Designated Military Officer: (3.b.4) All students that take the basic training class at al Faroug get the same type of training no matter what class they are in. The training consists of weapons training, basic commando, topography and explosives. Each subject is taught in a two week time period. Following the basic training, students go back to their safe house in Kandahar where they are given the following choices of advanced training: guerrilla warfare, conventional warfare, and advanced explosives.
Detainee (through translator); What does basic commando mean?
Presiding Officer: It is an introduction to become a soldier in a small unit to perform a mission inside enemy territory.
Detainee (through translator): I have never heard of basic commando.
Presiding Officer: In that case, for the record, we will strike the term commando from our deliberation,
Detainee (through translator): I did not receive training on explosives.
Presiding Officer: At that time or never?
Detainee (through translator): Never.
Presiding Officer: We will take that into consideration.
Board Member: Can we get a yes or no answer on students being given the following choices of advanced training: guerilla warfare, conventional warfare, and advanced explosives?
Detainee (through translator): Yes.
Board Member: Which one did you choose?
Detainee (through translator): I did not choose any. I just took the basic training class.
Designated Military Officer: (3.b.5) A Yemeni ran the al Faroug camp. The detainee was trained to use a Kalashnikov rifle, a PK machine gun, a 9 mm pistol and a rocketpropelled grenade. The detainee also learned how to read maps, how to dig trenches and camouflaging techniques, as well as how to find and disarm land mines. The training also consisted of physical training. The detainee trained specifically to fight the Norther Alliance. There was no mention of fighting the United States during his time at al Faroug.
