Khalden training camp
The Khalden training camp (also transliterated as khaldan) was a military training camp in Afghanistan. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda.[1] Having attended one of these camps has triggered suspicion on many of the detainees in the War on Terror.
The Khalden training camp was led by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was captured in late 2001.[citation needed]
Ahmed Ressam, the Millennium Bomber, said he attended the camp using the alias "Nabil", beginning in April 1998 for five to six months.[2][3] He said Khalden Camp then generally hosted 50–100 trainees at any time, and he trained there in light weapons, handguns, small machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs), explosives (including TNT, C4 plastic explosives, and black plastic explosives), poisons (including cyanide), poison gas, sabotage, target selection, urban warfare, tactics (including assassinations), and security.[2][3][4] Trainees were from Jordan, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Chechnya, Turkey, Sweden, Germany, and France.[2] During the time he was there, he met Zacarias Moussaoui.[3][4]
[edit] Individuals alleged to have attended the Khalden training camp
| Abdullah Khadr[5] |
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| Abdurahman Khadr[6][7] |
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| Ahmed Ajaj[9] |
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| Ahmed Ressam[10] |
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| Feroz Abbasi[11] |
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| Gouled Hassan Dourad[12] |
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| Ibrahim Elgabrowny[9] |
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| Mahmoud Abouhalima[9] |
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| Majed Moqed[13] |
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| Mohamed Rashid al-Owhali[11][14] |
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| Mohamed Atta[11] |
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| Mohamed Moumou[15] |
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| Mushabib al-Hamlan[16][17] |
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| Omar al-Faruq[11] |
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| Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami[18] | ||
| Ramzi Yousef[9] |
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| Richard Reid[11] |
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| Saajid Badat[11] |
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| Satam al-Suqami[19] |
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| Zacarias Moussaoui[20] |
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| Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir[21] |
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| Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Habayshi[22] |
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| Noor Uthman Muhammaed[23] |
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| Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri[24] |
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| Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi[25] |
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| Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi[26] |
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| Hisham Sliti[27] |
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| Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman[28] |
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| Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri[24] |
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| Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy[29] |
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| Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi[30] |
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| Omar Nasiri[31][32] |
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| Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris[33] |
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| Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser[34] |
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| Lufti Bin Ali[35] |
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| Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari[36][37] |
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| Adil Charkaoui[38] |
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| Raouf Hannachi[38] |
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[edit] References
- ^ Son of Al Qaeda, Frontline (PBS)
- ^ a b c "U.S. v. Haquari, Examination". USDC SDNY. July 3, 2001. http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/haouari/ushaouari70301rassamtt.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ a b c U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (February 2, 2010). "U.S. v. Ressam". http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/US_v_Ressam_9thcircuitappeals0210.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ressam Testimony in Mokhtar Haouari Trial". Southern District of New York. July 2001. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/inside/testimony.html. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ 'I was never in al-Qaeda,' newly freed Khadr says: Released after 14 months in Pakistani jails, he calls himself an aspiring businessman[dead link], Globe and Mail, December 9, 2005
- ^ Khadr clears Charkaoui, casts doubt on case, press release from Justice for Mohamed Harkat, July 14, 2004
- ^ Ordinary lad — or jihad conscript? mirrored Toronto Star, December 2, 2003
- ^ Testimony of Abdurahman Khadr as a witness in the trial against Charkaoui, July 13, 2004
- ^ a b c d Another Angle on al-Zawahiri's Call to Action, Stratfor, December 21, 2005
- ^ Going to Camp, Seattle Times, July 7, 2002
- ^ a b c d e f The Khaldan Alumni (.pdf)[dead link], Toronto Star, December 9, 2005
- ^ "Biographies of High Value Terrorist Detainees Transferred to the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" (PDF) (Press release). Office of the Director of National Intelligence. September 6, 2006. http://www.dni.gov/announcements/content/DetaineeBiographies.pdf. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
- ^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States – notes to chapter 7, 9/11 Commission
- ^ Hijacking suspect 'was bin Laden bodyguard', The Guardian, September 30, 2001
- ^ "Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators" (Press release). United States Department of the Treasury. December 7, 2006. http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm.
- ^ World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, Global Security
- ^ 911 Commission: Notes to Chapter 7, 911 Commission
- ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami's Administrative Review Board hearing – page 151
- ^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States – notes to chapter 7, 911 commission
- ^ Indictment of ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, US Department of Justice
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir Administrative Review Board – page 18
- ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Habayshi Combatant Status Review Tribunal – pages 65–70
- ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Noor Uthman Muhammaed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal – October 19, 2004 page 264
- ^ a b Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal – October 21, 2004 page 148
- ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal – September 28, 2004 page 237
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi Administrative Review Board, May 4, 2005 – page 51
- ^ Summary of Evidence (.pdf) prepared for Hisham Sliti's Combatant Status Review Tribunals – November 19, 2004 – page 62
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman Administrative Review Board – page 45
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy Administrative Review Board, May 2, 2005 – page 48
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi Administrative Review Board – pages 59–61
- ^ Reid Morden, Running with, and from, al-Qaeda, The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2006
- ^ Infiltrating Al-Qaeda: At a terrorist camp, a French spy meets the battling Khadr brothers[dead link], Macleans (magazine), November 27, 2006
- ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris's Combatant Status Review Tribunal – September 30, 2004 page 246
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser Administrative Review Board May 18, 2005 – page 35
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Lufti Bin Ali Administrative Review Board – page 19
- ^ documents (.pdf) from Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari Administrative Review Board – page 31
- ^ a b Dozens of Canadians join Jihad terror camps Immigrants recruited, RCMP says, Justice for Mohamed Harkat
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