition forces. (S//NF) Detainee received small arms and anti-aircraft weaponry training with the fighters at the Khogay Training Camp in Afghanistan in 1988. Detainee then participated in raids against Soviet forces in Afghanistan.66 (S//NF) In early 2000, detainee attempted to travel to Chechnya in support of militant forces engaged in hostilities against Russian occupational forces. Detainee claimed he intended to provide medical support to the injured fighters.67 (S//NF) Detainee stated he carried a radio in Tora Bora. The radio was pre- programmed and allowed communication with the leaders of the individual groups throughout Tora Bora.68 (Analyst Note: Detainee’s possession of the radio indicates he held a leadership position within Tora Bora.) (S//NF) YM-252 reported detainee was one of two surgeons in Tora Bora. He reported detainee was associated with Hizb-e-Islami Khalis (HIK) commander, Yunis Khalis. Khalis provided detainee with medical supplies, equipment, and protection.69 Detainee noted he worked with Abu Yahya, a doctor who was also in Tora Bora.70 (Analyst Note: The HIK have reported ties to the Taliban and other extremist groups. Abu Yahya is assessed to be the other surgeon reported by YM-252.) (S//NF) Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al-Sawah, ISN US9EG-000535DP (EG-535), stated detainee was the doctor who attempted to treat wounds of deceased al-Qaida operative Abu Muhjin and later accompanied Muhjin’s body down a mountain in Tora Bora. EG-535 further stated Abu Muhjin must have been near UBL when he

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was injured by a bomb and UBL may have been injured as well. (Analyst Note: Abu Muhjin is probably Abu Muhjin al-Taifi, an al-Qaida facilitator and former UBL bodyguard.)71 (S//NF) Muhammad Nasir Yahya Khusruf, ISN US9YM-000509DP (YM-509), stated detainee provided him with medical care while in Tora Bora.72

c. (S//NF) Detainee’s Conduct: Detainee is assessed as a HIGH threat from a detention perspective. His overall behavior has been non-compliant and hostile to the guard force and staff. He currently has 109 Reports of Disciplinary Infraction listed in DIMS with the most recent occurring on 7 April 2008, when he threw his sandals out of the bean hole and struck the SOG’s chest. He has 47 Reports of Disciplinary Infraction for assault with the most recent being the above stated occurrence. Other incidents for which he has been disciplined include failure to follow guard instructions/camp rules, damage to government property, attempted assaults, assaults, threat, FCE, and contraband. On 6 January 2007 he was reported in possession of a razor tied to a piece of string. In 2007, he had a total of 13 Reports of Disciplinary Infraction and 5 so far in 2008.

8. (U) Detainee Intelligence Value Assessment:

a. (S) Assessment: Detainee is assessed to be of HIGH intelligence value. Detainee’s most recent interrogation session occurred on 25 December 2007.

b. (S//NF) Placement and Access: Detainee is an admitted member of al-Wafa with associations to numerous senior al-Qaida operatives. Detainee interacted with individuals tied to the al-Qaida CBRN program. In the late 1980s, detainee traveled to Pakistan for medical training and eventually became the medical advisor for al-Wafa. Detainee attended a militant training camp in Afghanistan and participated in the conflict against Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan. Detainee provided medical support to militants in Tora Bora.

c. (S//NF) Intelligence Assessment: Detainee has provided a vast amount of information about himself and others. Despite this, detainee probably still has information yet to be exploited about himself, the individuals he has already reported on, and probably many others. Additionally, detainee may possess information pertaining to possible injuries sustained by UBL as a result of the air strikes in Tora Bora, as well as the fighting positions, commanders, and fighters which includes many detainees. Detainee likely has additional information pertaining to Amer Aziz and his involvement with the Ayman al-Zawahiri directed anthrax program.

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d. (S//NF) Areas of Potential Exploitation:

Al-Qaida Senior members Financiers Facilitators CBRN program Connections to NGOs and medical infrastructure in Pakistan Operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan Facilities including guesthouses Tora Bora operations

Al-Wafa Leadership Funding Logistics Connections to the Taliban, al-Qaida and other extremist organizations Operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan Medical program

Jamaat Tablighi (JT) Leadership and members Support to al-Qaida

Terrorist operations in the CENTCOM AOR

Terrorists and foreign fighters medical support, leadership, and networks

Terrorist biographical and psychological information

Radicalization factors of terrorist

Terrorists and associated organizations means of communication in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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