User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg560

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This memo was released in April of 2005.^[1]

The allegations this detainee faced were:

a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida and the Taliban:

1. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan for military training in response to a fatwa.
2. The detainee received the airline ticket to Pakistan and several hundred U.S. dollars from his facilitator.
3. The detainee used a challenge and pass system to determine who was picking him up from the airport and transporting him to the safehouse.
4. The detainee stayed at an al Qaida safehouse in Karachi, Pakistan run by a known al Qaida facilitator.
5. The detainee attended weapons training on the Kalashnikov and the pistol at the al Farouq camp.
6. The detainee knew al Qaida ran the al Farouq camp.
7. The detainee saw Usama Bin Laden at the al Farouq camp.
8. The detainee attended an Usama Bin Laden talk on Jihad in the Tora Bora mountains after 11 September 2001.
9. The detainee met the deputy commander of al Qaida.
10. One of the detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members that was discovered on a computer media recovered during raids on al Qaida-associated safehouses.
11. One of the detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members that was discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida member.
12. The detainee has extensive knowledge of encampments, defensive positions, and operations in the Tora Bora region.

References

1. CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) released in April 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 27 2004 - page 85