Gul Zaman
Born:	1971 (age 36–37) Zamikhel, Khowst Province, Afghanistan
Detained at:	Guantanamo
ID number:	459
Conviction(s):	no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
Status	Determined not to have been an enemy combatant after all

Gul Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Khost ( خوست) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo Extrajudicial detention is the holding of captives by a state without ever laying formal charges against them Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Extrajudicial punishment is Punishment by the state or some other official authority without the permission of a Court or legal authority The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la ^[1] His detainee ID number is 459. American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1971, in Khowst, Afghanistan. This article deals with the intellectual process of analysis itself as opposed to Intelligence analysis management, which in turn is a subcomponent of Intelligence Khost or Khowst ( خوست, Persian: خوست - Xowst) is a town in eastern Afghanistan. His father nad uncle were reported to have been born in Zamikhel, a Zadran village in Khowst.

Summary

Gul Zaman is the son of Khan Zaman, and the nephew of Abib Sarajuddin. Khan Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba Abib Sarajuddin is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba The three of them, and their neighbor, Mohammad Gul, were captured on January 21, 2002. Mohammad Gul is an Afghan held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2] Gul Zaman, and Mohammad Gul were released when their testimony at thie Tribunals confirmed that they were entitled to carry Pakistani passports, and those passports confirmed that they were in Saudi Arabia when American forces bombed their village. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Abib Sarajuddin and Khan Zaman's Tribunals confirmed that they had originally been correctly classified as "enemy combatants. The term enemy combatant has historically referred to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war
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Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 6 meter trailer. The Combatant Status Review Tribunals ( CSRT) are a set of Tribunals purposed to determine whether Detainees held by the United The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. ^[3] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed. ^[4]

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status. Competent Tribunal is a term used Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Third Geneva Convention, which states Should any doubt arise as to whether persons having committed

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government The Combatant Status Review Tribunals ( CSRT) are a set of Tribunals purposed to determine whether Detainees held by the United The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant. The term enemy combatant has historically referred to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Gul Zaman's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 23 December 2004. 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 Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " ^[5] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is associated with forces that engaged in hostilities against the United States and its coalition partners.

1. The detainee traveled from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia in 2001. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi
2. The detainee utilized counterfeit travel documents for his travel to Saudi Arabia.
3. The detainee returned to Afghanistan at the time the Northern Alliance recaptured Kabul. The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( UIF, Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islami-yi Milli bara-yi Nijat-i Afghanistan) also known as the Northern } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with
4. The detainee's family and village members stated an important Taliban member used the detainee's father's guesthouse. A boarding house, also known as a "rooming house" (mainly in the United States) or a "lodging house" is a House (often a family home
5. The detainee lives with his father, Haji Sarajudeen. Abib Sarajuddin is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba
6. The detainee's father worked as a recruiter for Pacha Khan. Pacha Khan Zadran ( Pashto: پاچا خان ځدراڼ is a powerful militia leader politician and Pashtun nationalist in the southeast of Afghanistan.
7. Pacha Khan, a renegade Pashtun Commander, has been conducting military operations against the Afghan Transitional Administration (ATA) and coalition foces. Pashtuns ( Pashto: پښتون Paṣtūn, Paxtūn, also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns) also called See also Civil war in Afghanistan This article on the History of Afghanistan since 1992 covers the time period from the fall of the Najibullah government in 1992
8. The detainee stated he owns one or two Kalashnikov ^[sic] rifles with 30 rounds of ammunition. Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus" "so" "as such" or "just as that"
9. The detainee was captured with communications equipment.
10. The detainee admits seeing this type of equipment in the possession of Taliban members.
11. Coalition forces were fired upone during the capture of the detainee and three associates.

Transcript

Zaman chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. ^[6]

Testimony

Gul Zaman acknowledged that he had traveled to Saudi Arabia, to work, but that he traveled on a legal passport.

He returned for personal reasons. His return had nothing to do with the recapture of Kabul.

He denied that his father had hosted any Taliban leaders. He pointed out that he was still in Saudi Arabia at the time his father's house was bombed.

He said that Pasha Khan had asked Mohammed Nasim, a tribal elder, to ask his father to go around to local villages to rally support against the Taliban, during the period when the Taliban was falling. He said his father didn't work directly for Pasha Khan.

He said he had no knowledge of Pasha Khan going renegade. At the time of his capture Khan was supporting the Americans, and enjoyed their support. A February 2, 2002 New York Times article describes Pasha Khan competing with another local leader for the American's endorsement of authority over the city of Khost. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Khost or Khowst ( خوست, Persian: خوست - Xowst) is a town in eastern Afghanistan. ^[2]

He acknowledged that his family owned a rifle. Owning weapons was one of the traditional privileges granted by the former kings of Afghanistan to their isolated border district.

He denied that anyone in their area owned a radio transmitter. He acknowledged that, during the Taliban regime, he had seen Taliban officials using communications devices.

He denied hearing or seeing any firing on the night he was captured.

Witnesses

Gul Zaman called two witnesses, his uncle Khan Zaman and his neighbor Mohammad Gul. Khan Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba Mohammad Gul is an Afghan held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.

Khan Zaman's testimony

Khan Zaman confirmed that Gul Zaman traveled to Saudi Arabia, on a legal Pakistani passport. He confirmed that Gul Zaman returned around the time Kabul was recaptured, but that this had nothing to do with the timing of his return. He confirmed that he returned for personal and family reasons.

Khan Zaman denied that Gul Zaman's father Abib Sarajuddin had ever hosted Jalaluddin.

