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DEPARTMENTOF DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS,JOINT TASK FORCEGUANTANAMO U.S. NAVAL STATION,GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA APO AE 09360

JTF-GTMO-CDR 8 December2006

MEMORANDUM FOR Commander,United StatesSouthern Command. 3511 NW glst Avenue. Miami,FL33172

SUBJECT: CombatantStatus Review Tribunal Input and Recommendationfor Continued DetentionUnder DoD Control (CD) for GuantanamoDetainee Ammar al-Baluchi.ISN: USSPK- 010018DP(S)

JTF-GTMO DetaineeAssessment

l. (S/NF) Personal Information:

o JDIMSA{DRC ReferenceName: Ammar al-Baluchi o Aliases and CurrentlTrue Name: Mustafa al-Baluchi. Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali. MohammadAli. Amanullah.Habib. Jammv o Place of Birth: al-Ahmadi. Kuwait (KU) o Date of Birth: 29 August 1977 o Citrzenship: Kuwait o InternmentSerial Number (ISN): US9PK-01001SDP

7 (U//FOUO) Health: Detaineeis in good health.

3. (S/NF) JTF-GTMO Assessment:

a. (S) Recommendation: JTF-GTMO recommendsthis detaineefor ContinuedDetention Under DoD Control (CD).

b. (S/NF) Executive Summary: Detaineeis a seniormember and planner of al-Qaidaas well as the nephew of al-Qaida military leaderKhalid Shaykh Mohammed (KSM). Under KSM's direction,detainee helped plan and facilitateal-Qaida operations and personnel,

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including the travel of 9ll1 hijackersto the (US). He is affiliated with numerousother senior leadersof al-Qaida including Usama Bin Laden (UBL), Jemaah Islamiya (JI)r leaderRiduan bin Isomuddin aka (Hambali), Sayf al-Adl, aka (Khallad), Shaykh Said al-Masri, Hamza Zubayr and others. Detaineehelped facilitate the travel and finances for at least 13 of the 9/11 hijackers as they left the (UAE) for the US. He was also involved in numerousplots targeting the US and other western assets,and acted as a liaison for messagesand money for KSM and Indonesianal- Qaida leaders.2He is also responsiblefor arranging the evacuationof al-Qaida fighters and families fleeingAfghanistan (AF). IADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DETAINEE IS AVAILABLE IN AN SCI SUPPLEMENT.I JTF-GTMO has determined this detaineeto be:

o A HIGH risk, as he is likely to posea threatto the US, its interestsand allies. o A MEDIUM threatfrom a detentionperspective. o Of HIGH intelligencevalue.

4. (S/NF) Detainee'sAccount of Events:

The following sectionis based on a consolidation of several accountsfrom various significant individuals in order to assemblea feasible timeline.

a. (S/NF) Prior History: In 1985or 1986,detainee left Kuwait to attendthe Umrah (minor hajj) in SaudiArabia (SA). In 1988,detainee, his immediatefamily and other relatives moved to Iran (IR) while his father stayedto continue working in the Kuwaiti Ministry of the Hajj. In 1993,while attendingboarding school inZahedan,IR, Ramzi Yousef s' family contacteddetainee to let him know that Ramzi would be staying inZahedan for eye surgery. From 1996 to 1998, detaineetraveled to Karachi, Pakistan (PK), where he acquiredhis Microsoft certification online from the US, but took the required classesat the Universal Computer Institute in Karachi. He also attendedcomputer classesin Karachi at PetromanElectronics Institute and at a unidentified third school. It was during this time that he becameinterested in attendingjihad training. In August 1998, after graduating from school, his father directed him to find employrnentin the UAE.*

' Analyst Note: JemaahIslamiya is a Tier I target. Tier I targetsare defined as terrorist groups, especially those with state support, that have demonstratedthe intention and the capability to attack US personsor interests. '. TD-314t61768-03 3 Analyst Note: Ramzi Yousef is the 1993 World Trade Center bomber. ' TD-314/52606-05, Analyst Note: Within this document there seemsto be an error on the datesfor his arrival in the UAE. It was originally statedas 5 June 1998; however, later in the document it is labeled as 5 August 1998.

