NucNews September 1, 2006 -------- NUCLEAR -------- accidents and safety Court Vindicates BLM Whistleblower Who Exposed Radiation Violations WASHINGTON, DC, September 1, 2006 (ENS) http://ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-01-09.asp#anchor4 A federal administrative law judge ruled today that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, BLM, illegally dismissed a manager overseeing the cleanup of the Anaconda Mine for pursuing worker safety, as well as radiation, air and water pollution violations. Earle Dixon, the project manager for the Anaconda Mine at Yerington, Nevada, was fired from his position in October 2004 on the day before his probationary period would have elapsed. Following a three-day hearing in Reno, Dixon was awarded back pay, $10,000 in moving expenses, attorney fees and costs. The BLM may appeal this decision to the Administrative Review Board of the Secretary of Labor. "This is both a victory for Earle Dixon and for the idea that the federal government is not above the law," said Richard Condit, general counsel with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, who co-counseled the case with Dixon's lead counsel, Mick Harrison. Dixon clashed with then BLM Nevada Director Bob Abbey for raising problems that were being officially ignored because they would drive up cleanup costs. The whistleblower spotlighted radiation readings well above background levels that pose risks to the health of workers onsite, and higher than expected contamination of soil, groundwater and drinking water wells. He blew the whistle on BLM non-compliance with a number of federal pollution standards, including public exposure to radioactive and toxic metals in air borne dust. At one point, the BLM returned $700,000 in federal cleanup funds that had been earmarked for Anaconda Mine rather than admit that spreading contamination and radiation needed to be addressed. The Anaconda Mine is an abandoned copper mine covering more than 3,600 acres where acid runoff and waste rock containing low levels of uranium, thorium and other toxic metals have been deposited in unlined ponds. The mine has had a succession of owners, including, most recently, the Atlantic Richfield Company owned by British Petroleum. Today, half the site is located on public lands managed by the BLM. Dixon's job was to coordinate the hazardous waste management and compliance at the site with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Nevada, tribes and responsible private parties. At the hearing, Dixon's co-workers at BLM and colleagues from other federal and state agencies described Dixon's dogged efforts to secure environmental compliance. As a result of Dixon's disclosures, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been asked to assume management of the site. "While this ruling is some compensation, the federal officials responsible for this travesty will not likely be held to account," Condit said, noting that Bob Abbey has retired. "Earle Dixon's courage helped shield Nevadans from the neglect of their own government." -------- depleted uranium America Revives the Assault Gun September 1, 2006 http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20060901.aspx The U.S. Army has received the first of its MGS (Mobile Gun System) vehicles. This is a Stryker wheeled armored vehicle with a special turret that mounts a 105mm gun. There are two machine-guns (7.62mm and 12.7mm). The 12.7mm machine-gun is controlled from inside the vehicle. The 105mm gun is a modified version of the one used on the M-60 series of tanks. This gun has an autoloader, and carries 18 rounds of ammo. There are four types of ammo available; Sabot (armor piercing, using a depleted uranium penetrator that can take out most tanks) HEAT (anti-tank, using a shaped charge, like ATGMs and RPGs), HEP (a high explosive round that either blows a hole through thick walls, or causes concrete or metal to come—at high speed-- off the inside of the wall) and canister (like a shotgun shell). The most useful round in Iraq would be HEP and SABOT, for blasting buildings or bunkers the enemy is in. The vehicle carries 400 rounds for the 12.7mm machine-gun and 3,500 for the 7.62mm machine-gun. The 21 ton MGS is otherwise similar to other Stryker vehicles. There will be three MGS assigned to each infantry company. In effect, the MGS is a return of the assault gun, a turretless tank developed during World War II for infantry support. After World War II, the assault gun was dropped by most armies, to be replaced by tanks or self-propelled artillery. But that has not worked out as well as the assault gun, because during World War II, the assault gun was considered an infantry weapon, and "belonged" to the infantry. The MGS "belongs" to the infantry company it is a part of, will train regularly with the infantry, and thus be a lot more useful to the infantry. The MGS had a lot of development problems, and is over a year late. The 105mm gun makes a whole lot of noise (bad for any nearby infantry), and initially caused lots of vibration problems inside the MGS when the gun was fired. The MGS contains a lot of electronics, and a very capable fire control system. MGS gunners regularly put 105mm shells through window size targets at 1,000 meters or more. ---- Live-fire plan hits nerve The public has only recently learned of the Coast Guard's plan to begin target practice on the Great Lakes BY JOHN MYERS AND CHRIS HAMILTON DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Fri, Sep. 01, 2006 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/5-0&fp=450037ac996d0ae1&ei=4cUARY-pIJqGapqz_ZAH&url=http%3A//www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/15415030.htm&cid=0 To keep its sharpshooting sailors sharp, the U.S. Coast Guard wants to hold target practice five miles from shore on Lake Superior near Two Harbors, Grand Marais and Bayfield. However, a Coast Guard plan to designate live-fire machine gun training areas across the Great Lakes is on hold after members of Congress asked for more time for public input. The plan, which arose in media reports this week but was published Aug. 1 in the Federal Register, would allow Coast Guard vessels to use live ammunition for training at 26 sites across the lakes. The sites would be closed to the public during the training. The Coast Guard says it needs to train crews to prepare for threats from terrorists to smugglers. But on Monday, U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., asked the Coast Guard to give the public more information and more time to comment. The public comment period was due to expire today. However, congressional members from Minnesota and Wisconsin on Thursday said they would like up to 90 days to review the plan. The Coast Guard failed to properly notify elected officials, the public and media about the zones, said Ellis Brachman, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis. The agency says it can invoke military regulations that allow it to close the areas to the public without public input or notice. In Duluth, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Wirth of the Coast Guard cutter Alder, which has weapons on board, declined to discuss details of the training. The zones are up to 4 square miles, and will be used only two or three times a year at most, said Chief Petty Officer Robert Lanier of the 9th Coast Guard District in Cleveland, which proposed the plan. He said the zones were designed to not encroach on commercial transit and recreational fishing/sailing lanes. As planned, boaters and marinas would be contacted by radio and the Coast Guard would work with local harbor masters to notify the public. Jim Latvala, who owns the charter fishing boat Rainbow Zen out of Knife River, said it's possible the Coast Guard's training could slightly disrupt his business. "Just as long as they don't shoot me, I wouldn't mind them doing it," Latvala said. A Grand Marais group, Harbor Friends, last week contacted the Coast Guard and Oberstar on the issue. "Please note that the Harbor Friends are neither for or against the zones at this time. They do ask, however, for an extension of the comment period (currently scheduled to close Aug. 31) and that the Coast Guard hold public awareness meetings to further explain the parameters and consequences of the proposed zones," Oberstar wrote in a Monday letter to a top Coast Guard official. "I fully support their request and hope that the Commandant will take all necessary steps to address their concerns." There's still no word on whether the Coast Guard will hold a public meeting on the issue. The Coast Guard is now a branch of the Department of Homeland Security. "While I strongly support the mission of the Coast Guard and commend them for the work they do in Minnesota, I am concerned that the public is not sufficiently aware of the details regarding the proposed exercises," U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., said in a statement issued Thursday. "I would hope the Coast Guard holds a public forum for people to ask questions and for public safety concerns to be addressed before any exercises are allowed to take place." Minnesota environmental activists contacted Thursday were not aware of the proposal but said they had no major concerns, noting the amount of lead in Lake Superior would not be significant and that it was unlikely waterfowl would ever ingest that lead. A Michigan Sierra Club official called for public hearings on the plan. "The Coast Guard has provided remarkably little information about their proposal," Anne Woiwode, director of the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club, told the Detroit Free Press. "We don't have a dog in this fight," said Clyde Hanson, Sierra Club activist in Tofte. He said the only major concern would be if the Coast Guard used shells or bullets made with depleted uranium, which the ammunition isn't. Lanier said the copper-coated lead rounds would have little if any impact on the environment. The Coast Guard used the Environmental Protection Act in making its determination, he said. They will practice firing from every size of vessel used by the Coast Guard on the Great Lakes, he said. Sailors now practice on land in firing ranges or infrequently in temporary lake zones. Lanier said people shouldn't be able to hear more than an echo. Training exercises could begin within 30 days of the proposal being adopted. Lanier said the Coast Guard would publish notices in the Federal Register when a zone is to be used. The agency also will try to notify marinas, the media and boaters via marine radio. If boats wander into a live-fire zone, the Coast Guard will stop firing and give them time to leave the zone, Lanier said. Spotters will be used to prevent boaters from wandering into the areas, he said. The Coast Guard bluntly laid out potential risks in the proposal, saying, "These safety zones are necessary to protect vessels and people from hazards associated with live-fire gun exercises. Such hazards include projectiles that may ricochet and damage vessels and/or cause death or serious bodily injury." -------- india India seeks ties in France, Germany Friday September 01, 2006 15:32 - (SA Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket7st/basket7st1157117552.aspx NEW DELHI - India's defence minister flies to Europe on Sunday seeking closer ties with Germany and the backing of France to remove remaining Western sanctions on its military nuclear programme, officials said. Pranab Mukherjee first holds talks in Paris on Monday with his French counterpart Michele Alliot-Marie, the defence ministry said. "The visit assumes significance, in the context of the current global security scenario and the desire of India to broad-base its defence co-operation with various countries," ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar said. Kar said Mukherjee will also take part in a roundtable with CEO's of leading French armament firms which are vying for plum military contracts in India, the world's largest defence hardware purchaser. Government sources noted that Mukehrjee's three-day stay in Paris follows French President Jacques Chirac's state visit to India in February when the two sides signed nine agreements. "Mukherjee and his counterpart will review the progress of the Indo-France agreement on defence as well as the declaration on peaceful use of nuclear energy signed during president Chirac's trip," a senior defence ministry official said. The agreement expanded existing ties in defence industries, research, joint exercises, exchanges and training. Indian officials said Mukherjee will also seek French support for New Delhi's campaign for the lifting of the last US-led nuclear sanctions. "That's one of the important items on the agenda," the official said, on condition of anonymity. Western nations, barring France, imposed a range of sanctions after India conducted nuclear weapons tests in 1998 and although most of the restrictions have been removed, New Delhi insists all must go. French state shipbuilder DCN last year won a contract to sell six Franco-Spanish submarines worth 2.4 billion euros (three billion dollars) to the Indian navy. European diplomatic sources said while in Germany Mukherjee is likely to sign an agreement on bilateral military co-operation to signal the end to Indian restrictions on military trade which were imposed almost a decade ago. The restrictions were gradually removed after Germany sought closer defence ties with India in August 2005 and following Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Hannover earlier this year. Mukherjee's trip to Bonn coincides with talks in New Delhi with German armament firm, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmBH Armin, on the possible supply of latest artillery ammunition, tanks and electronic systems. The defence minister's visit to Bonn, however, will be clouded by the embarrassing recent recall of Indian military attache in Bonn, P. C. Panjikar, for his alleged involvement with German armaments firms. Sapa-AFP -------- iran Iran satisfied with IAEA report By Samar