Khan Zaman confirmed that Sarajuddin had gone around to neighboring villages, trying to rally opposition to the Taliban. He confirmed that Pasha Khan had requested this of a tribal Elder Nasim. He stated that, at this time, Pasha Khan was working with the Americans.

Khan Zaman confirmed that they did not have a radio of any kind in their household. He said his interrogators showed him a picture of a radio of the kind that American records said was captured in their household. He said he had never seen this kind of radio before in his life.

Khan Zaman denied hearing or seeing any weapons fire on the night they were captured.

Khan Zaman confirmed that they owned a rifle, and that the inhabitants of their isolated district had traditionally been allowed to own a rifle.

In answer to questioning from the Recorder Khan Zaman confirmed that they lived in an area called Zani Khel. But he said it was the name of the area of their tribe, not the name of their village. Their house was midway between two villages, Shamawat and Khojari.

Khan Zaman was asked if he was familiar with the names Wazir Khan Zadran and Zakim Khan. These two names were mentioned in the February 2, 2002 New York Times article. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. One was the brother of Pacha Khan. The other was his rival for US support for authority over Khost.

Khan Zaman was asked if the village elder Nasim had a relationship with Pacha Khan. He confirmed that they had both been commanders under an anti-Taliban commander named Pir.

Khan Zaman described how Afghans who had been refugees were able to travel legally on Pakistani passports. Afghan refugees (known as Muhajir Afghans in South Asia) are people who fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979 and during the

Khan Zaman explained he wasn't caught in the attack on the family home because he was in Gardez that day. Gardēz is the capital of the Paktiā province of Afghanistan. He said Gul Zaman was still in Saudi Arabia. He said their capture came a month and a half to two and half months following the aerial bombardment destroyed their home. He said at the time of their capture they had been loaned another home.

Mohammad Gul's testimony

Mohammad Gul confirmed that Gul Zaman arrived back in the village after he did, and he had arrived back after the American air strike against Gul Zaman's father's house. He confirmed that there were no radio transmitters in the village. He confirmed that he did not hear any firing on the night they were captured. He described, in detail, how an Afghan, could travel legally on a Pakistani passport.

Mohammad Gul described how Afghanistan had gone through decades of warfare, and that many Afghanis, including Gul Zaman and himself, had fled to Pakistan as refugees. Pakistan had been willing to issue legal passports to Afghan refugees who could establish their identities. Afghan refugees (known as Muhajir Afghans in South Asia) are people who fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979 and during the

Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant

Abdul Rahman addressed the Press during his release ceremony in Afghanistan, on April 20, 2005. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Gul Zaman was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. ^[7][8] The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants. No Longer Enemy Combatant, ( NLEC) is a US military term for Guantanamo captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined they have

Gul Zaman was freed on April 20, 2005 with sixteen other Afghans whose Tribunals had determined they were not enemy combatants. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Associated Press reported that their release ceremony was addressed by Afghan Chief Justice Fazl Hadi Shinwari. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio ^[9] Carlotta Gall of the New York Times reported that the Chief Justice encouraged the men to regard their detention as something sent from God. Carlotta Gall is a British journalist who covers Afghanistan and Pakistan for The New York Times. ^[10] The reports stated that the Chief Justice warned the cleared men that a candid description of their detention could damage the chances of other Afghan captives to be released.

"Don't tell these people the stories of your time in prison because the government is trying to secure the release of others, and it may harm the release of your friends. "

Gul Zaman was one of the three captives who chose to address the Press. ^[10] He was quoted as saying:

"There were some old people there, some of them are still there. And it is very amazing that somebody who was taken from his home stayed for three years in prison. The prison has nothing to commend it. There were difficulties. The other problems the world knows about,"[10]

Both reports quoted Chief Justice Fazil Hadi Shinwari distinguishing three categories of captives^[9][10]:

"There are three kinds of prisoners in Guantanamo. There are those that have committed crimes and should be there, then there are people who were falsely denounced, and third there are those who are there because of the mistakes of the Americans. "

References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ ^{a b} John F. Burns, Villagers Add to Reports of Raids Gone Astray, New York Times, February 2, 2002
3. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
4. ^ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John F Burns (John Fisher Burns (born October 4, 1944) is a British Journalist, winner of two Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " United States Department of Defense (March 6, 2007). The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
5. ^ OARDEC (23 December 2004). The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants is responsible for running Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT for captives held in Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Zaman, Gul pages 8-9. United States Department of Defense. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
6. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants is responsible for running Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT for captives held in Summarized Statement. United States Department of Defense. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. mirror - pages 39-53
7. ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
8. ^ "Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo", United States Department of Defense, November 19, 2007. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English  
9. ^ ^{a b} "17 Afghans, Turk home from Guantanamo Bay", China Daily, April 20, 2005. The China Daily ( is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  "Pentagon spokesman Maj. Michael Shavers said the 17 Afghans and the Turkish man had been cleared of accusations they were enemy combatants during the Combatant Status Review Tribunal process that recently ended. Five others cleared in late March already had been sent home and another 15 await transfers home. " 
10. ^ ^{a b c d} Carlotta Gall. Carlotta Gall is a British journalist who covers Afghanistan and Pakistan for The New York Times. "17 Afghans Freed From Guantánamo Prison", New York Times, April 20 2005. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  "In a brief ceremony, Chief Justice Fazil Hadi Shinwari told the 17 men that they were free to return home and he tried to reconcile them to the idea their imprisonment was something sent from God. Some prisoners in Guantánamo were guilty and deserved to be imprisoned, he said, but others were innocent victims of false accusations or military mistakes, or were duped into supporting terrorism. "