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:'''a. The detainee is [[associated with al Qaida|associated with the Al Qaida]] and [[associated with the Taliban|the Taliban]]:
:#The detainee, in August 2001, departed China for [[Kyrgyzstan]], to [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]], continued to [[Jalalabad]], Afghanistan and to [[Tora Bora]], Afghanistan.
:a. The detainee is associated with the Al Qaida and the Taliban:
:#The detainee, in August 2001, departed China for Kyrgyzstan, to Islamabad, Pakistan, continued to Jalalabad, Afghanistan and to Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
:#The detainee was at the Uighur [[training camp]] in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
:#The detainee was at the Uighur training camp in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
:#The detainee received training on the [[AK-47]] assault rifle at Uigher training camp in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
:#The detainee received training on the AK-47 assault rifle at Uigher training camp in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
:#The detainee received training on the [[PK machine gun]] and military tactics at a Uigher training camp.
:#The detainee received training on the PK machine gun and military tactics at a Uigher training camp.
:#The training camp was provided to the Uighers by the Taliban.
:#The training camp was provided to the Uighers by the Taliban.
:#The [[East Turkistan Islamic Movement|ETIM]] operated facilities in the Tora Bora region Afghanistan in which Uigher expatriates underwent small arms training. These camps were funded by [[Osama bin Laden|Bin Laden]] and the [[Taliban]].
:#The ETIM operated facilities in the Tora Bora region Afghanistan in which Uigher expatriates underwent small arms training. These camps were funded by Bin Laden and the Taliban.


:'''b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.
:b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.
:#The detainee fled, along with others, when the United States forces bombed their camp.
:#The detainee fled, along with others, when the United States forces bombed their camp.
:#The detainee was captured in Pakistan, along with other Uigher fighters.
:#The detainee was captured in Pakistan, along with other Uigher fighters.
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===Transcript===
===Transcript===

Revision as of 10:43, 18 December 2009

Akhdar Qasem Basit
Detained at Guantanamo
ISN276
Charge(s)No charge
StatusTransferred to an Albanian refugee camp.

Akhdar Qasem Basit is a Uyghur citizen of China who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 276. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report Basit was born on November 14, 1973, in Ghulja, China.

Basit is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uyghur ethnic group.[2]

Main article: Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo

Identity

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Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.[5] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.[6]

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

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a. The detainee is associated with the Al Qaida and the Taliban:
  1. The detainee, in August 2001, departed China for Kyrgyzstan, to Islamabad, Pakistan, continued to Jalalabad, Afghanistan and to Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
  2. The detainee was at the Uighur training camp in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
  3. The detainee received training on the AK-47 assault rifle at Uigher training camp in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
  4. The detainee received training on the PK machine gun and military tactics at a Uigher training camp.
  5. The training camp was provided to the Uighers by the Taliban.
  6. The ETIM operated facilities in the Tora Bora region Afghanistan in which Uigher expatriates underwent small arms training. These camps were funded by Bin Laden and the Taliban.
b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.
  1. The detainee fled, along with others, when the United States forces bombed their camp.
  2. The detainee was captured in Pakistan, along with other Uigher fighters.

Transcript

Basit chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[7] On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[8]

Testimony

  • Basit confirmed he received training on the AK-47, during which he fired three or four bullets.
  • Basit stated that there wasn't much time for marksmanship lessons, because they were so busy doing construction work.
  • Basit stated the American aerial bombardment followed shortly after his arrival.
  • Basit stated that he was directed to the camp by a Uyghur he met in Kyryzstan.
  • Basit stated he didn't meet any Arabs in Afghanistan.

Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant

The Washington Post reports that Basit was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[9][10] The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.

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Press reports

On June 8, 2007, in an interview in the Dallas Star-Telegram Basit described his health deteriorating in his Albanian refugee camp.[11]

On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Akhdar Qasem Basit.[12][13] The McClatchy interviews confirms the reports his health is failing:

"Even in Guantanamo, I was strong. Look up the records: I did not need doctors. But now, everything has changed. I am sick every day; I am in pain every day. It is no secret why. I have lost hope."
"I have not seen my daughter since she was 4 months old. When I arrived, I had hope, but it is clear I will never see her again. I will never again see my wife. I have no dreams for the future."
"It's sad, isn't it? We grow up believing America is the land of hope. And yet, that is who killed hope for me."

References

  1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo, Asia Times, November 4, 2004
  3. ^ "Information paper: Uighur Detainee Population at JTF-GTMO" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 30 October 2004. pp. pages 28-34. Retrieved 2007-12-19. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ a b OARDEC (12 November 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Basit, Akhdar Qasem" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. p. page 17. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  5. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
  6. ^ "Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials". United States Department of Defense. March 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  7. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). "Summarized Statement" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 1-6. Retrieved 2008-04-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "US releases Guantanamo files". The Age. April 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  9. ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
  10. ^ "Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  11. ^ Matthew Schofield. "Freedom proves bitter for released detainee". Dallas Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
  12. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 2". McClatchy News Service. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
  13. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Akhdar Qasem Basit". McClatchy News Service. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
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