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JTFGTMO-CDR 5 June 007

MEMORANDUM FOR Commander,United StatesSouthernCommand,3511NW 9lst Avenue,Miami ,FL33172.SUBJECT: Recommendationor ContinuedDetentionUnder DoD Control (CD) forGuantanamo etainee, SN: US9SA-000516DP S)

JTF GTMO DetaineeAssessment1. (S//NF)Personal nformation:

o JDIMSAIDRC ReferenceName: Ranam Abdul RahmanGhanim al-Harbio Aliases andCurrent/TrueName: Ghanim Abd al-RahmanGhanim al-Huwaymadi al-Har. Abu Shehin"al-Fatahal-Sharki.Abu al-Shahid. Gharib. Ghalemo Placeof Birth: Al-Khobar. SaudiArabia (SA)o Dateof Birth: 13 March 1974o Citizenship: SaudiArabiar InternmentSerialNumber (ISN): US9SA-000516DP

2. (U//FOUO) Health: Detainee s in goodhealth.3. (U) JTF GTMO Assessment:

^. (S) Recommendation: JTF GTMO recommendshis detainee or ContinuedDetentionUnderDoD Control (CD). JTF GTMO previouslyassessedetainee s ContinuedDetentionUnderDoD Control (CD) onI2May 2006.b. (S//NF) Executive Summary: Detdinee s an al-Qaidamemberwho traveled oAfghanistan(AF) twice for militant training prior to his capture n 2001. He has affiliationswith known andsuspected l-Qaida acilitators and operatives.Detainee s on the SaudiMinistry of Interior General Directorateof Investigations Mabahith) list of high priority

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detainees.Detaineewaspossiblypart of a groupof fighters ed out of Tora Bora under hedirection of al-Qaidacommander,Ali MuhammadAbdul AzizaI-Fa\


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b. (S) Recruitment and Travel: Detaineehad two cousins and a brother who took up armsagainst he Iraqis during the first Gulf War. He claimed they were takenprisonerand neverseenagain. This experience, oupledwith the killing of innocent,defenseless uwaitis,inspired detainee o seekmilitary training. Detaineestated hat it was his duty, basedon theteachingsof Islam, to prepare or the possibility of war. Detaineespoke with Shaykh Salehal-Thakir at the al-Hadia Mosqueregardingmilitary training. Another imam named al-Maliki assistedwith detainee's ravel arrangementso Afghanistan and referred detainee oAbu Muad. In July 200I, detainee raveled rom Dammam o Lahore,Pakistan PK), viaManama, Bahrain (BA). Once n Lahore, detaineecontactedand met two Pakistaniindividuals namedUthman and Amjed. Later that week, Uthman drove detainee o theairport so he could travel on to Quetta,PK. At the Quettaairport an unidentified Afghanpicked him up and escortedhim to his house,and the next day drove the detaineealong withfour other Afghans to the Pakistan-Afghanistan order. The Afghan took everyone'spassports t the bordercrossingand accompanied Pakistanisoldier nto the office. TheAfghan retumed 30 minutes later, and everyonecontinued across he border to Kandahar,AF. Thepassports ere returnedwhile en route o Zubayr al-Haili's guesthousen the HajjiHabashneighborhood cross rom an Islamic Institute. Al-Haili questionedhe detainee tlength, ried to convince the detainee o move to Afghanistan, and requesteddetaineerelinquish his passport,but detainee efused. Detainee raveled o the al-FaruqTrainingCamp he following day.'c. (U) Training and Activities: Detaineeattendedal-FaruqTraining Camp from Julythrough4 September 001. Abd al-Quddus, he al-Faruqcampdirector,addressedhe newlyarrivedstudents.On 15 August 200I, UsamaBin Laden UBL) gavea speech t the camp.Detaineeand sevenothers chosenot to attend his speech o avoid any problemswhen theyretumed to SaudiArabia. While traveling to Kabul, AF, detaineeheard hat NorthernAlliance (NA) leaderAhmad ShahMassoudwas killed.- Detainee ext heardabout he 11September2001 attackson the radio, and heard hat Arabs could not go to Quetta or fear ofbeing arrested. The only way detaineecould leave Afghanistanwas through Khowst andJalalabad,AF. Detaineedecided o head or Jalalabadvia Kabul. Detaineestayed n Kabulwith a childhood riend,Zaid MohammedAbdullah al-Bakir, aka(Abu Assem), orapproximately one month. Then Kabul fell,s the Taliban fled, and the NA forces entered hecity. An individual named Abu Assem made arrangementswith Zebwali, an Afghan guide,to take detainee o Pakistan. The guideand detainee raveled from Kabul to Jalalabadstayingin a guesthouse ntil they moved on to Khojiani, AF. On 17 November2001, Zebwaliescorteddetainee o Tora Bora, where detaineeoined a groupof approximately 65

