The May 2009 "one in Seven" Claims
On May 21, 2009, Elizabeth Bumiller, writing in the New York Times, reported that they had secured access to an unreleased Pentagon report that asserted "one in seven" former captives "are engaged in terrorism or militant activity." According to the New York Times Pentagon officials had asserted 74 former captives had returned to terrorism, and had named 29 individuals. But, by May 21, 2009, the New York Times chose to publish only 15 of those 29 names because they couldn't correlate the names on the recent Pentagon lists with the earlier official lists of captives' names.
On June 6, 2009 Clark Hoyt, whose byline lists him as the New York Times "public editor" wrote an apology to the New York Times readers for Bumiller's article.
Fifteen former captives as reported by the New York Times
| isn |
name |
transfer
date |
nation |
notes |
| 8 |
Abdullah Gulam Rasoul |
2007-12-12 |
Afghanistan |
- In 2007 he was transferred to the American wing of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison.
- British officials believed Rasoul became the Taliban's operations commander in southern Afghanistan soon after his release and blamed him for masterminding an increase in roadside attacks against British and American troops.
- The New York Times reported that Rasoul led a December 2008-January 2009 delegation to the Pakistani Taliban to convince them to refocus their efforts away from the Pakistani government and towards the American-led forces in Afghanistan.
|
| 23 |
Isa Khan |
2004-09-17 |
Pakistan |
|
| 25 |
Majeed Abdullah al Joudi |
2007-02-20 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
| 67 |
Abd al Razaq Abdallah Hamid Ibrahim al Sharikh |
2007-09-05 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
| 82 |
Rasul Kudayev |
2004-02-27 |
Russia |
- Was an athlete who fled persecution in Russia when he was a teenager.
- Was captured in 2006 following an attack on Russian government facilities in October 2005.
- His family reports that his stay in Afghanistan and Guantanamo had left him with serious health problems, and that he was at home, under his mother's care, at the time of the attack.
|
| 92 |
- Said Mohammed Alim Shah
- aka Abdullah Mehsud
|
|
|
| 154 |
Mazin Salih Musaid al Awfi |
2007-07-15 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
| 159 |
Abdullah al Noaimi |
2005-11-04 |
Bahrain |
- Knew the three men who died in the camp on June 10, 2006. He expressed skepticism about the official version, and questioned the credibility of the allegations against them.
- In October 2008 Saudi authorities apprehended and detained al Noaimi when he was on a visit to Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi authorities continue to hold him—without charge.
|
| 203 |
Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov |
|
Russia |
|
| 209 |
Almasm Rabilavich Sharipov |
|
Russia |
|
| 211 |
Ruslan Odijev |
|
Russia |
|
| 230 |
Humud Dakhil Humud Said al Jadan |
2007-07-15 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
| 231 |
Abdulhadi Abdallah Ibrahim al Sharakh |
2007-09-05 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
| 294 |
Mohammed bin Ahmad Mizouz |
July 2004 |
Morocco |
- Accused of recruiting for Al Qaeda in Iraq.
|
| 333 |
Muhammad al Awfi |
2007-11-09 |
Saudi Arabia |
- Graduated from the Saudi jihadist rehabilitation center.
- Unexpectedly left Saudi Arabia without government permission in December 2008.
- Appeared in a threatening video published by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in January 2009.
- Was named on a Saudi Arabian list of most wanted suspected terrorists in February 2009.
- Voluntarily surrendered himself to Saudi security officials in March 2009.
|
| 372 |
Said Ali al Shihri |
2007-11-09 |
Saudi Arabia |
- Graduated from the Saudi jihadist rehabilitation center.
- Unexpectedly left Saudi Arabia without government permission in December 2008.
- Appeared in a threatening video published by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in January 2009, where he was described as the group's second in command.
- Was named on a Saudi Arabian list of most wanted suspected terrorists in February 2009.
- Called upon Somali pirates to increase their attacks on western shipping.
|
| 546 |
Muhibullah |
2005-07-19 |
Afghanistan |
|
| 571 |
Saad Madi Saad al Azmi |
2005-11-02 |
Kuwait |
- Faced charges in Kuwait following his repatriation on November 4, 2005. The charges were based on evidence supplied by the USA that he had ties to Al Wafa. The Kuwaiti court acquitted Al Azmi.
|
| 587 |
Ibrahim bin Shakaran |
July 2004 |
Morocco |
- Accused of recruiting for Al Qaeda in Iraq.
|
| 674 |
Timur Ravilich Ishmurat |
2004-02-17 |
Russia |
- Arrested in Russia in March 2006.
|
| 798 |
Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil |
2008-04-30 |
Afghanistan |
- Member of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah Pakistan, a group created in 1985 to fight the Soviet occupation. Although designated a terrorist organization in 2008 by the State Department, it is not on any of the official U.S. watchlists as it has worked as a charity with no military wing since 1991.
- Commander of Kunar anti-Taliban forces.
- In 2002, represented Kunar Province in the Grand Assembly.
- Arrested in August 2002 after an informer claimed he had helped members of al Qaida escape from Kunar. The Afghanistan government believes the head of the rival Mushwani tribe had turned Wakil in because the Mushwani tribe opposed a poppy eradication program that Wakil had begun in Kunar.
- Released in April 2008. Upon his release Wakil met with President Hamid Karzai who apologized for his detention.
- Currently a tribal elder representing Kunar province in the Afghanistan government.
|
| 1010 |
Nahir Shah |
2007-11-02 |
Afghanistan |
- Transferred from Guantanamo to the Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul on November 2, 2007.
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