Kadi September 1, 2006 United Press International http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTI4NTQ3 Iran has welcomed the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency as evidence of its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asafi was quoted by the Iranian news agency IRNA Friday as saying "a large part of the report shows Iran's large cooperation with the IAEA and its inspectors." IAEA chief Mohammed el-Baradei issued a report Thursday in which he said Iran is still enriching uranium, but there is no tangible proof that its nuclear program has a military aspect. "The report clearly indicated that Iran honored its commitments within the framework of international resolution and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and is ready to continue on that path regarding the remaining few points still pending," Asafi said. He stressed that Iran's nuclear activities are "transparent, open, peaceful and far from any ambiguity, which makes settling Iran's nuclear issue easy through negotiations." Asafi noted that the IAEA report stressed the need to follow reason and avoid unjust action "despite the pressures exerted by the United States and the uproar provoked in international circles." Iran ignored a United Nations Security Council deadline, which expired at midnight Thursday, to suspend uranium enrichment or face international sanctions. Asafi reiterated Iran's readiness to continue negotiations with the five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany; the group offered Tehran a package of economic incentives in return for stopping uranium enrichment. "Iran believes that holding negotiations and respecting Iran's legitimate rights will lead to achieving a just solution that suits all parties," Asafi added. ---- Iran urges atomic talks By Alireza Ronaghi in Tehran September 01, 2006 Reuters http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20332180-5005961,00.html IRAN today said a nuclear standoff with the West could only be settled through negotiation, while Russia called imposing punitive sanctions on Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work a dead end. European Union foreign ministers, meeting in Finland, want further dialogue with Iran rather than sanctions after Tehran defied yesterday's UN deadline to stop work that the West fears could be a prelude to making a nuclear bomb, officials said. At a two-day informal meeting near Finland's border with Russia, the EU ministers were expected to seek fresh talks despite US pressure for a rapid move to impose sanctions. "The Islamic Republic of Iran believes the only possible way to achieve fair and acceptable results for all parties is through negotiations and by respecting Iran's legitimate rights," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said. "Iran's activities are transparent, public and have peaceful aims far away from any ambiguities and it (the issue) can be easily solved through negotiations," he was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. The UN watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said yesterday that Tehran had failed to meet an August 31 deadline to halt uranium enrichment. The West accuses Iran of seeking to build atomic bombs, a charge Iran denies, saying its aim is to produce electricity. The IAEA report also said Iran had recently resumed enriching small amounts of uranium and said Iran's lack of co-operation had blocked the UN atomic watchdog's probes. Asefi said the report showed Iran had met its commitments under international regulations, including the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and also showed Iran's "extensive co-operation" with the IAEA. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeated his defiant line on Friday, vowing never to give up Iran's nuclear ambitions. The European Union expressed continued concern. "Unfortunately Iran has show that ... for the moment at least it doesn't plan to co-operate on the nuclear issue and it's clear that on a matter of such importance the international community cannot stand idly by," EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin echoed this position. "I regret very strongly the insufficient response of Iran," Mr Villepin said at a news conference in Rome. "We think it is possible to go forward with dialogue but it is important that the international community show Iran the necessity to change position." Iran sent a confidential 21-page reply last week to explain its position but Western officials said it evaded the world community's key demand to halt making nuclear fuel. "We have to see if we can get some understanding of the elements of the document which are not clear enough for us and I think a meeting face to face could clarify that," Mr Solana said. Russia's foreign minister cast doubt on whether the UN Security Council can reach quick consensus on punitive measures. "We take into account the experience of the past and we cannot ally ourselves with ultimatums, which all lead to a dead end," Interfax news agency quoted Sergei Lavrov as saying. "Yes, there are countries whose policies raise doubts, and cause discontent, but we all live in the same world and we need to ... draw them into dialogue, and not isolation and sanctions." -------- korea Long-Range North Korean Missile Fell After Two Kilometers by Staff Writers Tokyo (AFP) Sept 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Long_Range_North_Korean_Missile_Fell_After_Two_Kilometers_999.html A North Korean ballistic missile theoretically capable of reaching US territory fell into the sea after flying just two kilometers during a test launch last month, a report said Friday. Pyongyang on July 5 test-fired six short and mid-range missiles and one long-range missile, the Taepodong-2. All of them fell harmlessly in the Sea of Japan. Initial analysis by the Japanese government had shown the Taepodong-2 flew about 400 kilometers (250 miles), but the latest analysis showed that the missile fell in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) close to the east coast of North Korea, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported, citing government sources. Japanese and US satellite data showed missile parts scattered around the North Korean missile base, indicating it started to break apart immediately after it was launched, the report said. But the short- and middle-range missile launches prove that Pyongyang has achieved a certain level of technology, it said. The UN Security Council condemned the missile tests and adopted a resolution imposing weapons-related sanctions on Pyongyang. Japan and the United States have stepped up efforts to build missile defenses after North Korea's test launches. Japan on Wednesday launched its sixth Aegis destroyer, which will be fitted with anti-missile capabilities next year. Its Defense Agency requested a more than 50 percent rise in its missile defense budget for the fiscal year to March 2008. Activity Spotted At North Korean Missile Site But No Indication Of Test Seoul (AFP) Sept 3 - Vehicle movements have been spotted at North Korea's key missile base but there is no indication the communist state is preparing for another missile test, a senior defense official said Sunday. Intelligence authorities detected the movements in and around Gitdaeryeong on the southeast coast where six ballistic missiles were test-fired two months ago, the official said on condition of anonymity. "Trucks, which were brought in for the test-firing of missiles in July, still stay there and move around," he told AFP, playing down a news report linking the activity to possible preparations for new tests. "No new vehicles have been brought in there. We don't take it as an indication that North Korea is preparing for more missile tests." Yonhap news agency earlier said the movements spotted by military intelligence officials at Gitdaeryeong could presage more missile tests. North Korea test-launched seven missiles -- including six short- and medium-range missiles from the Gitdaeryeong site -- into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) on July 5, sparking international condemnation. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution imposing missile-related sanctions on North Korea, but Pyongyang immediately rejected it and threatened stronger action. South Korean officials have expressed concern about the possibility of further missile tests or an underground nuclear test. Pyongyang said in February 2005 that it had built nuclear weapons but there have been no reports of any nuclear test. The United States successfully tested its missile defense system, designed partially to guard against any North Korean missile attacks, over the Pacific on Friday. North Korea on Saturday accused the United States of threatening war by carrying out the test and by conducting joint military exercises with the South. -------- russia Russia to join international thermonuclear reactor project 01/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060901/53405588.html MOSCOW, September 1 - Russia's government decided to sign an agreement to join a multi-billion-euro international nuclear fusion reactor project, the cabinet press service said Friday. The project to build an experimental fusion reactor - expected to produce clean and safe energy by 2016 for 20 years - in Caradache in southern France is worth at least $12 billion. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project already involves the European Union, China, India, South Korea, the United States and Japan. In a news release, the government's press service said that the project would be valuable experience for Russia. "Russia's participation in the construction of the ITER reactor and then research will allow the country to obtain industrial technologies of generating thermonuclear fusion energy, gain unique experience in building and employing thermonuclear reactors, and train researchers and engineers for future thermonuclear plants," the news release said. Russia will contribute to the project by producing and supplying technological equipment and investing about 10% of the reactor's cost, like all the other project participants. The project is widely seen as both environmentally friendly and capable of producing unlimited amounts of electricity, which makes it highly significant in the conditions of growing energy consumption. The idea of ITER began when the Soviet Union suggested that the four most advanced nuclear nations - the U.S.S.R., the U.S., Europe and Japan - create a "tokamak" reactor, a doughnut-shaped chamber to confine in a magnetic field incandescent plasma that no material can withstand. Thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium then proceeds in the plasma. -------- u.s. nuc facilities -------- washington Questions remain on nuke lapse By BEN LANDO UPI Energy Correspondent, Sept. 1, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060901-033127-8629r WASHINGTON -- Federal and regional nuclear regulators questioned about a recent security lapse at a Tennessee plant, security measures in place prior to the incident and changes made since then, have a simple message for the public: Just trust us. United Press International made inquiries into Sequoyah Nuclear Plant's security scheme after the lapse and in light of accusations of reduced personnel numbers, checkpoints and procedures over the past few years. While the gist of the incident has been confirmed -- that a box containing assault rifles were allowed unchecked and improperly stored in a secure zone at the plant, near Chattanooga -- how it happened and what has been done to prevent another similar incident are somewhere behind the fog of conflicting stories and government reluctance to reveal sensitive information. Officials of both the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Tennessee Valley Authority, which operates Sequoyah, are playing down the incident -- TVA spokesman John Moulton said though the box was taken to the wrong place inside the plant it was never outside TVA's control -- and are mum on details. "It's agency policy that we don't discuss security at nuclear plants," said NRC spokesman Ken Clark. He said there hasn't been nor is there now any security threat to Sequoyah or the public and that "any recent events ... have been adequately addressed by TVA." A security worker at Sequoyah, however, told UPI that inspection protocol at the plant before the weapons box incident was "a big problem" and changes made since then have made the plant only less vulnerable. "(The public will) have to decide whether they believe us or whoever said that," Clark said. The employee of Pinkerton Government Services, the company contracted for security at the plant, spoke on the condition of anonymity. The previous TVA policy didn't mandate every item be searched, though Pinkerton workers had the authority to search every package and every person, the worker said, adding they were given discretion on shipments with a factory seal -- like the plain, brown cardboard box of six M-4 rifles. Security has been increased since, though there are still some exceptions which are "big enough to smuggle something into the plant. They would have no problem," the worker said, alluding to the most sinister plans of anyone from a terrorist to a disgruntled worker. "It's not hard to move weapons once in (Sequoyah)," the worker said. The public found out about the incident when Pinkerton workers notified the government watchdog Project On Government Oversight, which alerted the media. But the potential for a more serious problem was made possible, according to the worker UPI spoke to, because security staffing levels have been reduced in recent years, as have the number of checkpoints, including one at the entrance of the plant which the worker called "our first line of defense," removed in 2003 or 2004. Most of those allegations are sidestepped by the TVA. Moulton, in an e-mail response to detailed questions, said the size of security has increased in the past five years. But questions of details on