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1. ( S// NF) Personal Information : JDIMS/NDRC Referencename SECRET // 20331226 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATES COMMAND HEADQUARTERS , JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO U.S. NAVAL STATION , GUANTANAMO BAY , CUBA APOAE09360 JTF- GTMO- CDR 26 December2008 MEMORANDUMFORCommander, UnitedStates SouthernCommand, 3511NW 91st Avenue, Miami, FL 33172 SUBJECT: Recommendationfor ContinuedDetentionUnder Control(CD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN -001458DP( S) JTF - GTMO Detainee Assessment 1. (S//NF) Personal Information : JDIMS/NDRC ReferenceName: Muhammad Binyam Current/ True Name and Aliases: Binyam Ahmad Muhammad, Talha al-Kini, Talhaal-Nigeri, Ben, Benjamin AhmadMuhammad, John Samuel Fouad Zouaoui, Muhammad al-Habashy, Nabil, Binyamin Zouioue Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ET) Date of Birth: 24 July 1978 Citizenship: Ethiopia Internment Serial Number (ISN) : US9ET 001458DP 2. ( U //FOUO ) Health: Detainee is inoverall good health. 3. ( U ) JTF- GTMO Assessment : a . ( S) Recommendation: JTF- GTMO recommendsthis detainee for Continued Detention Under DoD Control ( CD) . JTF- GTMO previously recommendeddetainee for CD on 17 November2007. b . (S//NF) Executive Summary: Even ifreleased with rehabilitation, close supervision , and means to successfully reintegrate into his society as a law -abiding citizen, it is assessed detainee wouldprobably seek out prior associates and reengage in extremist activities at home and abroad. Since transfer to JTF -GTMO, detainee has expressed his intentions of participating in hostilities against the US and its citizens ifreleased and in one instance physically assaulted an interrogator. Additionally, detainee has been uncooperative with CLASSIFIED BY : MULTIPLE SOURCES REASON : 12958, AS AMENDED , SECTION 1.4( C ) DECLASSIFY ON : 20331226 SECRET NOFORN 20331226 SECRET // 20331226 JTF - GTMO -CDR SUBJECT : Recommendation for Continued Detention Under Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee , ISN -001458DP ( S) intelligence collection efforts since November2004. Detainee is an assessed member of al Qaida who acknowledgedhis involvementin terrorist plots designed to inflict mass casualties within the US. Detainee and his co -conspirator, Jose Padilla, aka (A Muhajir), ISNUSOUS-010008DP (US-10008), developed a planto explode a radiological bomb in the US, and presented this plan to senior al-Qaida members including MuhammadSalah al-Din Abd al-Halim Zaydan, aka Sayf al-Adil; Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, aka (KSM), aka (Mukhtar, ISN 010024DP (KU-10024); andZaynal Abidin MuhammadHusayn, aka (Abu Zubaydah), ISN -10016 (GZ- 10016), for approval and funding. Detainee was captured during his attempt to travel to the US. Detainee, who expressed a desire to become a martyr, received extensive terrorist training in Afghanistan (AF) at camps associatedwith al-Qaida andNorth African extremists, and traveledto Afghanistan for combat. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONABOUT THIS DETAINEEISAVAILABLEINAN SCI SUPPLEMENT.] -GTMO determined this detainee to be A HIGHrisk, as he is likely to pose a threat to the US, its interests, and allies A HIGHthreat from a detention perspective Of HIGHintelligencevalue . (S ) Summary of Changes: The following outlines changes to detainee's assessment since the last JTF-GTMO recommendation. (Changes inthis assessment will be annotated by to the footnote.) UpdatedReasonsfor Transfer to JTF-GTMOsection Includedadditionalreportingof detainee'sinvolvementin a terrorist plot Includedadditionalreportinglinkingdetainee to GZ- 10016 Includedreportingindicatingdetainee'sintentionsofharmingUS citizens Includedreportingof detaineephysicallyassaultinganinterrogator Addednew detaineealiases: Nabil and BinyaminZouioue 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 : In 1992 , detainee traveled to Maryland and New Jersey with his father to visit siblings . Detainee stayed in the US with relatives, but his father left the 1 6 034 0412 08 2 316-08240-07 2 SECRET 20331226 SECRET // 20331226 JTF - GTMO -CDR SUBJECT : Recommendation for Continued Detention Under Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee , ISN 001458DP ( S) country and subsequently returned to the US in 1994. Upon his father's return the two traveled to Chicago and Minneapolis to visit his father's associates. Detainee and his father then traveled to the United Kingdom (UK) in March 1994, where detainee obtained political asylum . attended college in the UK from 1995 through 2000 , receiving a Bachelor's of Science inMathematics, an advanced certificate in business and technology , and an electronic technician certificate. Also during this period, detainee attended the Baker Street Mosque in