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DEPARTMENTOFDEFENSE
JOINTTASKFORCEGUANTANAMO
GUANTANAMOBAY,CUBA
APOAE09360
REPLYTO
ATTENTIONOF
JTFGTMO-CG 5 August2004
MEMORANDUMFORCommander,UnitedStatesSouthemCommand,3511NW 9lstAvenue,
Miami,FL 33172.
SUBJECT: Recommendationto RetainunderDoD Control(DoD)for GuantanamoDetainee,
ISN:USSAF-000306DP(S)
l. (FOUO)PersonalInformation:
o JDIMSAIDRCReferenceName: AbdulSalamZaeef
o AliasesandCurrent/TrueName: Awaken
o Placeof Birth: Kandahar.Afghanistan(AF)
o Dateof Birth: I January1967
o Citizenship: Afghanistan
2. (FOUO)Health: Detaineehasahistoryof mild depression,notrequiringmedications,but
otherwiseis in goodhealth.
3. (S)DetaineeSummarY:
a. (S)BackgroundandcaptureData: Thefollowingsummaryparagraphsarebasedsolely
onthedetainee'sstatementsunlessnotedotherwise'
o In 1992or 1993followingthedefeatof thecommunists,hereturnedfromPakistan
(PK),settledin Kandahar,AF, andservedastheImamattheHaji-KoshkyaMosquein
Kandahar.kr lggj hewasin Herat,AF. In 1998,thedetaineewasdispatchedto Kabul,AF, by
theTalibangovernment.Hemovedto Islamabad,PK,2000'
o In lgg6,whentheTalibantookcontrolof Kandahar,AF, thedetaineejoinedthe
Talibanbecominginvolvedwith individualswhohadpowerwithin thenewgovernment'ln
1997heacceptedajob asbankmanagerfor HeartCentralBank. In 1998hetookthepositionof
neputyMinisterof trrtiningandIndustries.In 1999heacceptedthepositionof Presidentof
Transportation.ln 2000h; tookthepositionof TalibanAmbassadorto Pakistan'
CLASSIFIED BY: MultiPleSources
REASON:E.O.12958Section1.5(C)
DECLASSIF"fON: 20290805
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SUBJECT: Recommendationto RetainunderDoD Control(DoD)for GuantanamoDetainee,
ISN:USSAF-000306DP(S)
o l5 December200l,detaineewasarrestedathishomein Islamabad,PK,by the
PakistaniInter-ServicesIntelligenceDirectorate(ISD)'
b. (S)Transferto JTFGTMO: Detaineewastransportedto GuantanamoBayNavalBase,
Cuba,on 1May 2002.
c. (S)Reasonsfor Transferto JTFGTMO: Detaineeis assessedto beableto provide
informationon:
o RelationsbetweentheTalibanandAl-Qaida/usamaBin Laden.
. SpecificbiographicalinformationonTalibanleaderMullahOmar.
o RelationsbetweentheTalibanandISID'
r Talibanmanagementby theMinistryof Defenseof ArabMujahidinusedin fighting
againsttheNorthernAlliance.
d. (S)Reasonsfor ContinuedDetentionatJTFGTMO:
o Duringdetainee'stimeasambassador,hehadnumerouscontactswith high-level
pakistaniInter-ServiceIntelligenceDirectorate(ISID),militaryofficials,membersof the
UmmahTameerE Nau(UTN),andvariousTalibanofficialswhowerein Pakistan.
o UTN wasaNGOcreatedby Dr. SultanBashirUd-DinMahmoodthatconsisted
of nuclearscientistsandmilitaryofficers.Thepurposeof the otganizationwasto assistin
spreadingmodemachievementiof scien.. *d technologyamongMuslims.However,UTN also
workedonbuildinganuclearprogmmfor Al-QaidaandtheTaliban.
o DetaineewastheformerTalibanAmbassadorto Pakistan,havingdirecttiesto senior
Talibanmembers,knownterroristgroups,andNGOsthathaveeithersupportedor participated
in hostileactivitiesagainsttheUS andits allies'
o ISNUS9MR-000760DP(MR-760)statedthedetaineeclaimshewastheonewho
grantedentranceto Afghanistanto theindividualswhoassassinatedAhmedShahMasood,the
l-eaderof theNorthernAlliance. MR-760alsostatedthatthedetainee,throughhisclosenessto
MullahOmaroshouldknowaboutthenatureof Taliban/Al-Qaidarelationship.
o EarlySeptemberz}Ol,detaineewasdirectedby Mufti MuhammadUsafto issuefour
Arabmalesvisastoifgtranistan andarrangetheironwardtransportationintoAfghanistan.
