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Summary of Evidence memos prepared by the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants justified the continued detention of over one hundred Guantanamo captives based on allegations that they were Taliban fighters.[1][2][3]
Academic studies
[edit]Scholars who have studied the Guantanamo documents the Department of Defense has made public have noted that those documents don't explicity define terms like "Taliban member", "Taliban associate", "Taliban fighter", "al Qaeda member", "al Qaeda associate", or "al Qaeda fighter". Scholars at Seton Hall University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and at the Brookings Institute have published studies of the documents, and have attempted to analyze what distinguished captives who described using the different terms.
In a paper entitled: "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study" Benjamin Wittes and Zaathira Wyne reported that the memos described 14 of the captives still present in Guantanamo in December 2008 had been described either as "Taliban fighters" or "Taliban operatives". They concluded that five of those captives offered testimony that justified calling them "fighters".
Captives described as "Taliban fighters"
[edit]| isn | name | notes |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad | |
| 89 | Poolad T. Tsiradzho | |
| 165 | Adil Said Al Haj Obeid Al Busayss | |
| 256 | Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai |
Captives described as "Taliban operatives" or "Taliban fighters
[edit]| isn | name | notes |
|---|---|---|
| 850 | Mohammed Hashim |
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| 899 | Shawali Khan | |
| 900 | Mohamed Jawad | |
| 928 | Khi Ali Gul | |
| 934 | Abdul Ghani | |
| 944 | Sharifullah | |
| 965 | Hafizullah | |
| 968 | Haji Bismullah | |
| 975 | Bostan Karim | |
| 1008 | Mohammed Mustafa Sohail | |
| 1030 | Abdul Hafiz | |
| 1045 | Mohammad Zahir | |
| 1103 | Mohommad Zahir | |
| 1119 | Haji Hamidullah |
References
[edit]- ^ Benjamin Wittes. Robert Chesney, Rabea Benhalim (2010-01-22). "The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking". Brookings Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-24.
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Benjamin Wittes, Zaathira Wyne (2008-12-16). "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study" (PDF). The Brookings Institute. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
The military alleges that the following detainees are fighters for the Taliban: Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad, ISN 41; Poolad T. Tsiradzho, ISN 89; Adil Said Al Haj Obeid Al Busayss, ISN 165; and Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai, ISN 256.
{{cite news}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 113 (help) mirror - ^ Benjamin Wittes, Zaathira Wyne (2009-10-21). "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study -- supplement". The Brookings Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-17.
- ^ a b c d OARDEC. "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15.