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~#-~~i~ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE~ - JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
APO AE 09360
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF
JTFGTMO-CG 13September2003
MEMORANDUM FORCommander,UnitedStatesSouthernCommand,3511NW 91st
Avenue,Miami, FL 33172.
SUBJECT: (S)Recommendationto RetainunderDoD Controlfor GuantanamoDetainee,
Noor Allah, ISN: US9AF-000539DP
1. (S)PersonalInformation: Noor Allah is anAfghannationalbornin 1971(age32)in
DehRawood,Afghanistan.Hehasbeendiagnosedwith latentTuberculosisandanAnxiety
disorderbut is otherwisein goodhealth.
2. (S)Detention Information: Subjectdetaineeclaimsthathewasafannerin his villageup
until thetime hewascaptured.LocalAfghanforcessubordinateto MohammedNabi Khan
capturedthedetainee.Detaineestatedthathefelt his capturewastheresultof along-standing
disputebetweendetaineeandMullah KhudaiNazar. Nazarreportedlykilled thedetainee's
cousinsometimearound1991becausethedetaineerefusedto give suppliesandmoneyto
Mujahideenforcesthatwerein controlof AfghanistanunderGulbuddinHekmatyar.Detainee
wasin theprocessof trying to settlethedisputewith theKarzaigovernmentwhenNazar
reportedlysetdetaineeup to bearrestedasamemberof theTaliban. Detaineewas
subsequentlytransportedto GuantanamoBayNavalBase,Cubaon4 May 2002becauseof
hisknowledgeof thetown of DehRawood,Afghanistan,whereMullah MohammadOmaris
from, specificfamily issuessurroundingMullah MohammadOmar,Talibanactivitiesin the
OruzgunProvinceandinformationonforeignextremistsoperatingin theOruzgunProvince.
3. (S)Reasonsfor Detention: Oneof detainee'ssistersis marriedto Mullah Mohammad
Omar,theTalibanSupremeCommander.Detaineehasnotbeenforthcomingduring
interrogationswhenquestionedonhispersonalandfamilial tiesto Mullah Omarandthe
Taliban. Detaineehadlie severaltimesstatingthathedoesnot evenknow Mullah Omar.
Additionally, detainee'ssisterwhomarriedMullah Omarwaspreviouslymarriedto aman
namedAmanullah. A manby thenameof Amanullahwasreportedlyoneof Mullah Omar's
mosttrustedbodyguards.Furthennore,detaineehasnotbeenforthcomingwith his
knowledgeof GulbtiddinHekmatyarandtheHekmatyarForces.It is assessedthatdetaineeis
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CLASSIFIEDBY: ENDURING FREEDOMSCG
DATE OF SOURCE:28 March2002
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SUBJECT: Recommendationto RetainunderDoD Controlfor GuantanamoDetainee,Noor
Allah, ISN: US9AF-000539DP
still of intelligencevaluebasedonpotentialknowledgeof Mullah Omar,Talibanleadersfrom
theDehRawooddistrict, andGulbuddinHekmatyar.Detainee'stiesto theTalibanSupreme
Commander,Mullah Omar,makehim athreatuntil thecessationof hostilitiesin Afghanistan
or until Mullah OmarandGulbuddinHekmatyararedetainedby friendly forces.
4. (S)Assessment:Basedoninformationcollectedandavailableto JointTaskForce
Guantanamoasof6 September2003,detaineeISN: US9AF-000539DPis assessedasbeing
neitheramemberof AI-Qaidanor aTalibanleader,howeverdetaineeis assessedashaving
knowledgeof Talibanleadershipandof GulbuddinHekmatyar'sforcesandleadersin
Afghanistan.Moreover,basedonthedetainee'sfolder,theknowledgeabilitybrief, and
subsequentinterrogationsby JTFGuantanamo,thedetaineeis of minimal intelligencevalue
to theUnited States.Basedontheabove,detaineeposesahigh threatto theU.S.,its interests
or its allies.
5. (S)Recommendation: In view of theforegoing,I recommendsubjectdetaineebe
retainedunderDoD control.
6. (C) Coordination: JTFGuantanamonotified theCriminal InvestigativeTaskForceof
this recommendationon 18August2003,whopreviouslyapprovedthedetainee'stransfer
underaconditionalreleaseagreementon2 April 2003.
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