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The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.


=== The following primary factors favor continued detention === ''The following primary factors favor continued detention''
{{quotation|
:'''a. Commitment :a. Commitment
:#In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan the detainee told one of his neighbors that he wanted to get in shape and receive military training. The neighbor told the detainee about the camp at Tora Bora. got the detainee visas for ] and Pakistan, and got the detainee a plane ticket from Bishkek to Iran for 300 United States Dollars. :#In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan the detainee told one of his neighbors that he wanted to get in shape and receive military training. The neighbor told the detainee about the camp at Tora Bora. got the detainee visas for Iran and Pakistan, and got the detainee a plane ticket from Bishkek to Iran for 300 United States Dollars.
:#In November 2000 the detainee traveled to ] and ], Iran and the to ] and ], Pakistan before crossing into Afghanistan. :#In November 2000 the detainee traveled to Masshad and Zahedai, Iran and the to Quetta and Peshawar, Pakistan before crossing into Afghanistan.
:#The detainee stayed in a ] in ], Afghanistan and then went to Tora Bora, Afghanistan where the detainee received training at a Uighur training camp. :#The detainee stayed in a Uighur house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan and then went to Tora Bora, Afghanistan where the detainee received training at a Uighur training camp.
:#The detainee went from Kyrgyzstan to get military training in Afghanistan because he had always wanted to be a soldier in the military but did not want to be in the Chinese military. :#The detainee went from Kyrgyzstan to get military training in Afghanistan because he had always wanted to be a soldier in the military but did not want to be in the Chinese military.
:#When asked the purpose of the training at Tora Bora, the detainee said that if something happened in the Uighur homeland, those who had been trained could take up arms against the Chinese government to save the Uighur nation. :#When asked the purpose of the training at Tora Bora, the detainee said that if something happened in the Uighur homeland, those who had been trained could take up arms against the Chinese government to save the Uighur nation.


:'''b. Training :b. Training
:#Typical camp training consisted of teaching from the ] and other Islamic studies as was as a small portion of weapons training. Typical camp training included how to use a variety of weapons including the Kalashnikov {{sic}} rifle, the ], the DSHK heavy machine gun, and an unknown type of shoulder-fired rocket. :#Typical camp training consisted of teaching from the Koran and other Islamic studies as was as a small portion of weapons training. Typical camp training included how to use a variety of weapons including the Kalashnikov rifle, the Seminov pistol, the DSHK heavy machine gun, and an unknown type of shoulder-fired rocket.
:#Since the detainee already knew how to pray and had studied the Koran, he chose to learn about the Kalashnikov {{sic}} rifle, hand guns, and an unidentified bolt-action rifle. :#Since the detainee already knew how to pray and had studied the Koran, he chose to learn about the Kalashnikov rifle, hand guns, and an unidentified bolt-action rifle.
:#The detainee served as a weapons instructor at the Uighur camp. :#The detainee served as a weapons instructor at the Uighur camp.
:#The detainee also taught Uighurs at the camp some martial arts and physical fitness techniques. :#The detainee also taught Uighurs at the camp some martial arts and physical fitness techniques.


:'''c. Connections/Associations :c. Connections/Associations
:#The professed leader of the ] visited the camp on two occasions during the detainee's stay. :#The professed leader of the East Turkistan Movement visited the camp on two occasions during the detainee's stay.
:#The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is one of the most militant of the ethnic Uighur separatist groups pursuing an independent Eastern Turkistan. which would include ], ], Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Xinjiang. The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement and other overlapping militant Uighur groups are linked to the international Mujahedin movement, and to a limited degree al Qaida. :#The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is one of the most militant of the ethnic Uighur separatist groups pursuing an independent Eastern Turkistan. which would include Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Xinjiang. The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement and other overlapping militant Uighur groups are linked to the international Mujahedin movement, and to a limited degree al Qaida.
:#Another person identified the detainee as ], an ] with the ] (IMT). :#Another person identified the detainee as Abdul Jabar, an al Qaida member with the Islamic Movement of Turkistan (IMT).
:#The detainee was seen a few times at the ] in ], Afghanistan and the guest house located in Shakardara, Afghanistan. The detainee and his troops stayed at the guest houses but had their own group, Islamic Movement of Turkistan. The Islamic Movement of Turkistan fought with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance. The Uighurs did this to receive trainng from the Taliban and a promise from the Taliban that they would assist them in their fight to free themselves from Chinese oppression. :#The detainee was seen a few times at the Aashara guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan and the guest house located in Shakardara, Afghanistan. The detainee and his troops stayed at the guest houses but had their own group, Islamic Movement of Turkistan. The Islamic Movement of Turkistan fought with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance. The Uighurs did this to receive trainng from the Taliban and a promise from the Taliban that they would assist them in their fight to free themselves from Chinese oppression.
:#The detainee believed that the Taliban helped finance the Uighur training camp near Tora Bora. :#The detainee believed that the Taliban helped finance the Uighur training camp near Tora Bora.


