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SECRET DEPARTMENT DEFENSE GUANTANAMO JOINTTASKFORCE BAY, GUANTANAMO CUBA APOAE 09360 REPLY ATTENTIONOF 2004 Januarv JTF GTMO-CG United StatesSouthernCommand,3511NW 9lst MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, Miami, 33172. Avenue, SUBJECT: (S) Recommendationto Retain under DoD Control for GuantanamoDetainee, Omar Ahmed Khader. ISN: US9CA-000766DP national,bom (S) Personal Information: Omar Ahmed Khader Canadian good health. (CA). 1986(age 18) Toronto, Canada September (S) Detention Information: Detaineeclaims that lived the Pakistan-Afghanistan was encouraged his father,a seniorAl-Qaida region since 1996. June 2002,detainee leaderin Canadaand close associate UsamaBin Laden,to travel Khowst, AF, for Al-Qaida personneland participate Jihad againstthe United States. translate Detaineereceivedtraining and instructionon how build and plant ImprovisedExplosive Devices (IEDs) and how plant land mines (it not known where when the detainee learnedthese skills). Detaineehas also admitted taking part severalmining and combat Al-Qaida operations. July 2002, detaineewas presentduring raid suspected gun battle ensued. During the raid, detainee compoundby Special Forces,during which threw hand grenadeand killed SpecialForces soldier. Detaineewas wounded and capturedafter killing the USSF soldier. Detaineewas subsequentlytransportedto Bay Naval Base,Cuba,on27 October2Q}Zbecause his part the deathof Guantanamo Al- Qaida. soldierand his affiliation with (S) Reasonsfor Continued Detention GTMO: Detaineesfather seniorAl-Qaida financier and reportedly the fourth commandunderneathUsama Bin Laden the Al-Qaida organization. The detaineeand his brother were encouragedto travel Afghanistan and fight againstthe support Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Detainee,though only yearsold the time his travel Afghanistan, has been found intelligent and educatedand the understands gravity his actions and affiliations. Detainee excelled his training Afghanistan, which included small arms, explosivestraining, IEDs, mines, mine laying, and configuring IEDs for remote detonationusing hand held devices. Detainee admits having participated severalmining operationsand harassingattacksagainstUS Forces,in addition JTF CLASSIFIEDBY: GeoffreyD. Miller, Commander, Guantanamo 1.5(C) Section E.O.12958 RBASON: DECLASSIFY ON: 20290124 SECRET SECRET JTF GTMO-CG SUBJECT: (S) Recommendationto Retain under DoD Control for GuantanamoDetainee, Omar Ahmed Khader ISN: US9CA-000766DP throwing the grenadethat killed solider. Detaineehas never expressedany genuine remorsefor the killing that soldier. has direct family affiliations with senior Al-Qaida members,has received advancedspecializedtraining explosives,and has directly participated hostile attacksagainstUS Forces. Detaineeclaims that his entire family lived AF. Detaineecontinuesto provide one UsamaBin Ladens compounds Jalalabad, and non-governmentalorganizationsthat valuable information his fathers associates, worked with supporting Al-Qaida, well other major facilitators interest the US. Detaineehas also provided valuable information the Derunta, Al-Farouq and Khalden training camps,indicating that the detaineehas been and likely trained theselocations; and continuesto provide valuableinformation key Al-Qaida and Taliban members. Finally, detaineehas been generally cooperativeand forthcoming but has grown increasingly hostile towards his intenogators and the guard force and remains committed extremist Islamic values. (S) Assessment:Basedon informationcollectedand availableto Joint Task Force ISN: US9CA-000766DPis assessed being Guantanamo January2004,detainee folder, the knowledgeabilitybrief, memberof Al-Qaida. Moreover,basedon the detainees interrogationsby JTF Guantanamo,the detaineeis high intelligence value and subsequent posesa high risk, likely posea the United States.Basedon the above,detainee threatto the U.S.. its interests its allies. (S) Status: Detaineesenemycombatantstatuswas reassessed October2003 remains enemy combatant. and (S) Recommendation: RetainunderDoD control. notified the Criminal InvestigativeTask Force this (S) Coordination: JTF Guantanamo recommendationon 22December 2003. JTF GMTO and CITF agreeon the threat assessment this detaineeas high risk. l..l-u- MILLER U.S.Army CF: CITF-GTMO SECRET