Now i am and since two days ago at khaldan camp for the second time but not in the same tent and not with the same previous group. Jason leopold, of truthout now of vice news, wrote about this issue soon after the photo of abu zubaydah with an. Abu zubaydah became completely unresponsive, with bubbles rising through his open, full mouth. The cias representations to the olc about the techniques were also inconsistent with how the techniques would later be applied. This screengrab of the guantanamo captive abu zubaydah was taken from a video interview he made sometime between the sept. Abu zubaydah, a saudi citizen, was captured in a joint pakistaniciafbi operation in lahore, pakistan, in march 2002. We must ask why no charges have been brought against u. In 2002, abu zubaydah was detained by the cia in pakistan and disappeared into secret detention at a series of cia black sites, subjected to systematic torture, forced disappearance and.
Zubaydah was described as hysterical after these sessions and distressed to a level that he was. A rare glimpse of abu zubaydah 14 years after first cia. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. Documents related to the former detention and interrogation. We inserted the drive and opened up a pdf he had titled pepsiismyfavoritedrink. Abu zubaydah is a saudi citizen who helped manage the khalden training camp in afghanistan. Secret detention sites european court of human rights. The report will first address persistent conditions which were employed broadly against detainees, followed by an in depth look at each approved torture technique. Ctc categorizes those individuals who are believed to have lesser direct. Browse the full text of the english translation from the second segment of the.
Abu zubaydah was tortured and waterboarded by the ciabut his troubles really began when his case arrived in a d. To this day he says he doesnt know why the americans removed it. How america tortures by mark denbeaux, stephanie moreno. Extraordinary rendition and torture human rights in practice. The applicants alleged secret detention at a cia black site in. It definitively explores the case of zubaydah, which mitchell and jessen were involved in torturing. He was severly injured by gunshot wounds and the cia flew a top surgeon from johns hopkins in baltimore to help him survive. Abu zubaydah s drawings of torture at the hands of american agents are a sickening reminder of what this country is capable of.
Abu zubaydah helen duffy represents guantanamo detainee and rendition victim zayn alabidin muhammad husayn abu zubaydah in international proceedings. Abu zubaydah, a man once called alqaedas chief of operations appears to be at the center of an unraveling of the official myth behind al qaeda. He is now held without charge as a highvalue detainee at the prison camps at the u. During his capture in pakistan in march 2002, zubaydah was s. Abu zubaydah was the first detainee to be subjected to the cias enhanced interrogation techniques. Abu zubaydah will take the stand, unafraid of the truth that will emerge, confident that the world will come to know.
Zubaydah was captured in pakistan in march 2002 and has been in united states custody ever since, including fourandahalf years in the secret prison network of the central intelligence agency. The interrogation of abu zubaydah the center for the study. Erroneously believed to be a highlevel member of alqaida with detailed knowledge of terrorist plans, abu zubaydah was held for four years at various secret cia dark sites for enhanced. Experts think abu zubaydah became alqaedas chief of military operations after muhammed atef was killed in a u. May 31, 2011 nearly 10 years ago, detainee abu zubaydah lost his left eye while in the custody of the cia at a secret location. Abu zubaydah this afternoon, i received a telephone call from deputy assistant attorney general john yoo of the office of legal counsel, department of justice. Bin ladens attempts in 199798 to convince ibn alkhattab, a saudi militant who led an international brigade in chechnya, to come under al qaedas banner also failed. Al jazeera obtained the translated documents in pdf form, viewable here. In this submission amnesty international and the international commission of jurists address in particular.
In addition, the cias cables from the beginning of abu zubaydahs torture. Michael hayden lied to ssci on april 12, 2007 emptywheel. Abu zubaydah is a saudi arabian citizen currently held by the u. Oct 15, 2012 abu zubaydah, a man once called alqaedas chief of operations, appears to be at the center of an unraveling of the official myth behind al qaeda. The european court established in mr husayns first case husayn abu zubaydah v. These two cases concerned allegations of torture, illtreatment and secret detention of two men suspected of terrorist acts. Abu zubaydah interrogation the newly released senate report on cia interrogation techniques details the interrogation of abu zubaydah, a saudi arabian citizen held in guantanamo bay. Well, the origin could be traced to the capture of abu zubaydah in march of 2002, i believe was the month. Aug 24, 2016 the us government has released an unclassified profile of the jihadist known as abu zubaydah, who is held at the guantanamo bay detention facility. Abu zubaydah zayn alabidin muhammed hussein abu zubaydah is a saudi citizen who helped manage the khalden training camp in afghanistan. What zubaydah was trying to illustrate is sometimes unclear. Central command, shows abu zubaydah, date and location unknown. Abu zubaydah begs guantanamo prosecutors to charge him cbs news.
