Khaled Ben Mustafa - Official Status Reviews

Official Status Reviews

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:

a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida and supported military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:

1. In July 2001, and using a falsified Pakistani travel visa, the detainee traveled from France to London to Pakistan and finally into Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
2. The detainee traveled with other al Qaida recruits, but they were instructed to "ignore each other during the voyage."
3. When the detainee arrived in Jalalabad, he and his traveling companions were sent to the "House of the Algerians."
4. While at this location, an instructor showed the detainee how to de-assemble nd re-assemble a Kalashnikov.
5. In August 2001, the detainee left by taxi for Kandahar, Afghanistan, via Kabul, to begin their training.
6. The detainee waited for ten days in Kandahar so that a larger group of around thirty people could jointly undergo training, but soon traveled back to Jalalabad.
7. In November, as the city of Jalalabad was falling, the detainee escaped to the Tora Bora Mountains and remained there during the bombardment by coalition forces.
8. The Pakistani Military Authorities arrested the detainee as he and a group of other men were trying to cross the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan.