Deleted:Qalandar Shah
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Qalandar Shah is a citizen of Afghanistan, formally held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] The United States Department of Defense assigned him the Internment Serial Number 812 and American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1973, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Qalandar Shah was transferred back to Afghanistan on April 18, 2005.[2]
Combatant Status Review
Shah was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings.[3] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.
Shah's memo accused him of the following:[4]
- The detainee is a member of a terrorist organization that is supported by al Qaida and who supported military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:
- During the raid of his home, the detainee, his uncle, and his cousin were captured in possession of BM-1 rockets, an RPG launcher, AK-47's, hand grenades, a pistol, an RPG machine gun, a Dragunov rifle and another large-caliber rifle.
- The detainee fraudulently obtained a Pakistani identification card and passport to hide his true identity when crossing the Pakistan/Afghanistan border and traveling to other countries.
- The detainee arranged a meeting for Shah Mohammed Jan, the local Taliban leader.
- Shortly after graduating from High School, the Detainee was taken to prison with two of his friends who were members of the HIG.
- The detainee worked for Yar Khan.
- Yar Khan is a known HIG member.
- The HIG is listed in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Terrorist Organization Reference Guide as a non-governmental organization with long-established ties to Usama Bin Ladin and al Qaida.
- Yar Khan supported the Taliban Islamic Movement (the Taliban).
Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant
The Washington Post reports that Shah was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[5] They report that Shah has been released. The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.
References
- ↑ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ↑ The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/812-qalandar-shah.
- ↑ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
- ↑ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Qalandar Shah's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 31-38
- ↑ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
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