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A team of Seton Hall legal scholars, led by Mark Denbeaux, published a list entitled: Defense Department list of terrorist organizations other than the Taliban or al Qaeda in 2006, based on documents released by the US Department of Defense.

A second report on the Guantanamo detainees, entitled: "Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy" documented that the Department of Defense was detaining captives for association with organizations that the Department of Homeland Security did not regard as a threat.

The "Defense Department list of terrorist organizations other than the Taliban or al Qaeda" is an appendix to the Denbeaux team's second report.

Contrary to its misleading title, the list was not created by the Department of Defense nor is it used by them. It was compiled by the legal team from their interpretation of Combatant Status Review Tribunals summaries and transcripts.

The list

Afghanistan Support Committee	There have been a number of organizations named Afghanistan Support Committee. The one that seems to have triggered the suspicions of American intelligence analysts shared an office, in Pakistan, with the Pakistan office of the Kuwaiti charity Society for the Revival of Islamic Heritage -- in 1989.
al Birr Foundation	Saed Khatem Al Malki Al Malki's accounts of his association with the Foundation confused his interrogators. The al Birr Foundation is not actually accused of an association with terrorism.
Al Haramain	Shaker Aamer Fahd Muhammed Abdullah Al Fouzan Alleged to have worked for Al Haramain. Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn The first factor in favor of his continued detention stated: "The detainee left Saudi Arabia in July 2001 after being inspired by a posted flyer from a missionary group called The Al Haramain Al Sharifer Organization." Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj Alleged to have served as a financial courier for Al Haramain. Abdul Al Salam Al Hilal Alleged to have had meetings with representatives of Al Haramain. Abdul Rahman Owaid Mohammad Al Juaid The detainee provided monetary support to the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation... Abdel Hadi Mohammed Badan Al Sebaii Sebaii American intelligence analysts justified his detention that he had worked as a volunteer for al Haramain. Al Sebai acknowledged serving 20 days on an emergency flood relief under the auspices of al Haramain -- but in Sudan in 1995. Muhammad Assad Worked for Al Haramain in Africa. Held in the dark prison -- a CIA black site -- not Guantanamo. Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i "Detainee admitted he was the director of the Baku, Azerbaijan branch of the Al Haramayn." Mar'i admitted working for Al Haramain, but denied being a regional director. Laid Saidi Captured in May 2003 after working for Al-Haramain in Tanzania. Wazim Allegation presented at his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Al Ighatha	Rashid Abd Al Muslih Qaid Al Qa’id Two of the allegations Al Qa'id faced during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal were: "The detainee and both of his traveling companions, Al Nur and Wasim traveled to carry out charity work in conjunction with a Saudi charity, al-ighatha al-khaira." "Al Ighatha is a large Saudi NGO with field offices worldwide, many of which is staffed by or support terrorists or mujahidin. The NGO is link [sic] to Al Qaida and other extremist NGO’s." Wazim Two of the allegations prepared for Wazim 's Combatant Status Review Tribunal were: "The detainee is associated with Al Ighatha." "Al Ighatha is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with ties to Islamic terrorism."
Al Irata	Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi One of the allegations prepared for Guantanamo captive Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal was: "The detainee was a member of al Irata and a mujahadin fighter at Kandahar."
Al Nashiri
Al Wa’ad
Al-Gama’a al-islamiyya	Mamdouh Habib The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation claim they have a tape of Habib praising the members of the Al-Gama'a al-islamiyya who are alleged to have bombed Deir el-Bahri in Luxor, Egypt. The blind cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of a role in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, is the spiritual leader of the movement.
Algerian Armed Islamic Group	Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi Suspected of being a member of the Algerian Armed Islamic Group. Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri The detainee was the ########## ######### ######### of the GICM. The GICM is associated with and supported by other known terrorist groups, including the: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), Hizb-E Islami Gulbuddin [sic] (HIG), al Qaida, Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Egyptian National Tarouat Salah, the Taliban and the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA). Mosa Zi Zemmori Zi Zemmori was alleged to be a member of the Theological Commission of the GICM. American intelligence analysts assert: "The GICM is associated with and supported by other known terrorist groups, including the: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), Hizb-E Islami Gulbuddin [sic] (HIG), al Qaida, Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Egyptian National Tarouat Salah, the Taliban, and the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA)."
Algerian resistance group
al-Haramayn	See Al Haramain
Al-Igatha Al-Islamiya, International Islamic Relief Organization	Mammar Ameur Among the allegations Ameur faced during his Tribunal were: "The detainee worked for the African Muslim Agency." "The African Muslim Agency is linked to Al-Ittihad al Islami (AIAI)." "Al-Ittihad al Islami (AIAI) is listed as a terrorist organization on the President's Executive Order 13224."
