Mohammad Gul
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Mohammad Gul is an Afghan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 457.
American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1962 in Zamikhel, Afghanistan
.
Abib Sarajuddin
, his brother, Khan Zaman
, and his son Gul Zaman
, were captured during the same raid as Mohammad Gul.
American forces had bombed Abib Patel's house, on November 16, 2001, when they received a tip that he had allowed a fleeing Taliban leader to stay overnight in his guesthouse. On January 21, 2002 American forces raided the village to arrest Abib Sarajuddin. They arrested Mohammad Gul because they didn't understand he was legally entitled to carry a Pakistani passport, and because his house contained a "signalling mirror".
He and his neighbour Gul Zaman convinced their Tribunals that their passports were legitimate, and that they confirmed they were not in Saudi Arabia
when American forces bombed the village.
was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo for his hearing lists the following:
hearing Mohammad Gul and Zaman's nephew Gul Zaman
were deemed not to have been enemy combatants after all.
He said there were given letters certifying that they were not enemy combatants.
Mohammed Gul only reported being beaten once in US custody, in the Kandahar detention facility.
Mohammed Gul said he was interrogated very infrequently, during the three and a half years he spent in Guantanamo, and that when he was interrogated his interrogators asked him to explain why he was being held, to which he replied:
Mohammed Gul told his interviewers that he had great difficulty coping with the isolation and long detention:
Mohammed Gul was then confined to the wing of the prison for psychiatric cases.
He told his interviewer that he had not been able to curb his racing thoughts, and had not been able to return to work. He asked his interviewer whether he thought there were any American psychiatrists in 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 Cuba
Cuba
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 457.
American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1962 in Zamikhel, Afghanistan
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...
.
Summary
Three neighbors of Mohammad Gul,Abib Sarajuddin
Abib Sarajuddin
-Transcript:Sarajuddin chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal....
, his brother, Khan Zaman
Khan Zaman
Khan Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 460....
, and his son Gul Zaman
Gul Zaman
-Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant:Zaman was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants....
, were captured during the same raid as Mohammad Gul.
American forces had bombed Abib Patel's house, on November 16, 2001, when they received a tip that he had allowed a fleeing Taliban leader to stay overnight in his guesthouse. On January 21, 2002 American forces raided the village to arrest Abib Sarajuddin. They arrested Mohammad Gul because they didn't understand he was legally entitled to carry a Pakistani passport, and because his house contained a "signalling mirror".
He and his neighbour Gul Zaman convinced their Tribunals that their passports were legitimate, and that they confirmed they were not in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
when American forces bombed the village.
Combatant Status Review
Gul was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (CSRT)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of the 558 captives who remained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba in the fall of 2004.-The 2005 release:...
was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo for his hearing lists the following:
Release
According to the transcript from Khan Zaman's Administrative Review BoardAdministrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearing Mohammad Gul and Zaman's nephew Gul Zaman
Gul Zaman
-Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant:Zaman was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants....
were deemed not to have been enemy combatants after all.
He said there were given letters certifying that they were not enemy combatants.
McClatchy interview
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Mohammed Gul.Mohammed Gul only reported being beaten once in US custody, in the Kandahar detention facility.
Mohammed Gul said he was interrogated very infrequently, during the three and a half years he spent in Guantanamo, and that when he was interrogated his interrogators asked him to explain why he was being held, to which he replied:
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Mohammed Gul told his interviewers that he had great difficulty coping with the isolation and long detention:
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Mohammed Gul was then confined to the wing of the prison for psychiatric cases.
He told his interviewer that he had not been able to curb his racing thoughts, and had not been able to return to work. He asked his interviewer whether he thought there were any American psychiatrists in Kabul.