:'''d. Other Relevant Data :d. Other Relevant Data
:#The first night of the United States bombing campaign destroyed the UIghur training camp. Uihgurs that survived the bombing campaign fled to Tora Bora after the bombing campaign. :#The first night of the United States bombing campaign destroyed the UIghur training camp. Uihgurs that survived the bombing campaign fled to Tora Bora after the bombing campaign.
:#The Uighurs saw some Arabs leaving in the direction of the Pakistan border and took the opportunity to follow them. The Uighurs lost sight of the Arabs and found themselves in Parachinar Village, Pakistan. The villagers turned the Uighurs over to the Pakistan authorities. :#The Uighurs saw some Arabs leaving in the direction of the Pakistan border and took the opportunity to follow them. The Uighurs lost sight of the Arabs and found themselves in Parachinar Village, Pakistan. The villagers turned the Uighurs over to the Pakistan authorities.
:#The detainee told the Pakistani authorities he was a member of the Taliban so they would send him to an American prison instead of being turned over the the Chinese government. :#The detainee told the Pakistani authorities he was a member of the Taliban so they would send him to an American prison instead of being turned over the the Chinese government.
:#The detainee spent six months in a Kandahar, Afghanistan jail in United States custody. From Kandahar, the Uighur detainees were flown to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. :#The detainee spent six months in a Kandahar, Afghanistan jail in United States custody. From Kandahar, the Uighur detainees were flown to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
⚫ }}


=== The following primary factors favor release or transfer === ''The following primary factors favor release or transfer''
{{quotation|
:{|
⚫ :a. The detainee claimed he does no know anything about a group called the Islamic Movement of Turkistan. When asked who Abdul Jabar was, the detainee said it was the name of a Uighur teacher who was at the Tora Bora camp.
|valign="top" | '''a.''' ||

⚫ The detainee claimed he does no know anything about a group called the Islamic Movement of Turkistan. When asked who ] was, the detainee said it was the name of a Uighur teacher who was at the Tora Bora camp.
⚫ :b. The detainee denied that he had any knowledge of who was funding the Uighur camp. The detainee stated that he had thought the Americans funded the camp. The detainee laughed when he was told that the camp might have been funded by al Qaida.
|-

|valign="top" | '''b.''' ||
⚫ :c. The detainee advised that he did not belong to any Uighur organizations.
⚫ The detainee denied that he had any knowledge of who was funding the Uighur camp. The detainee stated that he had thought the Americans funded the camp. The detainee laughed when he was told that the camp might have been funded by al Qaida.

|-
⚫ :d. The detainee claimed that the Uighurs did not participate in any way with the Taliban or al Qaida.
|valign="top" | '''c.''' ||

⚫ The detainee advised that he did not belong to any Uighur organizations.
⚫ :e. Until his experience in camp, the detainee held the United States in the highest regard, viewing the United States as the only saviors of the suppressed Uighur people. Uighurs from age 7 to 70 know that America is the sole advocate for human rights and democracy in the world and they expect sympathy from Americans.
|-

|valign="top" | '''d.''' ||
⚫ :f. 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.
⚫ The detainee claimed that the Uighurs did not participate in any way with the Taliban or al Qaida.
}}
|-
|valign="top" | '''e.''' ||
⚫ Until his experience in camp, the detainee held the United States in the highest regard, viewing the United States as the only saviors of the suppressed Uighur people. Uighurs from age 7 to 70 know that America is the sole advocate for human rights and democracy in the world and they expect sympathy from Americans.
|-
|valign="top" | '''f.''' ||
⚫ 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.
⚫ |}


==References== ==References==

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Ahmed Mohamed
Detained at Guantanamo
ISN328
Charge(s)No charge
StatusHeld in extrajudicial detention

Ahmed Mohamed is a citizen of China, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 328. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report that Mohamad was born on May 1, 1978 in Atush, China.