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b. (S//NF) Recruitment and Travel: Detaineestated that he was "self-recruited,"for jihad having been inspired by the martyrdom of KSM's brother Asim and by hearing Ramzi Yousef speakabout jihad in kan.5 Detaineebecame more interestedin joining thejihad after he left Iran in 1996 through his exposureto Arab culture and ideology in Pakistanand the UAE.6 While in Pakistan,detainee expressed interest in obtaining militant training from the camps in Afghanistan but could not fit the training around his studies. He felt he would not be very successfulwith the training so instead,he offeredhis servicesto his uncle,KSM, who usedhim to facilitatethe activitiesof the 9/11 hijackers.T

c. (S/NF) Training and Activities: At the end of 1999,KSM requesteddetainee to transfer funds to 9l11 hijacker, Nawaf al-Hazmi, in the US. From 1999 to their ultimate missionin 2001, detaineehelped facilitate 13 of the 9/11 hijackers'travel, obtainingvisas, setting up bank accounts,and providing for their lodging in the UAE prior to leaving for the US. During 2000, detaineealso met and facilitated Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi aka (Zahir), an al-Qaidafinancial manager, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh,originally intendedtobe aglIl hijacker,but he was not able to obtain a US entry visa.o After detainee'scompany closed their businessin the UAE, detainee'sUAE visa was revokedand he traveledto Pakistanand "looking then on to Afghanistan for training." After the fall of the Taliban in November 2001,detainee assisted KSM in organizingthe movementof al-Qaidaoperatives and their familiesto safehouses in Pakistan. Lr December2001, detaineearranged e-mail accounts and travel arrangementsfor shoebombers and Issa al-Britani'aka (Dhiren Barot) aka (Abu Issaal-Hindi) aka (Sajid Badat).r0In late December200I, detaineeplanned an operationto attack a military basein Quetta,PK." In January 2002, various senior al- "dirty Qaida leadersbegan to arrive in Karachi. From March to April 2002, bombers" Jose Padilla and Binyam Mohammed arrived in Karachi and detaineescheduled their travel and set up communicationswith them. From May to June2002, detainee andHamzaZubayr beganplotting to carry out simultaneousattacks in Karachi againstthe US Consulate, westernresidences, and westernersat the local airport. On 11 September2002, raids were conductedon the housesof HamzaZubaw and Ramzi bin al-Shibh in the DefenseArea of

t to-:t+/sst33-os uto4rutruzltos 7ro-z rur sze06-05, TD-3 I 4/55 I 33-05 t tr-3 t+lszooo-os n NEWS WIRE - AP - 09-AUG -2004, AnalystNote: This article sourcedKU-O10010 as statingthat KU-010010 sentIssa al-Britani to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,in late 1999or early 2000 to meet with ID-O10019. This is also when, in January2000, the leadersmet at the home of Yazid Sufaat to plan the 9ll1 attacks and the USS Cole attack. On 16 January 2002, a US federal grand jury indicted Richard Reid on nine counts, including use of a weapon of mass destruction and attemptedmurder. toto-3r4/o82or-04 rr Analyst note: This operation did not come to fruition.

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Karachi; Zvbayr was killed and Ramzi bin al-Shibh was captured. After the raids, plans for further operationsstopped until October 2002. Detainee's activities centeredon the developmentof the plot of simultaneousattacks in Karachi, PK, from October until his capturein April 2003.'"

5. (S/NF) Capture Information:

a. (S//NF) On 30 April2003 in Karachi,the PakistaniIntelligence Bureau and a team of Pakistani rangerscaptured detainee along with senior terrorist planner Walid bin Attash and '' four other suspectedal-Qaida members. According to reporting,local authoritiesalso seized150 kg of high explosivesand detonatorsduring the raid.ra

b. (S) Property Held:

o (S//NF) A pink perfumeb.ottle filled with atraceamount (less than % oz.) of '' potassiumcyanide poison lNot held by JTF-GTMO)

c. (S) Transferred to JTF-GTMO: 4 September2006

d. (S/NF) Reasonsfor Transfer to JTF-GTMO: Detaineewas transferredto JTF- GTMO to face prosecution for terrorist activities againstthe United States.

