User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/not ready yet/Bacha Khan (Guantanamo captive 529)

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Bacha Khan
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Bajawor, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistan
Detained at Guantanamo
ISN529
Charge(s)No charge, held in extrajudicial detention
StatusRepatriated on 2004-9-17

Bacha Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 529.

According to the Department of Defense's consolidated list of captives' departure dates he was repatriated to Pakistan on 17 September 2004.[2]

Medical records[edit]

Bacha Khan's weight was recorded 23 times -- the last weigh-in being recorded weeks after he left Guantanamo.

On 16 March 2007 the Department of Defense published records of the captives' height and weight fluctuations.[3] Joint Task Force Guantanamo medical staff recorded his height as 71 inches. Joint Task Force Guantanamo Guantanamo medical staff recorded his weight 23 times during his stay. Joint Task Force Guantanamo Guantanamo medical staff recorded his weight in October 2004 -- even though he had been returned to Afghanistan the previous month.

Guantanamo Detainee Assessment briefs via WikiLeaks[edit]

In April 2011 the whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret Guantanamo Detainee Assessment Briefs prepared by Joint Task Force Guantanamo.[4] Bacha's recommendations was 2 pages long. It was dated September 13, 2003, and was signed by camp commandant Geoffrey D. Miller. Khan's assessment repeats his story that he had traveled to Afghanistan prior to the war, and had been delayed when the war caused the border to be closed. Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts didn't believe his account, characterized him as being deceptive.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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 2006-05-15.
  2. ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  3. ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: ISNs 495-575" (PDF). Department of Defense. Retrieved 2008-12-22. mirror
  4. ^ Geoffrey D. Miller (2003-09-13). "Transfer Recommendation for Guantanamo Detainee Badcha Khan, ISN: US9PK-000529DP to Another Country for Continued Detention" (PDF). JTF-GTMO via WikiLeaks. Retrieved 2012-05-24. Media related to File:ISN 00529, Badcha Khan's Guantanamo detainee assessment.pdf at Wikimedia Commons
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