Abu Yasir Al Jaza'iri

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Abu Yasir Al Jaza'iri is an alleged

War on Terror in Lahore on March 15, 2003, along with a Pakistani and three unnamed Afghans.[1][2][3][4]
His capture was attributed to information from the interrogation of
FBI
agents participated in the capture, but Pakistan's Information Minister disputed this, asserting the capture was solely the work of local officials.

Role in al Qaeda

MSNBC identified "Abu Yasir al Jaziri" as traveling as part of the entourage of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed al Qaeda's third in command.[5] MSNBC reported that he is an Algerian or Moroccan. MSNBC reported that he is either an al Qaeda security official or financial official.

The Sunday Mirror described him as "Osama's moneyman" and a "computer whiz", who was captured with two laptops.[1]

Guantanamo connections

The

Guantanamo captive Ali Abdullah Ahmed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal on 1 November 2004, and the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 May 2005 alleged:[6][7]

The memo prepared for his second Administrative Review Board, on 8 March 2006 listed the following factor favoring Ali Abdullah Ahmed's release or transfer:[8]

The detainee denied ever knowing Abu Yasir or

Abu Suhaib
.

Ali Abdullah Ahmed is one of the three Guantanamo captives who was reported to have committed suicide on June 10, 2006.

When the

CIA's use of torture some journalists concluded al Jaza'iri was one of the last individuals to be held in the CIA's network of secret torture camps.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Osama's moneyman arrested in Pakistan". Sunday Mirror. 2003-03-16. Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  2. ^ "Progress in the war on terror: White House Fact Sheet, July 1, 2003". White House. July 1, 2003. Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-30. mirror
  3. ^
    rediff. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-25.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link
    )
  4. ^ "7th top Al-Qaida man held in Lahore".
    The Tribune of India. 2003-03-16. Archived from the original
    on 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  5. ^ Robert Windrem (2005-05-04). "Who is Abu Farraj al-Libbi?". NBC News. Retrieved 2008-07-25. In early 2003, shortly after the capture of Mohammed, he was known to have been staying in Lahore with a Pakistani physician, who Pakistani officials arrested for harboring him and others. Among those who were known to have traveled with him then were Abu Yasir Al Jaziri, identified as an Algerian or Moroccan, Assadullah and Sheikh Said Al-Masri, both listed as Egyptians, all now known to have been security or financial officials in al-Qaida.
  6. OARDEC (26 May 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ahmed, Ali Abdullah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  7. ^
    OARDEC (1 November 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Ahmed, Ali Abdullah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 59–60. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  8. ^
    OARDEC (8 March 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ahmed, Ali Abdullah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 52–53. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  9. The Bureau Investigates. Archived
    from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  10. ^ Emma Roller, Rebecca Nelson (2014-12-10). "What CIA Interrogators Did To 17 Detainees Without Approval". National Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Subjected to water dousing at the Cobalt detention site.
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