6. (S/NF) DetaineeThreat:

a. (S) Assessment: Detaineeis assessedto be a HIGH risk, ashe is likely to posea threat to the US, its interestsand allies.

b. (S//NF) Reasonsfor Continued Detention: Detaineeis a seniormember and planner of al-Qaidawho facilitatedthe travel and funding of 13 of the 9/11 hijackers. Detainee participated in attack planning againstUS and western targetsand is affiliated with significant senior al-Qaida and JI personnel. Detaineefacilitated the transfer of funds from al-Qaidato JI for operationalpurposes, assisted in the creationof al-Qaidamedia

' " TD-3| 4152606-05, TD-3 1410820 l -04 " NCIS MTAC sAR TERR-I 06-120-2003,HeDA sITREp #596opERATIoNS oNE oEF oIF 'o TO-314125273-03,STRATCOM INTSUM 01 MAY 2003.AnalystNote: STRATCOM INTSUM sources the followingdocuments for theirassessment: CIA NID 1 May 2003,USSTRATCOM CS55l (CISO) CounterintelligenceHighlights 2May 2003,and NCIS Msg 3021552Apr 03. _"- TD-314/02527-04,TD-314/03608-04,Analyst Note: Perfumebottle is not currentlyheld at JTF-GTMO.

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propaganda,and facilitated the movement of al-Qaida fighters and families fleeing from Afghanistan to Pakistan.

o (S/A{F) Detainee facilitated travel and provided funds and equipment for 13 of the 19 hijackersinvolved in the 9/11 terroristattack. o (S/A{F) Detaineearranged for the hijackers' temporary lodging in the UAE and assistedwith procuringvisas, travel documents,bank accounts,and electronic equipment such as laqlop computersand handheldtranslators. He also transferred fundsto the hijackers'oand sentcare packages to them while they were in the US. . (S/A{F) At the end of 1999,KSM askeddetainee to wire monly to Nawaf al- Hazmi, the American Airlines (AA) flight 77 hljacker, in the US." . (S/Nf; In mid-to-late2000, detaineemet and facilitatedAA flight 175 hijacker Marwan al-Shehhi in the UAE, to include purchasingflight simulator softwarefor his training.ls . (S/AIF) In late August 2000,detainee received $120,000 USD from KSM to sendto the US. On29 Ausust 2000 detaineesent S20.000 USD via Western Union.le (Analyst Note: iro- the contextof the report,the $20,000USD is assessedto havebeen part of the $120,000received from KSM.) . (S/A{F) In November2000,20 detainee met with AA flight 77 hijackerpilot, , and arrangedfor Hanjour's travel. Detaineealso assistedHanjour in openinga bank accountat Citibank in the UAE.2r . (S/A{F) From April to June2001, detaineeassisted the following hijackers while in the UAE and helped them travel to the US: Ahmad al-Ghamdi, Majed al- Moqed, Satamal-Suqami, Walid al-Shehri, Harnzaal-Ghamdi, Ahmad al-Nami, Muhannad al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Haznawi, and Saeedal-Ghamdi.22 o (S/A{F) Detaineeworked closely with KSM planning operationsagainst US and Allied targetsto include: Heathrow International Airport, London, United Kingdom (UK); the US Consulateand severalhotels in Karachi; the shoe-bombingattempt against AmericanAirlines Flight 63; gasstations in the US; and unidentifiedtargets in South EastAsia (SEA).

