S E C R E T //NOFORN / I 2O3OO7I3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT TASK FORCEGUANTANAMO GUANTANAMO BAY. CUBA APO AE 09360 JTFGTMO-CG l3 July2005 MEMORANDUMFOR Commander, United States Southern Command, 3511 NW 9lstAvenue, Miami,FL33172. SUBJECT:Update Recommendation to Transferto the Controlof AnotherCountry for ContinuedDetention (TRCD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP(S) JTFGTMO Detainee Assessment 1. (FOUO)Personal Information: JDIMSAIDRCReference Name: AbdullahMujahid Aliasesand Current/True Name: None Placeof Birth: Gardez.Afghanistan (AF) Dateof Birth: 01 Januarv1971 Citizenship:Afehanistan InternmentSerial Number (ISN): USgAF-OO11OODP 2. (FOUO) Health: Detaineeis in good healthand hasno known allergies 3. (S//NF)JTF GTMOAssessment: (S) Recommendation: JTF GTMO recommendsthis detaineebe Transfenedto the Control of Another Country for Continued Detention (TRCD). a. (S//NF) Summary: JTF GTMO previouslyassessed detainee as Retainin DoD (DoD) on 12 November2004. Basedupon information obtainedsince detainee's previous assessment,it is now recommendedhe be Transferredto the Control of Another Country for ContinuedDetention (TRCD). For this updaterecommendation, detainee is assessedas an Afghani political offrcial with ties to seniorTaliban and Al-Qaida personnel.He was involved with Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES REASON: E.O. 12958SECTION 1.5(C) DECLASSIFY ON: 20300713 S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 2O3OO7I3 S E C R E T //NOFORN I / 2O3OO7I3 JTF GTMO-CG SUBJECT: Update Recommendationto Transfer to the Control of Another Country for ContinuedDetention for GuantanamoDetainee. ISN: US9AF-001100DP(S) operationsand is alleged to have planned an attack on US forces in Gardez,AF. Detaineealso planned a coordinatedeffort to createcivil unrest in the Gardezarea in attemptsto undermine PresidentKarzai's leadership.He hasdirect ties to Taliban leadersJalaluddin Haqqani and SaifullahRahman Mansour. It is assessedthis detaineeis a MEDIUM risk, as he may posea threat to the US, its interestsand allies. 4. (S//NF) Detainee Background Summar!: Unlessotherwise noted, the following paragraphsare basedsolely on the detainee'sstatements. a. (S) Prior History: Detaineejoined the Harakut-Ul-Mujahideenin 1989to participate in the RussianJihad for a spanoffour years. Subsequently,detainee opened a restaurantin 1993and joined the Departmentof Criminal Division of the GardezPolice force mid 1994or 1995,serving there until the rise of the Taliban in 1996. The Talibanjailed detaineethree times in 1996,subsequently, the detaineeserved as one of PresidentRabbani's Battalion Commandersfor six months until the Taliban disbandedthe unit and detaineefled to Peshawar,Pakistan (PK) for a period 20 days. Detaineereturned to Gardez,AF, and worked on his farm for one and a half yearsuntil 1999. Detaineeassumed the position of Chief of Police for Gardezafter the fall of the Taliban in 2001 until his time of capturein 2003. b. (S) Training and Activities: Detaineeclaims that he fought againstthe Taliban in the Gardezarea. Detaineeclaimed that it was mostly the Tajik Tribe, the detainee'stribal affiliation, that fought. The Taliban leadersthat they drove out were Mulavi and Shafik; the Talibanfled to Miram Shah,PK. Detainee,ZiaAuddin, and approximatelythree hundred soldiersof Auddin's group, and coalitionmembers, pursued senior Taliban Commander SaifullahRahman Mansour to Shai Guls, Zormat province,AF. Saifullahlikely escapedinto Pakistan. After the Taliban fell, the elders appointeda four-personPaktia security committee. Hajji Saifzullah, governor of the Wardek Province in Afghanistan was president of the committeethat appointedthe detaineeas Chief of Police of Gardez,AF. Sultani, detainee'sdeputy, becameChief of Security and was later transferredto Kabul, AF. Abdul Rahman,(Analyst Note: This is likely the former Taliban commanderand member of the Harakut-e-Mulavi reported as Abdurrahman. Abdunahman is believed to be a translation variant.)became Chief of the Criminal Division for the police force in Gardez,AF. Sharif becamedirector of the prison in Gardez,AF. Sulrakahnbecame an officer in the 12th division of the Afghan Army. Zia Audin becamecommander of the 12thdivision of the Afghan Army. c. (S) Capture Information: United StatesSpecial Forces (USSF) arresteddetainee in Gardez,AF, on 16 August 2003. Detaineewas arrestedafter turning himself into USSF when a searchof his compound was about to occur. Detaineewas being investigateddue to 2 S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 2O3OO7I3 S E C R E T // NOFORN I I 2O3OO7I3 JTF GTMO-CG SUBJECT: Update Recommendationto Transfer to the Control of Another Country for ContinuedDetention for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP(S) reportsof him running illegal checkpoints,as well as collateralreporting