the changes, including the worker's claims, received the same response: "We do not disclose for security reasons." The same answer was given to inquiries into the package inspection policy prior to the assault rifle lapse. As far as what changes had been made, Moulton wrote, "TVA has taken actions in regards to improving the receiving process and will determine if additional actions need to be made. "Specific details on the receiving process and changes are not disclosed for security reasons," Moulton added. The security employee UPI spoke to was weary of disclosing sensitive information, repeatedly pausing to carefully phrase answers to questions and often refusing to give specifics. But, the worker said, the issue deserves attention. When asked what the public is to make of these conflicting accounts, TVA's Moulton wrote: "All we can do is provide the facts regarding the delivery of weapons to Sequoyah." Moulton refused to disclose what concerns have been raised over Sequoyah security, including the specifics UPI learned, as well as to whose attention they were brought to -- Pinkerton, TVA or NRC. "TVA and Pinkerton both have policies that encourage employees to raise any safety or security concerns as soon as they arise so that they can be quickly addressed," Moulton wrote. Those routes were followed, the security worker told UPI, to no avail. And over fears the shipment of security worker guns could have been a package of malicious content, the worker decided to go to the media. That is frowned upon, both the worker and POGO officials said, citing threats of pink slips, fines and jail time for talking to the media (to which Moulton wrote: "We are not aware of.") NRC Chairman Dale Klein said Wednesday he is now looking into complaints of security protocol at Sequoyah, including how responsive the federal agency is to them. (Comments to energy@upi.com) -------- MILITARY -------- israel / palestine Israeli unease grows over conduct of war A majority want a commission of inquiry into its leadership. September 01, 2006 By Ilene R. Prusher The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0901/p01s04-wome.html JERUSALEM – Soon after Israel's war with Hizbullah came to a halt with a tenuous cease-fire, Israel's internal war began. Now, amid widespread disappointment over how the war was waged, the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is under pressure to set up a state commission of inquiry on various aspects of a war in which Israelis see innumerable mishaps. Sixty-four percent of Israelis, according to an Israeli Radio poll released Thursday, want an independent inquiry into the war - not unlike the 9/11 Commission in Washington. Such high figures serve an embarrassing blow to Mr. Olmert, who has tried to downsize the issue by appointing two lower-level committees Monday to investigate the handling of the war. The possibility of a wider probe evinces the degree of disillusionment with the war, but also the extent to which Israelis are now willing to put the decisions of a sitting government and even the country's near-omnipotent military under a critical microscope. Internal critique over the war appears to be making its impact on both sides of the border: Olmert has acknowledged that there were shortcomings, while Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview this week that had he known how Israel would retaliate, he would not have ordered the kidnapping attack. Commissions of inquiry have only been held at grave moments in Israeli history, such as the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and after the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. "The public impact of a commission of inquiry is much greater than any other. The public confidence in officials who direct a commission of inquiry is huge," says Prof. Stuart Cohen, a political scientist at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar Ilan University, near Tel Aviv. "They also have judicial powers which no internal committee possesses," he explains, meaning that the commission has the power to hold officials personally responsible for civil or criminal offenses, order them dismissed from their positions, and ban them from holding similar positions in the future. The crux of the controversy focuses on how the war was conducted, and not whether it should have been waged at all. But even those questions have the potential to sway policy, and an inquiry could have a lasting impact on the military options Israel exercises in the future. Israelis also want an investigation into the government shortcomings in protecting civilians during the war. Volunteer organizations and not government officials, critics say, did most of the aid work. A decision to evacuate bombarded northern towns did not come until a month into the war. "The rights and wrongs are not the issue - nobody here disputes the justice of the use of force," says Dr. Cohen. Israel began bombing Lebanon soon after Hizbullah staged a cross-border attack on July 12, killing eight soldiers and kidnapping two. The men are still being held. "People are upset but they're not saying, 'My son died for no reason.' He died because somebody made a mistake," he adds. "The mistake was not to have gone to war, but not to have conducted the war properly." Much of the criticism over the war focuses on tactics, strategy, and logistics. Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and military Chief of Staff Dan Halutz decided to go war in Lebanon within a day of the kidnapping raid, a decision some see as a poor one that left no time for planning or considering a variety of options. Older reservists, many of whom did not have up-to-date training over the past few years, say they were sent into battle unprepared. Some lacked flack jackets and helmets. Once in Lebanon, according to various media reports, they were running out of ammunition, food, and even water. In the last weekend of the 34-day war, Mr. Halutz ordered a ground offensive that some here view as too little, too late. Indeed, much of the criticism surrounds Halutz. Military commentators have seized on the fact that he is a pilot who was the first chief of staff lacking experience with deploying ground forces, and tried to run a war against Hizbullah guerrillas by attacking Lebanon from the air. Halutz is scheduled to meet with a conference of some 100 Israeli reserve generals next week, who are expected to ask that he step aside, according to reports in all of Israel's major newspapers. If the Israeli Defense Forces' top man does take a fall for the war's shortcomings, it might take some of the heat off of Olmert. Neither he nor Defense Minister Peretz, who had been an union leader, had strong military backgrounds, which have usually been an unwritten requirement for both the premier and defense minister positions. Still, Olmert has already declared his opposition to a state commission of inquiry, which could work against him if the pressure to form one mounts. Ever since Israel's first postwar commission of inquiry, in 1973 after the Yom Kippur War, politicians and military officials have often found themselves liable to be brought to task for their actions. The Agranat Commission investigated the military following heavy losses of soldiers in the war and recommended that the chief of staff should be dismissed. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Prime Minister Golda Meir both eventually resigned. After Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the Kahan Commission found then-defense minister Ariel Sharon personally responsible for indirectly causing the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatilla Refugee Camps. Internal crisis have also led to commissions of inquiry. In one of the most recent, the Orr Commission was set up to investigate the killing of 13 Israeli-Arab citizens during a demonstration at the start of the intifada, in October 2000. "The Orr Commission was extremely important, just trying to get it on behalf of the grieving families, and the impression the public had then, just as now, was that the officials wanted to whitewash it," says Julie Gal, an Israeli-American filmmaker who directed and produced the recently released documentary on the subject, "October's Cry." Although many proponents felt that the commission wasn't effective enough in assigning personal responsibility for the deaths, it did have an impact. The minister of internal affairs at the time was banned from ever serving again in the post and several senior police officers were demoted. "That's why we want an official commission now. It has legal aspects and it can investigate much further," Ms. Gal says. "The argument that they're citing is that a commission will paralyze everything, that we're in for a war again very soon, we need to replenish the troops, and it will take away from that." But that should not be used as an excuse, she notes. "Otherwise, " she says, "There's a sense that the government is really not accountable." -------- mideast Syria promises to enforce arms embargo 9/1/2006 DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-01-mideast-annan_x.htm Syria promised Friday to increase border patrols and work with Lebanese troops to thwart the flow of arms to its ally Hezbollah, but Israel questioned whether the Damascus regime would be a "reliable force" in guarding the border. If carried out, the promises made by Syrian President Bashar Assad to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan would be a major boost to efforts to keep the peace in Lebanon. Preventing weapons from reaching Hezbollah is a key element of the U.N. resolution that halted Israeli-Hezbollah fighting Aug. 14. The truce also calls for a beefed-up U.N. force of 15,000 soldiers in southern Lebanon and more nations committed troops to the mission Friday. The U.N. chief said that if Syria follows through in tightening control of the border, peace efforts will be greatly helped. "I have no reason to believe it will not be done," Annan said. But Israel pointed to Syria's past role in allegedly supplying weapons to the Shiite guerrillas of Hezbollah and said it doubted Assad's regime had really changed its stance. "Israel does not think that Syria ... has shown any reason to be a reliable force," said Miri Eisin, a spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. She said "numerous rockets and missiles made by Syria and supplied by Syria ... were fired against Israel" by Hezbollah during the 34-day Lebanon war. Israel wants peacekeepers to also patrol Lebanon's border with Syria, but the U.N. truce does not give them the mandate to do so without permission from the Lebanese government. Israel has said it will not lift its punishing air and sea blockade of Lebanon until the U.N. moves onto the border. Syria has said the deployment of U.N. troops along the border would be a "hostile" affront, and Annan said Assad repeated his opposition to it during their meeting. While it remains to be borne out, Syria's vow to help implement the U.N. resolution was Annan's biggest diplomatic feat during an 11-day Mideast tour. The U.N. chief had little success in Beirut, where Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Lebanon would be the last Arab country to make peace with the Jewish state, and in Israel, where Olmert rebuffed Annan's call for quickly lifting the blockade of Lebanon. Annan emerged from the meeting with Assad, saying the Syrian leader also expressed a willingness to establish diplomatic ties with Lebanon and demarcate the countries' border — a longtime demand of the U.N. and the Lebanese to affirm the end of Damascus' long domination of its neighbor. Annan also said he asked Syria to "use its influence" to help win the release of three Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah and militants linked to Palestinians allied with Damascus. Assad said he supported their release, but raised the plight of 16 Syrians detained by Israel in the occupied Golan Heights, Annan said. Germany's intelligence chief, Ernst Uhrlau, who helped mediate a 2004 prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah, arrived in Beirut on Friday, but there was no immediate word on the nature of his mission, Lebanese officials said. There have been reports over the past week of behind-the-scenes mediation by European officials for another such swap. Assad made no comment after his talks with Annan, and Syrian news reports about the meeting did not address the issues of stopping Hezbollah weapons or relations with Lebanon. The U.N. chief expressed confidence Lebanese and Syrian troops could halt the flow of Hezbollah weapons over the border without the presence of U.N. peacekeepers. "I think it can happen. It may not be 100%, but it will make quite a lot of difference if the (Syrian) government puts in place the measures the government has discussed with me," Annan said. He said Syria agreed to boost the number of its own guards along the border, give them more training and establish joint patrols with Lebanese troops "where possible." That would mark rare cooperation between Syria, whose troops pulled out of Lebanon last year after nearly three decades of domination, and Lebanon, where many people blame the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri on Damascus. The Security Council resolution calls on all countries to prevent the sale or supply of weapons to entities in Lebanon without the consent of the Lebanese government or U.N. peacekeepers. It also calls for Lebanon to "secure its borders and other entry points." It is not the first time Syria promised to tighten its borders. The U.S. has accused Damascus of lax security on the Syria-Iraq border, where Washington says insurgents have poured into Iraq. Syria vowed similarly to boost border patrols and work with U.S. officials, but insurgents are still believed to pass through. Annan flies Saturday to Iran, Hezbollah's other main backer and a country embroiled in its own fight with the West over the Iranian nuclear program. Meanwhile, more progress was reported in assembling the U.N. force for southern