'uTD-314t52606-05 " TD-3r4r52606-05 tt TD-3r4152606-05 tnrn3r4r52606-05 20 Analyst Note: Detainee statedthis occurred during Ramadanof 2000, which startedon 28 November 2000. " TD-314152606-05,Analyst Note: On 28 January2001, detaineedeposited $5,000 into Hanjour's BSC Bank accountin SaudiArabia. " ro4vr5z6o6-05

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o (S/A{F) Detaineeacted as the conduit for e-mail exchangesand messages possibly involving operational activity betweenKSM and Hambali." After the arrest of KSM in March 2003, detaineeintended to contact Hambali to offer his assistance and find out what resourceswere available for future operations.2a o (S/A{F) Detaineebecame aware of the operation to attack London Heathrow in January2003, but statedthat operativeshad not yet been selectedto carry out the attacks. For his part, detaineeintended to solicit the support, guidance,and assistance of senioral-Qaida operative Walid bin Attash,admitting that his own limited operationalexperience required the inclusion of a more seasonedoperative, such as bin Attash,to accomplisha plan of suchmagnitude.2s lAnalyst Note: The Heathrow plot beganin November 2002,when KSM assignedAbu Talha al-Pakistanito begin surveillanceof Heathrow for a potential future operation. The plan called for crashingnumerous airplanes into Heathrow, with a secondaryexplosion immediately outsideof the airport as a diversion. This operationwas put on hold upon KSM's arrestin February 2003.26) o (S/A{F) Detainee andHamzaZubayr startedthe Karachi plot againstthe US Consulateand severalhotels.'' (Analyst Note: According to foreign government service sensitivereporting, the primary plan was to pack a small aircraft with explosivesand crashit into the US Consulate.2tOther potential targets for this plot includedwestern residences and hotels,the Marriott Hotel in particular,due to its perceivedlack of secuirty.'n) ' (S/A{F) In September2002, KSM revampedthe Karachi operationtargeting the US Consulate,and brought in Walid bin Attash to work with detainee. After KSM's anest, detaineethen brought Walid bin Attash into the Heathrow operation.3o . (S//lfR; In October2002, detainee met with Asif Zahir, the leaderof a small unaffiliated extremist group in Pakistan,3lwho had 10 tons of ammonium nitrate explosives for use in the Karachi plot. Zahir was arrestedafter meeting with detainee. Detainee also met Jabir (NFI), who came to detaineeand said he was

" AnalystNote: It is possiblethat al-Qaidahad plans to assistthe JI in plots on unidentifiedtargets in SouthEast Asia. 2o TD-3r4r 617 68-03, TD-3 t4133612-03, TD-3 I 4I 65937-03 2sto-3t+l6t768-03 'u TD-3r4t32629-03 2' TD-3r4rog769-04 28 STRATCoMINTSUM 0l MAy 2003,TD-314t252i3-03 2n NCIS MTAC ThreatAssessment, 11 FEB 2004,Analyst Note: This plot waspossibly related to earlieral-Qaida planningfor attacksagainst U.S. military personnelin airportshuttles and U.S. military aircraftat the Karachi InternationalAirport. '".^ TD-3| 4141 802-03. TD-3 | 4t37 948-04 " TD-314136858-03

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keepingexplosives forHarrvaZubayr (deceased).Detainee told him to wait and stay where he was until detaineecontacted him." . (S/Aif; From December 2002 to March 2003, detaineeasked Jabir to obtain more explosives and to rent anotherhouse to make the explosives for the Karachi plot. Detaineethen arrangedfor operativesto conduct surveillanceof the Karachi airport and routes to the US Consulate. On the day detaineeand Walid bin Attash were supposedto receivethe explosives,they were both arrested.33 . (S/Atf; Detaineemet with Atta Rahmanaka (Qassim) aka (Altaf) and Hudayfa aka (Amin) aka (Lee Carter), and taskedHudayfa with collecting information about the Airport Hotel in Karachi.3a o (S/AfD Detaineewas the handler for both shoebombers, Richard Reid and DhirenBarot aka (lssa al-Britani35).36 o (S/AIF) Detainee,^qlongwith SaifullahParacha, ISN US9PK-001094DP(PK- 1094),," Issaal-Britani, and , attemptedto setup a cover businessin the US to import explosives.'oDetainee and KSM designatedMajid Khan as an operative for a plot to target gas stationsin the United States.3e o (S/A{F) Detaineereceived money via couriers and facilitated numerousmoney transfersto and from KSM. o (S/AID In late May or early June 2002,detainee passed approximately $17,24I USD from Abu Ahmad to KSM via Maqsood Khan Oya* Khani Khan.a0 o (S/A{F) In June 2002, funds from outside Pakistanarrived intermittently by courierfor KSM. The courierswould contactdetainee on his cell phone,and he would meet them in a public place and acceptthe funds. Detaineewould then contact

