Combatant Status Review
Tourson was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo for his hearing lists the following allegations:
- a. The detainee is an al Qaeda fighter:
- The detainee stated that he left China during September 2000 and traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, by way of Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.
- The detainee stated that he was a member of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) AKA Sharq (East) Turkistan Islamic Partiyisa (STIP).
- ETIM is an extremist Islamic organization operating in the eastern region of China.
- The detainee was captured near Mazir-E-Sharif, Afghanistan by General Dostum's troops, taken to the Qalai Janghi Prison and later turned over to U.S. Forces.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States or its coalition partners.
- The detainee stated that he was trained to use an AK-47 rifle.
- The detainee stated that he traveled to Konduz, AF and then on to Mazir-E-Sharif to fight against General Dostum's troops.
- The detainee was a prisoner at the Qalai Janghi /Mazir-E-Sharif Prison during the Mazir-E-Sharif Prison Riot.
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