User:Geo Swan/working/Al-Qaeda safe house

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Definitions
The US documents prepared for the cases of the Guantanamo detainees frequently justify their detention because they stayed at guesthouses or safehouses. They refer to them using these two terms interchangably -- although they are different.

Guest house is a term from the hospitality industry. In areas too poor, too primitive, or too infrequently visited to justify the building of hotels locals are known to set aside local houses for for the use of travelers. Tourist guides used to recommend travelers who wanted to rough it to consider staying in Afghan guest houses. A guest house is not that different from a "bed and breakfast".

Safe house is a term from the world of espionage, or organized crime. It is an ordinary looking house, set aside for the discrete use of traveling operatives, that is hopefully, not known to one's enemy.

When American intelligence analysts refer to Taliban or al Qaida safe houses, in Afghanistan, prior to the American invasion, they are clearly using the term incorrectly.

Distinguishing between multiple references
I am sure that many of the different references refer to the same houses.

al Qaida safe house

 * Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad
 * Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif, User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg265
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg442
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg591
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg249
 * Mohmmad Ahmad Ali Tahar
 * Ziyad bin Salih bin Muhammad Al Bahooth

al Qaida safe house, Karachi

 * Rami Bin Said Al Taibi
 * Majid Aydha Muhammad Al Qurayshi
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg158
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg266
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg410
 * Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg341
 * Ziyad bin Salih bin Muhammad Al Bahooth

Al Qaida safe house, Pakistan

 * Mazin Salih Musaid

Al Qaida safe house, Rawalpindi
 * Ziyad bin Salih bin Muhammad Al Bahooth
 * Rami Bin Said Al Taibi
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg266

Kabul House

 * Atag Ali Abdoh Al-Haj
 * Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai

Safe house, Faisalabad

 * Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed

Safe house, Kandahar

 * Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed

Safe house, Pakistan

 * Abdul Aziz Al Matrafi
 * Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil

Taliban safe house

 * Yasim Muhammed Basardah
 * Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif, User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg265

Taliban guest house, Kabul

 * Atag Ali Abdoh Al-Haj

Taliban safe house, Kabul

 * Yasim Muhammed Basardah
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg650

Taliban guest house, Kandahar

 * Atag Ali Abdoh Al-Haj

Taliban safe house, Kandahar

 * Yasim Muhammed Basardah

Taliban guest house, Quetta

 * Sa id Salih Sa id Nashir
 * Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman Al Qadasi
 * Nayif Fahd Mutliq Al Usaymi

Taliban safe house, Quetta

 * Mazin Salih Musaid
 * Abdul Rahman Uthman Ahmed
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg102
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg449
 * User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg650
 * Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghiyth Sulayman
 * Yasim Muhammed Basardah
 * Khalid Mallah Shayi Al Jilba Al Qahtani