" TD-3 14r 52606-05,TD-3 I 4/0820I -04 33 TD-3 t4 r 52606-05,TD-3 t4 I o82ot -04 to to-314r09769-04 3s to4tqt6315l-03 tu tD-3r4r52210-03 " TD-314132873-03,Analyst note: Aafia Siddiqui,a female,holds a B.S. degreein biology from MIT. Detainee had informed Siddiqui that a laboratory had been set up to produce biological agents. Siddiqui reportedly told detaineethat she was willing to participate in a Biological Weapons(BW) project if al-Qaida taskedher to do so. Detaineestated that after their conversation,he never tasked Siddiqui to participate in the BW project and never consideredto let her work in the laboratorv. TD4l4ll4243-05 " TD-3t4/30874-03 'n The Teoo.ist Threat to Maritime Related US Critical Infrastructure 12 NOV 02, Analyst Note: It is more likely that KSM's actual intent was to target oil refineries in the US, which would make a larger impact. Al-Qaida senior lieutenant indicated that al-Qaida would target major petroleum shipping centersand major petroleum refineries, which would probably cripple the US way of life, additionally serving the goals of al-Qaida. oo.^ tD-3148q749-03, Analyst Note: Maqsood Khan Oyam Khani Khan is commonly referred to aJ simply Maqsood Khan.

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Mansur aka (Hassanal-Pakistani), detainee's aide, who would passthe money to MaqsoodKhan. Maqsoodwould then hold the money for KSM.al ' (S/Atf; During June2002 and early 2003, KSM taskeddetainee on several occasionswith passingmessages to Maqsoodrequesting funds be sentto Peshawar,PK, and gave detaineethe name of a person to whom Maqsood was to sendthe money. (Analyst Note: Transactionsizes varied from $8,625to $25,675 USD equiv alent)42 ' (S/AIF) In November 2002, detaineemet a courier named Ilyas in Karachi nearHassan Square to receivea delivery of 40 Lakh (Analyst Note: $69,000 USD) for KSM.a3 a (S/A{F) Ilyas alsoprovided detaineeassistance on occasionwith moving families to Quetta from Karachi.aa o (S/A{F) Detaineeand KSM gavePK-1094 atotal of $500,000USD of al-Qaida "safekeeping." money in early 2002 for KSM usedPK-1094's capabilitiesas a well- known Pakistani businessmanto conduct money-launderingoperations and purchase real estateto be usedas al-Qaidasafe houses. . (S/AIF) In July 2002, detaineeand KSM brought the money in cashto PK- 1094'soffice separately.KSM brought$270,000 USD one day; and the next day, detaineebrought $230,000USD, wrappedin newspaperand cellophaneand carriedin a shoppingbag.as ' (S/AVf; In November 2002, KSM requesteddetainee to initiate the retrieval of $500,000USD from PK-1094. After meetingwith PK-1094 severaltimes, detaineeeventually arrangedfor a courier to pick up the money in Januaryor February 2003.46 o (S/A{F) In December 2002, detaineea:ranged for a $50,000 USD money transfer from KSM to Hambali.aT . (S/AIF) Majid Khan's uncle, Maqsood Khan Qyam Khani, arrangedfor the financial transfer from Pakistanto where Majid Khan was to pick the money up from a Hawala office.a8

