ISN: 1457
Nationality: Yemeni
The following is a summary of the allegations against
Abdu Sharqawi found in publicly available US military documents. If US military
documents about this prisoner are inaccurate or misleading then this summary
will be as well. The introduction
to this set of summaries explains some of the terms used below.
Abdu told US interrogators
that he sent promising Yemeni Al Qaeda recruits to Afghanistan to become
bodyguards for Osama Bin Laden. Abdu’s DAB says he was responsible for moving
money and fighters into Afghanistan prior to the fall of the Taliban. His DAB
also says that after the Taliban fell, Abdu provided assistance to hundreds of
foreign fighters seeking to flee from Afghanistan to Pakistan or to their home
countries. Abdu said that if he was released he would likely rejoin Osama Bin
Laden. Abdu was captured in a raid by Pakistan’s ISI on a suspected safe house
in Karachi in February 2002. Abdu was later transferred to US custody. He
arrived at Guantanamo in September 2004.
The unclassified summary
one of Abdu’s ARBs said that Abdu stated he did not accept Osama Bin Laden’s
claim that American civilians were legitimate targets because they paid taxes
and supported the American government. His ARB summary also says that while Abdu
stated Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda are against the United States, his support
of al Qaeda did not put him in opposition of the United States.
Abdu was recommended for
prosecution by Obama’s Guantanamo task force in January 2010.
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