S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 20320303 DEPARTMENTOF DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS,JOINT TASK FORCEGUANTANAMO U.S. NAVAL STATION,GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA APO AE 09360 JTF-GTMO-CDR 3 March2007 MEMORANDUM FOR Commander,United StatesSouthern Command, 3511 NW 9lst Avenue, Miami, FL33172 SUBJECT: Recommendationfor Transfer Out of DoD Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee,ISN: US9TS-000148DP(S) JTF-GTMO DetaineeAssessment 1. (S//NF) Personal Information: o JDIMSA{DRC ReferenceName: Adil Mabrouk Bin Hamida o Aliases and Current/True Name: Adel Ben Mabrouk Bin Hamida Bouehanmi.Abdul Nasser o Placeof Birth: Tunis. Tunisia (TS) o Date of Birth: 15 September1970 o Citizenship: Tunisia o IntemmentSerial Number (ISN): US9TS-000148DP ) (U//FOUO) Health: Detaineeis in good health. 3. (S//NF) JTF-GTMO Assessment: a. (S) Recommendation: JTF-GTMO recommendsthis detaineefor TransferOut of DoD Control (TRO). Detaineeis designatedas TRO due to the Tunisiangovemment sentencing detaineeto twenty years for being a member of a terrorist organization. JTF-GTMO previouslyassessed detainee as ContinuedDetention Under DoD Control (CD) with Transfer Languageon 10 March 2006. CLASSIFIEDBY: MULTIPLESOURCES REASON:E.O. 12958, AS AMENDED,SECTION 1.4(C) DECLASSIFY ON: 20320303 S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 20320202 s E c RE T / / NOFORN I I 203202303 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendationfor Transfer Out of DoD Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee,ISN: US9TS-000148DP(S) b. (S//NF) Executive Summary: Detaineeis assessedto be a memberof the Global Jihad SupportNetwork (GJSN)I,which is affiliated with al-Qaida'sglobal terroristnetwork. Oelaineeand his brothers have been associatedto the Tunisian CombatantGroup (TCG), a componentof the GJSN, via the Sami Essid Network and the General ServicesCooperative in Milan, Italy (IT). Detaineereportedly received specialized training at Islamic militant training camps in Afghanistan (AF). JTF-GTMO determinedthis detaineeto be: o A HIGH risk, ashe may posea threatto the US, its interestsand allies. o A HIGH threat from a detention perspective' o Of MEDIUM intelligencevalue. c. (S/NF) Summary of Changes: Thereare no significantchanges to detainee's assessmentsince the last JTF-GTMO recommendation. 4. (S/NF) Detainee'sAccount of Events: The following sectionis based,unless otherwise indicated, on detainee'sown account. These statementsare included without consideration of veracity, accuracy, or reliability. a. (S//NF) Prior History: Detain-eespeaks Arabic ashis native language,but also speaks and understandsItalian and French.' Detaineehas an elementaryschool education. At the ageof 19, detaineedecided to immigrateto Italy. Detaineeused his passportto acquirea tourist visa to Trapani,IT, in 1989.3Detainee immediately traveled to Rome, IT. Detainee sold heroin for a living, but usedmuch of the incometo supportdetainee's own drug habit. Detaineereturned to Tunisia in 1993and worked as a barber. In September1995, detainee. moved to Milan and lived in a large dormitory and began attendingthe Via PaduaMosque.- ln 1998,detainee attempted to renewhis residencycard in Milan. Detaineediscovered he was sentencedto one and a half years in absentiafor a 1992 drug-relatedcharge. Detainee spentone year and nine months at the Pesaroprison in Milan.' b. (S//ND Recruitment and Travel: Detaineemet Abdul Fatah,an Algerian, at the Via PaduaMosque in Milan. ln March 2000, detaineeand Fatah decidedto travel to Afghanistan to study Islam and live under Islamic law, but were unable to go at that time. In February Z0OI,detaineeagain decided to travel to Afghanistan. Fatah did not accompanydetainee, I Analyst Note: Formerly known as the North African Extremist Network (NAEN). ' ooot+g302 o1-MAY-2002 'IIR 6 034r2oi 04 o000t48 302 0I-MAY-2002,000148 KB suP l5-DEc-2005 t ooot+g302 18-APR-2002 2 S E C RE T / / NOFORNI I 20320303 S E C RE T / / NOFORN I I 203202303 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendationfor Transfer Out of DoD Control (TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee,ISN: US9TS-000148DP(S) but provided detaineea travel route and the name of Jafar al-Jazaiei as a point of contact.6 Detaineedid not tell anyonein his_family about detainee'sintended trip to Afghanistan becauseit was a "secretiveissue."' Detaineemade his way to Afghanistanthrough Tehran, Iran (IR) then Meshhad,IR, in February 200I. Detaineethen crossedthe border into Afghanistan through Teybad, IR, near Herat, AF. From Herat, detaineeflew to Kabul, AF, where detaineestayed at a guesthousefor one day.o Detaineewent to Jalalabad,AF, and stayedat an Algeriqn guesthouseowned by Jafar al-Jazaien,locatedbehind the Taliban IntelligenceOffice.' c. (S/NF) Training and Activities: Detaineestayed for approximatelyone month at Jafar al-Jazaiei' s guesthouse.Jafar