Mullah Mohammad Fazl is the former Taliban's Deputy Defense Minister who is held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States's.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 7. He arrived at the Guantanamo detention camps on 11 January 2002, and has been held there for 10 years, 1 month and 24 days.[2][3][4]
[edit] Background
Not much is known about Fazl, except that he served as the deputy defense minister under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban rule).[5][6][dead link][7] American intelligence analysts estimate that Fazl was born in 1967, in Charchno, Afghanistan.[citation needed] Although he negotiated an amnesty with the Afghan Northern Alliance leader Abdul Rashid Dostum[8], it is alleged that he is responsible for killing thousands of Shi'a Afghans between 1996 and late 2001.[5]
[edit] Held abord the USS Bataan
Former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef described being flown to the United States Navy's amphibious warfare vessel, the USS Bataan, for special interrogation.[9] Zaeef wrote that the cells were located six decks down, were only 1 meter by 2 meters. He wrote that the captives weren't allowed to speak with one another, but that he "eventually saw that Mullahs Fazal, Noori, Burhan, Wasseeq Sahib and Rohani were all among the other prisoners." Historian Andy Worthington, author of the The Guantanamo Files, identified Fazil as one of the men Zaeef recognized.
[edit] References
- ^ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22. mirror
- ^ "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version)". Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.ucdavis.edu%2Fresources%2Flibrary%2Fdocuments-and-reports%2Fgtmo_heightsweights.pdf&date=2009-12-21.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Mullah Mohammad Fazl". New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/7-mullah-mohammad-fazl.
- ^ a b Lawmakers may seek to block Taliban transfer by Mark Hosenball and Missy Ryan. January 6, 2012.
- ^ Edward Cody (2001-12-24). "If Able, Pakistan to Hand U.S. Bin Laden: Musharraf Makes Pledge as Troops Scour Border, but Says Fugitive May Be Dead". Washington Post. p. A10. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A19106-2001Dec23¬Found=true. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "Afghans praise, Pakistanis slam Guantanamo list". World Uyghur Congress. 2006-04-28. http://www.uyghurcongress.org/En/news.asp?ItemID=108672780&pcid=1110134820&cid=803688565&archive=yes. Retrieved 2009-07-18. [dead link]
- ^ Justin Huggler (2001-11-25). "Taliban defect but foreigners pledge to fight to the death: Siege of Kunduz - Victory appears close but fears mount that standoff could still end in bloodbath". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taliban-defect-but-foreigners-pledge-to-fight-to-the-death-618056.html. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Abdul Salam Zaeef (2010). "Torture and Abuse on the USS Bataan and in Bagram and Kandahar: An Excerpt from "My Life with the Taliban" by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef". Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.andyworthington.co.uk%2F2010%2F12%2F12%2Ftorture-and-abuse-on-the-uss-bataan-and-in-bagram-and-kandahar-an-excerpt-from-my-life-with-the-taliban-by-mullah-abdul-salam-zaeef%2F&date=2010-12-16. "We were not permitted to talk to each other, but could see one another while the food was handed to us. I eventually saw that Mullahs Fazal, Noori, Burhan, Wasseeq Sahib and Rohani were all among the other prisoners, but still we could not talk to each other."
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