Tarnak Farms - Suspects Believed To Have Trained at Tarnak Farms

• Yemeni electrician
• also trained at the Al Farouq training camp

• One of the limited number of Guantanamo captives to face charges before a Guantanamo military commission.
• Alleged to have studied "urban tactics".

• Yemeni
• Denies participating in any training or hostilities

• The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his third annual review in 2008 asserted he had acknowledged spending two months training at Tarnak Farms:

The detainee stated that after al Farouq training camp, he started advanced training at the Tarnak Farms Training Camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan. The detainee stated he spent approximately two months at Tarnak Farms Training Camp. The detainee practiced firing automatic rifles and pistols while walking, running, and from moving vehicles. The detainee also practiced urban warfare techniques, such as room clearing, kicking down doors, and jumping through windows. The detainee was also shown how to use explosives to blow open a locked door. The Tarnak Farms facility housed an al Qaida poison and explosive training laboratory and an advanced operational training camp. The Tarnak Farms camp was the most important al Qaida training camp in Afghanistan since it was where al Qaida operatives received advanced operational training including urban assault and other tactics.

• The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his third annual review asserted "a source" reported attending a "city tactics course" with Nayif.:

The city tactics course length was five to six weeks long and primarily covered assassinations in urban areas. The training was held at the Tarnak Farms Camp, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

• The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his third annual review asserted "a source" reported attending a "city tactics course" with Nayif.:

A source identified the detainee as someone who was at Tarnak Farms in January 2000.

The "factors favoring release or transfer" on his first and third annual reviews reported that he had denied knowing anything about Tarnak Farms.

• His 2004 Combatant Status Review Tribunal and his third annual review in 2007 stated: "The detainee attended a speech by Usama bin Ladin at Tarnak Farms, near Kandahar, Afghanistan."
• His first annual review in 2005 stated that he attended the bin Laden speech at Tarnak Farms in November 1999.

Allegations on his second annual review board stated that he attended one week of AK-47 training at the Abu Abaida Training Camp. Those allegations stated:

"The detainee trained with weapons for one week at the Abu Abaida Training Camp, also known as Tarnak Farms near the Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan." "The Tarnak Farms facility in Afghanistan housed an al Qaida poison and explosive training laboratory and an advanced operational training camp. The Tarnak Farms camp was considered the most important al Qaida training camp in Afghanistan since it was where al Qaida operatives received advanced operational training including urban assault and other tactics."