User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/Taliban Bounty list

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See User:Geo Swan/Stale drafts The Template:TalibanBounty was nominated for deletion, on September 10th, 2007.

Specious claims
The nominator claimed the imiage it included had nothing to do with the articles it was trasncluded:

One of the wikipedians who concurred with the nominator wrote:

My findings
So, I have rechecked the first twenty articles that were transcluded. As I suspected, the claims of the nominator, and the other wikipedian, are wildly incorrect.

What I found was:
 * 1) Articles that directly quoted from the source where someone had stated the captive was sold fror a bounty -- and referenced at least one verifiable, authorititative source that supported that assertion.
 * 2) Articles that both explictly stated that someone had stated, often the captive himself, that he was sold for a bounty -- and referenced at least one verifiable, authorititative source that supported that assertion.
 * 3) Articles that explcitly stated that someone had reported the captive was sold for a bounty, where the reference link has expired. ( I supplied new references in those cases. )
 * 4) Articles where the explicit statement that the captive was sold for a bounty -- but still referenced the captive's testimony, which did support that assertion. That is my bad.  I have been busy.

That I applied the image, when I found a reference to the report that the captive was sold for a bounty, without promptly supplying a statement in the body of the article about the bounty was an unfortunate oversight. My apologies.

Referenced, with an explicit statement

 * Original reference seems to have expired
 * Montrealer sold to U.S. troops: wife: Northern Alliance got $5,000, she says; U.S. alleges Algerian-born Ahcene Zemiri helped millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam
 * Abu Bakker Qassim || Christian Science Monitor ||
 * Abu Bakker Qassim || Christian Science Monitor ||


 * In late 2001, Qassim was captured along with his compatriot A'Del Abdu al-Hakim by Pakistani bounty hunters.
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 * Original reference seems to have expired
 * http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/opinions/2005/Robertson/2005-CV-497~15:4:20~8-19-2005-a.pdf
 * Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab || Amnesty International ||
 * Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab || Amnesty International ||


 * He was then sold by Pakistani forces to U.S. troops and sent to Guantanamo Bay.
 * }
 * A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data || Second Denbeaux Report ||
 * A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data || Second Denbeaux Report ||


 * 440 of 517 detainees appeared to have been captured by bounty hunters, in return for a $5,000 reward.
 * }
 * Qari Esmhatulla || ARB hearing ||
 * Qari Esmhatulla || ARB hearing ||


 * When he denied their accusations they beat him, until he admitted their false allegations were true. He heard his captors anticipating the bounty he would fetch. They decided to claim he was captured with a grenade, in order to justify claiming the bounty. During his beating he suffered a head injury his Afghan told the Americans was inflicted in combat.
 * }
 * Abdullah Khan || CSRT ||
 * Abdullah Khan || CSRT ||


 * The bounty hunters who sold him to the US said he was Khairkhwa, in order to get a higher price for him.
 * }
 * See also Shahzada (Guantanamo detainee 952), Nasrullah
 * Guantanamo Bay detention camp || The Guardian Second Denbeaux Report ||
 * Guantanamo Bay detention camp || The Guardian Second Denbeaux Report ||

An Associated Press report claims that some detainees were turned over to the US by Afghan tribesmen in return for cash bounties The first Denbeaux study reproduces copies of several of leaflets, flyers and posters the US Government distributed to advertise the bounty program. Some of the posters were in comic form, to reach the bulk of the Afghan population, who are illiterate.
 * }
 * Shahzada (Guantanamo detainee 952) || CSRT ||
 * Shahzada (Guantanamo detainee 952) || CSRT ||


 * That night Afghan forces, lead by a personal enemy of his, came to capture him. Shahzada blamed his enemy for denouncing him and his guests with false allegations. Shahzada mentioned the $5,000 bounty the Americans paid to those who denounced men they said were members of the Taliban or al Qaeda.
 * }
 * See also Abdullah Khan, Shahzada (Guantanamo detainee 952)
 * Mohamed Abdullah Al Harbi || CSRT ||
 * Mohamed Abdullah Al Harbi || CSRT ||


 * Al Harbi had wanted to call a witness, an Afghani, captured at the same time he was, who could testify that the Afghani bounty-hunters who captured them had offered to let them go, rather than hand them over to the Americans, if they could pay a ransom. But he only knew this individual by his first name - Mohamed.
 * }
 * Nazargul Chaman || CSRT ||
 * Nazargul Chaman || CSRT ||


 * ...described, during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal; being captured by bounty hunters in Kunoz before Ramadan, in 2001.
 * }
 * Adel Fattough Ali Al Gazzar || csrt ||
 * Adel Fattough Ali Al Gazzar || csrt ||


 * When Al Gazzar was asked why he thought the Pakistanis turned him over to the Americans. He responded that he believed he was sold for a bounty of $10,000.
 * }
 * Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohamed Juma Kahm || CSRT ||
 * Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohamed Juma Kahm || CSRT ||


 * "He said he had been taken into custody in the city of Kunduz, held in the town of Sheberghan, and then 'bought' to Americans of cuba."
 * }
 * Khalil Rahman Hafez || CSRT ||
 * Khalil Rahman Hafez || CSRT ||


 * Unfortunately I was in the hands of the wrong people. They sold me and the Americans bought me. I was bought and put in their detention. I was only 16 years old at the time.
 * }
 * Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily || CSRT ||
 * Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily || CSRT ||


 * Q. || Why do you think you were arrested?
 * A. || From what I understand, the Pakistani Intelligence was under pressure from the Americans to deliver al Qaida operatives and other terrorists. The
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 * Abdul Wahab || ARB hearing ||
 * Abdul Wahab || ARB hearing ||
 * Abdul Wahab || ARB hearing ||


 * Wahab confirmed that there were many bounty hunters who sold innocent Afghanis to the Americans based on false denunciations. He believed he had been sold based on false denunciations.
 * }
 * Muhammad Hamid Al Qarani || CSRT ||
 * Muhammad Hamid Al Qarani || CSRT ||


 * Al Qarani had stated he was caught in Karachi, Pakistan and sold to the Americans for $5,000. He said he was not a fighter. He denied ever having been to any training camps.
 * }
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Captives where I may have innocently crossed the barrier into WP:SYNTH
I am innocent. I have read all the CSRT, and, with these two captives, it was obvious to me that their capture was rewarded with a bounty. Both of Nasrullah]'s companions reported they were denounced for a bounty. And the only serious allegations against him were based on his assocaiation with them.

Batayev didn't claim he was sold to the Americans. He said he was sold to the Taliban. Several other captives who were held in Mazari Sharif described seeing their Afghan captors being paid for them, by Americans, when they were turned over.

The inclusion of the image in thse two article predates my awareness of WP:SYNTH.


 * It is well documented that General Dostum, the warlord responsible for the prison at Mazari-Sharif, was paid a bounty for all the captives he turned over.
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Referenced, but orginally lacking an explicit statement

 * Shabir Ahmed ||
 * Omar Rajab Amin ||
 * Abdul Halim Sadiqi
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 * Abdul Halim Sadiqi
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