Lebanon. The Spanish government agreed Friday to contribute up to 1,100 soldiers, a step that parliament is expected to approve next week. Israel dropped its objections to Indonesia joining the force, and the two sides were discussing when Jakarta would send 1,000 soldiers, a U.N. official said. Israel had opposed participation by states with which it doesn't have diplomatic relations. Turkey's government submitted a resolution to its parliament for a vote Tuesday to send peacekeepers despite public opposition to the deployment. A contingent of 800 Italian soldiers was due in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Saturday, the largest contingent to arrive so far to boost the 2,000-peacekeeper force that has been in southern Lebanon since 1978. Armed with tanks, howitzers and other heavy weapons not normally used by peacekeeping forces, the U.N. troops will back up the Lebanese military, which has already begun moving into parts of the south as Israeli soldiers withdraw. The combined force is supposed to ensure Hezbollah does not openly have weapons in the area, although the U.N. force does not have a mandate to actively disarm the guerrillas. -------- nato Nato sets deadline to beat Taliban By Rachel Morarjee in Kabul and Daniel Dombey in Lappeenrata Published: September 1 2006 Financial Times https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=&location=http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/c62d7102-39e1-11db-90bb-0000779e2340.html The general in charge of the international force in Afghanistan has given his soldiers six months to establish a clear advantage against the bitter Taliban-led insurgency in the south of the country. “We have to show in the next six months that the government is on the winning side,” said Lieutenant General David Richards, commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, in an interview with the Financial Times. -------- prisoners of war Names of the Detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September, 2006 Washington Post http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/ Until March 3rd, the Pentagon had declined to identify the detainees at Guantanamo Bay Military Prison, most of whom were captured in Afghanistan during and after the 2001 war there. As a result of an Associated Press Freedom of Information Act request and lawsuit, the Department of Defense released the unredacted transcripts of Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Administrative Review Boards. The Archived List From 2002 to May 2006, Washington Post researchers compiled the names and countries of origin of detainees in Guantanamo from unofficial, public sources: news accounts, legal documents (such as habeas corpus petitions and from the CSRT tribunals), interviews with attorneys and relatives, and information from detainee support sites on the Web. The Post printed only names that it had verified from a single reputable source or multiple sources. Some names were transliterated from Arabic or had alternative spellings. The collection was the largest list of names made public at that point, encompassing: more than 550. Many names came from two Web sites that monitor the status of Guantanamo detainees: the Arabic-language Alasra and the Britain-based CagePrisoners. The two sites, which advocate the release of the detainees, have published lists of names, photographs and documents provided by families. Alasra is registered to an unknown individual in Saudi Arabia, and CagePrisoners is registered to a group of Muslim computer programmers based in Britain. The Archived List (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/nationalsecurity/gitmoarchive.html) The Pentagon List On May 15, 2006, the Pentagon released to the Associated Press the first comprehensive list of everyone who has been held at Guantanamo Bay, more than four years after it opened the detention center. Two-hundred and one of the names had not been disclosed by the Defense Department before. That more complete register follows below. Post researchers will continue to monitor the names on this new list to verify the information previously reported and will provide updates as they are available. Afghanistan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abasin, Said Afghanistan Yes 24 Khan o Khel, Afghanistan Abulwance, Yamatolah Afghanistan Yes 29 Kandahar, Afghanistan Achezkai, Haji Mohammed Khan Afghanistan Yes 29 Kabul, Afghanistan Adam Gul, Ataullah Afghanistan Yes 24 Khushawa, Afghanistan Ahmad, Abdul Afghanistan No 52 Roy E Sang, Afghanistan Ahmad, Noor Afghanistan Yes 33 Moqur, Afghanistan Ahmed, Feda Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 29 Kandahar, Afghanistan Yes Ahmed, Shabir Afghanistan No 35 Badakhshan, Afghanistan Akhbar, Mohammad Afghanistan Yes 50 Ghowr Band, Afghanistan Akhtar Mohammed, Rostum Afghanistan Yes 26 Musa Qala, Afghanistan Al Ansari, Faris Muslim Afghanistan No 22 Mukala, Yemen Al Kunduzi, Umar Abdullah Afghanistan No 27 Konduz, Afghanistan Alikhan, Mahngur Afghanistan Yes 48 Gomal, Pakistan Alikozi, Amanullah Afghanistan Yes 31 Deh Raud, Afghanistan Aliza, Abdul Rauf Afghanistan No 25 Azan Village, Afghanistan Alizai, Nematullah Sahib-Khan Afghanistan Yes 48 Azan, Afghanistan Allah, Noor Afghanistan Yes 35 Uruzgan, Afghanistan Aman Afghanistan No 49 Malik Village Kardez, Afghanistan Andarr, Abdul Al-Hameed Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 39 Zormat, Afghanistan Asekzai, Azizullah Afghanistan Yes 26 Karez, Afghanistan Aslaam, Noor Afghanistan Yes 24 Warna, Pakistan Azimullah Afghanistan No 24 North Waziristan, Pakistan Badr, Badruzzan Afghanistan Yes 36 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Bagi, Abdul Afghanistan No 34 Kandahar, Afghanistan Baqi, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 64 Tark Itmak, Afghanistan Barak, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 34 Surgay, Afghanistan Barakzai, Jon Mohammad Afghanistan Yes 39 Sarwan Qala, Afghanistan Baridad Afghanistan No 53 Helmand, Afghanistan Bismaullah, Fnu 2 Afghanistan Yes Unknown Baghran, Afghanistan Bismillah Afghanistan Yes 54 Oruzgan, Afghanistan Bismillah 2, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 38 Pirwan Siagird, Afghanistan Bismullah, Haji Afghanistan No 27 Musa Qala, Afghanistan Bullar, Mohi Afghanistan No 25 Urezgon, Afghanistan Chaman, Gul Afghanistan No 43 Osman, Hazro, Logar, Afghanistan Dad, Khudai Afghanistan No 49 Tarak, Afghanistan Daoud, Mohamman Afghanistan No 27 Emam Saheb, Afghanistan Darwaish, Naibullah Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 39 Jalazai, Afghanistan Yes Din, Juma Afghanistan No 33 Alinghan, Afghanistan Edmondada, Abdullah Afghanistan Yes 46 Kandahar, Afghanistan Ehsanullah Afghanistan Yes 33 Farah, Afghanistan Ehssanullah Afghanistan Yes 29 Sarwan Qala, Afghanistan Esmatulla, Fnu Afghanistan No 29 Dekundie, Afghanistan Esmhatulla, Qari Afghanistan No 22 Ramsha, Pakistan Far Huddine, Bar Afghanistan Yes 29 Tora Oba, Afghanistan Farhad, Din Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 30 Konduz, Afghanistan Farouq, Mohammed Nayim Afghanistan Yes 46 Zatoon Kahil, Afghanistan Fazl, Mullah Mohammad Afghanistan No 39 Charchno, Afghanistan Ghafaar, Abdul Afghanistan No 48 Kandahar, Afghanistan Ghafour, Abdul Afghanistan No 44 Pattia Province, Afghanistan Ghafour, Shai Jahn Afghanistan Yes 37 Karabagh, Afghanistan Ghalib, Haji Afghanistan No 43 Nangarhar, Afghanistan Ghani, Abdul Afghanistan No 34 Afghanistan Ghani, Abdul 2 Afghanistan No 23 Kandahar, Afghanistan Ghani, Nabu Abdul Afghanistan Yes 54 Shishawa, Afghanistan Ghofoor, Abdullah Afghanistan Yes 35 Keshai, Afghanistan Ghul, Nathi Afghanistan Yes 26 Afghanistan Ghul, Wazir Zalim Afghanistan Yes 29 Khowst, Afghanistan Ghuladkhan Afghanistan Yes 26 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Gul, Awal Afghanistan No 44 Sawati Ghundi Gul, Dawd Afghanistan No 26 Zedana, Afghanistan Gul, Janat Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan No 33 Sarpolad, Afghanistan Yes Gul, Khi Ali Afghanistan No 43 Khowst, Afghanistan Gul, Mohammad Afghanistan Yes 44 Zamikhel, Afghanistan Gul Ghaman, Nasser Afghanistan No 26 Manikhel, Afghanistan Hafiz, Abdul Afghanistan No 45 Afghanistan Hafizullah, Fnu Afghanistan No 32 Afghanistan Hamdullah, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 32 Kushki Nakod, Afghanistan Hamidullah Afghanistan No 43 Kabul, Afghanistan Hamidullah, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 26 Konduz, Afghanistan Hanan, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 48 Ghazni, Afghanistan Hasan, Mirwais Afghanistan Yes 26 Afghanistan Hashim, Mohammed Afghanistan No 30 Qandahar, Afghanistan Hekmat, Abdullah Afghanistan No 34 Akhcha, Afghanistan Hezbullah, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 25 Miran Shah, Pakistan Insanullah, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 26 Afghanistan Ismail, Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 22 Dourbeni Village, Afghanistan Jalil, Haji Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 36 Bayanzai, Gereshk District, Afghanistan Yes Jan, Said Amir Afghanistan No 26 Koozbia, Afghanistan Jan, Saida Afghanistan No Unknown Konar, Afghanistan Jawad, Mohamed Afghanistan No 21 Miran Shah, Pakistan Kabel, Mohamed Afghanistan Yes 43 Parvan Province, Afghanistan Kadir, Khandan Afghanistan No 37 Safra-andarikhail, Afghanistan Kahm, Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohamed Juma Afghanistan No 37 Fara, Afghanistan Kakar, Mohammed Raz-Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 29 Khod, Afghanistan Kamin, Mohammed Afghanistan No 28 Unknown Kandahari, Kako Afghanistan No 36 Ghulayie, Afghanistan Karim, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 24 Sangin, Afghanistan Karim, Bostan Afghanistan No 36 Khowst, Afghanistan Khail, Hafizullah Shabaz Afghanistan No 60 Paktia, Afghanistan Khairkhwa, Khirullah Said Wali Afghanistan No 39 Kandahar, Afghanistan Khan, Abdullah Afghanistan No 50 Ghawchak, Afghanistan Khan, Alif Afghanistan Yes 38 Khowst, Afghanistan Khan, Anwar Afghanistan No 39 Konar, Afghanistan Khan, Ezat Afghanistan Yes 40 Sei, Afghanistan Khan, Hazrat Sangin Afghanistan Yes 29 Lowal, Afghanistan Khan, Hukumra Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 32 Chenna Village, Afghanistan Yes Khan, Janan Taus Afghanistan Yes 25 Kandahar, Afghanistan Khan, Juma Afghanistan Yes 34 Kona Charbolak, Afghanistan Khan, Kakai Afghanistan No 35 Gardez, Afghanistan Khan, Mohabet Afghanistan No 34 Alipoor, Pakistan Khan, Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 24 Shah Toria, Afghanistan Khan, Osman Afghanistan Yes 54 Bermel, Afghanistan Khan, Shardar Afghanistan No 24 Gardez, Afghanistan Khan, Shawali Afghanistan No 43 Kandahar, Afghanistan Khan, Swar Afghanistan No 36 Khowst, Afghanistan Khan, khan, haji Afghanistan No 71 Kabul, Afghanistan Khirullah Akah Afghanistan Yes Unknown Afghanistan Kuchi, Haji Niam Afghanistan Yes 66 Logar, Afghanistan Layar, Sabit Afghanistan Yes 25 Sawali Khot, Afghanistan Lnu, Amanullah Afghanistan Yes 43 Unknown Lnu, Sharifullah Afghanistan No 26 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Malang, Nassir Afghanistan Yes 34 Kandahar, Afghanistan Matin, Abdul Afghanistan No 41 Jowzjan, Afghanistan Melma, Sabar Lal Afghanistan No 44 Darya-e-Pech, Afghanistan Mirmuhammad, Sharghulab Afghanistan Yes 34 Brayiam, Afghanistan Mohammad, Akhtar Afghanistan Yes Unknown Unknown Mohammad, Akhtiar Afghanistan No 53 Kundarkheil, Afghanistan Mohammadullah Afghanistan Yes 32 Manu, Afghanistan Mohammed, Akhtar Afghanistan No 36 Barogai, Afghanistan Mohammed, Alif Afghanistan No 60 Helmand, Afghanistan Mohammed, Haji Faiz Afghanistan Yes Unknown Rasham Village, Afghanistan Mohammed, Haji Wali Afghanistan No 40 Baghlan, Afghanistan Mohammed, Mirza Afghanistan Yes 42 Gorband, Afghanistan Mohammed, Rasool Shahwali Zair Mohammed Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan No 28 Lowara, Afghanistan Yes Mohammed, Said Afghanistan No 29 Afghanistan Mohammed, Sultan Afghanistan Yes 30 Qal eh, Afghanistan Mohammed, Taj Afghanistan No 25 Afghanistan Mohammed, Wali Afghanistan Yes 42 Kandahar, Afghanistan Muhammed, Peta Afghanistan Yes 21 Gardez, Afghanistan Muhibullah, Fnu Afghanistan No 24 Shah Wali Koot, Afghanistan Mujahid Afghanistan No 35 Paktia, Afghanistan Muslimdost, Abdul Rahim Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 46 Nangarhar, Afghanistan Yes Must, Yarass Ali Afghanistan Yes 34 Unknown Naserullah, Fnu Afghanistan No 26 Helmand, Afghanistan Nasim, Mohammad Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 33 Shahidan, Afghanistan Yes Nasim, Mohammed Afghanistan No 44 Pai Warzai, Afghanistan Nasim, Mohammed Afghanistan No 26 Megan, Afghanistan Nasir, Abdul Afghanistan No 25 Kabul, Afghanistan Nasir, Allah Afghanistan No 59 Zalahka, Afghanistan Nasrat Yar, Hiztullah Afghanistan No 36 Surubee, Afghanistan Nasrullah, Fnu Afghanistan No 27 Oruzgan, Afghanistan Noor, Habib Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 38 Mangal Village, Afghanistan Yes Noorallah, Haji Afghanistan No 35 Andkhoy, Afghanistan Noorani, Abdul Rahman Afghanistan Yes 33 Afghanistan Noori, Mullah Norullah Afghanistan No 39 Shajoie, Afghanistan Obaidullah Afghanistan No 26 Khowst, Afghanistan Omari, Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan No 38 Khowst, Afghanistan Peerzai, Qari Hasan Ulla Afghanistan No 29 Baghran, Afghanistan Quasam, Mohammed Afghanistan No 29 Bamian, Afghanistan Qudus, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 18 Nadali, Afghanistan Rahim, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 31 Sharshar, Afghanistan Rahim, Mohamed Afghanistan No Unknown Ghazni, Afghanistan Rahmad, Nisar Afghanistan Yes 26 Afghanistan Rahman, Abdul Afghanistan No 30 Haji Baras, Afghanistan Rahman, Fizaulla Afghanistan No 28 Sancharak, Afghanistan Rahman, Habib Afghanistan Yes 24 Mansaira, Pakistan Rahman, Mahbub Afghanistan No 21 Khowst, Afghanistan Rahman, Murtazah Abdul Afghanistan Yes 30 Nadali, Afghanistan Rahman, Shed Abdur Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 