Documents in pdf format require the adobe acrobat reader. Abu zubaydah sstatus in alqaidaand the interrogation teamscertainty that abu zubaydah was withholding information about planned terrorist attacks. A list of the enhanced interrogation techniques used by. The defensive and offensive efforts merged in a seminal work. Failure to act would raise serious questions about the integrity and legitimacy of the convening authority and, indeed, of the whole process established to try or release guantanamo detainees. Timeline of cia detention and interrogation program. May 10, 2017 guantanamo detainee to testify on unspeakable torture by cia agents. The previous tent was destroyed when abu abdallah alsudani martyred, may god bless his soul, you are a rowdy guy, abu hurayra.
Captured in pakistan on march 28, 2002, he has since been held by the united states as an enemy combatant. Abu zubaydah abu zubaydah is a citizen of the palestinian territories. The report says one country paid by the cia torture program was told that the. The case of the terrorist abu zubaydah is a good example of where the success of the informed interrogation approach can be contrasted with the failure of the harsh technique approach. Section 1782 provides that the district court of the district in which a person resides or is found may order him to give his.
While he was being held in a hospital under the custody of the u. Dec 11, 2007 kevin drum posts two conflicting accounts of the cia interrogation of abu zubaydah, who was captured in the weeks after 911. I am not the first person to raise the question of how abu zubaydah lost his eye. According to the report, cia interrogators told abu zubaydah that the only way he would leave the facility was in the coffinshaped confinement box. Detainee returned to lahore in late march or early april 2001, and stayed at dr. His lawyers, who are bound by government secrecy laws, said they could not discuss anything he told them about what he intended. After his capture in early 2002, zubaydah was the first detainee known to be tortured. Nowadays, perhaps more than ever, the public seems to want to forget abu zubaydah and repress any recollection of what the united states government has done to him and the trauma he continues to suffer as a result. Controversies who removed terrorism suspect abu zubaydahs.
Do they work, are they reliable, and what did the fbi know about them. Mar 30, 2009 the truth about abu zubaydah brent mickum the bush administrations false claim that my client was a top alqaida official has led to his imprisonment and torture. Atef aka abu hafs almasri to discuss the possibility of conducting an attack in israel. Zubaydah was the first really bigfish, highranking al qaeda figure that the agency had. In my book, this means that, regardless of the validity of the olcs opinions, those who authorized the torture of abu zubaydah between march 28 and july 31, 2002 are not protected by the olcs supposed golden shield, and should be prosecuted for contravening the prohibition on the use of torture that, since 1988, has been enshrined. Abu zubaydah poses a real threat to al qaeda 911truth. Many notable thinkers are, and will continue to be. Senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf internet archive. The strange case of the forgotten gitmo detainee politico. Note that this memo was written months before the capture of abu zubaydah, the first high value detainee. He was transferred among prisons in various countries including a year in poland, as part of a united states extraordinary rendition program. As discussed below, such a claimthe ability to meaningfully assess credibility through the observation of nonverbal indica. Zubaydah is a saudi arabian al qaeda facilitator, who was the cias first detainee.
Joseph margulies, mark denbeaux and helen duffy, who also represent abu zubaydah, have contributed to this article. The interrogation of abu zubaydah the center for the. Abu zubaydah has been detained without a hearing for ten years. The abu zubaydah document emptywheel 20100420 one of the most curious documents turned over in last weeks foia dump is the last one, titled the cia interrogation of abu zubaydah pdf. Abu zubaydahs drawings of torture at the hands of american agents are a sickening reminder of what this country is capable of. Abu zubaydah and his attorney, margulies, filed an ex parte application for discovery in the eastern district of washington pursuant to 28 u. Abu zubaydah poses a real threat to al qaeda dig within. Part 1 of the secret diaries of abu zubaydah reveals a troubled path from studying in india to battling in afghanistan. Each time abu zubaydah denied having additional information, the interrogators would perform a facial slap or face grab.
