al-Qaeda safe house
Al-Qaeda is understood[by whom?] to have operated a number of safe houses, some of which were used as training centres.
In the first
The CTC report states[12] that:
Safe-houses, sometimes referred to as ‘guest-houses,’ facilitate an individual’s ability to discreetly (sic) transit from one location to another by providing them with a place to spend the night, acquire resources, obtain false documentation or secure modes of transportation. Organized crime syndicates, terrorist networks and traffickers all rely on safe-houses to move people from place-to-place. They may be houses, apartments, mosques, stores, refugee camps, barracks, or any other type of infrastructure that houses individuals involved in nefarious activities.
Al-Qa`ida, the Taliban and their associates have leveraged the safe-house network to great ends, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Many of these houses and apartments, which had been run for the specific purpose of ensuring safe passage for associates of those movements,gathering intelligence on targets and for going underground[13] have been identified by the United States in its ongoing counterterrorism operations.
Joseph Felter and his colleagues, in "An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries", found that 24 percent of the Summary of Evidence memos, or 122 of the 516 they analyzed, justified the continued detention of a captive due to claims of stays in a suspicious guest house or safe house.[12]
References
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. January 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. February 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. March 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. April 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. May 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. 2006-03-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. 2006-03-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Summary of Evidence Memoranda" (PDF). Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants. 2006-03-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ a b Mark Denbeaux; Joshua Denbeaux (8 February 2006). "Report on Guantanom detainees: A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data" (PDF). Seton Hall University School of Law. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Joseph Felter; Jarret Brachman (25 July 2007). "A response to the Seton Hall Study: An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries" (PDF). Combating Terrorism Center. Retrieved 2010-03-27.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cageprisoners.com[permanent dead link]
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Joseph Felter; Jarret Brachman (2007-07-25). "CTC Report: An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries" (PDF). Combating Terrorism Center. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09.
GUEST HOUSE: Evidence of staying at a guest house known or suspected to be used as a way station for individuals enroute to supporting jihad and other terrorist activities. (24% of the CSRT unclassified summaries)
- ^ "Situation, Facts and Events". ecrats.org. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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Robert Chesney; Rabea Benhalim (2010-01-22). "The Emerging Law of Detention The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking*" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
A second unresolved matter is whether the judges ultimately will splinter more sharply in light of their varying understandings of what it means to be "part of" an AUMF-covered group, given that none of these entities much resembles a hierarchical membership organization. It is one thing to come to a consensus that membership counts to justify detention, but quite another to reach agreement as to the practical indicia of that status. Does attendance at a training camp or lodging at a sponsored guest house count? The majority in Al Bihani goes out of its way, in dicta, to suggest that either, standing alone, might suffice.57 But as noted above in connection with Judge Urbina's Hatim decision, and as noted below in connection with a variety of other cases, at least some of the district judges insist upon much more than that.58 Moreover, should Al Bihani be reversed on the question of whether the laws of war condition the appropriate interpretation of the AUMF, we may also see significant fragmentation regarding what the laws of war have to say on both this subject and on the question of independent support.
- The Brookings Institution. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-01-26.
If the government's allegations against detainees are uniformly credited, the following picture of the current population emerges ... 130 stayed in Al Qaeda, Taliban, or other guest- or safehouses.