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' (S/AiF) Detaineeused Majid Khan to courier the funds in Bangkok, Thailand (TH), and deliver them to Hambali's representative,Mohd Farik Bin Amin variant (Mohammed Farik bin Amin) aka(Zubair).ae o (S/A{F) Detaineeis affiliated with UBL and numerousother high level al-Qaida members. After the 9lll attacksin 2001, detaineeattended a meeting in Kandahar,AF, with UBL and other seniormembers of ai-qaida.soThe meetingroniirt"d of approximately 20 people, including UBL, KSM, Sayf al-Adl, Ayman al-Zawahii, Abu Khay. al-Masri, Shaykh Said al-Masri and SulaymanAbu Ghayth. Detaineealso thought that Abu Faraj al-Libi and Abd al-RahmanBM were there too.'' (Analyst Note: It is ((BM" unclearwhat the standsfor after al-Rahman'sname. It is possiblya designatoror specialskill.) The meetinglasted for two hours and discussedpossible US military responseto the attacks.52 o (S/A{F) Detainee facilitated and was part of the production for al-Qaida media propaganda. o (S/A{F) From early 2002 until April 2003, detaineeworked closely with the al- Qaidamedia committeeofficials from his basein Karachi." o (S/AfF) Detaineewas responsiblefor passingIIBL's written messagesto Abu Khubayb's group, who ran a website sympatheticto al-Qaida and Islamic extremism in the IIK.54 Detaineedid this through Karachi-basedoperatives, Abu Talha and Tamwir aka (Adnan) aka (Khurram)." o (S/A{F) Detaineealso admittedto beingpersonally responsible for the publicationof two of the four UBL mediaproducts published since 9/11. 'oWhy ' (S/A{F) We Fight," the first product after the 9lll attacks,which the detaineepassed to Abu Talha who forwarded it via internet to Abu Khubyab with carboncopies forwarded to Sayf al-Battaral-Sharqi aka (Swift Sword),_Ahmad Muwaffaq Zaydan, and the al-Jazeeranetwork'sheadquarters in Qatar.to

on TD-314132870-03,Analyst Note: Detainee sent Majid Khan all the way to Bangkok,TH, to retrieve funds from a hawala,who could haveeasily providedthe money directly to Hambali's representative.PK-1094 also frequently "to made travels into Bangkok go on a purchasingtrip for his company." "Hawala" is a banker, using an undergroundbanking systembased on trust, whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of transaction;terrorists make frequent use of the hawala system. 'u TD-314/33397-03 t' tD-3r4r33397-03 t'TD4tqB33g:.-03 s3TD-3r4r34375-03 soro3ur32873-03 tt TD-314r34375-03 56to-3t+160443-03

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. (S/A{F) The"9l11 AnniversaryVideo" product,which Abu Faraj al-Libi forwardedto detaineein Juneor July 2002,to hold for publicationuntil 11 September2002.s7 . (S/A{F) Detaineepassed this video to the media group official, Abu Rahman al-Maghribi, who combined the video with the "Will of Martyrs" video and retumed it to the detaineein approximately August 2002.s8 a (S/A{F) In early September2002, detaineegave the video to Abu Musab al-Baluchi, who delivered it to the al-Jazeeraoffice in Islamabad,PK, and phoned their al-Jazeeraconespondent, Zaydan, to advise him the tape had beendelivered.se o (S/AIF) Detaineeadmits that in early2002 he usedPK-1094's company, Universal Broadcasting,in Karachi to produce a video. Detainee statesit was for a differentvideo highlighting Bakr al-Azdi's experiencesin Tora Bora.60 o (S/A{F) Detainee facilitated movement of al-Qaida fighters and their families out of Afghanistanand in to Pakistan.6r o (S/A{F) Detainee set up severalsafe housesalong with other al-Qaida members, including Abu Badr aka (Muhammad Hasan Ghulam Rabbani), ISN US9PK- 001460DP.62 o (S/AfD Detaineestated the finances for the movement of thesefamilies came from Shaykh Said aka (Mustafa Ahmad Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid), al- Qaida's seniorfinancial offrcer.63

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