41 Pishin, Pakistan Yes Rahmatullah, Fnu Afghanistan Yes 25 Helmand, Afghanistan Rasool, Habib Afghanistan No 51 Khowst, Afghanistan Rasoul, Abdullah Gulam Afghanistan No 33 Hilmand, Afghanistan Raz, Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 37 Unknown Razak, Abdul Afghanistan No 48 Kandahar, Afghanistan Razaq, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 35 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Razzak, Abdul Afghanistan No 67 Kandahar, Afghanistan Razzaq, Abdul Afghanistan No 42 Kadahal, Afghanistan Ruhani, Gholam Afghanistan No 31 Ghazni, Afghanistan Sadik, Mahmud Afghanistan Yes 54 Unknown Sadiq, Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 93 Unknown Salaam, Abdul Afghanistan No 31 Birmal, Afghanistan Samad, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 24 Zormat, Afghanistan Sangaryar, Rahmatullah Afghanistan No 38 Oruzgan, Afghanistan Sarajuddin, Abib Afghanistan No 64 Zamikhel, Afghanistan Sargidene, Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 29 Archasan, Afghanistan Sarwar, Kari Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 28 Ashakay Village, Afghanistan Sayed, Abdul Hadi Muhamed Rasul Afghanistan Yes 33 Helmand, Afghanistan Shah, Ali Afghanistan No 47 Gardez, Afghanistan Shah, Nahir Afghanistan No 33 Kaplsa, Afghanistan Shah, Qalandar Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 33 Kandahar, Afghanistan Yes Shah, Said Mohammed Alim Afghanistan Yes 28 Helmand, Afghanistan Shah, Solaiman Dur Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 29 Panjwaee, Afghanistan Shah, Zakim Afghanistan Yes 23 Tora Oba, Afghanistan Shaheen Shahwali Zair Mohammed, Naqeebyllah Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 30 Khowst, Afghanistan Yes Shahzada, Haji Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 47 Belanday, Afghanistan Yes Sharbat Afghanistan No 33 Khairo Village, Afghanistan Sharif, Mohammed Afghanistan No 30 Kalina, Afghanistan Sohail, Mohammed Mustafa Afghanistan No 25 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Tahir, Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 31 Mirkhan Khail, Afghanistan Torjan, Shaibjan Afghanistan No 29 Kandahar, Afghanistan Tukhi, Aminullah Baryalai Afghanistan Yes 34 Heart, Afghanistan Ullah, Amin Afghanistan No 50 Chogha, Afghanistan Ullah, Asad Afghanistan Yes 18 Paktia, Afghanistan Ullah, Faiz Afghanistan No 50 Bamian, Afghanistan Ullah, Naqib Afghanistan Yes 18 Zargary Camp, Pakistan Ullah, Noor Habib Afghanistan Yes 26 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Ullah, Shams Afghanistan No 20 Gulnoom Khan, Afghanistan Wahab, Abdul Afghanistan No 38 Afghanistan Waheed, Abdul Afghanistan Yes 34 Musa Qala, Afghanistan Wakil, Haji Sahib Rohullah Afghanistan No 44 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Wali, Badshah Afghanistan Yes 29 Khowst, Afghanistan Walijan, Neyaz Afghanistan Yes 44 Khowst, Afghanistan Wasiq, Abdul Haq Afghanistan No 35 Ghazni, Afghanistan Wazir, Abdullah Afghanistan No 27 Sheikh Amir, Afghanistan Wazir, Haji Mohammed Afghanistan Yes 63 Lashkargh City, Afghanistan Wazir, Padsha Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan Yes 34 Kundai, Afghanistan Yes Yacoub, Mohammed Afghanistan No 30 Khwazak, Afghanistan Yakubi Afghanistan No 40 Gardiz, Afghanistan Yaqub, Mohammed Yusif Afghanistan Yes Unknown Nimbrooz, Afghanistan Yar, Kushky Afghanistan No 43 Lejay Village, Afghanistan Yousef, Mohammed Haji Afghanistan Yes 39 Bermal, Afghanistan Zaeef, Abdul Salam Afghanistan No 39 Kandahar, Afghanistan Zahir, Abdul Formal Charges Afghanistan No 34 Hasarak, Afghanistan Zahir, Mohommod Afghanistan No 53 Ghazni, Afghanistan Zahor, Abdul Afghanistan No 42 Charikar, Afghanistan Zaman, Gul Status Review Tribunal Transcript Afghanistan No 35 Khowst, Afghanistan Yes Zaman, Khan Afghanistan Yes 44 Zani Khel, Afghanistan Zumarikourt, Aziz Khan Ali Khan Afghanistan Yes 44 Mushkail, Afghanistan Algeria Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdenour, Sameur Algeria No 33 Algiers, Algeria Ait Idr, Mustafa Algeria No 36 Sidimhamed, Algeria Al Hajj, Boudella Algeria No 41 Laghouat, Algeria Al Qadir, Mohammed Abd Al Algeria No 30 Taot, Algeria Ameur, Mammar Algeria No 48 L'aghouat, Algeria Ameziane, Djamel Saiid Ali Algeria No 39 Al Jesera, Algeria Barhoumi, Sufyian Formal Charges Algeria No 33 Algiers, Algeria Bel Bacha, Ahmed Bin Saleh Algeria No 37 Algiers, Algeria Belkacem, Bensayah Algeria No 44 Wargala, Algeria Bin Hamlili, Adil Hadi Al Jazairi Algeria No 31 Oram, Algeria Boucetta, Fethi Status Review Tribunal Transcript Algeria No 43 Mostaganem, Egypt Yes Boumediene, Lakhdar Algeria No 40 Ain Soltgane Saeda, Algeria Farhi, Saiid Algeria No 45 Churchelle, Algeria Feghoul, Abdulli Algeria No 46 Tiaret, Algeria Hadjarab, Nabil Algeria No 27 Aentaya, Algeria Hamlily, Mustafa Ahmed Algeria No 47 Bashare, Algeria Houari, Abdul Raham Algeria No 26 Algiers, Algeria Husseini, Abdallah Algeria No 48 Algiers, Algeria Huwari, Soufian Abar Algeria No 36 Ouran, Algeria Lahmar, Sabir Mahfouz Algeria No 37 Constantine, Algeria Naji, Aziz Abdul Algeria No 31 Batna, Algeria Nechle, Mohammed Algeria No 38 Laghouat, Algeria Said, Hassan Mujamma Rabai Algeria No 30 Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria Sayab, Mutij Sadiz Ahmad Algeria No 30 Unknown Zumiri, Hassan Algeria No 39 Algiers, Algeria Australia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Habib, Mamdouh Ibrahim Ahmed Australia Yes 51 Alexandria, Egypt Hicks, David Matthew Formal Charges Australia No 35 Adelaide, Australia Azerbaijan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Tsiradzho, Poolad T Azerbaijan No 31 Baku, Azerbaijan Bahrain Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Balushi, Salah Abdul Rasul Ali Abdul Rahman Bahrain No 25 Muharraq, Bahrain Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Bahrain No 33 Khabar, Saudi Arabia Al Khalifa, Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Bahrain Yes 27 Rifah, Bahrain Al Murbati, Issa Ali Abdullah Bahrain No 41 Manama, Bahrain Al Noaimi, Abdullah Bahrain Yes 24 Manama, Bahrain Al Wadi, Adil Kamil Abdullah Bahrain Yes 42 Muharak, Bahrain Bangladesh Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Hashem, Mubarak Hussain Bin Abul Bangladesh No 28 Baria, Bangladesh Belgium Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Sen, Mesut Belgium Yes 26 Brussels, Belgium Zemmori, Mosa Zi Belgium Yes 28 Wilryk, Belgium Canada Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Khadr, Abdul Canada Yes 25 Unknown Khadr, Omar Ahmed Formal Charges Canada No 20 Toronto, Canada Chad Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Qarani, Muhammed Hamid Chad No 20 Medina, Saudi Arabia China Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abbas, Yusef China No 26 Aksu, China Abdul Rahman, Abdul Ghappar China No 33 Kucha, China Abdulahat, Emam China No 29 Konashahar, China Abdulghupur, Hajiakbar China No 32 Ghulja, China Abdulhehim, Adel Status Review Tribunal Transcript China Yes 32 Ghulja, China Yes Abdulqadirakhun, Abdullah China No 27 Xinjian, China Abdurehim, Dawut China No 32 Ghulja, China Adil, Ahmed Status Review Tribunal Transcript China Yes 33 Kashkar, China Yes Anvar, Hassan China No 32 Urumchi, China Ayub, Haji Mohammed China Yes 22 Toqquztash, China Yes Basit, Akhdar Qasem Status Review Tribunal Transcript China Yes 33 Ghulja, China Yes Khalik, Saidullah China No 29 Ghulja, China Mahmud, Arkin China No 42 Ghulja, China Mahnut, Bahtiyar China No 30 Ghulja, China Mamut, Abdul Helil China No 29 Kashkar, China Mohamed, Ahmed China No 28 Artush, China Mohammed, Nag China No 31 Khulga, China Noori, Adel China No 27 Xing Xiang, China Parhat, Hozaifa China No 35 Ghulja, China Qassim, Abu Bakker China Yes 37 Ghulja, China Yes Razak, Abdul China No Unknown Atush, China Tourson, Ahmad China No 35 Xinjiang, China Denmark Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abderrahmane, Slimane Hadj Denmark Yes 33 Roskilde, Denmark Egypt Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Mishad, Sharif Fati Ali Egypt No 30 Shabin El Kom, Egypt Al Sawah, Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Egypt No 49 Alexandria, Egypt Al-Waleeli, Fael Roda Egypt Yes 40 Mansura, Egypt Algazzar, Adel Fattough Ali Egypt No 41 Cairo, Egypt Allaithy, Sami Abdul Aziz Salim Status Review Tribunal Transcript Egypt Yes 50 Shubrakass, Egypt Yes Salim, Ala Abdel Maqsud Muhammad Egypt No 39 Al-Bajoor, Egypt Yes Ethiopia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Binyam, Mohammed Ahmed Formal Charges Ethiopia No 28 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia France Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Achab Kanouni, Imad France Yes 29 Casablanco, Morocco Benchellali, Mourad France Yes 25 Venissieu, France Khalid, Ridouane France Yes 39 Villenoble, France Mustafa, Khaled Ben France Yes 34 Lyons, France Patel, Ali Mustafa Status Review Tribunal Transcript France Yes 44 Medina, Saudi Arabia Yes Sassi, Nizar France Yes 27 Lyons, France Yadel, Brahim France Yes 35 Aubervilliers, France Indonesia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Hambali Operational mastermind of Jemaah Islamiya. Planned 2002 Bali bombings. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Indonesia No Unknown Unknown Iran Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Bamari, Bakhtiar Iran Yes 25 Damon, Iran Kurd, Mohamed Anwar Iran Yes 27 Zahedan, Iran Muhammed, Abdul Majid Iran No 27 Zahedan, Iran Iraq Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdul Said, Hassan Iraq No 30 Basra, Iraq Al Karim, Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Iraq No 30 Dekar, Iraq Al Naely, Abbas Habid Rumi Iraq No 38 Al Amin, Iraq Al Rawi, Bisher Amin Khalil Iraq No 37 Baghdad, Iraq Al Tamimi, Haydar Jabbar Hafez Iraq No 33 Kute, Iraq Mohhamed, Sohab Mahud Iraq No 25 Piboss, Iraq Sadkhan, Jawad Jabber Iraq No 39 Diwaniya, Iraq Tayeea, Ali Abdul Motalib Awayd Hassan Al Iraq No Unknown Baghdad, Iraq Jordan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdul Hamid, Hassan Khalil Mohamoud Jordan Yes 45 Amman, Jordan Abdul Wahab Al Asmr, Khalid Mahomoud Status Review Tribunal Transcript Jordan Yes 43 Irbid, Jordan Yes Ahmad, Osam Abdul Rahan Jordan Yes 30 Al-Zarqa, Jordan Al Amrani, Ayman Mohammad Silman Jordan Yes 28 Muthalthal Ardha, Jordan Al Husayn, Zaid Muhamamd Sa'Ad Jordan No 32 Amman, Jordan Elbanna, Abdul Latif Jordan No 54 Jericho, Turkey Kabir, Usama Hassan Ahmed Abu Jordan No 36 Al Rusayfa, Jordan Suleyman, Ahmed Hassan Jamil Jordan No 45 Amman, Jordan Kazakhstan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abahanov, Yakub Kazakhstan No Unknown Semeya, Kazakhstan Kerimbakiev, Abdulrahim Kazakhstan No 23 Semei, Kazakhstan Magrupov, Abdullah Tohtasinovich Kazakhstan No 23 Semeya, Kazakhstan Kuwait Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Ajmi, Abdallah Saleh Ali Kuwait Yes 28 Almadi, Kuwait Al Awda, Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Kuwait No 29 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al Azmi, Sa Ad Madi Sa Ad Kuwait Yes 27 Doha, Kuwait Al Dehani, Mohammad Finaytal Kuwait Yes 41 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al Kandari, Abdullah Kamel Kuwait Yes 33 Hawalli, Kuwait Al Kandari, Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Kuwait No 31 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al Mutayri, Khalid Abdullah Mishal Thamer Kuwait Yes 31 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al Rabia, Fouad Mahoud Hasan Kuwait No 47 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al Shamari, Abd Al Aziz Sayir Kuwait Yes 33 Al Fahahil, Kuwait Al-Zamel, 'Adel Zamel 'Abd Al-Mahsen Kuwait Yes 43 Kuwait City, Kuwait Amin, Omar Rajab Kuwait Yes 39 Kuwait City, Kuwait Amtiri, Nasser Najiri Kuwait No 29 Mahwa, Kuwait Lebanon Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Diyab, Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Lebanon No 35 Jedeta, Lebanon Libya Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdelrahan, Abdelrazak Ali Libya No Unknown Unknown Abdelrahman, Abdelrazak Ali Libya No 36 Al Jilat, Libya Abu Al Qusin, Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Libya No 41 Tripoli, Libya Abu Bakr, Omar Khalifa Mohammed Libya No 34 Al Bayda, Libya Al Futuri, Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Libya No 38 Al Rimi, Yemen Al Ghazzawi, Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifte Libya No 44 Tripoli, Libya Ali Bakush, Ismael Ali Faraj Libya No 38 Al-Khumas, Libya Bin Qumu, Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Libya No 47 Darna, Libya Deghayes, Omar Amer Libya No 37 Tripoli, Libya Ghereby, Salem Abdul Salem Libya No 45 Zletan, Saudi Arabia Libbi, Abu Faraj Al-Qaeda planner. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Libya No Unknown Unknown Sultan, Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Libya No 35 Jedda, Saudi Arabia Zeidan, Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Libya No 30 Sorman, Libya Malaysia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Lillie Key Hambali lieutenant. Involved in 2003 Jakarta hotel bombing. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Malaysia No Unknown Unknown Zubair Lieutenant of Hambali. Jemaah Islamiya operational planner. Malaysia No Unknown Unknown Zubair One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Lieutenant of Hambali. Jemaah Islamiya operational planner. Malaysia No Unknown Unknown bin Amin, Mohd Farik One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Malaysia No Unknown Unknown bin Lep, Mohammed Nazir One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Malaysia No Unknown Unknown Maldives Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Fauzee, Ibrahim Maldives Yes 28 Thulhaadhoo, Maldives Yes Mauritania Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Aziz, Ahmed Abdel Mauritania Yes 36 Atar, Mauritania Mohammad, Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mauritania No 25 Zandeer, Niger Slahi, Mohamedou Ould Mauritania No 36 Rosso, Mauritania Morocco Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Ahmad, Abdullah Tabarak Morocco Yes 51 Casablanca, Morocco Al Shakouri, Radwan Morocco Yes 34 Asafi, Morocco Awzar, Mohamed Ibrahim Morocco Yes 27 Koreebja, Morocco Ben Moujan, Muhammad Morocco No 25 Dar Bida, Morocco Boujaadia, Said Morocco No 38 Casablanca, Morocco Dergoul, Tarek Morocco Yes 29 Mile End, United Kingdom Hassan, Muhammad Hussein Ali Morocco No 40 Selwan, Morocco Ikassrin, Laacin Morocco No 34 Targist, Morocco Lahassimi, Najib Mohammad Morocco Yes 28 Sattat, Morocco Mizouz, Mohammed Morocco Yes 33 Casablanca, Morocco Nasir, Abdul Latif Morocco No 41 Casablanca, Morocco Rashidi, Ahmed Morocco No 40 Tangier, Morocco Shakaran, Ibrahim Bin Morocco Yes 27 Casablanca, Morocco Shokuri, Yunis Abdurrahman Morocco No 38 Asafi, Morocco Souleimani Laalmai, Mohamad Morocco Yes 30 Casablanca, Morocco Pakistan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abas, Mohammad Pakistan Yes Unknown Village 426, Pakistan Abu Rahman, Abdul Rabbani Abd Al Rahim Pakistan No 37 Unknown Ahmad, Bashir Pakistan Yes 30 Chah Kote Wala, Pakistan Ahmad, Sultan Pakistan Yes 22 Sargodha, Pakistan Ahmed, Ali Pakistan Yes 24 Baluchistan, Pakistan Ahmed, Saghir Pakistan Yes 31 Sargodha, Pakistan Ahmed, Sar Faraz Pakistan Yes 40 Lahore, Pakistan Akbar, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 33 Helmand, Afghanistan Al-Deen, Jamal Muhammad Pakistan / Bangladesh Yes 39 Feni, Bangladesh Ali, Said Saim Pakistan Yes 29 Karachi, Pakistan Alikhel, Sha Mohammed Pakistan Yes 25 Swaat, Pakistan Amin, Aminulla Pakistan Yes Unknown Chaman, Pakistan Ansar, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 25 Jalan Makhdoom, Pakistan Anwar, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 26 Pakistan Ashraf, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 26 Kalaswala, Pakistan Ayub, Haseeb Pakistan Yes 32 Budho, Pakistan Ayubi, Salahodin Pakistan Yes 32 Lahore, Pakistan Baluchi, Ammar Key lieutenant for Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and other plots. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Pakistan No Unknown Unknown Fazaldad, Fnu Pakistan No 24 Atian, Pakistan Fiyatullah, Kay Pakistan Yes 23 Narmasperlay, Pakistan Hafez, Khalil Rahman Pakistan No 22 Punjab, Pakistan Hudin, Salah Pakistan / Afghanistan Yes 24 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Ijaz, Mohammed Pakistan Yes Unknown Blonoval, Pakistan Ilyas, Mohammad Pakistan Yes 64 Taman, Pakistan Iqbal, Faik Pakistan Yes 24 Karachi, Pakistan Iqbal, Zafar Pakistan Yes 23 Sambal, Pakistan Irfan, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 24 Bahalwapur, Pakistan Irfan, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 27 Punjab, Pakistan Ishaq, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 23 Panjgoor, Pakistan Khan, Bacha Pakistan Yes 34 Bajawor, Pakistan Khan, Ejaz Ahmad Pakistan Yes 31 Mardan, Pakistan Khan, Hamood Ullah Pakistan Yes 35 Hyberabad, Pakistan Khan, Isa Pakistan Yes 31 Bannu, Pakistan Khan, Majid One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Pakistan No Unknown Unknown Khan, Mohammad Kashef Pakistan Yes 27 Karachi, Pakistan Khan, Muhammed Ijaz Pakistan No 30 Kafilgarh, Pakistan Khan, Tariq Pakistan Yes 28 Village 426, Pakistan Khan, Tila Mohammed Pakistan Yes 26 Wazierstan, Pakistan Madni, Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Pakistan No 29 Pakistan Manzu, Hafice Leqeat Pakistan Yes 29 Kanaval District, Pakistan Mehmood, Majid Pakistan Yes 27 Bahawal District, Pakistan Mohammad, Tarik Pakistan Yes 34 Kohat, Pakistan Mohammed, Ali Pakistan Yes 54 Rahamibad, Pakistan Mohhamed, Hanif Pakistan Yes 24 Adda Shenal, Pakistan Mowla, Abdul Pakistan Yes 37 Malakan District, Pakistan Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Key Sept. 11, 2001 attacks planner. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Pakistan No Unknown Unknown Nafeesi, Abdul Satar Pakistan Yes 35 Miachinu, Pakistan Naseer, Munir Bin Pakistan Yes 28 Karachi, Pakistan Noman, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 29 Pakistan Omar, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 20 Larkana, Pakistan Paracha, Saifullah Pakistan No 59 Mongwal, Pakistan Rabbani, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Pakistan No 36 Medina, Saudi Arabia Rafiq, Mohammed Pakistan No 26 Kabal, Pakistan Raza, Abid Pakistan No 25 Digary Sindh, Pakistan Raza, Mohammed Arshad Pakistan Yes 26 Bahawal Nagar, Pakistan Raziq, Abdul Pakistan Yes 34 Kot Marakand, Pakistan Sadiqi, Abdul Halim Pakistan No 38 Pakistan Saeed, Hafiz Ihsan Pakistan Yes 28 Lahore, Pakistan Safollah, Ghaser Zaban Pakistan Yes 27 Madanchak, Pakistan Sanghir, Mohammad Pakistan Yes 54 Kohestan, Afghanistan Sattar, Abdul Pakistan No 25 Bumb, Pakistan Sayed, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 33 Abbotabad, Pakistan Sultan, Zahid Pakistan Yes 25 Abdabot, Pakistan Tariq, Mohammed Pakistan Yes 33 Alladand Dehry, Pakistan Ul Haq, Israr Pakistan Yes 26 Topi, Pakistan Ul Shah, Zia Pakistan No 30 Karachi, Pakistan Ullah, Asad Pakistan Yes 25 Swahbi, Pakistan Urayman, Sajin Pakistan Yes 22 Gujaranwala, Pakistan Usman, Shabidzada Pakistan Yes 24 Malal, Pakistan Wali, Jihan Pakistan Yes 39 Diir, Pakistan Palestine Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Aasmi, Assem Matruq Mohammad Palestine / Saudi Arabia No 26 Khan Younis, Israel Zubaida, Abu Operational facilitator for al-Qaeda. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Palestine No Unknown Unknown Qatar Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Marri, Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla Qatar No 33 Doha, Qatar Russia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Akhmyarov, Rustam Russia Yes 27 Chelyabinsk, Russia Gumarov, Ravil Shafeyavich Russia Yes 44 Gushva, Russia Hassam, Zakirjan Status Review Tribunal Transcript Russia No 32 Saratov, Russia Yes Ishmurat, Timur Ravilich Russia Yes 31 Azenakai, Russia Kafkas, Abdullah D. Russia Yes 22 Prohladsk, Russia Mingazov, Ravil Russia No 39 Bolsheretski, Russia Odijev, Ruslan Anatolivich Russia Yes 33 Prolandnom, Russia Sharipov, Almasm Rabilavich Russia Yes 35 Avzion, Russia Vahitov, Aiat Nasimovich Russia Yes 29 Naberyozhnyj, Russia Saudi Arabia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abd Al-Razaq, Abdallah Hamid Ibrahim Al-Sharikh Saudi Arabia No 22 Shaqara, Saudi Arabia Abdel Aziz, Abdullah Muhammed Saudi Arabia No 39 Al Medina Menawa, Saudi Arabia Ahmed, Abdul Rahman Uthman Saudi Arabia No 33 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair Saudi Arabia No 33 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Amri, Abd Al Rahman Moaza Zafer Saudi Arabia No 28 Arar, Saudi Arabia Al Amri, Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Saudi Arabia No 33 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Anazi, Sultan Sari Sayel Saudi Arabia No 32 Sakaka, Saudi Arabia Al Atabi, Bijad Thif Allah Saudi Arabia No 35 Saajer, Saudi Arabia Al Awfi, Mazin Salih Musaid Saudi Arabia No 27 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al Baddah, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Saudi Arabia No 24 Quia, Saudi Arabia Al Balushi, Salah Abdul Rasul Ali Abdul Saudi Arabia No 26 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Barakat, Khalid Hassan Husayn Saudi Arabia No 31 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Bawardi, Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Saudi Arabia No 29 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Bedani, Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh Saudi Arabia No 23 Taif, Saudi Arabia Al Bidna, Sa Ad Ibraham Sa Ad Saudi Arabia No 28 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Bihani, Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed Saudi Arabia No 34 Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Al Darbi, Ahmed Muhammed Haza Saudi Arabia No 31 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Dubaikey, Bessam Muhammed Saleh Saudi Arabia No 28 Qasim, Saudi Arabia Al Farha, Said Ali Saudi Arabia No 27 Bahir, Saudi Arabia Al Fayfi, Jabir Jubran Saudi Arabia No 31 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Fouzan, Fahd Muhammed Abdullah Saudi Arabia No 23 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Frih, Majed Hamad Saudi Arabia No 26 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Ghatani, Khalid Malu Shia Saudi Arabia No 23 Al Arib, Saudi Arabia Al Harazi, Fahed Saudi Arabia No 28 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Harbi, Ghanim Abdul Rahman Saudi Arabia No 32 Khobar, Saudi Arabia Al Harbi, Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Saudi Arabia No 26 Jedda, Saudi Arabia Al Harbi, Mohamed Atiq Awayd Saudi Arabia No 33 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Harbi, Mohammed Abdullah Saudi Arabia No 27 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Harbi, Salim Suliman Saudi Arabia No 38 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Harbi, Tariqe Shallah Hassan Saudi Arabia No 23 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al Hataybi, Abdul Rahman Nashi Badi Saudi Arabia No 26 Dehman, Saudi Arabia Al Hizani, Abd Saudi Arabia No 30 Riyahd, Saudi Arabia Al Hubayshi, Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Saudi Arabia No 31 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Jabri, Bandar Ahmad Mubarak Saudi Arabia No 27 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Joudi, Majeed Abdullah Saudi Arabia No 39 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Juaid, Abdul Rahman Owaid Mohammad Saudi Arabia No 26 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Juhani, Muhamad Naji Subhi Saudi Arabia No 39 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Jutayli, Fahd Salih Sulayman Saudi Arabia No 23 Burayada, Saudi Arabia Al Kabi, Jamil Ali Saudi Arabia No 33 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Khaldi, Abdul Aziz Saad Saudi Arabia No 27 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Khalif, Hani Saiid Mohammad Saudi Arabia No 34 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Kurash, Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Saudi Arabia No 29 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Mahayawi, Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Saudi Arabia No 30 Jedda, Saudi Arabia Al Malki, Saed Khatem Saudi Arabia No 37 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Matrafi, Abdallah Aiza Saudi Arabia No 42 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Morghi, Khalid Abdallah Abdel Rahman Saudi Arabia No 36 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Mousa, Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abduaziz Saudi Arabia No 30 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Muri, Khalid Rashd Ali Saudi Arabia No 31 Khafji, Saudi Arabia Al Nasir, Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Saudi Arabia No 26 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Nasir, Faizal Saha Saudi Arabia No 26 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Nasir, Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Saudi Arabia No 24 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Noofayaee, Abdalaziz Kareem Salim Saudi Arabia No 30 Al Shafa, Saudi Arabia Al Nurr, Anwar Saudi Arabia No 29 Toraif, Saudi Arabia Al Nusayri, Adil Uqla Hassan Saudi Arabia No 32 Sakakah, Saudi Arabia Al Oshan, Saleh Abdall Saudi Arabia No 27 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Otaibi, Nawaf Fahad Saudi Arabia No 34 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Qahtani, Abdullah Hamid Saudi Arabia No 27 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Qahtani, Jabir Hasan Muhamed Saudi Arabia No 28 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Qahtani, Jabran Said Wazar Formal Charges Saudi Arabia No 29 Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Al Qahtani, Muhammad Mani Ahmed Al Shal Lan Saudi Arabia No 27 Kharj, Saudi Arabia Al Qurayshi, Majid Aydha Muhammad Saudi Arabia No 34 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Qurbi, Mohammed Mubarek Salah Saudi Arabia No 28 Khamees Musheet, Saudi Arabia Al Rabiesh, Yusef Abdullah Saleh Saudi Arabia No 25 Al Khasim, Saudi Arabia Al Rashid, Mesh Arsad Saudi Arabia No 26 Sana'a, Saudi Arabia Al Rushaydan, Abdallah Ibrahim Saudi Arabia No 39 Khobar, Saudi Arabia Al Samiri, Bader Al Bakri Saudi Arabia No 29 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Sehli, Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Saudi Arabia No 41 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al Shamaree, Zaban Thaaher Zaban Saudi Arabia No 27 Arar, Saudi Arabia Al Sharakh, Abdulhadi Abdallah Ibrahim Saudi Arabia No 24 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Sharbi, Ghassan Abdullah Formal Charges Saudi Arabia No 32 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Sharif, Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Saudi Arabia No 30 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Shihri, Said Ali Jabir Al Khathim Saudi Arabia No 33 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Shihri, Yussef Mohammed Mubarak Saudi Arabia No 21 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Shili, Ibrahim Rushdan Brayk Saudi Arabia Yes 25 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al Shimri, Maji Afas Radhi Saudi Arabia No 32 Kharj, Saudi Arabia Al Shumrani, Mohammad Al Rahman Saudi Arabia No 31 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Shurfa, Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Saudi Arabia No 31 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Sulami, Yahya Samil Al Suwaymil Saudi Arabia No 27 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Taibi, Rami Bin Said Saudi Arabia No 26 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Tayabi, Abdullah Saudi Arabia No 26 Halban, Saudi Arabia Al Usaymi, Nayif Fahd Mutliq Saudi Arabia No 27 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Utaybi, Abdullah Ali Saudi Arabia No 34 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Utaybi, Mani Shaman Turki Al Habardi Saudi Arabia Committed Suicide on June 10, 2006 30 Al-Qarara, Saudi Arabia Al Utaybi, Muhammad