As of November 15, 2009, Ahmed Mohamed has been held at Guantanamo for seven years six months.

He is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uighur ethnic group.

Main article: Uighur detainees in Guantanamo

Template:CSRT-Yes

a. The detainee is a Uighur fighter:
  1. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan via Pakistan to receive training at a Uighur training camp in Tora Bora.
  2. The detainee arrived at the Uighur Tora Bora training camp in November 2000.
  3. The detainee received training on pistols, AK-47, and two types of rifles while at the Uighur Tora Bora training camp.
  4. The detainee was a weapons instructor from May 2001-October 2001.
  5. The detainee was at the Uighur Tora Bora training camp when it was bombed by US/coalition forces in October, 2001.
  6. The detainee evaded in the Tora Bora Mountains before being captured by Pakistani Security Forces along with a group of other Uighur fighters.

Transcript

Mohamed chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a Summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Testimony of Sabet Khan [sic]

Mohamed called another Uighur detainee, who is identified in the transcript as Sabet Khan [sic]. Mohamed asked his witness to testify that he had not served as a weapons instructor.

Template:Uyghur detainee

Ahmed Mohammed is a 26-year-old Chinese citizen. who is an ethnic Uighur from the [sic] Artush province of China. He claims to have fled China in 2000 in an effort to escape Chinese oppression of the Uigher community and traveled to Afghanistan. He was last interviewed in late 2004. He has no reported incidents of violence in his discipline history. Mohammed is suspected as being a probable member of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). He is suspected of having received training in an ETIM training camp in Afghanistan.

The information paper also identified him as "Ahmad Muhamman Yaqub".

Template:ARB

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Mohamed's first annualAdministrative Review Board, on 21 June 2005. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment
  1. The detainee expressed a desire to become a soldier.
  2. The detainee was identified as Abdul Jabar, an al Qaida] member with the Islamic Movement of Turkistan (IMT).
  3. Abdul Jabhar was identified as a trainer at a Tora Bora camp who conducted training on the DSHK heavy machine gun DSHK and an unidentified shoulder launched rocket.
  4. During the U.S. bombing campaign, the detainee and surviving Uighurs were resupplied on a regular basis while in Tora Bora, until the bombing became too heavy.
  5. The detainee and other Uighurs arrived in Pakistan by mid-November 2001.
b. Training
  1. The detainee was exposed to the Kalashnikov, a handgun, and a long barreled rifle.
  2. The detainee spent approximately 10 months at the Uighur training camp near Tora Bora.
  3. The Uighur training camp near Tora Bora was named Eastern Turkistan Uighur Party.
'c. Connections/Associations
  1. The detainee believed the Taliban helped finance the Uighur training camp near Tora Bora.
  2. The detainee was recruited in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
  3. The detainee was identified as a visitor to known al Qaida guesthouse in Kabul and Shakardara, Afghanistan.
d. Intent
The detainee was preparing to fight the Chinese government in case of a future conflict with the Uighur, not to fight in Afghanistan.
e. Other Relevant Data
  1. Upon fleeing from Tora Bora to Pakistan, the detainee and other Uighur fighters were turned over to Pakistani authorities and then transferred to U.S. custody.
  2. The detainee left Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with $3000 United States currency.
  3. The detainee stated: "If there was ever an uprising against Uighurs, I would go inside China and fight.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee denied any knowledge of the Islamic Movement of Turkistan (IMT).
b. The detainee claims his identification, as Abdul Jabar was a mistake.

