Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost
Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost | |
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Native name | عبد الرحیم مسلم دوست |
Born | 1960 (age 63–64) ISIS (late 2015–present)[2] |
Service number | 561 (Internment Serial Number) |
Battles/wars |
Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (
History
In 1979, Dost was among those, led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, who were involved in the Grand Mosque seizure in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He was arrested after the Saudi government stormed the Mosque, but was somehow freed and fled to Peshawar, Pakistan.[6]
2001 capture by the United States
Muslim Dost and his brother were captured on November 17, 2001, and later released on 17 April 2005 with no charges held against him.[7][8] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 561.
The allegations against Muslim Dost, in his
Muslim Dost's brother was also a journalist; was also a held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo; was also released by the Americans following his Tribunal. Their presence in Guantanamo was discussed in the press prior the Department of Defense released the official list of detainee identities.
Just as the heart beats in the darkness of the body, so I, despite this cage, continue to beat with life. Those who have no courage or honour consider themselves free, but they are slaves. I am flying on the wings of thought, and so, even in this cage, I know a greater freedom.
— Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost[10]
He has been noted for his poetry while detained by the American government and the lengths he went through to record it, ranging from scratching with a spoon onto polystyrene teacups to using rubbery pens, and has received much esteem in this regard. His account on his stay at Guantanamo, The Broken Chains, is currently being translated into English.[citation needed]
Determined not to have been an enemy combatant
Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost was one of the 38 captives the Bush Presidency determined had not been enemy combatants after all.
Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost was freed on April 20, 2005, with sixteen other Afghans whose Tribunals had determined they were not enemy combatants. The
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.
Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost was one of the three captives who chose to address the Press.[13] Carlotta Gall described him as openly disagreeing with the Chief Justice as to whether any Afghans should have been sent to Guantanamo:
If we have the government, our government should bring the criminals here. They should be imprisoned here and should be punished here. Why were the Afghans given to the Americans?[13]
We spent more than 3½ years there. If there is a government and a Supreme Court in Afghanistan, why did nobody ask about our situation? If we were guilty we ought to have been brought to stand trial here. Why should America be allowed to ask us questions and interrogate us?[12]
Both reports quoted Chief Justice Fazil Hadi Shinwari distinguishing three categories of captives:[12][13]
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.
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the
Subsequently, the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. 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.
Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 29 September 2004.[15]
The memo listed the following allegations against him:
The detainee is associated with forces that engaged in hostilities against the United States and its coalition partners.
- The detainee voluntarily traveled to Afghanistan in August 2001.
- The detainee was a member of Jamaat ud Dawa il al Quran al Sunnat [sic] (JDQ).
- Jamyat-u-Dawa-al-Quarani [sic] (JDQ) conducted training with several types of weapons in the Abdullah Abu Masood camp.
- The JDQ is a militant religious school which trains students in military camps as well as classrooms. The JDQ has a militant wing and an assassination wing.
- The detainee reportedly was an Al Qaeda point of contact in Herat, Afghanistan.
Transcript
Muslim Dost chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[16] On March 3, 2006, in response to a
2006 capture by Pakistan
On September 30, 2006, the
Affiliation with the Islamic State
In July 2014, Abdul Raheem Muslim Dost swore allegiance to the leader of ISIS,
In late 2015, Dost publicly disassociated himself from ISIS in Khorasan, condemning the group's leadership and killings in Afghanistan. He reportedly maintained his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his self-proclaimed Caliphate.[5][24]
See also
- Poems From Guantánamo
References
- ^ "JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment" (PDF). Department of Defense. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Ex-Gitmo 'poet' and committed jihadist denounces Islamic State for attacks on civilians". 20 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ a b Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part I Archived 2007-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, WTOP, March 15, 2006
- ^
OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived(PDF) from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b "Islamic State chief for Khorasan loses key support". The Express Tribune. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Ex-Gitmo 'poet' now recruiting for the Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan | FDD's Long War Journal". 22 November 2014.
- ^ Prisoner profile from cageprisoners.com Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Guardian Unlimited, April 3, 2006
- ^ "Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost". The New York Times. 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Voices of Guantanamo gathered in poetry book". CBC News. June 21, 2007.
- ^ "Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ a b c
"17 Afghans, Turk home from Guantanamo Bay". China Daily. 2005-04-20. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
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.
- ^ a b c d
Carlotta Gall (2005-04-20). "17 Afghans Freed From Guantánamo Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
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.
- ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
- OARDEC (29 September 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Muslim Dost, Abdul Rahim" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. p. 82. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- OARDEC. "Summarized Statement" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 1–16. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ "US releases Guantanamo files". The Age. April 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ^ a b "Released Gitmo detainee joins ISIS Nov. 19, 2014 - 2:30 - Former Taliban commander named chief of ISIS in Khorasa". fox news. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Xinhua, September 30, 2006
- ^ "Pakistan frees former Guantanamo prisoner, Afghan Taliban commander". The Long War Journal. 20 May 2008.
- ^ "Gitmo 'Poet' Now Recruiting for Islamic State". Weekly Standard. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Local support for dreaded Islamic State growing in Pakistan: Report". The Times of India. Times of India. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Dickey, Sami Yousafzai (19 December 2014). "ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Ex-Gitmo 'poet' and committed jihadist denounces Islamic State for attacks on civilians". The Long War Journal. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
External links
- VIDEO: ANDREW MOTION READS POEMS FROM GUANTÁNAMO Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
- In a Jail in Cuba Beat the Heart of a Poet: Afghan, Now Freed by U.S., Scribbled on Paper Cups but Never Stopped Writing, The Washington Post, April 24, 2005
- Ex-inmates share Guantanamo ordeal, BBC, May 2, 2005
- Dismay at US Koran 'desecration', BBC, May 8, 2005
- Writing poetry was the balm that kept Guantanamo prisoners from going mad: Former inmates say they wrote thousands of lines, San Francisco Chronicle, July 17, 2005
- DoJ Memorandum