implicating him in involvementwith possibleAnti-Coalition Militants (ACM) activitiesin Gardezregion of Afghanistan. There is no record of what documentsor weaponsdetainee had in possessionat his time of capture. d. (S)Transferred to JTF GTMO:21 November 2003 e. (S//NF)Reasons for Transferto JTF GTMO: Toprovide information on the following: o To provide informationon ACM activitiesin Gardezand High Value Targets(HVTs) in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan. 5. (S/NF)Detainee Threat: a. (S) Assessment: It is assessedthe detainee poses a MEDIUMrisk, as he may pose a threatto the US. its interestsand allies. (S/NF)Reasons for ContinuedDetention: . (S) Detaineewas involved in at leastone attackagainst US forcesand hasties to Al- Qaida. o Detaineewas responsiblefor an attackon U.S. forcesnear Gardez, AF, on25 June 2003, which left one American dead and two others injured. The attack was in responseto detainee'sdismissal as the Commanderof the Gardezpoliceforce. The sourceof this informationhas proved fairly reliable in his reporting. o Faizal Mohammed Sultani was detainee'sdeputy and is affiliated with Al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Faizal may also be responsiblefor the attack againstUSSF that occurredin Gardez,AF. o Oibek JamaludinovichJabarov, US9UZ-000452DP, stated that the detaineeand he had a conversationin which the detaineehad claimed he was a commanderthat fought againstU.S. Forceswithin the Gardezarea and had personalknowledge of a coupleof Americansbeing killed. (Analyst Note: This may be associatedto the attack referencedabove.) o Detaineesecretly met with pro-Talibanand Al-Qaida liaisonsin Gardez,AF, on 29 June 2003 to establishan agreementto assistAl-Qaida operativesin Shahi Kowt and surrounding area.This group included Zia Auddin,Faizal Sultani, and Hakim Ghulam 3 S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 2O3OO7I3 S E C R E T // NOFORN I I 2O3OO7I3 JTF GTMO-CG SUBJECT: Update Recommendationto Transfer to the Control of Another Country for ContinuedDetention for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP(S) Hussein.Additionally, on 25 May 2003,the Gardez,AF safehousewas rocketedthree times by soldiersfrom detainee'spolice force in Zormat, AF. (S/AIF) Detaineeis associatedwith and possessesunexploited knowledge of key leadersin the PaktiaProvince, AF. Theseleaders include: Merahamed,Zia Auddin, and Abdul Faizal. Detaineeand theseleaders were working with senior Taliban commanders and Al-Qaida associatesSaifullah RahmanMansour and Jalaluddin Haqqani on operationsagainst U.S. and InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF). o Merahamedwas the commanderof the National Defense Service in Gardez,AF. ' Merahamedwas also a former Taliban commanderof the 1st battalion based in the Konduz province, AF, and then in Charikar Parwanprovince, AF. o Zia Auddin was the commanderof the Afghan National Army in Gardez,AF and is detainee'scousin. Additionally, Zia Audin works for and is relatedto Jalaluddin Haqqani. ' Zia Uddin and detaineemade plans to relocateweapons caches prior to U.S. SpecialForces (USSF) enteringthe Gardezarea and alsoplanned to createcivil unrest around the Gardez areain attemptsto show that PresidentKarzai was unableto control civil unrestin areasoutside of Kabul, AF. ' Reportingindicated Zia Auddin had beenrecruiting men from his tribe to fight; in the eventUSSF decidedto attackhim. Additionally, Zia Auddin is suspectedto havebeen responsible for rocketsattacks targeting a USSF firebase. ' Further reporting indicatesthat shortly after U.S. Forcescaptured the detainee, Zia Auddin was pressuringelders in Gardezto meetwith the Ministry of the Interior in order to organizethe releaseof the detainee. ' Analyst Note: The familial connectionbetween detainee and Auddin requires further exploitation. o Saifullah RahmanMansour is a senior Taliban Commanderaffiliated with Al- Qaidaand UsamaBin Laden(UBL). ' Mansour provided detaineewith many heavy and light weaponsafter the fall of the Taliban. o Jalaluddin Haqqani is a senior Taliban Commanderaffiliated with UBL and Al- Qaida. (S) Detaineeneeds fuither exploitation on his subordinatesin the Gardezpolice force that have been involved with ACM efforts. o Oneof detainee'ssubordinates, US9AG-001165, was in chargeof the Pol-E Khost, AF, and supplied likely insurgent fighters to ACM efforts. o FormerPolice officers of the Gardezpoliceforce, who may be still loyal to detainee,were possibly attempting to blow up the Khowst Bridge. Zia Audin's sub- commander.Bow Auddin. was aidine theseofficers in this mission. 4 S E C R E T //NOFORN I I 2O3OO7I3 S E C R E T /i NOFORN I I 2O3OO7I3 JTF GTMO-CG SUBJECT: Update Recommendationto Transfer to the Control of Another Country for ContinuedDetention for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN: US9AF-001l00DP (S) o Bow Auddin hasbeen selling high explosivesto