Surur Dakhilallah Saudi Arabia No 23 Qaisuma, Saudi Arabia Al Uwaydha, Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Saudi Arabia No 31 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al Wafti, Abdullah Abd Al Mu'In Saudi Arabia No 40 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Wahab, Musa Abed Saudi Arabia No 29 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al Zabe, Slah Muhamed Salih Saudi Arabia No 34 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Zaharni, Khalid Mohammed Saudi Arabia Yes 34 Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia Al Zahrani, Muhammed Murdi Issa Saudi Arabia No 37 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Zahrani, Said Ibrahim Ramzi Saudi Arabia No 25 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Al Zahrani, Yasser Talal Saudi Arabia Committed Suicide on June 10, 2006 22 Yenbo, Saudi Arabia Al Zayla, Muhammed Yahia Mosin Saudi Arabia No 29 Medina, Saudi Arabia Al-Shabani, Fahd Abdallah Ibrahim Saudi Arabia Yes 24 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al-Shedoky, Mish'Al Muhammad Rashid Saudi Arabia Yes 24 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Alhabiri, Mishal Awad Sayaf Saudi Arabia No 26 Minawara, Saudi Arabia Ali, Adnan Mohammed Saudi Arabia No 28 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Ali Bin Attash, Hassan Mohammed Saudi Arabia No 21 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Amar, Abu Saudi Arabia No 29 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ami, Shakir Abdurahim Mohamed Saudi Arabia No 38 Medina, Saudi Arabia Arbaysh, Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Saudi Arabia No 27 Al Brida, Saudi Arabia Balkhair, Rashed Awad Khalaf Saudi Arabia No 28 Jurashi, Saudi Arabia Barayan, Majid Al Saudi Arabia No 34 Jedda, Saudi Arabia Bukhary, Abdul Hakim Saudi Arabia No 51 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Ghetan, Abdul Salam Saudi Arabia No 22 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Hamdi, Yasser Saudi Arabia / USA Yes 27 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Hawsawi, Amran Baqur Mohammed Saudi Arabia No 31 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Hawsawi, Mustafa Ahmed Paymaster and travel facilitator for al-Qaeda. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Saudi Arabia No Unknown Unknown Humud Dakhil Humud Sa'Id Al-((Jad'An Saudi Arabia No 33 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ibrahim, Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Saudi Arabia No 24 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Il Bhawith, Zaid Binsallah Mohammed Saudi Arabia No 24 Qasim, Saudi Arabia Jahdari, Ziad Said Farg Saudi Arabia No 27 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Jaid Al Khathami, Saleh Ali Saudi Arabia No 25 Dharan, Saudi Arabia Khowlan, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Saudi Arabia No 34 Taif, Saudi Arabia Makram, Murtadha Al Said Saudi Arabia No 30 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mohamed, Fahed Nasser Saudi Arabia No 24 Abaha, Saudi Arabia Mohammed, Ali Muhammed Nasir Saudi Arabia No 24 Jedda, Saudi Arabia Mohammed, Kahlid Saad Saudi Arabia No 33 Al Tabia, Saudi Arabia Mohammed, Salman Saad Al Khadi Saudi Arabia No 24 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Nashiri, Abd al Rahim Planner of 2000 USS Cole attack. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Saudi Arabia No Unknown Unknown Nur, Yusif Khalil Abdallah Saudi Arabia No 24 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Qa Id, Rashid Abd Al Muslih Qa Id Al Saudi Arabia No 47 Sakahka, Saudi Arabia Qahtani, Said Muhammad Husyan Saudi Arabia No 28 Khamees Mushail, Saudi Arabia Qattaa, Mansoor Muhammed Ali Saudi Arabia No 24 Ta'if, Saudia Arabia Said, Salam Abdullah Saudi Arabia No 25 Tabokh, Saudi Arabia Saleh Ganmi, Abdullah Muhammad Saudi Arabia No 32 Rabug, Saudi Arabia Sebai, Mohammed Jayed Saudi Arabia No 23 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Sebaii, Abdel Hadi Mohammed Badan Al Sebaii Saudi Arabia No 35 El Kharg, Saudi Arabia Shalabi, Abdul Rahman Saudi Arabia No 31 Medina, Saudi Arabia Shayban, Said Bezan Ashek Saudi Arabia No 25 Ta'iz, Saudi Arabia Subii, Nasir Maziyad Abdallah Al Qurayshi Al Saudi Arabia No 36 Kasim, Saudi Arabia Sultan, Faha Saudi Arabia No 34 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Thani, Abdallah Faris Al Unazi Saudi Arabia No 26 Saudi Arabia Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri Saudi Arabia No 31 Taboq, Saudi Arabia Turkistani, Sadik Ahmad Saudi Arabia Yes Unknown Taif, Saudi Arabia Yes Umar, Ibrahim Umar Ali Al- Saudi Arabia Yes 23 Al Qaseem, Saudi Arabia Uwaydah, Rashid Awad Rashid Al Saudi Arabia No 30 Sakaka, Saudi Arabia Wasim Saudi Arabia No 43 Al Jauf, Saudi Arabia Zahrani, Fawaz Abd Al-Aziz Al- Saudi Arabia Yes 28 Medina, Saudi Arabia Somalia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdallah, Muhamed Hussein Somalia No 23 Boor'o, Somalia Barre, Mohammed Sulaymon Somalia No 42 Burco, Somalia Dourad, Gouled Hassan One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Somalia No Unknown Unknown Spain Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Ahmad, Ahmad Abd Al Rahman Spain Yes 32 Cueta, Spain Sudan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Amir Mahmoud, Amir Yakoub Mohammed Sudan No 35 Omdurman, Sudan Al Hajj, Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Sudan No 37 Khartoum, Sudan Al Hassan, Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa Sudan No 49 Al-Manakil, Sudan Al Qosi, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Formal Charges Sudan No 46 Khartoum, Sudan Ali, Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Sudan No 32 Donkhallah, Sudan Bani Amir, Salim Mahmoud Adem Mohammed Sudan No 48 Kasala, Sudan Gadallah, Hammad Ali Amno Status Review Tribunal Transcript Sudan Yes 37 Duba, Sudan Yes Hassan, Adel Sudan No 48 Port Sudan, Sudan Idris, Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Sudan / Yemen No 45 Hathramuut, Yemen Mahjoub, Muhammed Al Ghazali Babaker Sudan Yes 33 Um Durman, Sudan Muhammaed, Noor Uthman Sudan No Unknown Kasala, Sudan Raheem, Al Rachid Hasan Ahmad Abdul Sudan Yes 41 Al-Ubayyid, Sudan Sweden Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Ghezali, Mehdi Mohammad Sweden Yes 27 Stockholm, Sweden Syria Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Ahjam, Ahmed Adnan Syria No 29 Halab, Syria Al Ali, Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Syria No 32 Doha, Syria Al Henali, Menhal Syria Yes 43 Darna, Syria Dokhan, Moammar Badawi Syria No 34 Damascus, Syria Faraj, Abd Al Hadio Omar Mahmoud Syria No 25 Hama, Syria Janko, Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Syria No 28 Al Qamashil, Syria Khantumani, Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Syria No 46 Halab, Syria Khantumani, Muhammad Abd Al Nasir Muhammad Syria No 24 Halab, Syria Mouhammad, Maasoum Abdah Syria No 34 Al Qameshle, Syria Shaaban, Ali Husein Syria No 24 Utaiba, Syria Tajikistan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdulayev, Omar Hamzayavich Tajikistan No 28 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Fazrollah, Mehrabanb Tajikistan No 44 Pyandj, Tajikistan Ghafar Homarovich, Shirinov Tajikistan Yes 32 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Homaro, Moyuballah Tajikistan Yes 26 Alisurkhan, Tajikistan Irgashive, Abdul Karim Tajikistan Yes 41 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Jan, Jumma Tajikistan No 28 Kurgantapa, Tajikistan Lnu, Sadee Eideov Tajikistan Yes 53 Kamsamulabad Reyhan, Tajikista Mazharudin, Fnu Tajikistan Yes 27 Pajpai, Pakistan Nabied, Yusef Tajikistan Yes 43 Isfara, Tajikistan Salehove, Maroof Saleemovich Tajikistan No 28 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Sharipov, Rukniddin Fayziddinovich Tajikistan No 33 Lenenabad, Tajikistan Vakhidov , Sobit Abdumukit Valikhonovich Tajikistan No 37 Itsfaratz, Tajikistan Tanzania Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Ghaliani, Ahmed Khalfan One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Tanzania No Unknown Unknown Ghallani, Ahmed Khalfan Indicted in the 1998 U.S. bombings in Africa. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Tanzania No Unknown Unknown Tunisia Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abdallah, Sayf Bin Tunisia No 33 Menzil, Tunisia Al Hami, Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Tunisia No 37 Omaron, Tunisia Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh Tunisia No 41 Unfidel, Tunisia Bin Hadiddi, Abdul Haddi Tunisia No 37 Bir'Alash, Tunisia Bin Hamida, Adil Mabrouk Tunisia No 36 Tunis, Tunisia Hkiml, Adel Bin Ahmed Bin Ibrahim Tunisia No 41 Bin Aroes, Tunisia Lagha, Lufti Bin Swei Tunisia No 38 Tunis, Tunisia Nasseri, Riyad Bil Mohammmed Tahir Tunisia No 40 Gafsa, Tunisia Omar, Abdullah Bin Tunisia No 50 Massoulta, Tunisia Ourgy, Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Tunisia No 41 Tunis, Tunisia Rahman, Mohammed Abdul Tunisia No 41 Tunis, Tunisia Sliti, Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor Tunisia No 40 Hamam Lif, Tunisia Turkey Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Celik Gogus, Yuksel Turkey Yes 39 Karasu Village, Sakara City, Turkey Karnaz, Murat Turkey No 24 Bremen, Germany Mart, Mahmud Nuri Turkey Yes 35 Agri, Turkey Sen, Ibrahim Shafir Turkey Yes 26 Van, Turkey Uyar, Salih Status Review Tribunal Transcript Turkey Yes 25 Kojaeli, Turkey Yes Turkmenistan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Turkash, Emdash Abdullah Turkmenistan Yes 65 Ghazni, Afghanistan Uganda Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Kiyemba, Jamal Abdullah Uganda Yes 27 Bunamwaya, Uganda United Arab Emirates Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal United Arab Emirates No 31 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Alhamiri, Abdulah United Arab Emirates No 27 Alan, United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abassi, Feroz Ali United Kingdom Yes 27 Entebbe, Uganda Ahmed, Rhuhel United Kingdom Yes 25 Birmingham, United Kingdom Al Harith, Jamal Malik United Kingdom Yes 40 Manchester, United Kingdom Begg, Moazzan United Kingdom Yes 38 Birmingham, United Kingdom Belmar, Richard Dean United Kingdom Yes 27 London, United Kingdom Iqbal, Asif United Kingdom Yes 25 West Bromwich, United Kingdom Mubanga, Martin John United Kingdom Yes 34 Lusaka, Zambia Rasul, Shafiq United Kingdom Yes 33 Dudley, England Uzbekistan Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Adam, Mohammed Sadiq Uzbekistan Yes 33 Konduz, Afghanistan Batayev, Ilkham Turdbyavich Uzbekistan No 33 Abaye, Kazakhstan Hamidullah, Ali Sher Uzbekistan No 32 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hamiduva, Shakhrukh Uzbekistan No 23 Kokan, Uzbekistan Jamaludinovich, Abu Bakir Uzbekistan No 32 Chartakh, Uzbekistan Kasimbekov, Kamalludin Uzbekistan No 29 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Khan, Abdullah Mohammad Uzbekistan No 34 Faryab, Afghanistan West Bank Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Al Quwari, Mahrar Rafat West Bank No 41 Gaza Hussein, Abdul Qadir Yousef West Bank No 53 Jenin, West Bank Tahamuttan, Mohammed Abdullah West Bank No 27 Burka, West Bank Yemen Name Nationality Released Age (approximate) Birthplace NLEC Abd Al Mujahid, Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Yemen No 29 Ta'iz, Yemen Abd Al Rahman Abd, Allal Ab Aljallil Yemen No 31 Aluday, Yemen Abd Al Wahab, Abd Al Malik Yemen No 27 Ibb, Yemen Abu Ghanim, Mohammed Rajab Sadiq Yemen No 31 Sanaa, Yemen Ahmad, Majid Mahmud Abdu Yemen No 26 Burayqah, Yemen Ahmed, Abdul Rahman Yemen No 27 Sana'a, Yemen Ahmed, Ali Abdullah Yemen Committed Suicide on June 10, 2006 29 Ib, Yemen Ahmed, Fahmi Abdullah Yemen No 29 Debab, Yemen Ahmed, Faruq Ali Yemen No 23 Ta'iz, Yemen Ahmed, Fayad Yahya Yemen No 29 Aden, Yemen Al Alawi, Muaz Hamza Ahmad Yemen No 29 Bajor, Yemen Al Ansi, Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Yemen No 31 Sanaa, Yemen Al Asadi, Mohammed Ahmed Ali Yemen No 27 Sana'a, Yemen Al Bihani, Ghaleb Nassar Yemen No 26 Tabokh, Saudi Arabia Al Busayss, Adil Said Al Haj Obeid Yemen No 33 Aden, Yemen Al Dhuby, Khalid Mohammed Salih Yemen No 25 Taif, Saudi Arabia Al Edah, Mohammed Ahmad Said Yemen No 44 Hay al-Turbawi Ta'iz, Yemen Al Hamiri, Mohammed Abdullah Yemen No 24 Hudaydah, Yemen Al Hanashi, Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Yemen Yes 28 Al Habrub, Yemen Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah Yemen No 34 Ta'iz, Yemen Al Hilal, Abdul Al Salam Yemen No 38 Unknown Al Jayfi, Issam Hamid Al Bin Ali Yemen No 27 Sada, Yemen Al Kazimi, Sanad Yislam Yemen No 36 Unknown Al Khalaqi, Asim Thahit Abdullah Yemen No 38 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al Madoonee, Musab Omar Ali Yemen No 26 Al-Hudida, Yemen Al Marwalah, Bashir Nasir Ali Yemen No 27 Al-Haymah, Yemen Al Maythali, Ha Il Aziz Ahmed Yemen No 29 Zemar, Yemen Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Hussein Yemen No 30 Al Bayda, Yemen Al Nahdi, Sulaiman Awath Sulaiman Bin Ageel Yemen No 32 Al Mukalla, Yemen Al Omairah, Othman Ahmed Othman Yemen No 33 Shabwa, Yemen Al Qadasi, Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman Yemen No 38 Ta'iz, Yemen Al Qurashi, Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim Yemen No 36 Hudaydah, Yemen Al Radai, Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Yemen No Unknown Taez, Yemen Al Rahizi, Ali Ahmad Muhammad Yemen No 27 Ta'iz, Yemen Al Rammah, Omar Mohammed Ali Yemen No 31 Al Beitha, Yemen Al Rimi, Ali Yahya Mahdi Yemen No 23 Sana'a, Yemen Al Sabri, Mashur Abdallah Muqbil Ahmed Yemen No 28 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Al Saleh, Abdul Yemen No 27 Muqela, Yemen Al Sani, Fahmi Salem Said Yemen No 29 Mikala, Yemen Al Shamyri, Mustafa Abdul Qawi Abdul Aziz Yemen No 28 Sana'a, Yemen Al Sharabi, Zuhail Abdo Anam Said Yemen No 29 Taiz, Yemen Al Shulan, Hani Abdul Muslih Yemen No 27 Ibb, Yemen Al Suadi, Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ali Yemen No 32 Milhan, Yemen Al Tays, Ali Husayn