al-Jazaiei and Abdul Hafrz taught detaineehow to assemble and disassemblea Kalashnikov assaultrifle. Detaineereturned to a Kabul guesthouse located in the Wazir Akbar Khan areato study under an Afghan named Yousef Khan, who owned the guesthouse.Detainee remained at this location with approximately fony-four other individualsfrom variouscountries until December2001.10 5. (S//NF) Capture Information: a. (S/AfD In December200I, detaineethought it was too dangerousto remain in Kabul. Detaineeleft with a few guestsfrom the guesthouse.In mid-December,Pakistani forces captureddetainee with four Arabs from the guesthouse,and an Afghan traveling with them, as the group crossedthe Pakistan-Afghanistanborder. Pakistani forces transferreddetainee from Kohat, PK, to US custodyat the KandaharDetention Facility on 31 December2001.rr b. (S) Property Held: o Money o $350USD o Assorted Afghan and Italian curency o IdentificationDocumentation o IranianVisa and old passportphotos o Recentpassport size photos o Republic of Tunisia identification card o Ministrv of Finance card from Italv with detaineeidentified uooor48 MFR o1-APR-2002 t IIR 6 0340914 03 t ooot+8MFR o1-APR-2002 e IIR 6 034rr4s 04,000148302 08-ApR-2003 tooool48 302 o8-APR-2003 " 000148302 18-ApR-2002,000148 MFR 0l-ApR-2002,TD-3t4100945-o2,paragraphD.20 3 S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 20320303 S E C RE T / / NOFORN / I 203202303 JTF-GTMO-CDR SI-IBJECT:Recommendation for TransferOut of DoD Control(TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee,ISN: US9TS-000148DP (S) o OneCasio F-91W o Miscellaneousitems to include and Italian phonecard and a scrapof paperwith foreign languagewritten c. (S) Transferred to JTF-GTMO: 9 February2002 d. (S//NF) Reasonsfor Transfer to JTF-GTMO: To provide informationon the following: o GeneralServices Cooperative o The Sami Essidnetwork and its members o Algerian recruiter Abdel Halim Remadnaaka (Abdul Fatah) o The Adineh Travel Agency 6. (S/NF) Evaluation of Detainee'sAccount: Debriefershave routinely commentedon detainee'sdeception during debriefing. Detaineefails to provide completedetails on his activitiesand associateswhich includemembers of al-Qaida. 7. (S/NF) DetaineeThreat: a. (S) Assessment: It is assesseddetainee poses HIGH risk, ashe may posea threatto the US. its interestsand allies. b. (S//NF) Reasonsfor Continued Detention: Detaineeis assessedto be a memberof the GJSN. Detaineeand his brothersare associatedwith the TCG, a componentof the GJSN,via the Sami EssidNetwork and the GeneralServices Cooperative in Milan.'' Detaineeprobably received specializedtraining at Islamic militant training camps in Afghanistan. o (S/A{F) Detaineeis a member of the Sami Essid Ben Khemais Network which has been associatedwith the TCG. Known al-Qaida membersrecruited detaineeand assisted detaineein Afghanistan. Detaineeoccupied al-Qaida controlled facilities in Afghanistan. o (S/A{F) The Tunisian govemment identified detaineeas a member of the Sami Essid Network, who traveled on the orders of Sami Essid to Afghanistan for training. Tunisia sentenceddetainee to twenty years in prison and five years administrative arrest for being a member of a terrorist organization operating abroad." 12 Analyst Note: The GJSN, formerly know as NAEN, is comprised of various organizationsincluding the Tunisian Combatant Group and the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group. The Network is an IICT Tier 0 counterterrorism target, defined as terrorist groups, which pose a clear and immediate danger to US personsor interests. ''^ TD-314/10238-02 4 S E C R E T // NOFORN I I 20320303 S E C RE T / / NOFORN/ I 203202303 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT:Recommendation for TransferOut of DoD Control(TRO) for Guantanamo Detainee,ISN: US9TS-000148DP (S) . (S/Arff; The Sami Essid Ben Khemais Network was identif,redas the key memberof the TCG in Italy and is linked to other cells in the GJSN.lo The Essid Network was active in the falsification of travel documents,currency counterfeiting, stolen vehicles, and narcotics trafficking in coordination with the Mafia, ensuring financial support of terrorist groups within Europe. The former leaderof this cell Essid Sami Ben Khemaisaka (Abu Muhajir), a Tunisian,was arrestedby Italian authorities in April 2002." o (S/A{F) Detainee'sbrothers are also listed as part of the Sami EssidNetwork. Detainee'sbrothers are Samir Ben Mabrouk Ben Hmida Ben Mabrouk Bouehamiand 16 Faical Ben Mabrouk Ben Hmida Ben Mabrouk Boughami. (S/A{F) In mid-July 2002,detainee's brother Samir was residingin Holland with Radi al-Fiqi a Libyan Islamic extremist. Al-Fiqi was an operativeof senior al-Qaida lieutenant Zayn al-ltbidin Muhammad Husayn aka (Abu Zubaydah), ISN US9GZ-010016DP(GZ-10016). Samir was alsomaintaining contact with a '7 large group of Islamic radicalsin Italy. Detainee'sbrother Samir reportedly sought assistancefrom the Tunisian governmentand ICRC to