Abdullah Wazir
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Abdullah Wazir is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in ubaAmerican intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1979, in Sheikh Amir, Afghanistan. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 976.
Abdullah Wazir was captured in Afghanistan in August 2002 and transferred to Afghanistan on December 12, 2007.
, David Frum
, published an article based on his own reading of the transcripts from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals, on November 11, 2006.
Wazir's transcript was one of the nine Frum briefly summarized.
His comment on Wazir was:
Frum came to the conclusion that all nine of the men whose transcript he summarized had obviously lied.
reports that all of the Afghans repatriated to Afghanistan from April 2007 were sent to Afghan custody in the American built and supervised wing of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison
near Kabul
.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in ubaAmerican intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1979, in Sheikh Amir, Afghanistan. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 976.
Abdullah Wazir was captured in Afghanistan in August 2002 and transferred to Afghanistan on December 12, 2007.
Press reports
Canadian journalist, and former special assistant to US President George W. BushGeorge W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, David Frum
David Frum
David J. Frum is a Canadian American journalist active in both the United States and Canadian political arenas. A former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush, he is also the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency...
, published an article based on his own reading of the transcripts from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals, on November 11, 2006.
Wazir's transcript was one of the nine Frum briefly summarized.
His comment on Wazir was:
Frum came to the conclusion that all nine of the men whose transcript he summarized had obviously lied.
Repatriation
The Center for Constitutional RightsCenter for Constitutional Rights
Al Odah v. United States:Al Odah is the latest in a series of habeas corpus petitions on behalf of people imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The case challenges the Military Commissions system’s suitability as a habeas corpus substitute and the legality, in general, of detention at...
reports that all of the Afghans repatriated to Afghanistan from April 2007 were sent to Afghan custody in the American built and supervised wing of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison
Pul-e-Charkhi prison
Pul-e-Charkhi , also known as Afghan National Detention Facility, is the largest prison in Afghanistan east of Kabul. Construction of the jail began in the 1970s by order of former president Mohammed Daoud Khan and was completed during the 1980s...
near Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
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