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Counter-terrorism analysts routinely use the therm al Qaida facilitators for members of al Qaida's infrastructure.[1][2][3][4] In 2011 Reuters characterized NATO's use of this description as "bizarrely vague".[5] Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report that numerous Guantanamo captives either were al Qaida facilitators, or were associated with al Qaida facilitators.

alleged al Qaida facilitators

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10001 Bensayah Belkacem

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Bensayah Belkacem's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on September 24, 2004, and on the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for his first and second annual Administrative Review Board hearings, on December 28, 2005, and November 19, 2006 alleged[6][7][8]:

  • "The detainee was identified as the primary al Qaida facilitator in Bosnia."
10017 Abu Faraj al-Libbi

Three of the allegations prepared for his CSR Tribunal, on February 8, 2007, stated:

  • "The detainee was a senior al Qaida facilitator. His primary duty was the care of al Qaida families residing in Pakistan. Additionally, the detainee was involved in vetting and transporting al Qaida fighters to Afghanistan."
  • "Individuals wanting to fight in Afghanistan were required to be sponsored by an al Qaida member and be interviewed by the detainee to verify their bona fides. Once the detainee, a former commander in Afghanistan, was comfortable with the individual's background, the detainee would arrange travel to Afghanistan for the individual."
  • "The detainee was the deputy to al Qaida's third in command and was responsible for al Qaida activities and logistics throughout Pakistan."
? Abdul Rahman Abdallah Noor
  • Described as an al Qaida facilitator on his "most wanted poster".[9]
  • Described as a former Guantanamo captive, but his name is not listed on the official list of captives.[10]
Nek Mohammad Wazir
  • A rebel tribal leader described as an al Qaida facilitator killed during a rocket attack in Pakistan. in June 2004.[11][12]
Ibrahim Mohammed Khalil
  • Described as both an al Qaeda facilitator and one of al Qaeda's major recruiters in Europe.[13]
Riyadh the facilitator

Guantanamo captives alleged to have been associatated with an al Qaida facilitator

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216 Jamil Ali Al Kabi

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Jamil Ali Al Kabi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on November 16, 2004 alleged.[14]

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on October 13, 2005 alleged.[15]:

  • "The detainee admitted living and working with Luqman in Indonesia."
  • "Luqman is an al Qaida Senior Facilitator who was arrested on 04 October 2002. Luqman had been the number one target inside of Saudi Arabia for several months and had been the subject of a massive manhunt."
693 Ali Abdullah Ahmed

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Ali Abdullah Ahmed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal on November 1, 2004, and the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on May 26, 2005. alleged[16] [17]:

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board, on March 8, 2006, stated:

Ali Abdullah Ahmed was one of three Guantanamo captives who was reported to have committed suicide on June 10, 2006.

941 Juma Din

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Juma Din's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on October 17, 2004 alleged.[18]:

  • "Detainee is associated with an al Qaida]] facilitator."
  • "The detainee lived in the same house with his brother in law, who is the al Qaida facilitator."
  • "The detainee used a vehicle owned by the al Qaida facilitator."
945 Said Amir Jan

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Said Amir Jan's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on December 22, 2004 alleged[19]:

References

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  1. ^ "Wanted Information leading to the location of Muhsin al-Fadhli Up to $7 Million Reward". Rewards for Justice. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-05-07. Muhsin al-Fadhli is an Iran-based senior al-Qaida facilitator and financier. He has reportedly replaced Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil (better known as Yasin al-Suri) as al-Qaida's senior leader in Iran.
  2. ^ Saba Imbaz (2011-05-12). "Al Qaeda facilitators operate openly in Pakistan". Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. ^ "Al-Qaida facilitator killed in eastern Afghan operation: ISAF". Xinhua. 2012-09-27. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. "Abdul Rauf was a Pakistani al-Qaida facilitator who coordinated the movement of foreign fighters into the country, as well as constructing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for attacks against security forces," the release said, adding that a post-strike assessment determined no civilians were harmed and no civilian structures were damaged in the attack in the province 185 km east of the Afghan capital Kabul.
  4. ^ Dana Hughes (2012-10-18). "Bounty Offered for Al Qaeda 'Facilitators'". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2013-05-07. Under its Rewards for Justice program, the State Department is willing to pay up to $7 million for information leading to the capture of al Qaeda "senior facilitator and financier" Muhsin al-Fadhli, and another $5 million for the location of his deputy, Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi.
  5. ^ Rob Taylor (2011-04-29). "Taliban finding clarity as NATO struggles to deliver message". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2013-05-07. NATO claims often in its daily operational roundups to have killed Taliban or al Qaeda "facilitators", a bizarrely vague description for insurgent organisers and weapons suppliers.
  6. ^ Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants (2004-09-24). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal Belkacem, Bensayah" (PDF). Department of Defense. pp. pages 115. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  7. ^ OARDEC (2005-12-28). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Belkacem, Bensayah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 19-20. Retrieved 2007-12-19. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ OARDEC (2006-11-19). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Belkacem, Bensayah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 92-94. Retrieved 2007-12-19. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  9. ^ "Most Wanted, Afghanistan/Pakistan" (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. October 2006. p. 29-30. Retrieved 2007-03-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ OARDEC (May 15 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Department of Homeland Security IAIP Directorate Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report for 21 June 2004" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  12. ^ Ayaz Gul (2004-06-18). "Pakistan Military Kills Alleged Al Qaida Facilitator". Voice of America. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  13. ^ Lisa Myers (Tuesday January 25, 2005). "Terror recruitment on the rise in Europe: What do recent arrests say about al-Qaida and Europe?". MSNBC. Retrieved 2008-01-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ OARDEC (2004-11-16). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Kabi, Jamil Ali" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 32-33. Retrieved 2007-12-19. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  15. ^ OARDEC (2005-10-13). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Kabi, Jamil Ali" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 60-61. Retrieved 2007-12-29. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  16. ^ OARDEC (2004-11-01). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Ahmed, Ali Abdullah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  17. ^ OARDEC (2005-05-26). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ahmed, Ali Abdullah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 10-11. Retrieved 2007-12-30. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  18. ^ OARDEC (2004-10-07). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Din, Juma" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. page 70. Retrieved 2007-12-19. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  19. ^ OARDEC (2004-12-22). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Jan, Said Amir" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 75-76. Retrieved 2007-12-30. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)