Abdullah Yemen No 29 Sada, Yemen Al Wady, Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan Yemen No 41 Sana'a, Yemen Al Warafi, Muktar Yahya Najee Yemen No 32 Ta'iz, Yemen Al Yafi, Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed Yemen No 36 Lawdar, Yemen Al Zuba, Saleh Mohamed Yemen No 51 Sana'a, Yemen Al-Marwa'I, Toufiq Saber Muhammad Yemen No 30 Al Dumaina, Yemen Alahdal, Abu Bakr Ibn Ali Muhhammad Yemen No 27 Al Hudaydah, Yemen Aleh, Ali Bin Ali Yemen No 23 Adem, Yemen Awad, Jalal Salam Awad Yemen No 33 Al Muquala, Yemen Awad, Waqas Mohammed Ali Yemen No 24 Aden, Yemen Azani, Saad Masir Mukbl Al Yemen No 27 Al Reef, Yemen Baada, Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Yemen No 28 Shebwa, Yemen Balzuhair, Shawki Awad Yemen No 25 Hadramout, Yemen Basardah, Yasim Muhammed Yemen No 30 Shabua, Yemen Batarfi, Ayman Saeed Abdullah Yemen No 36 Cairo, Egypt Bin Atef, Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Yemen No 26 Mecca, Saudi Arabia Bin Salem, Muhhammad Said Yemen No 31 Hadramaut, Yemen Binalshibh, Ramzi Key facilitator for Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Yemen No Unknown Unknown Bwazir, Mohammed Ali Abdullah Yemen No 26 Howra, Yemen Ghazi, Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Yemen No 24 Bayt Ghazi, Yemen Hadi, Salem Ahmed Yemen No 30 Hadramaut, Yemen Haidel, Mohammed Ahmed Said Yemen No 28 Ta'iz, Yemen Hakim, Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Yemen No 27 Ta'iz, Yemen Hamdan, Salim Ahmed Salim Formal Charges Yemen No 36 Hadramout, Yemen Hamdoun, Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Yemen No 27 Ash Shihr, Yemen Hassan, Emad Abdalla Yemen No 27 Aden, Yemen Hassen, Mohammed Mohammed Yemen No 23 Ta'iz, Yemen Hatim, Said Muhammed Salih Yemen No 30 Ibb, Yemen Hintif, Fadil Husayn Salih Yemen No 37 Al Youf, Yemen Ismail, Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman Yemen No 37 Hudaydah, Yemen Ismail, Sadeq Muhammad Sa Id Yemen No 24 Jabal Haimain, Yemen Ismail, Yasin Qasem Muhammad Yemen No 27 Ibb, Yemen Jarabh, Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem Yemen No 30 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Khamsan, Karam Khamis Sayd Status Review Tribunal Transcript Yemen Yes 37 Al Mahra, Yemen Yes Khnenah, Muhammed Ali Hussein Yemen No Unknown Ktaph, Yemen Khusruf, Mohammed Nasir Yahya Yemen No 56 Ta'iz, Yemen Mahdi, Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah Yemen No 26 The Shaira, Yemen Mar'I, Jamal Muhammad 'Alawi Yemen No Unknown Dhamar, Yemen Masud, Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad Yemen No 28 Sana'a, Yemen Mohammed, Hussein Salem Yemen No 29 Aden, Yemen Moqbel, Samir Naji Al Hasan Yemen No 29 Ta'iz, Yemen Moqbill, Muhsin Muhammad Musheen Yemen No Unknown Ta'iz, Yemen Muhammad, Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali Yemen No 24 Sana'a, Yemen Nashir, Sa Id Salih Sa Id Yemen No 32 Habilain, Yemen Nassir, Jamil Ahmed Said Yemen No 36 Ta'iz, Yemen Qader, Ahmed Abdul Yemen No 23 Sana'a, Yemen Qader Idris, Idris Ahmed Abdu Yemen No 27 Rada, Yemen Qasim, Khaled Yemen No 29 Themeir, Yemen Qyati, Abdul Rahman Umir Al Yemen No 30 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Rabeii, Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed Yemen No 27 Jedda, Saudi Arabia Rahman, Abdul Yemen No 30 Hadramaut, Yemen Said Kuman, Ahmed Yaslam Yemen No 25 Hathramout, Yemen Salam, Mohammed Ahmed Yemen No 26 Ta'iz, Yemen Saleh, Ayoub Murshid Ali Yemen No 28 Usabee, Yemen Saleh Naser, Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yemen No 26 Ma'rib, Yemen Salem Al Zarnuki, Mohammed Ali Yemen No Unknown Husayneyah, Yemen Salih, Abdul Al Razzaq Muhammad Yemen No 33 Al Gidd Al Hajjah, Yemen Salih, Ali Mohsen Yemen No 26 Guban, Yemen Shahir, Walid Mohammed Yemen Yes 27 Al Tawahi, Yemen Sharqawi, Abdu Ali Al Haji Yemen No 32 Ta'iz, Saudi Arabia Sulayman, Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghityh Yemen No 27 Ta'iz, Yemen Suleiman, Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Yemen No 32 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Tahar, Mohmmad Ahmad Ali Yemen No 26 Ib, Yemen Tawfiq, bin Attash Planner of Sept. 11, 2001 and 2000 USS Cole attacks. One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Yemen No Unknown Unknown Uthman, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Yemen No 27 Aden, Yemen Zaid, Walid Said Bin Said Yemen No 28 Ta'iz, Yemen bin Attash, Walid One of the "high value" detainees whose transfer from a secret foreign prison to Guantanamo Bay was announced by President Bush on Sept. 6, 2006, during a speech in which he outlined a reformed detainee policy. Yemen -------- ENERGY -------- alternative energy U.S. Wind Power Generation Hits New High WASHINGTON, DC, September 1, 2006 (ENS) http://ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-01-09.asp#anchor7 U.S. wind energy installations now exceed 10,000 megawatts in generating capacity, and produce enough electricity on a typical day to power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes, according to the American Wind Energy Association, AWEA. A megawatt of wind power generates enough to serve 250 to 300 average homes. "Wind energy is providing new electricity supplies that work for our country's economy, environment, and energy security," said AWEA Executive Director Randall Swisher. "With its current performance, wind energy is demonstrating that it could rapidly become an important part of the nation's power portfolio." The record growth in wind power is driven by demand for the popular energy source and concerns over fuel price volatility and supply. It was also made possible by a timely renewal of the production tax credit, a federal incentive extended in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Previously, the credit had been allowed to expire three times in seven years, and this uncertainty discouraged investment in wind turbine manufacturing in the country. AWEA is calling for a long-term extension of the tax credit before its scheduled expiration at the end of 2007 to avoid further "on-again-off-again" cycles and encourage long term investment. Today, the industry is installing more wind power in a single year - 3,000 megawatts expected in 2006 - than the amount operating in the entire country in the year 2000, when just 2,500 megawatts were generated. Wind was the second-largest source of new power generation in the country in 2005 after natural gas, and is likely be so again in 2006, according to the Energy Information Administration. Wind turbine manufacturing companies have recently opened facilities in Iowa (Clipper Windpower), Minnesota (Suzlon), and Pennsylvania (Gamesa), and wind turbine orders are creating jobs all the way down the supply chain, sometimes in areas that do not have a large wind resource, such as Louisiana. The AWEA points out the environmental benefits of wind power, saying, "Today's 10,000 MW of wind power are keeping 16 million tons of carbon dioxide, CO2, the most prevalent greenhouse gas associated with global warming, out of the air every year. If the same amount of electricity as that generated by America's 10,000-MW wind turbine fleet were instead produced using the average utility fuel mix, it would emit 73,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and 27,000 tons of nitrogen oxide per year, as well as other pollutants such as mercury, the AWEA says. Today's 10,000 MW of wind power saves about 0.6 billion cubic feet or natural gas per day, or about 3.5 percent of the natural gas used nationwide to generate electricity. ---- INTERVIEW - Sharp Sees Solar Power Costs Halving By 2010 GERMANY: September 1, 2006 Story by Georgina Prodhan REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37918/newsDate/1-Sep-2006/story.htm BERLIN - Japan's Sharp Corp., the world's biggest maker of solar cells, expects the cost of generating solar power to halve by 2010 and to be comparable with that of nuclear power by 2030, Sharp's president said. "By the year 2010 we'll be able to halve generation costs," Katsuhiko Machida told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. "By 2020 we expect a further reduction -- half of 2010 -- and by 2030 we expect half the 2020 level. "By 2030 the cost will be comparable to electricity produced by a nuclear power plant," said Machida, speaking on the fringes of the IFA trade fair in Berlin, the world's biggest consumer electronics fair. Asked how the costs were likely to compare with those for producing electricity from fossil fuels such as coal, Machida replied: "Fossil fuel resources will be totally out by then." Solar electricity currently costs about US$0.50 per kilowatt hour to produce, more than eight times as much as that produced from fossil fuel. The market is growing at a rate of more than 30 percent per year but solar power still produces just a small fraction of one percent of the world's energy. The solar industry in general expects the cost of producing solar power to fall by about 5 percent per year, on average. Machida said he expected that a shortage of solar-grade silicon, the raw material from which solar panels that harness the sun's energy are made, would ease by 2008 as silicon makers step up production to catch up with soaring demand. "In the first half of 2007, supply capacity will be increased, so once we go into 2008, supply will be catching up," he said. Sharp has also been moving towards producing more so-called thin-film solar panels, which use less silicon but are less efficient than traditional solar panels. Machida said the cost to produce solar energy from thin film was still around one-and-a-half times as high as making it from the normal, multicrystalline type. "The mainstream will still be multicrystalline," Machida said, but he added that demand for thin-film would also continue to increase, for example, for specialist varieties such as see-through panels for window glass. Machida said the sun could send enough energy to Earth in as little as an hour to provide for all the world's energy needs for one year. "We're wasting a lot of energy," he said. -------- ACTIVISTS Protesters Arrested at UK Power Plant Demo UK: September 1, 2006 Story by Nigel Roddis REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37919/newsDate/1-Sep-2006/story.htm SELBY, England - Thirty eight people were arrested on Thursday, many for possession of weapons or criminal damage, as some 600 environmental protesters staged a demonstration at Britain's biggest power station, police said. The Camp for Climate Action group which organised the event was planning to disrupt operations at the Drax plant in Selby, North Yorkshire. Drax Power, which generates about seven percent of the UK's electricity, has hired extra security staff and police from seven different forces have been drafted into the area. "There have been some incidents of incursions into the power station itself and those people ... have all been arrested," a police spokesman told reporters. He said eight people had been held for criminal damage and five for aggravated trespass. A Reuters photographer said small scuffles had broken out between police and protesters. But he said many children were also present, mingling with demonstrators who had painted their faces and were carrying a banner reading "You Must Be Choking". Other demonstrators cycled around the plant on bikes. PLANET-TRASHING GROWTH One protester, 28-year-old Michelle Bernstein, said they were determined to make a difference. "Many of us are prepared to break the law, because the powers-that-be are addicted to planet-trashing economic growth," she said. "Shutting down a power station isn't enough to stop climate change but it's a start." A spokeswoman for Drax said they had increased security for the day and expected business to operate as usual. "If we had to shut down the plant, this could destabilise the grid and cause localised blackouts," she said. Coal-fired Drax is the UK's biggest single industrial emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas linked to global warming and climate change. Drax's carbon dioxide emissions in 2005, at 20.8 million tonnes, were higher for example than Sweden's 19.3 million tonnes. Britain's energy regulator Ofgem said it was aware of events at Drax and was monitoring the situation. David Porter, Chief Executive of the Association of Electricity Producers, condemned the group's actions, saying every electricity generating business in Britain was taking steps to address climate change. "The protesters seem prepared to take chances with their safety and that of the people who work at Drax," he said in a statement. "They are also happy to put electricity supply at risk. "That is daft, dangerous and misguided. "Closing down Drax would cause a lot of distress and inconvenience but it would do nothing to bring about change in the way that we make our electricity," he said. "That is already well under way, but it will be achieved over a period of years, not days." ---- HAWAII RESOLVES TO END THE WAR Friday, September 01, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=20088 At least one state is taking the next step to attempt to end the war in Iraq. According to an Op Ed News article, the Hawaii State Senate has just passed a resolution, "Calling upon the governor of Hawaii to take steps to withdraw the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard Troops from Iraq." The resolution has been mailed to both the Governor and the President. Meanwhile, both houses of the legislature are also set to vote on another measure, which calls for "The Adjutant General of the Hawii National Guard to provide members and veterans of the armed forces health screening for depleted uranium exposure and to report on the scope and adequacy of depeleted uranium storage and disposal in Hawaii." The story notes that the driving forces behind putting these resolutions before their representatives are Karin Gill and Marsha Joyner of CODE PINK, Ann Wright (who retired from the diplomatic service in protest the day the war began), Irradiated Veterans and Life of the Land.