Al-Isiah Reform Party in Yemen
Al-Ittihad al Islami (AIAI)
Ariana Airlines	Hammdidullah Among the allegations Hammdidullah faced during his Tribunal were: "The detainee is a former president of Ariana Airline." "The Taliban controlled Ariana Airline." "The Taliban used Ariana Airline to transport their members." "Ariana Airlines provided free flights to Konduz, Afghanistan for individuals joining the fight against the Northern Alliance." "Taliban forces utilized Ariana Airline form Kandahar to Kabul." "An active al Qaida member and licensed pilot brought in other al Qaida members to work for Ariana Airline." "An individual with plans to engage in hostilities against the United States had strong ties to Ariana Airlines." Hammdidullah told his Tribunal that Ariana was an independent civilian airline, with no ties to the Taliban, and that the Taliban had their own fleet of aircraft for transporting their men and material. His Tribunal recommended his status be changed to "no longer enemy combatant".
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Bahrain Defense Organization
Chechen rebels
Dawa wa Irshad	Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa Al Hassan Two of the the allegations prepared for Guantanamo captive Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa Al Hassan's Combatant Status Review Tribunal were: "The detainee is associated with the Dawa wa Irshad [sic] non-governmental organization." "Dawa wa Irshad is a terrorist organization."
East Turkish Islamic Movement	There are 22 Uyghurs who were alleged to have been associated with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. Main article: Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo
Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)	Abdul Al Salam Al Hilal Two of the allegations prepared for Al Hilal's Combatant Status Review Tribunal were: "The detainee assisted member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad through facilitation of movement out of Yemen and by obtaining them passports." "The Egyptian Islamic Jihad is a terrorist organization associated with al Qaida."
Extremist organization linked to Al Qaeda
Fiyadan Islam
Hamas (Islamic Resistance Front)
Harakat-e-Mulavi
HIG
Hezbollah
International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO)
Iraqi National Congress (INC)
Islamic Group Nahzat-Islami
Islamic Movement of Tajikistan	Sahkhrukh Hamiduva Three of the allegations Hamiduva faced during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal were: "The detainee spent one and a half years in an Islamic Movement of Tajikistan camp near Dushanbe, Tajikistan." "The leader of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan is also the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan." "The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is a designated foreign terrorist organization."
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Islamic Salvation Front
Itihad Islami	Akhtiar Mohammad Membership in the Ittihad-E-Islami was one of the justifications for the continued extrajudicial detention of Guantanamo captive Akhtiar Mohammad. Guantanamo intelligence analysts conflated Ittihad-E-Islami with Hezbi-Islami, a totally different militia group that had opposed Afghanistan's Soviet invaders, opposed the Taliban, but switched sides and allied with the Taliban following the US invasion. . The BBC reports that the Ittihad-i-Islami was one of the militia groups opposing the Taliban that made up the Northern Alliance.
JABRI, Wai Al
Jaish-e-mohammad
Jama’at al Tablighi	The continued detention of over three dozen Guantanamo captives was justified by an association with Tablighi Jamaat. Main article: Allegations that Tablighi Jamaat has ties to terrorism
Jamaat ud Dawa il al Quran al Sunnat (JDQ)
Jamat al Taligh	see Jama'at al Tablighi
Jamiat Al Islamiya
Jemaah Ilamiah Mquatilah
Jihadist
Karim Explosive Cell
Kuwaiti Joint Relief Committee
Lajanat Dawa Islamiya (LDI)
Lash ar-e-tayyiba
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)
LIFG
Maktab al Khidman
Mujahadin
Mujahedi Brigade in Bosnia
Mulahadin
Muslims in Sink’iang Province of China
Nahzat-Islami
Pacha Khan	No one has accused Khan of being a terrorist. Khan was one of the Afghan militia leaders who rose up to help the USA and the Northern Alliance to oust the Taliban. Khan was one of the Afghan militia leaders who was a signatory to the Bonn Agreement which endorsed Hamid Karzai as the leader of the Afghan Interim Administration. The Afghan Interim Administration gave Khan, and his proteges, such as Jan Baz Khan, jurisdiction over several areas of Afghanistan. Khan's forces are reported to have battled with the forces of other Hamid Karzai appointees as if Afghanistan was still in the warlord period. Within the first year and a half following the ouster of the Taliban Khan lost American favor, and started to be described as a "renegade". Khan's nephew and protege Jan Baz Kahn was sent to Bagram after he faked a rocket attack on Firebase Salerno. Khan not only remains at large, but has been elected a member of the Loya Jirga. Khandan Kadir The local director of the counter-narcotics branch of the new Afghan Security Agency. Denounced by Khan, and his gang, as part of a local feud. Allegations against him accuse him of being an associate of Pacha Khan, not a victim. Abib Sarajuddin Khan Zaman Gul Zaman Mohammad Gul These four men villagers from a rural area populated by the Zadran tribe, Pacha Khan's tribue. One of the men faced the allegation that he raised troops on behalf of Pacha Khan, even though he raised these recruits to help oust the Taliban, when Pacha Khan was a respected American ally. American intelligence analysts received the rumor that the anti-Taliban fighter had hosted a fleeing Taliban leader, and, in an act of retaliation, had bombed his house a few days later, killing his wife and half a dozen other relatives. *Dilawar