According to ron suskinds sources, zubaydah was a schizophrenic low. Saudi arabia zayn alabidin muhammed husayn abu zubaydah is a palestinian long believed to be one of osama bin ladens top lieutenants. Charge abu zubaydah with a crime or free him truthdig. Since the spanish inquisition, these practices have been. Just carrying the thumb drive with abu zubaydah s diaries put me on edge. What politics and the media still get wrong about abu zubaydah. Psychologists, architects of cia experimental torture. Poland that after his capture he had been held in a cia detention facility in thailand before being moved to another black site in poland in december 2002. Jun 09, 2015 i am not the first person to raise the question of how abu zubaydah lost his eye. Amanda jacobsen, a lawyer for abu zubaydah, has this oped in the washington post complaining that her clientand the government officials responsible for his detention and interrogationhave never faced charges. Ssci chairman feinstein and vice chairman bond send a document.
May 16, 2012 abu zubaydah, in an undated photo cbs news new york the al qaeda operative known as abu zubaydah, the longestheld high value detainee currently incarcerated at the u. For three years, the aclu has challenged trumps abuses of power. Zubaydah that you intend to place a stinging insect into the box with him. This report integrates abu zubaydah s descriptions from the earliest days of his torture with the cia cables that described those days from the cias perspective. The following fourteen persons are referred to in this report, in chronological order according to date of ar rest. The case of abu zubaydah and the companion case of al nashiri, involving romania. Abu zubaydah csrt transcript american civil liberties union. Ali soufan testified about abu zubaydah s interrogation before the u.
Beginning in august 2002, abu zubaydah was the first prisoner to undergo enhanced interrogation techniques. We have a federal torture act in this country passed into law in 1946 and signed by president truman that specifically outlawed exactly the techniques that mitchell and jessen had used against abu zubaydah, kiriakou said. This factsheet does not bind the court and is not exhaustive. Zubaydah was waterboarded at least 83 times in total and 24 times a daywith multiple iterations of the watering cycle during each application. In may 2001, said alkurdi advised detainee that he could obtain belgian passports. Inside the mind of a jihadi torture and the art of deception. Name nationality place of ar rest date of ar rest 1 abu zubaydah palestinian faisalabad, pakistan 28 march 2002 2 ramzi mohammed binalshib yemeni karachi, pakistan 11 september 2002. The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views. This was an actual sentence and recurring sentiment in the document on the drive, the first volume of the diary of a man neither of us had ever met but would never forget. Abu zubaydah was said to be a key alqaeda travel facilitator the americans describe him as one of alqaedas senior travel facilitators and credit him with helping to smuggle the former alqaeda in iraq leader abu musab alzarqawi and some 70 fighters out of afghanistan into iran. A the relevant knowledge imputable to contracting parties at the relevant time.
The twoway the senates report says cia interrogators used methods such as rectal infusion and waterboarding on detainees. He was shot and captured in pakistan by pakistani authorities working with the cia, in a. The following elements were copied from the original. The information allegedly obtained from his torture played a large part in the creation. The secret diary of abu zubaydah al jazeera america. While abu zubaydah was being apprehended in pakistan in 2002, he was shot and severely wounded. Abu zubaydah told the fbi officers that mukhtar trained the 911 hijackers and also provided additional information on ksms background, to include diat ksm spoke fluent english, was approximately 34 years old, and was responsible for alqaida operations outside of afghanistan. The latest ghost detainee foia materials long pdf for a general overview see this post prove that michael hayden lied to the senate on april 12, 2007 one of the things included in this packet is a heavily redacted transcript of haydens classified briefing to the senate intelligence committee ssci on april 12, 2007. A document mule in the internet age al jazeera america. Al jazeera obtained the translated documents in pdf form, viewable here, and reproduced them online in a searchable format. People are counting on us to keep fighting for immigrant families, access to abortion, voting rights and more. At this point in the tribunal id like to address some other requests for evidence that you had made previously.
Petitioners zayn alabidin muhammad husayn abu zubaydah and joseph margulies by their counsel, hereby apply to the court for an order under 28 u. He is held under the authority of authorization for use of military force against terrorists aumf. Guantanamo detainee to testify on unspeakable torture by. Zubaydah was the first of the captives after the attacks of sept. One of the most curious documents turned over in last weeks foia dump is the last one, titled the cia interrogation of abu zubaydah pdf. He tells frontline that critical cia intelligence about al qaeda was not communicated to the fbi before 911, and had that information been shared, the world would be very different today. Poland, reconstructed on the basis of the 2014 us senate committee report and other documents and as corroborated by experts heard by the court 33 d.
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