User:Diego/List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches
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Possession of a Casio watch, often a Casio F91W, was listed in Guantanamo Bay Combatant Status Review Tribunal reports and other government documents as a reason for these detainees' continued detention, according to The Guardian:
"the Casio F-91W digital watch was declared to be 'the sign of al-Qaeda' and a contributing factor to continued detention of prisoners by the analysts stationed at Guantánamo Bay. Briefing documents used to train staff in assessing the threat level of new detainees advise that possession of the F-91W – available online for as little as £4 – suggests the wearer has been trained in bomb making by al-Qaida in Afghanistan."[1]
United States Military intelligence officials have identified the F91W as a watch that terrorists use when constructing time bombs.[2][3]
This association was highlighted in the Denbeaux study, and may have been used in some cases at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[4] An article published in the Washington Post in 1996 reported that Abdul Hakim Murad, Wali Khan Amin Shah, and Ramzi Ahmed Yousef had developed techniques to use commonly available Casio digital watches to detonate time bombs.[5]
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Mazin Salih Musaid al Awfi |
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Hani Abdul Muslih al Shulan |
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Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari |
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Salih Uyar |
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Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim |
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Usama Hassan Ahmend Abu Kabir |
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Abdelaziz Kareem Salim al-Noofayee |
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Abdul Matin |
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References
[edit]- ^ James Ball (25 April 2011). "Guantánamo Bay files: Casio wristwatch 'the sign of al-Qaida'". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Why Am I in Cuba?"". Mother Jones. 12 July 2006.
- ^ "Guantanamo Captives Jailed Because Of Digital Watches". WCVB. 10 March 2006.
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"Empty Evidence". National Journal. 02/03/2006.
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(help) - ^ R. Jeffrey Smith (21 July 1996). "New Devices May Foil Airline Security". Washington Post. pp. A01. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ a b c "Common Casio watch becomes evidence at Guantanamo". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
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(help), 9 March 2006 - ^ a b Details of some hearings involving Guantanamo detainees, Fox News
- ^ Sketches of Guantanamo detainees-Part II, Boston Globe, 15 March 2006
- ^ Voices Baffled, Brash and Irate in Guantánamo, New York Times, 6 March 2006
- ^ Guantanamo detainee accused of having digital watch, Dawn (newspaper), 8 March 2006
- ^ Detainees' cases show another side of Gitmo, USA Today, 3 November 2004
- ^ Details from the Guantanamo Transcripts, NPR
- ^ US releases more Guantanamo files, BBC, 4 April 2006
- ^ Incoherencies, Eponymies: Proofs of Accusations Often Skimpy, Le Monde, 13 March 2006