' 000516 0203-MAY-2002,IR 2 3 406383 2o0005 6 30203-MAY 2002,Analyst ote: Massoud asassassinatedn 9 September0015AnalystNote:Kabul ell on 13November 001andJalalabadell on 14November 001.3

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individuals. Detainee emained n the Tora Bora Mountains durins the entire month ofRamadan.65. (U) Capture Information:

^. (S/A{F) On 17 December2001,a gloup of 60-70 ighters,which LY-212 had arranged obe led out of Afghanistan nto Pakistan,' was caught n a bombing raid while attempting oreach he Pakistaniborder. Detainee eported hat approximately40 membersof the groupwere killed, and detainee nd 17 otherswere wounded. The groupremained n anunidentifiedvalley for three days, before being picked up by a group of Afghans andtransported o an unidentified hospital. Detaineespent45 days n the hospital. The NAtransferreddetainee o US custody n Bagram, AF,s in approximatelyFebruary 2002.eb. (S) Property Held:

o 1 booko I silver ringc. (S) Transferred to JTF GTMO: 3 May 2002d. (S//NF) Reasons or Transfer to JTF GTMO: To provide nformationon thefollowing:

o Al-Faruq Training Camp in Kandahar,AF. Al-Qaida and Taliban recruiter and travel facilitator Abu Muath al-Jiddawir Routeof ingressand egress o and from Afghanistan6. (S//NF) Evaluation of Detainee'sAccount: Detainee's tatements oncerning isattendance t al-Faruq areplausible;however, reporting shows his was his second rip to al-Faruqandnot his first. It is assessedhat detainee ascloserconnectionso al-Qaida han he hasadmitted.7. (U) DetaineeThreat:

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^. (S) Assessment: t is assessedhe detainee osesa HIGH risk, as he is likely to poseathreat o the US. its interestsand allies.b. (S//NF) Reasons or Continued Detention: Detainee s a memberof al-Qaidawhotraveled wice to Afghanistan for militant training prior to his capture n late 2001, Detaineeis on Mabahith's ist of high-pr iority detainees.He hasaffiliations with known andsuspected l-Qaida acilitators and operatives. Detaineewas probably part of a group offighterssentout of Tora Bora by al-Qaidacommander,LY-212. Detaineehas eportedlytalked of returning o jihadist activities f releasedrom JTF-GTMO.o (S/A{F) Detainee s a memberof al-Qaidawho traveled o Afghanistan wice,receivingmilitant trainingon both occasions.o (S/A{F) Senioral-QaidaoperativeWalid bin Attash,aka(Khallad),aka(Silver),ISN US9YM-010014DPYM-l0014), recognized etainee san al-Qaidamember,and stated hat detaineehad received raining at al-Faruq n 2000. Khallad furtherreported hat he saw the detainee,whom he rememberedby the aliasesAbu Ghanimand Gharib,on multiple occasions rior to the 11 September 001 erroristattacks.l0(Analyst Note: Khallad stated hat he did not know the extent of detainee'sparticipation n al-Qaida.)o (S) Detaineeadmitted attending al-Faruq raining camp from July through 4September 001. He also admitted esiding n the ZubayrGuesthouse.rr AnalystNote: Known al-QaidaoperativeZubayral-Haili operatedhis guesthouse, hichwas alsoknown as he al-Nibras Guesthouse.The guesthouse ervedas a way pointfor recruits traveling to or from training at al-Faruq.)o (S/AIF) Detaineehasaffiliations with known and suspected l-Qaida operatives.o (U) In 1997 the Saudi Govemmentquestioneddetainee egarding his associationwith Suhailal-Suheli. Detainee's honenumberwas recovered n Suheli'spocketlitter. Detaineeclaimed to only have met Suheli two monthsprior to beingquestioned.l2. (S/AIF) Suheli s assessedo be al-QaidamemberSuhailJasem l-Sahli,aka(Abu Shahid al-Sharqi), aka (Yasin al-Bahr). Suheli was a veteran of the Afghan,Bosnian,and Chechenihads who was istedon a ihadistwebsiteas having beenkilled servingas an al-Qaida oreign ighter n Iraq in 2003.'' (AnalystNote: Itis unknown where detaineemet Suheli; however, detaineeand Suheli were fromthe same own in Saudi Arabia.)