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Mohamed's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 7 April 2006. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment
  1. In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan the detainee told one of his neighbors that he wanted to get in shape and receive military training. The neighbor told the detainee about the camp at Tora Bora. got the detainee visas for Iran and Pakistan, and got the detainee a plane ticket from Bishkek to Iran for 300 United States Dollars.
  2. In November 2000 the detainee traveled to Masshad and Zahedai, Iran and the to Quetta and Peshawar, Pakistan before crossing into Afghanistan.
  3. The detainee stayed in a Uighur house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan and then went to Tora Bora, Afghanistan where the detainee received training at a Uighur training camp.
  4. The detainee went from Kyrgyzstan to get military training in Afghanistan because he had always wanted to be a soldier in the military but did not want to be in the Chinese military.
  5. When asked the purpose of the training at Tora Bora, the detainee said that if something happened in the Uighur homeland, those who had been trained could take up arms against the Chinese government to save the Uighur nation.
b. Training
  1. Typical camp training consisted of teaching from the Koran and other Islamic studies as was as a small portion of weapons training. Typical camp training included how to use a variety of weapons including the Kalashnikov rifle, the Seminov pistol, the DSHK heavy machine gun, and an unknown type of shoulder-fired rocket.
  2. Since the detainee already knew how to pray and had studied the Koran, he chose to learn about the Kalashnikov rifle, hand guns, and an unidentified bolt-action rifle.
  3. The detainee served as a weapons instructor at the Uighur camp.
  4. The detainee also taught Uighurs at the camp some martial arts and physical fitness techniques.
c. Connections/Associations
  1. The professed leader of the East Turkistan Movement visited the camp on two occasions during the detainee's stay.
  2. The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is one of the most militant of the ethnic Uighur separatist groups pursuing an independent Eastern Turkistan. which would include Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Xinjiang. The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement and other overlapping militant Uighur groups are linked to the international Mujahedin movement, and to a limited degree al Qaida.
  3. Another person identified the detainee as Abdul Jabar, an al Qaida member with the Islamic Movement of Turkistan (IMT).
  4. The detainee was seen a few times at the Aashara guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan and the guest house located in Shakardara, Afghanistan. The detainee and his troops stayed at the guest houses but had their own group, Islamic Movement of Turkistan. The Islamic Movement of Turkistan fought with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance. The Uighurs did this to receive trainng from the Taliban and a promise from the Taliban that they would assist them in their fight to free themselves from Chinese oppression.
  5. The detainee believed that the Taliban helped finance the Uighur training camp near Tora Bora.
d. Other Relevant Data
  1. The first night of the United States bombing campaign destroyed the UIghur training camp. Uihgurs that survived the bombing campaign fled to Tora Bora after the bombing campaign.
  2. The Uighurs saw some Arabs leaving in the direction of the Pakistan border and took the opportunity to follow them. The Uighurs lost sight of the Arabs and found themselves in Parachinar Village, Pakistan. The villagers turned the Uighurs over to the Pakistan authorities.
  3. The detainee told the Pakistani authorities he was a member of the Taliban so they would send him to an American prison instead of being turned over the the Chinese government.
  4. The detainee spent six months in a Kandahar, Afghanistan jail in United States custody. From Kandahar, the Uighur detainees were flown to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee claimed he does no know anything about a group called the Islamic Movement of Turkistan. When asked who Abdul Jabar was, the detainee said it was the name of a Uighur teacher who was at the Tora Bora camp.
b. The detainee denied that he had any knowledge of who was funding the Uighur camp. The detainee stated that he had thought the Americans funded the camp. The detainee laughed when he was told that the camp might have been funded by al Qaida.
c. The detainee advised that he did not belong to any Uighur organizations.
d. The detainee claimed that the Uighurs did not participate in any way with the Taliban or al Qaida.
e. Until his experience in camp, the detainee held the United States in the highest regard, viewing the United States as the only saviors of the suppressed Uighur people. Uighurs from age 7 to 70 know that America is the sole advocate for human rights and democracy in the world and they expect sympathy from Americans.
f. 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.

References

  1. OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "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 2007-09-29.
  2. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/328-ahmed-mohamed
  3. OARDEC (14 September 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mohammed, Ahmed" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. age 64. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  4. OARDEC (date redacted). "Summarized Statement" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 22-30. Retrieved 2008-04-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. "US releases Guantanamo files". The Age. April 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  6. OARDEC (21 June 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Mohamed, Ahmed" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. ages 89-90. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  7. OARDEC (7 April 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. ages 98-100. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
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