AnalystNote: MuftfM-uhammadUsafis aisessedto beMaulanaSyedMohammadUsafShah,
theProvincialGeneralsecretaryof iheJamiat-E-Ulema-I-Islam(JUD. TheJUI is a sunni
politicalparty thatsupportedUro*o Bin Ladinandmaintainedclosetiesto theTalibanregime
whileadvocatingananti-Americanideologt'
o Accordingto sensitivereporting,detaineehadanaccountwith theAl TaqwaBank'
DetaineehasrepeateilydeniedhavingutrAl-Tuq*a bankaccountandclaimsheneverknewthis
bankexisted.
o TheAl TaqwaBankin Nassauhadits licenserevokedin 2001by theBahamian
Governmentdueto its tiesto Al-QaidaandIslamicextremists.
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SUBJECT: Recommendationto RetainunderDoD Control(DoD)for GuantanamoDetainee,
ISN:USSAF-000306DP(S)
o FollowingtheUS Air strikes,MullahOmarwouldonlymeetwith asmallgroupof
commanderssuchuJth" DefenseMinster,MullahObaidullah;theTalibanAmbassadorto
pakistan,Mullah Zaeef;theActingPrimeMinster,MullahHassan;andtheGovemorof Herat,
MullahKhairkhwa.
e. (S)IntelligenceFocus:JTFGTMOhasdeterminedthatthisdetaineeis of high
intelligencevalueandis assessedto beabletoprovideinformationon:
o Al-Qaidaandotherextremistgroupsto include:
o Individualleaders
o Operationalactivitiesin AfghanistanandPakistan
o Financialactivitiesincludingoutsidefinancialsupport
o Military involvementwith theTaliban
o NGOactivitiesin AfghanistanandPakistan:
o Recruitmentactivities
o Activitiesin refugeecamPs
o SpecificinformationontheTalibanseniorleadershipandfinancialactivities
o Talibandiplomaticactivitiesin Pakistananddiplomatictiesto othercountries
o Knowledgeof WMD or WMD precursors,in specificthemovementandsaleof
processeduraniumto pakistaniISID andmilitary followingtheSovietoccupation
o PakistaniinfluencesonAfghanistan'spoliticalsituation
o InformationonthemajorHawallasusedasintermediariesbetweenNGO's andArab
extremistgoup in Afghanistan
4. (S)Detainee'sConduct: Detainee'soverallbehaviorhasbeennon-compliantandslightly
aggiessive.Detaineehasoneinstanceof tryingto inciteadisturbance,Hehasfailedto comply
with therulesof thecellblockandthegu-d foiceby refusingto giveupcomfortitemsand
performingphysicaltrainingin hiscell-.In z}O3,hehadanumberof instancesof harassingthe
guards.
5. (S)EC Status:Detainee'senemycombatantstatuswasreassessedon 24Februaty2004,and
heremainsanenemycombatant.
6. (S)JTF GTMO Assessment:
a. (S)Summary:Detaineewasaseniormemberof theTalibanwith connectionsto Al-
eaidaandNGOsthatsupportterrorism.Detaineehasneverdirectlyparticipatedin hostileacts'
buthasconnectionswith ixtremistgroupsthathaveeithersupportedor participatedin hostile
activitiesagainsttheUS andits allies. Iireleased,detaineeis assessedto still havethecapability
to supportierroristoperations.It hasbeendeterminedthatthedetaineeposesahighrisk,asheis
likely to poseathreatto theUS,its interestsandallies'
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JTFGTMO-CG
SUBJECT: Recommendationto RetainunderDoD Control(DoD)for GuantanamoDetainee,
ISN:USSAF-000306DP(S)
b. (S)Recommendation:JTFGTMOrecommendsthisdetaineeberetainedunderDoD
control.
7. (S)Coordination: JTFGTMOnotifiedtheCriminallnvestigativeTaskForce(CITF)of this
recommendationon5 August2004. In theinterestof nationalsecurityandpursuantto an
agreementbetweentheCiTn andJTFGTMOCommanders,CITFwill deferto JTFGTMO's
aisessmentthatthedetaineeposesahighrisk'
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