Beginning in august 2002, abu zubaydah was the first prisoner to undergo enhanced interrogation. Zubaydah, who has been held for 14 years and was tortured by the c. What politics and the media still get wrong about abu zubaydah. Zubaydah describes being confined in a large wooden box that looked like a wooden casket. The first time he saw it, guards were turning it vertical and a man in black clothes and a military jacket announced, from now on, this is going to be your home. One of the most curious documents turned over in last weeks foia dump is the last one, titled the cia interrogation of abu zubaydah pdf 110122. Jason leopold, of truthout now of vice news, wrote about this issue soon after the photo of abu zubaydah.
Abu zubaydah, an alleged al qaeda operative captured in pakistan in. While these are just wildarsed guesses, i suspect it may either have been a summary developed for. He is held under the authority of authorization for use of military force against terrorists aumf. The money was passed to senior al qaeda leadership, according to the odnis biography, and may have even been repurposed for the 911 plot. Detainee returned to lahore in late march or early april 2001, and stayed at dr. Her article states that he is alleged to have been al qaedas chief of operations. Interrogation of abu zubaydah intelligence wiki fandom. Dexter filkins writes about abu zubaydah, who underwent torture and lost an. Section 1782 provides that the district court of the district in which a person resides or is found may order him to give his. A man wrongly tortured for 911 remains in guantanamo.
Abu zubaydahs drawings of torture at the hands of american agents are a sickening reminder of what this country is capable of. Zubaydah was the cias first captive after 911 and was accused of being one of the highest ranking. Cia cables document agencys torture of abu zubaydah. The report will first address persistent conditions which were employed broadly against detainees, followed by an in depth look at each approved torture technique. Abu zubaydah and the caterpillar social text duke university press. The abu zubaydah waterboarding was the wellspring from which the cias infamous former torture program, which it refers to euphemistically as enhanced interrogation, emerged. After abu zubaydah had been in complete isolation for 47 days, the. During his capture in pakistan in march 2002, zubaydah was s. Captured in pakistan on march 28, 2002, he has since been held by the united states as an enemy combatant. In 2002, john kiriakou captured the guantanamo prisoner who drew those sickening pictures.
Evaluating the potential new cia director if confirmed, gina haspel will replace mike pompeo as cia director. Dexter filkins is a staff writer at the new yorker and the author of the. The following elements were copied from the original. Documents in pdf format require the adobe acrobat reader. Guantanamo bay, cuba and abu ghraib in iraq are emblematic features of this regime. Not the first in the torture of abu zubaydah by the interviewee invents an answer is that there will not be otherwise accessed using internet linked encyclopedia also recommended for successful teaching is to endeavour to build infrastructure, especially naively the origin of the mean. Abu zubaydah zayn alabidin muhammed hussein abu zubaydah is a saudi citizen who helped manage the khalden training camp in afghanistan. Abu zubaydah poses a real threat to al qaeda 911truth. Like dantes hell, abu zubaydah descends from one torment to another, each worse than the last.
A trove of recently released cables and zubaydah s own declassified account describe what happened when the al qaeda. Joseph margulies, mark denbeaux and helen duffy, who also represent abu zubaydah, have contributed to this article. Abu zubaydah us extraterritorial detainees wiki fandom. Intelligence obtained from zubaydah and its aftereffectsedit. Each time abu zubaydah denied having additional information, the interrogators would perform a facial slap or face grab. At this point in the tribunal id like to address some other requests for evidence that you had made previously. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. How america tortures by mark denbeaux, stephanie moreno. Cia destroys abu zubaydah s interrogation tapes edit. In fact, it is now well established that he was not even a member of al qaeda and the government makes no such allegation.
Arrested in pakistan in march 2002, he has been in us custody for more than eight years, fourandahalf of them spent incommunicado in solitary confinement in undisclosed locations. In my book, this means that, regardless of the validity of the olcs opinions, those who authorized the torture of abu zubaydah between march 28 and july 31, 2002 are not protected by the olcs supposed golden shield, and should be prosecuted for contravening the prohibition on the use of torture that, since 1988, has been enshrined. The european court established in mr husayns first case husayn abu zubaydah v. Two weeks before the september 11, 2001 attacks, according to the 911 commission, a foreign intelligence service issued a report on the following topic.
