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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO GUANTANAMO BAY , CUBA APO AE 09360

- CG 09 August2005

MEMORANDUMFORCommander, UnitedStates SouthernCommand, 3511NW 91st Avenue, Miami, FL 33172.

SUBJECT : Update Recommendation to Transfer to the Control of Another Country with Conditions (TWC) , Subject to the Conclusion of an Acceptable Transfer Agreement for Guantanamo Detainee, 000219DP ( S)

JTF GTMO Detainee Assessment

1. (FOUO) Personal Information:

/NDRC Reference Name: AbdalRazak Qadir Aliases and Current/ True Name: Zununjan Dawat, ABD AL Razak Place ofBirth: (CH )) Date of Birth : NODOB Citizenship China (ISN : 000219DP 28.04.2005

2. ( FOUO) Health: Detaineeis in good health. He has been diagnosedwith Latent Tuberculosisbut hasrefusedtreatment. Detaineehasno travel restrictions.

3. ( SINF) JTF GTMO Assessment:

a . (S ) Recommendation: JTF GTMO recommends this detainee be Transferred to the Control ofAnother Country with Conditions ( TWC), Subject to the Conclusion of Acceptable Transfer Agreement .

b . ( SINF) Summary: JTF GTMO previously assessed detainee as Transfer to the Control ofAnother Country for Continued Detention ( TRCD ) on 14 February 2004.

CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES REASON : E.O. 12958 SECTION 1.5 (C) DECLASSIFY ON : 20300709

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JTF GTMO -CG SUBJECT : Update Recommendation to Transfer to the Control of Another Country with Conditions (TWC ) , Subject to the Conclusion of an Acceptable Transfer Agreement for Guantanamo Detainee , ISN: 000219DP ( S)

For this update recommendation, detainee is assessed as a member of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). The ETIM has been an ally of the Al-Qaida terrorist network since August 2001. Detainee willingly joined the ETIM and trained for military operations at its Al Qaida sponsored training camps. Detainee was captured with other Uighurs, all of whom trained at the ETIM facility in Tora Bora mountain region of Afghanistan . It is assessed this detainee is a MEDIUM risk, as he may pose a threat to the US, its interests and allies.

4. (SI DetaineeBackgroundSummary: Unlessotherwisenoted the following paragraphsare based solelyondetainee'sstatements.

a . (SI/NF) Prior History: Detaineeclaimed he originally left his home in East Turkistan in 1995 to find a better life involving legitimate business interests in Kyrgyzstan. Detainee purchased a poorly forged passport and attempted to cross the Kyrgyzstan border. Kyrgyz border guards arrested detainee and heldhimfor two days. Kyrgyz officials returned detainee to the custody ofthe Chinese government. Chinese officials questioned detainee for fourteen days. After he was questioned, detainee paid a bribe and was released. In Late 1995, detainee successfully entered Kyrgyzstanand later Uzbekistan after he obtained a valid passport

b . (SINF) Recruitment and Travel: Detainee claimed he left Uzbekistan for a better financial future inPakistan (PK) . He went to Rawalpindi, PK, which has a large Uighur population. While in Rawalpindi, detainee stayed at a guesthouse in the Kashkar Rabat neighborhood (a popular stopover for Uighursattending the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (SA)). Detainee reports that he decided to leave Pakistan because ofpoor business opportunities and the Pakistani government's persecution of Uighurs. Detainee claimed he heard there were moneymaking ventures in Mazar -e - SharifAfghanistan, (AF) .

Training and Activities : Detainee reports that he met two Uighurs while at bazaar in Kabul Afghanistan, AF . Detainee and the other two Uighers decided to create a political organization to help protect Uighur . Another Uighur informed detainee that a Uighur named Hassan Makhsum was also running an organization to protect Uighur rights. Detainee was told Makhsumcould be found in the Kartisi neighborhood in Kabul, AF. Detainee found the house, however, Mahksum was not at home. Instead, detainee was greeted by Abdul Haq who took detainee to the ETIM Camp inthe Tora Bora Mountains. Because detainee spoke Dari and Farsi, he was given the job of obtaining supplies from Jalalabad. Detainee was given $500 dollars to purchase clothing, food, and other necessities for the camp. Detainee did not see very many Uighurs when he was at the camp due to his

status as a newcomer.

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d . (SINF) Capture Information: According to detainee's account, the Uighurs were surprised by the US air strikes against the Tora Bora camp after 9/11. Detainee along with 18 other Uighurs hid incaves until it was safe to go to Pakistan . Detainee's group followed a small group ofArabs across the Afghan Pakistan border into Pakistan. Originally, the people greeted them with kindness and told them to go to the Mosque for shelter. Later, the Pakistani army arrested the Uighurs and the Arabs. They were turned over to the US authorities on 05 January 2002 .

e . (S ) Transferredto JTF GTMO: 06 August 2002

f . (SI/ NF) Reasons for Transfer to JTF GTMO: To provide information on the following:

Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement ( ETIM) Taliban association with the Uighur organization in Afghanistan (AF ) .

