S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 20320415 DEPARTMENTOF DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS,JOINT TASK FORCEGUANTANAMO U.S. NAVAL STATION,GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA APO AE 09360 JTF-GTMO-CDR i5 Apri12007 MEMORANDUM FOR Commander,United StatesSouthem Command, 3511 NW 91stAvenue, Miami,FL33172 SUBJECT: Recommendationfor ContinuedDetention Under DoD Control (CD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN US9SA-000053DP(S) JTF-GTMO DetaineeAssessment l. (S//NF) Personal Information: o JDIMSA{DRC ReferenceName: Saud D Dakhil Allah o Aliases and CurrentlTrue Name: SaudDakhilallah al- Jihni. SaudDakhil Allah Muslih al-Mahayawi. Abu Shakir. SaudDakheel al-Hareth. Abu al-Harith al- Jadawi.Jaafar al-Ta'efi. Shakr o Placeof Birth: Jeddah.Saudi Arabia (SA) o Dateof Birth: 21 Aueust 1976 . Citizenship: Saudi Arabia o IntemmentSerial Number (ISN): US9SA-000053DP ) (U//FOUO) Health: Detaineeis in good health. 3. (U) JTF-GTMO Assessment: a. (S) Recommendation: JTF-GTMO recommendsthis detaineefor ContinuedDetention Under DoD Control (CD). JTF-GTMO previouslyassessed detainee as ContinuedDetention Under DoD Control (CD) with Transfer Languageon 27 February 2006. b. (S//NF) Executive Summary: Detaineeis a memberof al-Qaidawho was activein Kandahar and engagedUS and Coalition forces in combat action at Tora Bora, Afghanistan (Af'). Detaineepossibly arrangedtravel for mujahideenfor personalvisits to UBL. A1- Qaidadocuments included detainee's name and aliasesamong lists of al-Qaidaoperatives. Detaineeis associatedwith al-Qaida members,including IIBL bodyguards. The Saudi CLASSIFIEDBY: MULTIPLESOURCES REASON:E.O. 12958, AS AMENDED, SECTION 1.4(C) DECLASSIFYON: 20320415 S E C RE T //NOFORN I I 20320415 S E C RE T // NOFORN I I 20320415 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendationfor Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN US9SA-000053DP(S) Ministry of Interior, GeneralDirectorate of Investigations(Mabahith) identified detaineeas a high priority target who has been watchlisted for his travel to Chechnyaand jihadist activities in Ethiopia. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DETAINEE IS AVAILABLE IN AN SCI SUPPLEMENT.I JTF-GTMO determinedthis detaineeto be: o A MEDIUM risk, ashe may posea threatto the US, its interests,and allies. o A HIGH threat from a detentionperspective. o Of MEDIUM intelligencevalue. c. (U) Summary of Changes: The following outlineschanges to detainee'sassessment sincethe last JTF-GTMO recommendation.(Changes in this assessmentwill be annotatedby F next to the footnote.) . (S/AIF) Positively identified detaineeas having engagedCoalition forcesin combat action at Tora Bora. o (S/A{F) Upon reassessment,determined that detaineewas almost certainly not a UBL bodyguard,based on new reportingfrom multiple sources.Detainee was previously assessedas a possibleUBL bodyguard. o (S/A{F) Incorporatednew reportingdetailing detainee's associations to known UBL bodyguardsand al-Qaidaoperatives. o (S/A{F) Incorporatednew information aboutdetainee's associations to former JTF- GTMO detainees. o (S/A{F) Revised capture information to more accuratelyreflect the circumstancesof detainee'scapture. 4. (U) Detainee'sAccount of Events: The following sectionis based,unless otherwise indicated, on detainee'sown account. Thesestatements are included without consideration of veracity, accuracy, or reliability. a. (S/NF) Prior History: Detaineedropped out of high schoolin 1998after one year and beganselling datesat a local marketin Jeddahuntil2001. During Ramadan2000, detainee made the Umra to Mecca. SA.l b. (S//NF) Recruitment and Travel: While in Mecca,detainee met a Pakistaninamed Abdul Rahman. Rahman told detaineeabout the incorrect method many Afghans were using ' 000053KB 05-FEB-2002,000053 MFR 17-MAR-2002,Analyst Note: The Umrais a smallerscale pilgrimage to Meccamade outside of Hajj season.This doesnot counttowards the Pillar of Islarrl which dictatesthat a Hajj is to be completedat sometime during a Muslim'slife. 1 L S E C R E T // NOFORNI I 20320415 s E c RE T //NOFORN I I 20320415 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendationfor Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN US9SA-000053DP(S) to practice Islam and suggesteddetainee travel to Afghanistan to help teach them correctly. Sometimein early September2001, detaineedeparted Jeddah and traveled to Karachi, Pakistan(PK), where he contactedAbdul Rahman. Detaineespent the night in the airport and traveled to Peshawar,PK. Abdul Rahmanmet detaineeand took him to Torkham, AF, a village outsideKhowst, AF. Detaineewas carrying 8,000to 10,000Saudi riyals (SAR) at the time.' c. (S/NF) Training and Activities: In Torkham,detainee resided with Abdul Rahmanin a houseowned by a man namedAbdullah (NFD. During this time, detaineewould teach poor and disadvantagedMuslims to read the Koran in Arabic and how to properly perform Islamic rituals. After approximatelyone month, Abdul Rahmanstole approximately5,000 SAR from detaineeand disappeared.Detainee used his remainingmoney to purchasecold weather clothes for himself and the children. After three months, the violence in Afghanistan increasedand detaineedecided to leave Afghanistan to avoid death or injury.' 