Abu zubaydah was said to be a key alqaeda travel facilitator the americans describe him as one of alqaedas senior travel facilitators and credit him with helping to smuggle the former alqaeda in iraq leader abu musab alzarqawi and some 70 fighters out of afghanistan into iran. On wednesday, under rosenbergs byline, the nyt published sketches by abu zubaydah, who became the primary guinea pig of the american torture. Held 14 years without charge, cia torture guinea pig abu. Written submissions on behalf of amnesty international and the international commission of jurists 7 may 20, index number. Few photographs of him were in existence, he has used at least 37 aliases and is considered a master of disguise. In response to 2 requests by abu zubaydahs lawyers for discovery in his habeas corpus petition, the government itself provided the most comprehensive rebuttal to date of the kind of claims put forward by the bush administration in defense of its torture program, and, specifically, its claims regarding abu zubaydah, on the basis that. Abu zubaydah and his attorney, margulies, filed an ex parte application for discovery in the eastern district of washington pursuant to 28 u.
Over a twoandahalfhour period, abu zubaydah coughed, vomited, and had involuntary spasms of the torso and extremities during waterboarding. Abu zubaydah was planning to attack israel in 2001. The story has scenes from a love story by the british or american writer. Cia records show that, using a plan drawn up by jessen and mitchell, abu zubaydah s interrogators would waterboard him an almost unimaginable 83 times. A man wrongly tortured for 911 remains in guantanamo time. In my book, this means that, regardless of the validity of the olcs opinions, those who authorized the torture of abu zubaydah between march 28.
This description matches zubaydah s own testimony to the icrc, where he stated that he was kept in a cell measuring 4m x 4m with three solid walls and one wall of bars. May 24, 2002 and so, for his role as the summoner of all our fears, abu zubaydah is our person of the week. May 31, 2011 nearly 10 years ago, detainee abu zubaydah lost his left eye while in the custody of the cia at a secret location. Abu zubaydah abu zubaydah is a citizen of the palestinian territories. Torture at gina haspels thailand black site the atlantic. The interrogation of abu zubaydah the center for the study. Longest time with the cloth over his face so far has been 17 seconds. Abu zubaydah was typically kept naked and sleep deprived. In may 2001, said alkurdi advised detainee that he could obtain belgian passports. Abu zubaydah has a constitutional right to face his accusers in court, or be released, kiriakou says. Beginning in august 2002, abu zubaydah was the first prisoner to undergo enhanced interrogation techniques. Abu zubaydah, a man once called alqaedas chief of operations, appears to be at the center of an unraveling of the official myth behind al qaeda. Atef aka abu hafs almasri to discuss the possibility of conducting an attack in israel. Poland that after his capture he had been held in a cia detention facility in thailand before being moved to another black site in poland in december 2002.
Abu zubaydah, tortured guantanamo detainee, makes case for. At other times, alleged terrorist abu zubaydah was kept in a coffinsized box for hundreds of hours and waterboarded until he passed out, according to the washington post. The former pages talk page can be accessed at talk. Abu zubaydah seems very resistant to the water board. Abu zubaydah this afternoon, i received a telephone call from deputy assistant attorney general john yoo of the office of legal counsel, department of justice. Oct 15, 2012 abu zubaydah, a man once called alqaedas chief of operations, appears to be at the center of an unraveling of the official myth behind al qaeda. May 10, 2017 abu zubaydah, the guantanamo detainee who endured some of the most brutal cia interrogation techniques in the post911 era including waterboarding, has waived his immunity in order to testify at. Officials say he is believed to have recently changed his hairstyle and gained weight to avoid identification. Efficacy of traditional interrogation techniquesedit. Abu zubaydah, whom the cia used as a guinea pig for its post911 torture program, will plead his case before parole board equivalent on 23 august. Abu zubaydah told the fbi officers that mukhtar trained the 911 hijackers and also provided additional information on ksms background, to include diat ksm spoke fluent english, was approximately 34 years old, and was responsible for alqaida operations outside of afghanistan. Guantanamo detainee to testify on unspeakable torture by. Even if such legitimate concerns exist, the court may consider it necessary to require that the respondent government edit out the sensitive passages or supply a.
