Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Shargo Shirz Juwan (2007-05-21)

UNCLASSIFIED

Department of Defense Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
	May 21 2007

To:	Shargo Shirz Juwan
Subject:	Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Shargo Shirz Juwan

1.

An Administrative Review Board will be convened to review your case to determine if your continued detention is necessary.

2.

The Administrative Review Board will conduct a comprehensive review of all reasonably available and relevant information regarding your case. At the conclusion of this review the Board will make a recommendation to: (1) release you to your home state or to a third state; (2) transfer you to your home state, or a third state, with conditions agreed upon by the United States and your home state, or the third state; or (3) continue your detention under United States control.

3.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

1. The detainee stated he traveled from Damascus, Syria, to Kabul, Afghanistan, via Turkey and Iran, and paid an Iranian guide to help him cross into Afghanistan.
2. The detainee was a fighter in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan.
3. The detainee stated he left Kabul, Afghanistan, as the city was about to fall, and traveled to Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The detainee stated they left in such a hurry they could not retrieve their weapons. The detainee traveled from Jalalabad to the Tora Bora Mountains where an individual led him to a bunker complex and issued him a new Kalashnikov.

b. Training

1. In 1993 the detainee attended the Harrasta police training facility in Damascus, Syria, where he trained for two years. The detainee's training at the facility included physical fitness and the use of the Kalashnikov rifle and a hand gun.
2. The detainee was a Syrian who trained in al Qaida camps in Afghanistan and was believed to be fighting with, or on behalf of, Usama bin Laden as of early December 2001.
3. The detainee's name appeared on a list of personnel scheduled to attend a sniper training course. The list was found with documents bearing official Qaida Ansar Allah letterhead.
4. A source stated the detainee had received advanced explosives training at an al Qaida training camp in Afghanistan.

c. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee stated he attended religious training conducted by a Sheikh while residing at a guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2001.
2. The Sheikh was an Amir in the Egyptian jihad organization and chief Mufti of al Qaida.
3. Egyptian Islamic Jihad merged with Usama bin Laden's al Qaida organization in June 2001 and has been identified as a foreign terrorist organization by the Department of Homeland Security.
4. A source stated the Sheikh was an al Qaida operative who trained students on the rules of jihad in his home for two weeks before sending them to fight.
5. The Sheikh approved students' entry into a year long al Qaida suicide mission training program conducted at the al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan. The program included training in explosives, poisons, document forgery, currency counterfeiting, disguises, and western lifestyle topics that taught students how to blend in with western populations. Student progress reports were provided to the Sheikh and Usama bin Laden. Upon completion of the training, each student spent two weeks with the Sheikh, gave bayat to Usama bin Laden, and was deployed on his mission.
6. The detainee's name, alias, nationality, and items in his possession appeared on a list of 324 Arabic names recovered from a safe house raid associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan.
7. A senior al Qaida leader identified the detainee as someone he met in Afghanistan.

4.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.	The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks in the United States prior to their execution on 11 September 2001, and also denied knowledge of any rumors or plans of future attacks on the United States or United States interests.
b.	The detainee advised he never attended any training camps and he never stayed at a safe house throughout his travels. The detainee denies ever meeting any al Qaida or Taliban members, and states no one sponsored him to migrate to Afghanistan.
c.	The detainee denied attending a sniper training course.
d.	The detainee stated he had never heard of jihad and could not explain what it meant.

5.

You will be provided with a meaningful opportunity to be heard and present information to this Board; this includes an opportunity to be physically present at the proceeding. The Assisting Military Officer (AMO) will assist you in reviewing all relevant and reasonably available unclassified information regarding your case. The AMO is not an advocate for or against continued detention, nor may the AMO form a confidential relationship with you or represent you in any other matter.