Syrian Guest House, Kabul

American counter-terrorism analysts justified the continued extrajudicial detention of many Guantanamo captives because they were suspected of staying in al-Qaeda safe houses, or guest houses—or because names matching theirs, or their "known alias" were found in the suspect houses.

Claims nuclear blueprints were found in a Kabul safehouse

During a November 15, 2001, press briefing by Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy, and Tom Ridge, Director of Homeland Security Ridge confirmed a report published by '' The Times'' that the U.S. had captured nuclear blueprints in an al Qaeda guest house in Kabul.



Ridge stated that the capture of the nuclear blueprints in this al-Qaeda guesthouse was consistent with Osama bin Laden's plans to become a nuclear threat.

David Rohde, writing for '' The New York Times'' News Service, reported on November 17, 2001, that in addition to nuclear plans, safe houses contained flight simulator programs, documents about the handling of biological and chemical weapons, and information about flight training schools in Florida.

'' CNN'' claimed to have found and gone through the Kabul safe house used by Abu Khabbab, who they described as ''"Osama bin Laden's top chemical and biological weapons commander."''


''CNN'' hired the Institute for Science and International Security to examine the documents they found, and its president, David Albright, confirmed the abandoned documents included plans for a nuclear bomb, and extensive training notes on the handling of radiological material.

The Combatting Terrorism Center reported that Abu Hafs al Masri (aka Mohammed Atef), al Qaida's military chief, was killed in an air strike on an ''"al Qa'ida safehouse"'' in Kabul, in November 2001.

Alleged to have stayed in Kabul safe houses associated with the Taliban or al-Qaeda

American counter-terrorism analysts called many of the houses "safe houses", even when the captives stayed in these houses during the time the Taliban was in power.
Individuals alleged to have stayed in Kabul safe houses associated with the Taliban or al Qaeda include:
Musa Ali Said Al Said Al Umari,Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf)of Musa Ali Said Al Said Al Umari '' Administrative Review Board'' - page 69
Ridouane Khalid
Abd Al Rahman Al Zahri

Mamdouh Habib.Unclassified documents (.pdf)
from Mamdouh Habib's, '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 16-1
- mirror - pages 28-29

Alleged to have stayed in Kabul guest houses that had ties to terrorism

Intelligence analysts described a number of other individuals as having stayed in Kabul guest houses tied to terrorism, without an explicit tie to either the Taliban or al Qaeda:
Muaz Hamza Ahmad Al AlawiSummary of Evidence memo (.pdf)
prepared for Muaz Hamza Ahmad Al Alawi's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - October 16, 2004
page 230
Faruq Ali Ahmed
Samir Naji Al Hasan MoqbelSummarized transcripts (.pdf)
, from Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 63-69
Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi
Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Al Amri
Atag Ali Abdoh Al-Haj>Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf)
of Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai '' Administrative Review Board'' - page 34
Djamel Amezianeof Djamel Ameziane '' Administrative Review Board'' - pages 11-13
Abd Al Hadio Omar Mahmoud FarajSummarized transcript (.pdf)
, from Abd Al Hadio Omar Mahmoud Faraj's '' Administrative Review Board hearing'' - page 56
Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey Summarized transcript (.pdf) from Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey's '' Administrative Review Board hearing'' - page 86
Abdallah Tohtasinovich MagrupovSummarized transcripts (.pdf)
from Abdallah Tohtasinovich Magrupov's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 7-11
Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh Al BedaniSummary of Evidence (.pdf)
from Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh Al Bedani's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'', pages 14-15Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf)
of Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh Al Bedani '' Administrative Review Board'' - page 12
Abdullah Mohammad Khan
Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from Abdullah Mohammad Khan's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 107-115Summarized transcript (.pdf)
, from Abdullah Mohammad Khan's '' Administrative Review Board hearing'' - page 98
Adel Noori

Ayoub Murshid Ali SalehSummary of Evidence memo (.pdf)
prepared for Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - October 16, 2004 - page 152
Mohammed Yacoub.Summarized transcripts (.pdf)
, from Mohammed Yacoub's'' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 51-64

Alleged to have stayed in Kabul houses, without any explicit allegation of ties to terrorism

Some Guantanamo captives faced the allegation that they stayed in Afghan guest houses that were not explicitly tied to terrorism. They include:
Arkin MahmudSummary of Evidence memo (.pdf)
prepared for Arkin Mahmud's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - November 9, 2004 - page 49
Issam Hamid Al Bin Ali Al Jayfi Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from Issam Hamid Al Bin Ali Al Jayfi's'' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 13-22
Richard BelmarSummarized transcripts (.pdf)
from Richard Dean Belmar's '' Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' - pages 10-17
Shawki Awad Balzuhair.

Managers of suspect guest houses

Some Guantanamo captives were alleged to have managed guest houses or safe houses on behalf of the Taliban, al Qaeda, or other organizations American counter-terrorism analysts asserted had ties to terrorism.

References

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