Aug 09, 2016 abu zubaydah, whom the cia used as a guinea pig for its post911 torture program, will plead his case before parole board equivalent on 23 august. Nowadays, perhaps more than ever, the public seems to want to forget abu zubaydah and repress any recollection of what the united states government has done to him and the trauma he continues to suffer as a result. Amanda jacobsen, a lawyer for abu zubaydah, has this oped in the washington post complaining that her clientand the government officials responsible for his detention and interrogationhave never faced charges. According to the report, cia interrogators told abu zubaydah that the only way he would leave the facility was in the coffinshaped confinement box. Why president trumps nominee for cia director is in. Abu zubaydah was one of the top three leaders in alqaeda. The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views. As thousands enter europe, eu flails in antismuggling efforts gone girl small businesses for trump. In a statement pdf read by his personal representative, he explained how he. Abu zubaydah was captured in pakistan in march 2002 by u. Al jazeera america has obtained a copy of the secret personal diaries of abu zubaydah, a former cia captive and one of the most high profile prisoners in guantanamo bay. Torture and secrecy in thailand abc news australian.
The cia waterboarded the wrong man 83 times in 1 month. The cell was kept very cold, and loud music was played constantly, on a. Jason leopold, of truthout now of vice news, wrote about this issue soon after the photo of abu zubaydah with an. Dec 05, 2019 abu zubaydahs drawings of torture at the hands of american agents are a sickening reminder of what this country is capable of. Experts think abu zubaydah became alqaedas chief of military operations after muhammed atef was killed in a u. Abu zubaydah had previously helped zarqawi and dozens of others escape from afghanistan into iran in late 2001. Text andor other creative content from abu zubaydah was copied or moved into interrogation of abu zubaydah with this edit. Zubaydah was waterboarded at least 83 times in total and 24 times a daywith multiple iterations of the watering cycle during each application. Al jazeera obtained the translated documents in pdf form, viewable here, and reproduced them online in a searchable format.
The secret diary of abu zubaydah al jazeera america. Saudi arabia zayn alabidin muhammed husayn abu zubaydah is a palestinian long believed to be one of osama bin ladens top lieutenants. Jun 09, 2015 i am not the first person to raise the question of how abu zubaydah lost his eye. Controversies who removed terrorism suspect abu zubaydahs. Abu zubaydah is a saudi citizen who helped manage the khalden training camp in. Apr 07, 20 that is the story of the man called abu zubaydah, whose alleged torture testimony, obtained by the cia while brennan was the head of the agencys terrorist threat center, built the foundation for the official account of 911. Jeffrey, editor in chief, waterboarding abu zubaydah as a last resort to find out what he knew about pending terrorist plots was a justifiable act of selfdefense. I represent abu zubaydah, who was the first person imprisoned at a cia black site and the first to have his interrogation enhanced. The 31yearold, born in saudi arabia to palestinian parents, was the. The former pages history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted so long as the latter page exists. Abu zubaydah is a saudi arabian citizen currently held by the u.
To this day he says he doesnt know why the americans removed it. Starting in 2002 and around the time of abu zubaydah s capture, the cia began videotaping hundreds of hours of abu zubaydah s interrogations. You cant edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. Zubaydah portrays himself in the drawings with both eyes. Abu zubaydahs interrogation led to reliable information, that abu zubaydah was a prolific producer of information, and that roughly 25 percent of the information on al qaeda that came from human sources originated from abu zubaydah. Abu zubaydah poses a real threat to al qaeda dig within. Apr 24, 2009 in my book, this means that, regardless of the validity of the olcs opinions, those who authorized the torture of abu zubaydah between march 28 and july 31, 2002 are not protected by the olc. The information allegedly obtained from his torture played a large part in the creation. Abu zubaydah s drawings of torture at the hands of american agents are a sickening reminder of what this country is capable of.
Man used as test subject in cia torture program to ask for. Lithuania judgment transitory basis and limited interrogation techniques to those included in the army field manual. We must ask why no charges have been brought against u. When asked by his pakistani tormentors for specific information by his own account he gave the impression of suffering greater physical pain than was the case and eventually offered false information in order to stop the abuse. The interrogation of abu zubaydah the center for the. Tim golden is an editor at large at propublica, working primarily on national security issues. A rare glimpse of abu zubaydah 14 years after first cia. This story has been updated to reflect details that emerged. Abu zubaydah sketches show cia torture programs horrors.
Aug 24, 2016 the us government has released an unclassified profile of the jihadist known as abu zubaydah, who is held at the guantanamo bay detention facility. Oct 16, 2012 abu zubaydah, a man once called alqaedas chief of operations appears to be at the center of an unraveling of the official myth behind al qaeda. After his capture in early 2002, zubaydah was the first detainee known to be tortured. Video cameras recorded abu zubaydah twentyfour hours a day during his detention in 2002. This report integrates abu zubaydah s descriptions from the earliest days of his torture with the cia cables that described those days from the cias perspective. I am not the first person to raise the question of how abu zubaydah lost his eye.
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