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society
Salafist group for call and combat
Sami Essid Network
Samoud
Sanabal Charitable Committee	Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani During his Combatant Status Review Tribunal Al Daihani faced the following allegations: "The detainee voluntarily traveled from Kuwait to Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Hajj in 2000, where he met Faisal (FNU) [sic], an employee of the Sanabal Charitable Committee." "The Sanabal Charitable Committee is considered a fund raising front for the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group." "The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group is listed as a terrorist organization in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Terrorist Organization Reference Guide." "The Detainee admitted to donating approximately 2,250 dinars to the Sanabal Charitable Committee." "The Detainee voluntarily flew from Karachi, Pakistan] on 9 September 2001, where he first joined Faisal and Abdul Hakeem." "Abdul Hakeem was identified as an employee of the Sanabal Charitable Committee." "Hakeem was also identified as a major recruiter for the LIFG." "Sometime after 9 September 2001, the Detainee, Faisal and Hakeem traveled to Kandahar, Afghanistan."
Sharqawi Abdu Ali al-Hajj	Al Hajj Abdu Ali Sharqawi is an individual, not a group.
small mudafah in Kandahar
Takfir Seven	Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi One of the allegations prepared for Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal was: "Detainee is an Islamic extremist who has participated in extremist activity in Kuwait where he was a member of a group known as the 'Takfir Seven'.".\
Takvir Ve Hijra (TVH)
Talibari
Tarik Nafaz Shariati Muhammedi Moiakan Danija
Tunisian Combat Group	Hisham Sliti Among the allegations Sliti faced during his Tribunal were: "The detainee is associated with the Tunisian Combat Group." "The Tunisian Combat Group is a terrorist organization with links to al Qaida." Lufti Bin Ali Among the allegations Lufti Bin Ali faced during his Administrative Review Board were: "The detainee met Pakistanis from the ICI Mosque in Milan who were trying to recruit people to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan." "The Islamic Cultural Institute was known as the ICI. This mosque was shut down by Italian authorities for housing the Sami Essid Ben Khemais network, which is the core for the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) in Italy." "The detainee participated in establishing the Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG)." "The detainee was a member of the Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG) Advisory Council." "The Department of Homeland Security lists the Tunisian Combatant Group as a terrorist organization." Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri Among the factors prepared for Nasseri's Administrative Review Board, justifying his continued detention, were: "The detainee was involved in establishing the Tunisian Combat Group." "The Tunisian Combat Group (TCG), also known as the Jama'a Combattante Tunisienne, reportedly is seeking to establish an Islamic regime in Tunisia and also targets US and Western interests. The group has come to be associated with al Qaida and other North African extremist networks that have been implicated in terrorist plots during the past two years." Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi Among the factors prepared for Al Yazidi's Administrative Review Board, justifying his continued detention, were: "The detainee attemded the Islamic Cultural Institute in Milan. One of the leaders of the mosque was Sheikh [[Anwar Sha'ban who spoke frequently of the Jihad ongoing in Bosnia. Sheikh Anwar Sha'ban was subsequently killed in the fighting in Jihad in Bosnia. "The Italian Islamic Culltural Institute, referred to as ICI, was shut down by Italian authorities for housing the Sami Essid Ben Khemais network, which is the core for the Tunisian Combat Group in Italy. "The detainee was recruited by Moussa at the ICI Mosque in Milan, Italy, Moussa also recruited the first Emir of the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) to go to Afghanistan." Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi Among the allegations prepared from Bin Hadiddi's Tribunal were: The detainee possibly has been associated with Tunisian training camps in Afghanistan. The detainee possibly has been associated with the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG/CGT) who declared Jihad against the west in support of Usama Bin Ladin. The Tunisian Combat Group (TCG/CGT) is listed as a terrorist organization and is associated with al Qaida.
Tunisian terrorists
Turkish radical religious groups
Uighers
World Assembly of Muslim Youth	Adel Hassan Hamad During his Tribunal Hamad faced the following allegations: "The detainee was employed by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) in Afghanistan and Pakistan for approximately one and one half years until the time of his capture 18 July 2002." "WAMY supports terrorist ideals and causes." Mammar Ameur Two of the factors prepared for Ameur's Administrative Review Board hearing, justifying his continued detention, were: "The detainee was arrested with an individual, who worked for several years for a Saudi organization called WAMY." "The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) is an NGO operating in Afghanistan and may be associated with Usama bin Laden and/or al Qaida."
yemeni mujahid