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| Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani | |
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| Released | 2005-07-11 escaped from Bagram |
| Detained at | Bagram Theater Internment Facility |
| Charge(s) | extrajudicial detention |
Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was a captive held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[1] He has been described as one of the two men responsible for a surprising escape from Bagram, on July 11, 2005. According to Eric Schmitt and Tim Golden of the New York Times US official didn't first identify him and [[Omar al Faruq under their real names, when they first escaped.
Schmitt and Golden reported "Intelligence officials gave differing views on the importance of Mr. Kahtani.[1] One official described him as having been responsible at one point for maintaining Al Qaeda's operational support structure in Afghanistan; another said he was an important Qaeda fighter, but not a senior-level operative."
Al-Kaktani and the other three men were being held in cell 119, Bagram, an isolation cell, with four other men.[1] Schmitt and Golden reported that it had been planned to transfer the four men to the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.
Al-Kahtani appeared in a video released by al Qaeda later in 2005.[2] Radio Free Europe reported that Al-Kahtani appeared in an al Qaeda video with the other escaped men in October 2005. They also reported that Al-Kahtani was believed to have been involved in the beheading of two people in Iraq.[3]
American officials issued a statement on November 6, 2006 that a ""known al Qaeda operative and five other extremists" had been captured in an operation in Khost Province.[4] On November 13, 2006, Asharq Alawsat reported that one of the captured men was a Saudi identified as "Abu Nasir al-Qahtani", who was later reported to be Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani. Xinhua reported that the men were captured with "grenades, military equipment, armor-piercing rounds and AK-47 assault rifles" and a "camera containing surveillance video of nearby military installations".[5] A Taliban spokesman told the News International that al-Kahtani was captured in a safe house near the Khost Airport.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Eric P. Schmitt, Tim Golden (2005-12-05). "Details Emerge on a Brazen Escape in Afghanistan". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ Josh Lefkowitz (2008-05-05). "Terrorists Behind Bars". NEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-19.
- ^ Amin Tarzi (2005-11-03). "Afghanistan: Escape Of High-Level Al-Qaeda Member Causes Concern". Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19.
- ^ "Al Qaeda Escapee Caught in Afghanistan". Asharq Alawsat. 2006-11-13. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19.
- ^ "U.S. military: senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan nabbed". Xinhua. 2006-11-14. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20.
- ^ Rahimullah Yusufzai (2006-11-13). "Al-Qaeda man rearrested". The News International. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20.