Deleted:Inayatullah (Guantanamo detainee 10029)
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Inayatullah is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1][2][3] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 10029.
Until his death, Inayatullah was held in Guantanamo for 3 years, 8 months, and 22 days.[4][5][6][7]
The US claims he admitted being an al Qaeda leader.[4] They claim he was headquartered in Zahedan, Iran.
"Inayatullah met with local operatives, developed travel routes and coordinated documentation, accommodation and vehicles for smuggling unlawful combatants throughout countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Iraq."
Inayatullah is the 19th captive to have been transferred to Guantanamo since September 6, 2006.[4] Prior to the transfer of fourteen high value detainees, on that date, who had previously been held in secret detention centers run by the CIA, the USA hadn't transferred any captives to Guantanamo since the United States Supreme Court ruling in Rasul v. Bush.
In late November 2008 the New York Times published a page summarizing the official documents from each captive.[8] The New York Times stated that no further official records of his detention—no Combatant Status Review Tribunal had been published.[6] They identified him as identified captive 10029.
Death in Guantanamo
On May 18, 2011, Inayatullah was found dead either in his cell or in a recreation area. The cause of his death is unknown but the U.S. military released a statement saying that he died in an "apparent suicide".[10][11][12][13]
On June 28, 2011, Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that Pentagon spokesman Dave Oten confirmed that Inayatullah had been classed as an "indefinite detainee" by the Obama administration.[9] "Indefinite detaineee" was a new designation used by the joint interagency review boards President Obama authoritized for captives who had not committed a crime for which they could face charges, but who were not considered safe to release.
Rosenberg quoted doubts expressed by Paul Rashkind, Inayatullah's attorney about the DoD's narrative.[9] Rashkind told Rosenberg that he was not known as "Inayatullah" anywhere other than at Guantanamo, that he had not been an "emir". He confirmed that his client had been living in an Iranian border town, but he had only operated a cell phone store there, and had no ties to al Qaeda, the Taliban, or terrorism. Further, Rashkind told Rosenberg, his client had a history of mental illness, and had spent long periods in Guantanamo's Psychiatric Ward. He said that if he had been trying to bring an third party specialist to examine his client, and that he believed he would have been cleared for release following the report of that mental health professional. Rashkind confirmed that his client had made earlier suicide attempts, so he didn't doubt that this death was a genuine suicide.
References
- ↑ "Afghan suspect transferred to Guantanamo: Pentagon". Washington Post. September 12, 2007. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202238.html. Retrieved 2007-09-18. [dead link]
- ↑ "Terror Suspect Transferred To Guantanamo". United States Department of Defense. September 12, 2007. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11323. Retrieved 2008-06-18. mirror
- ↑ Rowan Scarborough (September 14, 2007). "High-ranking al Qaeda operative nabbed in Afghanistan". National Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/a-934194~High_ranking_al_Qaeda_operative_nabbed_in_Afghanistan.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18. [dead link]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "US sends Afghan to Guantanamo Bay". BBC News. September 13, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6992392.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-18. mirror
- ↑ Andy Worthington (September 20, 2007). "Myopic Pentagon keeps filling Guantanamo". http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/09/20/myopic-pentagon-keeps-filling-guantanamo/. Retrieved 2008-06-18. mirror
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Margot Williams (2008-11-23). "Guantanamo Docket: Inayatullah". New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/10029-inayatullah. Retrieved 2008-12-02. mirror
- ↑ "Guantanamo Bay: Afghan prisoner 'kills himself'". BBC News. 2011-05-19. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13450742. mirror
- ↑ Margot Williams (2008-11-23). "The Detainees". New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo. Retrieved 2008-12-02. mirror
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Carol Rosenberg (2011-06-28). "Latest Guantánamo prison camp suicide was ‘indefinite detainee’: The last two men to leave Guantánamo, both dead, were among the secret population of captives called “indefinite detainees.”". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/28/2289119/latest-guantanamo-prison-camp.html. Retrieved 2012-05-05. "An Afghan man who was found hanging from a bedsheet at Guantánamo last month was held by the Pentagon as an “indefinite detainee” — an Obama administration designation originally conferred on 48 captives at the prison camps in Cuba." mirror
- ↑ "Afghan prisoner at Gitmo dies in apparent suicide". Toronto Star. 2011-05-18. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/993686--afghan-prisoner-at-guantanamo-dies-in-apparent-suicide. Retrieved 2011-05-19. "The prisoner, identified as Inayatullah, a 37-year-old accused of being a member of Al Qaeda, was found dead by guards conducting routine checks at the facility." mirror
- ↑ Alex Eichler (May 19, 2011). "Afghan Prisoner at Guantanamo Dies in Apparent Suicide". The Atlantic. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/05/afghan-prisoner-guantanamo-dies-apparent-suicide/37905/. mirror
- ↑ "NEWS RELEASE: Detainee death at Guantanamo Bay". U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs. 2011-05-18. http://www.southcom.mil/appssc/news.php?storyId=2659. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- ↑ "Afghan Detainee Is Found Dead at Guantánamo". New York Times. 2011-05-18. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/us/19guantanamo.html. Retrieved 2012-05-05. mirror
External links
- Latest Guantanamo prison camp suicide was ‘indefinite detainee’
- Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantanamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07) Andy Worthington
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