5. ( SINF) Detainee Threat:

a . (S ) Assessment: It is assessedthe detainee posesa MEDIUMrisk, as he may pose a threatto the US, its interestsand allies.

b . (SI/NF) Reasons for Continued Detention :

( //NF) Detaineewas a member ofthe Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which has been formally allied with Al- Qaida since August 2001. He trained at an Al Qaida sponsored camp. He possibly fought alongsidethe Taliban against U.S./Coalition forces inthe Tora Bora region ofAfghanistan. The ETIM has targeted U.S. personnel in Kyrgyzstan (S Detainee admits he was a member ofthe Eastern Turkestan Islamic Organization, also referred to as the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement. Detainee, however, denied targeting the , or any links to Al-Qaida. Detainee also acknowledgedtraining in the ETIM camp inTora Bora. He claimed the only objectives discussed at the Camp involved resistance to Chinese oppression and possible crippling ofChinese military installationsusing guerilla tactics. ( S ) Detainee admitted he attended and received small arms and combatant training at an ETIM sponsored training camp in Tora Bora, AF . ETIM leader Hassan

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Mahksum founded this camp. Usama bin Laden personally invited ETIM elements to undergo training in Afghanistan and the organization was assessed to be under Al Qaida control. ( S //NF) Abdul Haq, a Uighur ETIM leader was incharge ofdetainee's camp. Abdul Haq was a leader and facilitator at the Jalalabad Uighur guesthouse and a weapons trainer at the ETIM Tora Bora, , camp untilcoalition bombing permanently closed the facility .

( S //NF) Senior Al-Qaida Operative described the relationship between ETIM and Al- Qaida as a “ positive one. " ( S //NF ) Al -Qaida backed the ETIM financially . ( S //NF) Trained ETIM personnel. ( S ) Manufactured fraudulent passports for ETIM members. • ( S //NF) Zubaydah claimed there was a loose association of Turkistanis consisting of businessmen and students who also participated in training at Al- Qaida. Other sources report before the start of the U.S.- led campaign in Afghanistan , ETIM recruiters were officially received in Pakistan's colleges. //NF) ETIM leader Hassan Makhsum established close relations with the Taliban, Usama Bin Laden (UBL), and the Islamic Movement ofUzbekistan(IMU) after the relocationofthe ETIMto Afghanistan. NF) ETIM reorganizedand adopted the name Hizb-ul Islami Turkestani or Islamic Party ofTurkistan (HIT or IPT). //NF) Makhsum attended a meeting inAugust of2001 that established the “ United Front of Mujahdin called the “ League ofIslamicMujahdin” (LEVO) . The group included ETIM, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and Al-Qaida members. Mahksum was a member ofthe group's high council and military council. //NF) Mahksum was reportedly in close and regular contact with UBL between 2000 and 2002. By Feb 2002, shortly after detainee's capture, Mahksumwas reported to be located with Osama bin Laden ineastern Afghanistan. Some reports suggest that in August of 2002, Chinese intelligence officials arrested Mahksum . ( S //NF) During Operation Enduring Freedom, between 320 and 600 ETIM sponsored individuals were reportedly fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan . During this time, ETIM operated camps in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan where Uighur expatriates conducted small arms training. These camps were reportedly funded by Al- Qaida and the Taliban and directly supervised by ETIM founder Hassan Makhsum and several of his subordinates .

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( S //NF) Detainee was captured with numerous ETIM members who also attended the ETIM camp inTora Bora. ( S //NF) The following detainees are ETIM members and attended the ETIM camp at Tora Bora. , 000250DP (ISN 250); 000260DP (ISN 260) ; Akhdar Qasem Basit, 000276DP (ISN 276); Bahtiyar Mahnut, 000277DP (ISN 277) , Haji , 000279DP (ISN 279); Saidullah Khalik 000280DP (ISN 280 ); Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, 000281DP (ISN 281); Hajiakbar AbdulGhupur, 000282DP (ISN 282) ; Abu Bakr Qasim, 000283DP (ISN 283 ) ; Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun, 000285DP (ISN285) ; Dawut Abdurehim , 000289DP (ISN 289) ; Adel Abdulhehim -000293DP (ISN 293 ) ; Emam Abdulahat, 000295DP (ISN 295 ); Hozaifa Parhat, 000320DP (ISN 320); and Ahmed Mohamed, 000328DP (ISN 328 ).

. (SINF) Detainee'sConduct: Detaineeis assessedas a LOW threat from a detention perspective. Detainee'soverallbehaviorhas been compliant, with a few spikes inregardsto his returningto hisbay and his minor contraband, and beingnon-hostiletowardthe guard force and staff.

6. ( SI/NF) Detainee IntelligenceValue Assessment:

a . (S ) Assessment: JTF GTMO determined detainee is of LOW intelligence value .

• ( S NF) Detainee hadthe placement and access withinthe ETIMto knowhow the organizationwas formedand organized. He should be able to provide informationon where they receivedoperating funds and the support they receivedfrom other terrorist groups, includingAl-Qaida.

b . ( SI Areas of Potential Exploitation:

EasternTurkistanIslamicMovement(ETIM) ETIM personalities ETIM Leadership special emphasis on Abdul Haq Recruitment Training Monies received by the ETIM Uighur movement inside China and Turkistan

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Al- Qaida affiliations

7. (S ) EC Status: Detainee’s status was reassessed on 14 February 2004, and he remains an enemy combatant.

JAY W. HOOD Major General , USA Commanding

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