Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay by the FBI and the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF). The detainee states when he was captured in Afghanistan he was beaten, hit in the head with a rifle and threatened with being shot by the American soldiers while he was in Mazer-e-Sharif and Kandahar. He was then flown to Camp Delta, Guantanamo. He states he is fine and no complaints of mistreatment at Camp Delta, Guantanamo are noted.
1. DATE OF INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY
07 Mar 03
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Date/Place: 07 Mar 03/Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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lign believes that jihad is the sixth liter of Islam. No one taught this to .He developed this belief from his personal reading of the Koran. .became more serious about his religious faith in 2001 and began reading the Koran more. 160 views jihad as a struggle. This can either be a personal struggle against temptation or a violent struggle against those who oppress Muslims..did see and experience violence from various racist groups as a group which promotes racial superiority and segregation. said a mujahadeen was an individual struggling in a holy war.
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lipobelieved all the media reports which he saw showed the Taliban government of Afghanistan in a bad light..wanted to travel to Afghanistan to.fight jihad and see for himself what the Taliban govement was like.
government While in ghanistan, NM saw the Taliban as a good government administratin the country according to Muslim law. GM saw woman wearing burkhas which is according to the Koran..saw women unescorted by a male family member in public. MIDsaw ids in school type uniforms carrying books.111011IMMIN told him these girls were going to school..also'saw Sikhs. When he talked to them, they told him they were treated better in Afghanistan than they were in India.MIND assumed they were protected by the Taliban because they were paying Jizya. Jizya is a lax mandated by the Koran that all non-Muslims who live in a Muslim controlled country must pay. Paying this tax allows the non-Muslim to practice his/her religion unmolested by the government.
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naid the Taliban government was a good government.
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identified members of the Taliban by the black turbans they wore and the letter "S" on the license plates of the cars they drove.
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The Northem Alliance soldiers took . said he never fired the weapon the entire time he had it. They also took his remaining money, watch and shoes. The soldier who took the money placed it in his pocket. They were then taken to the prison at Mazer-e-Sharif.
There were numerous British and American journalists at the son..did not talk to them. He told people 6c1. he was Afghani and did not speak English in front of anyone. did not want anyone to knowlIMEMI 61C. -314 Later when the American soldiers re•uested English speakers old the soldiers that - I
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soldiers. was in Kandahar three weeks. On January 15, 2002, he was flown to Camp Delta, Guantanamo
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together to go to Af hanistan. No one provided any financial assistance to them. .paid his own was to Afghanistan..went to fight and for other reasons. Prior to leaving for Afghanistan,111111 broke up with his OD -1
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When he is released,.would like to go back homelM"chill our and possibly return to school to
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study either psychology or computers.
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