London, UK three to four times. detainee quit school , he joined the Jamaat Tablighi ( ), and served as a janitor at the Islamic Heritage Center Mosque, where he met Soufian Abar Huwary, aka ( Abd Rahim ), ISN -001016DP (AG- 1016, transferred ). this time period, detainee began abusing drugs, progressing from alcohol and hashish to cocaine , crack, and opiates including heroine. Detainee also watched extremist videos at his home with AG- 1016, Ranim , Yusef Jamaiki, aka ( Andrew Rowe, detained in England , and Yusef Hamadi. at the Islamic Heritage Center Mosque, detainee listened to Abu Qatada al-Masri speak about fighting in Indonesia.? b . ( ) Recruitment and Travel: In May 2001, AG- 1016 informed detainee their associates were traveling to Afghanistan, and urged detainee to go with them . Detainee obtained a passport from his friend, Fouad Zouaoui. AG- 1016's associate, Amin Achimlal, aka (Amin) replaced Fouad's passport photo with detainee’s and provided a falsified visa for a three -month stay inPakistan (PK ). The following week detainee made separate travel arrangements and departed the UK alone, on approximately 25 May 2001. Detainee traveled to Islamabad, PK where he spoke with a Pakistani named Muhammad who informed detainee to meet him inPeshawar, PK. Muhammad worked for Jaffar al- Tayyar who was incharge of the Algerian Camp near Jalalabad, AF . Muhammad took detainee to the Algerian Guesthouse in Jalalabad where he met Jaffar and Muhib. Detainee surrendered his passport and money at the guesthouse and stayed only a few hours before proceeding to the camp . 3 001458 FM4024- SEP-2004, 001458FM4028- SEP-2004 4 AnalystNote: The BakerStreet Mosque aka (FourFeathersMosque), is home of the radicalimamAbuQatada and Abu Hamzaal- Masri imprisoned) . It servedas a recruitmentfacilityinthe UK. 5 Analyst Note: Al-Qaida has usedthe JT facilitateand fund the internationaltravels ofits members. The JT is a NationalIntelligencePriorityFramework(NIPF) Counter Terrorism(CT) Priority3 Terrorist SupportEntity (TSE) . Priority3 TSEs have demonstratedintent and willingnessto provide financial support to terrorist organizations willing to attack US personsor interest, or provide witting operationalsupportto 1-2 terrorist groups. For additionalinformationon the JT see: IIR2 227 0131 03 , Jamaat TablighProvidesCover 28-Dec- 2005, Special AnalysisUS JamaatTabligh, AFOSIReporton Jamaat Tabligh27-OCT-2004, Jamaat Al Tabligh(JT) Members- - 04-03-1083 10 -MAR-2004. 6 001458 FM40 28- SEP-2004, 001458 FM40 06-OCT-2004, 001458 FM40 30 -SEP-2004, FM40 05 -OCT 2004 , TD-314/ 05888-03 7 001458 FM40 06-OCT-2004 8 TD-314/ 05888-03 9001458 FM40 27-OCT-2004, IIR 6 034 0120 05 3 SECRET 20331226 SECRET // 20331226 JTF - GTMO -CDR SUBJECT : Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee , ISN -001458DP ( S) c. (S NF) Training and Activities: Jaffar instructed detainee to attend training at the al Qaida sponsored al-Faruq Camp near Kandahar, AF . Detainee traveled to the Algerian Guesthouse located in the Wazir Akbar Khan area, and later traveled with a group of about 40 others to a Kandahar guesthouse . visits to the Islamic Institute in Kandahar, detainee met Richard Colvin Reid, aka (Richard Reid) . About ten days later, detainee left with this group for al-Faruq Training Camp. Detainee spent at least 40 days at the camp receiving training on small arms, topography, map reading, guerilla tactics, and basic explosives . At the al-Faruq Training Camp, detainee attended religious lectures given by Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, aka (Abu Hafs al-Mauritani), inwhich he urged the trainees to pledge bayat ( oath of allegiance) to Usama Bin Laden (UBL) , an oath which detainee claims he did not give. ( S //NF) Upon completion oftraining, detainee returned to the Kandahar guesthouse and then traveled to Kabul, AF with a group of Moroccans. Detainee and the group then traveled to the Moroccan Tarik Training Camp at Bagram, AF where they trained inurban warfare and small arms. Detainee trained with Jamal who he identified as Richard Dean Belmar, ISN -000817DP (UK- 817, transferred ) Detainee then traveled to the front lines near Bagram , opposite the Northern Alliance , for 10 days . The group was recalled to Bagram, but detainee proceeded to Kabul for malaria treatment. During his travel to Kabul, the 11 September 2001 attacks occurred. From Kabul, detainee traveled again to the Algerian Camp in Jalalabad to retrieve his passport . From Jalalabad detainee returned to the Moroccan house in Kabul and traveled with a group of Moroccans to Logar, AF , where they occupied an Islamic school for about two weeks . Detainee then traveled back to the Tarik Training Camp in Bagram , staying less than a week before returning again to the Moroccan house in Kabul
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