5. (U) Capture Information: ^. (S/A{F) Detaineetraveled to the Afghanistan-Pakistaniborder with 30 other Arabs and surrenderedto the Pakistani border patrol on 15 December 2001. Detaineewas captured "Dirty with the 30," who areidentified asbeing a mix of UBL bodyguards,al-Qaida members,and Taliban fighters who attemptedto flee Afghanistan during the al-Qaida withdrawal from Tora Bora. Detaineehad no identification,documents, weapons, or equipmentin his possessionat the time of his capture. Detaineewas transferredto US forces on27 December2001 from Peshawar." b. (U) Property Held: None c. (S) Transferred to JTF-GTMO: 16 January2002 d. (S/NF) Reasonsfor Transfer to JTF-GTMO: To provide information on the following: o Recruitment of clergy from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan ' 000053MFR 17-MAR-2002,TD-314-06932-02, 000053 KB 05-FEB-2002.Analyst Note: In September2001, 8,000to 10,000SAR converted to approximately$2,080 - $2,600US. ' 000053KB 05-FEB-2002,000053 MFR r7-MAR-2002. o to-:t+/oog45-02,US9SA-000053DP FUSION Circumstances of capture 3 S E C R E T // NOFORN/ I 20320415 S E C R E T / / NOFORN I I 20320415 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT: Recommendationfor Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN US9SA-000053DP(S) 6. (S//NF) Evaluation of Detainee'sAccount: Detaineeprovides a consistenttimeline of activities;however; he fails to explainhis presencein Kandaharand his positive identificationas a fighter at Tora Bora. Detaineeremains elusive when questionedabout his associationto known al-Qaida members. Detaineeclaims there was not enoughtime to collect his passportand personalbelongings before departing for the border of Afghanistan; however, detainee'sname appearson severalal-Qaida associated documents indicating detainee stayed in at leastone guesthouseand probably a militant training camp. Detaineemaintains his cover story of teachingthe Koran, an accountthat two other JTF-GTMO detaineeshave identified as a cover story.s Detainee's account omits his travels to Chechnyaand his arrestby the Saudi Government for attempting to establisha jihadist organization in Ethiopia. 7. (U) DetaineeThreat: a. (S) Assessment: Detaineeis assessedto be a MEDIUM risk as he may posea threatto the US, its interests,and allies. (S//NF) Reasonsfor Continued Detention: Detaineeis a memberof al-Qaidawho was active in Kandahar and engagedUS and Coalition forces in combat action at Tora Bora. Detaineepossibly arranged travel for mujahideenfor personalvisits to UBL. Al-Qaida documentsincluded detainee's name and aliasesamong lists of al-Qaidaoperatives. Detaineeis associatedwith al-Qaidamembers, to includeUBL bodyguards.The Saudi Mabahith identified detaineeas a high priority targetwho has been watchlisted for his travel to Chechnyaand jihadist activitiesin Ethiopia. o (S/A{F) Detaineeis a member of al-Qaida who was active in Kandahar and participatedin hostilitiesagainst US and Coalition forcesin Tora Bora. o (S/A{F) According to Yasin Muhammad Salih Mazeeb Basardah,ISN US9YM- 000252DP(YM-252), detaineeis Saudal-Juhuni aka (Shakir),who was an al-Qaida trained fighter at a guard post in the valley between Tora Bora and Jalalabad,AF during the al-Qaida defenseof Tora Bora againstUS and Coalition forces in early to mid-December2001 . YM-252 stateddetainee was armedwith an AK-47 and fired his weapon when detaineecame under fire from Afghans in the valley.6 (Analyst Note: "Afghans" here almost certainly refers to Northem Alliance Afghans who were fighting aspart of the US-led Coalition force at Tora Bora.) t >0000+t 3022t-Aug-2002, IIR 6 034O7O4 02, IIR 6 034 0'78002 'IIR 6 0340993 03 4 S E C RE T // NOFORN I I 20320415 S E C RE T //NOFORN I I 20320415 JTF-GTMO-CDR SUBJECT:Recommendation for ContinuedDetention Under DoD Control(CD) for GuantanamoDetainee, ISN US9SA-000053DP(S) o (S/AID YM-252 also statedthat detaineeclaimed an affiliation with Jarna'at Tablighi (JT),t was a fighter at Tora Bora, and had unidentified problems with the Saudi authorities.u o (S/A{F) Muhammad Mani Ahmed al-Shal Lan al-Qahtani, ISN US9SA- 000063DP(5A-063), met detaineein Kandaharand Tora Bora. 5,{-063 knew detaineeas Shakir,a muhajid from Jeddah.elenatyst Note: Detaineedenies staying in Kandahar.) o (S/A{F) MuhammadYahya Muhsin al-Zayla|ISN US9SA-000055DP(SA-055, transferred)identified detaineeas an individual that traveled from Khowst to the Pakistanborder with him.ro o (S/A{F) Detainee'sname