Adil al-Jazeeri
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Following the interrogation of Abu Naseem, Adil al-Jazeeri was arrested in Hayatabad
on June 17, 2003 by Pakistani forces who turned him over to the American CIA.
Jazeeri fought as a mujahid
in the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and lived in the country for more than fifteen years.
A former aide to the Afghan foreign minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakkil
, al-Jazeeri is accused of arranging money transfers and acquiring travel visas for al-Qaeda.
Human Rights Watch
listed him as one of 39 "disappeared" detainees in 2005, whose whereabouts were unknown since being captured and sent to the CIA.
Hayatabad
Hayatabad is a posh, modern suburb on the south-western fringe of Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was named after Hayat Sherpao late Governor of NWFP & notable leader of Pakistan Peoples Party...
on June 17, 2003 by Pakistani forces who turned him over to the American CIA.
Jazeeri fought as a mujahid
Mujahideen
Mujahideen are Muslims who struggle in the path of God. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral as jihad .Mujahideen is also transliterated from Arabic as mujahedin, mujahedeen, mudžahedin, mudžahidin, mujahidīn, mujaheddīn and more.-Origin of the concept:The beginnings of Jihad are traced...
in the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and lived in the country for more than fifteen years.
A former aide to the Afghan foreign minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakkil
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil was the last Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.Prior to this he served as spokesman and secretary to Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban. After the Northern Alliance accompanied by U.S...
, al-Jazeeri is accused of arranging money transfers and acquiring travel visas for al-Qaeda.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
listed him as one of 39 "disappeared" detainees in 2005, whose whereabouts were unknown since being captured and sent to the CIA.
External links
- America: Incommunicado detention / Fear of ill-treatment, Adil al-Jazeeri, Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, July 16, 2003 - "Detainees undergoing interrogation by agents of the CIA in the Bagram Air Base have allegedly been subjected to "stress and duress" techniques, including prolonged standing or kneeling, hooding, blindfolding with spray-painted goggles, being kept in painful or awkward positions, sleep deprivation, and 24-hour lighting. Two detainees died at Bagram Air Base in December 2002 in circumstances suggesting that they may have been beaten. The military investigation into the deaths was still ongoing in late June, according to the Pentagon"