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Two suspected al-Qaida members, two linked to Afghanistan's Taliban appear before review tribunals in Guantanamo Wednesday December 29, 2004 By ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Two suspected members of the al-Qaida terrorist network and an alleged Taliban official appeared Wednesday before U.S. military review tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A 29-year-old prisoner appeared who was accused of leading some Taliban soldiers in northern Afghanistan in 2001, said Capt. Beci Brenton, a Pentagon spokeswoman. The tribunals also heard from a 27-year-old prisoner who was identified as an al-Qaida member by a guard in the terrorist network, Brenton said. The detainee allegedly altered his passport to eliminate evidence of travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The third prisoner to come before the panel Wednesday was also accused of belonging to al-Qaida, Brenton said. He also allegedly altered his passport, in this case after being barred from boarding a plane from Afghanistan to Pakistan. No names were released and it was unclear what they said at the hearings. The Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request more than a month ago to obtain transcripts of testimonies. The government has still not released any of the transcripts. The cases were heard a day after the former president of Afghanistan's state-run airline made an appearance. Brenton said the 32-year-old man headed Ariana Airlines while it was under the control of the ousted Taliban regime. The detainee was arrested in January 2003 in Afghanistan. Brenton said the Taliban used the airline to transport military forces between the Afghan capital, Kabul, and southern Kandahar province. Much of Ariana's fleet was destroyed during the U.S.-led bombing campaign in 2001. The Combatant Status Review Tribunals are meant to determine whether the approximately 550 prisoners at the U.S. naval base are correctly held as ``enemy combatants'' or should be freed. The tribunals have considered at least 527 cases so far. They have ordered two prisoners released and another 226 to remain in custody. All the detainees are accused of links to al-Qaida or the Taliban. Many have been held for nearly three years without formal charges. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