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o (S/AID Detainee's ameand aliaswere ound n the possession f al-QaidaoperativeUmar Faruqal-Kuwaiti, ISN US9KU-001206DP previouslydetained nBagram). The name was associatedwith the Dammam-based honenumber96638204801.14 etaineedeniedknowing Umar Faruq.15. (S/AIF) Umar Faruq al-Kuwaiti is an al-Qaida operativewho worked mainlyin Southeast sia until his capturen Indonesiain2002. He hadbeen n Khaldencamp n Afghanistanprior to his travel to SoutheastAsia, and hadplanned oreturnto his native Kuwait to attack he US Embassy. Faruq escaped romBagramDetentionFacilities n July 2005.t6o (S) With the assistance f Abu Muad, detainee raveled from Dammam, oLahore,via Bahrain.lT. (S/AIF) Abu Muad is assessedo be the well-known al-QaidaoperativeAbuMuad al-Jiddawi. Al-Jiddawi was a key UBL associate nd acilitator,and wasbelieved o havebeen nvolved n al-Qaidaoperational lanning. Al-Jiddawifacilitatedthe travel to Afghanistan of severalotherJTF-GTMO detainees,and hewas known as he primary al-Qaida facilitator to be contacted o get toAfghanistan.r8According o.^Khallad,l-Jiddawiprovided ogistic support o theal-Qaidanetwork n Yemen.'' SharqawiAbdu Ali al-Hajj, aka("Riyadh theFacilitator"), SN PK9YM-001457DP YM-1457),stated hat he had sentmoneyto al-Jiddawiafter he 11 September 001 attacks or al-Jiddawi o forward on toan al-Qaidaoperative n Mogadishu,Somaliu.to Analyst Note: Theparticipationof al-Jiddawi n detainee'sacilitationshowsa firm connection o al-Qaida.Yemeni authorities arrestedal-Jiddawi in February 2002.21)o (S/AfF) Detaineemet facilitators Uthman and Amjed in Lahore, and they assisteddetainee's ravel to Quetta.22 -. (S/A{F) YM-1457 statedhe had a Pakistaniassociate amed Amjed al-Pakistani,aka (Faez),aka (Uthman),from Hyderabad,PK, who assistedYM-1457 nfacilitating travel for mujahideengoing to Afghanistan.23Bashir NasirAli al-Marwalah, SN US9YM-00837DP.also dentified a Pakistani ravel'oTD-314121294-02tt 00056 30220-Jur-2002,0056 sIR 10-AUG-2006' 6TD-3 4 t28932-02,-4J2-240-0262-0'' 0005 6 30203-MAY-2002.lR 2 3406383 218AnalystNote: Thesenclude li Muhammad asirMuhammad aid,SN US9SA-000172DPYM-172) seeIR6 034013605);Haji HajjajAwwadal-Hajjaji l-Silmi,SN US9SA-000245DPSA-245)seeIR 6 034015402);andZlbnThahirZibnal-Fadhili l-Shammari,SN US9SA-000647DP5A-647) see D-314109521-02).tt TD-3r4/227ri-04'o ro4r+r02585-032'TD-314/08915-02" ooos 6 30203 MAY -2002" o0r4s7 IR 07-ocr-2004, IR 6 0340042 5

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facilitator namedAmjed, who assisted M-837's travel o Quetta.2aAnalystNote: Although not conclusive, heparticipationof one of YM-1457's associatesin detainee's ravel ndicatesa connection o al-Qaida.)o (S/A{F) Prior to a Saudidelegation isit to JTF-GTMO in2002, the Saudigovernment rovided nformation on37 detainees hom they designated s high-prior ity.Detaineewas istedasnumber 19on that ist.25o (S) Detaineewas arrestedn SaudiArabia n 1998 or involvement n protestsagainst he Saudigovernmentand placedon a travel restriction list on 23 Novemberlggg.26. (S/AIF) The Saudigovernment eported hat detainee raveledfrom SaudiArabia to Bahrain on 3 May 1997 andreturnedon 2 January gg8.27 Detaineeadmitted hat he hadtraveled o the Gulf Statesand to Pakistan.2so (S/A{F) Detainee s assessedo bepart of a groupof fighterssentout of Tora Bora byal-Qaida ommandeLY -212.o (U) On 17 November2001,an AfghanguidenamedZebwaliescorted etainee oTora Bora,where detaineeoined a groupof approximately65 individuals. Detaineeremained n the Tora Bora Mountains until mid-December. Detainee eported hat ashis groupheaded or the Pakistaniborder, he groupsfell under a Coalition bombingattack, esulting in approximately 40 membersof the group killed, and detaineeand17 otherswounded.". (S/A{F) Detainee'saccountmatches Y-212's claim thatLY-212 instructedAfghan guides o take a group of approximately 60-70 ighters out of Tora Borato Pakistan.LY-212 stated hat he grouqwas hit by a bombing attack he firstnight after the group departedTora Bora.'"o (S/AIF) Arkan MuhammadGhafil al-Karim, ISN US9IZ-000653DP, 12-653),amemberof UBL's 55th Arab Brigade, dentifieddetaineerom a photobook as beingamong a group of Arabs that had been at Tora Bora, but were capturedby NA forcesand taken to an Afghan prison in Kabul. IZ-653 stated hat detaineewas amongindividuals who attempted o hide.foreigncurrency n their shoes,clothing, and legsof thei r beds n the Kabul prison.''

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o (U//FOUO) Abdul Majid Muhammed,US9IR-000555DP IR-555, ransferred),reported detaineehad issuedafatwa against he US, andtalked of returning to jihadistactivitiesagainst he US if he s released."c. (U//FOUO) Detainee's Conduct: The detainees assesseds a LOW threat rom adetentionperspective.The detainee's verallbehaviorhasbeencompliantand non-hostile othe guardforce and staff. The detaineecurrently hassevenReports of Disciplinary Infractionlisted n DIMS, with the most recent ncidentoccurringon 20 March 2007,when urned nhis towel with writing on it. Other incidents for which the detaineehas beendisciplinedinclude damage o governmentproperty,and failure to follow instructionsand camprules.The detaineehas no Reportsof Disciplinary Infractions for assault. Detaineehad no Reportsof Disciplinary nfraction n 2006,and six reportsso far in2007.

8. (U) Detainee ntelligenceValue Assessment:^. (S) Assessment:JTF GTMO determined his detainees of MEDIUM intelligencevalue. Detainee'smost recent nterrosationsession ccurredon 16 March 2007.b. (S//NF) Placementand Access: Detainees reported o havebeenat al-Faruq n 2000,and has admitted o attendingal-Faruq and residing in an al-Qaida associated uesthousen2001. Detaineewas n Tora Bora during he entiremonth of Ramadan n 2001. Detaineeworked approximately hree months n 2000 for the IIRO. Detainee'sname andphonenumberwere found in the pocket litter of a known al-Qaidaoperative.c. (S//NF) Intelligence Assessment: Detainee'smultiple trips to Afghanistan or militanttraining indicate he was probably a more experienced ighter than the averagemujahid.Detainee ikely has nformationon personalities nd ogisticsat al-Faruqand Tora Bora.Detaineeshouldbe able to provide additional information on facilitators involved in themovementof al-Qaidamembers, o possibly ncludeAbu Muad al-Jiddawi. Detainee'saffiliation with suspected l-Qaidaoperative Umar Faruq, who remainsat large, requiresfurther investigation,and any information detaineecould provide on Faruq would be ofsubstantial ntelligencevalue.d. (S//NF) Areas of Potential Exploitation:

o Al-Qaidatraining camps, inances, ogistics,and operativeso Umar Faruqo Al-Qaida facilitators and recruiters

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o Movement of insurgent and terrorist fundso Terrorist and foreign fighters-movementand ogistics9. (S) EC Status: Detainee'senemycombatant tatuswas reassessedn 31 August 2004,andhe remains an enemycombatant.

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. Definitions for intelligenceterms used n the assessment an be found in the Joint Military Intelligence CollegeOctober 2001 guideIntelligence Warning Terminologt.9

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