Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia

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Al Wafa is an Islamic charity listed in Executive Order 13224 as an entity that supports terrorism. United States intelligence officials state that it was founded in Afghanistan by Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil, Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi and Samar Khand. [1] Affiliated groups include The Taliban and Al Qaeda. [2]

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According to Saad Madai Saad al-Azmi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Al Wafa is located in the Wazir Akhbar Khan area of Afghanistan. [3] Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia, also known with other names like as Wafa Humanitarian Organization, Al Wafa, Al Wafa Organization is an active group. [4]

Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa

Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa
NameNotes
Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi
  • Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil's CSRT alleges al-Matrafi is one of the founders of Al Wafa. [1] [5]
Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn
  • "The detainee admits meeting a man named "Suhaib" in Kabul. Suhaib identified himself as being from Saudi Arabia and a member of Al Wafa. Suhaib assisted the detainee with a money exchange. [6]
Saad Madai Saad al-Azmi
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa for three months in Kabul. [3]
Said Boujaadia
  • Boujaadia's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee is associated with the al Wafa organization". [7]
Khalid Bin Abdullah Mishal Thamer Al Hameydani
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa. [8]
Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri
  • One of the charges in Al Shammeri's Kuwaiti trial was that he helped fund Al Wafa. [9]
  • Al Shammeri was acquitted.
Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi
  • One of the charges in Al Ajmi's Kuwaiti trial was that he helped fund Al Wafa. [9] [ failed verification ]
  • Al Ajmi was acquitted.
Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari
Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi
  • Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey's Combatant Status Review Tribunal alleges a traveling companion, named Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi, was a director of Al Wafa. [10]
Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary
Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah
  • Alleged to have sent funds 4.5 million Saudi Riyals to al Wafa, through a hawala. [13]
  • Alleged to have carried $7,000, by hand, to al Wafa, in June 2001. [13]
  • Alleged to have stayed in an al Wafa house. [13]
  • Alleged to have met Abdul Aziz Al Matrafi, and seen him carrying a rifle, and meet with other al Wafa leaders. [13]
  • Alleged to have fled the US aerial bombardment of Afghanistan in the company of Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi. [13]
Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir
  • Al Nasir's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee visited the Al Wafa director in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2001". [14]
Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir
Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna
  • Al Bidna's ARB factors state that a Saudi al Qaida facilitator facilitated his illegal entry into Pakistan. [15]
Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey
  • Detained largely because he spent four days with a traveling companion, named Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi, who American intelligence analysts suspect was a director of Al Wafa. [10]
Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj
Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir
Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel
  • Haidel's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee provided general information about an al Wafa office in Kabul". [17]
Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily
Fouad Mahoud Hasan Al Rabia
  • Alleged that he -likely- transferred money on behalf of Al Wafa. [19]
Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari
  • Al Kandari's ARB factors state: "The detainee was associated with the Al Wafa organization". [20]
Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa
  • Al Mousa's ARB factors state: "information strongly suggests that the detainee may be identifiable with senior personnel of al Wafa". [21]
Mohammed Sulaymon Barre
  • Ran the local Pakistani office of a Somalian money transfer company, named Dahabshiil, that American counter-terrorism authorities suspected was tied to another money transfer company, named al-Barakat, that they suspected was tied to terrorism. [22]
  • The 9/11 Commission cleared al-Barakat of the suspicion it had been involved in financing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil
  • Alleged founder. [1]
Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i
  • Mar'i's CSRT alleges he visited Al Wafa's Kabul office. [23]
Ahmed Abdul Qader
  • Once met with al-Matrafi. [24]
Allah Nasir
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa in Herat. [25]
Aminullah Baryalai Tukhi
  • "Detainee associated with the leader of al Wafa, Abdulla Aziz [ sic ], and received payments for arranging the travel of individuals to and from Afghanistan." [26]
Ismael Arale
  • Alleged to have served as a money courier for al Matrafi. [27]
Samar Khand
  • Alleged founder. [1]
Unidentified Guantanamo detainee [28]
  • "Detainee observed that the leader of the Al-Wafa office in Kabul, Afghanistan, known as ###### carried a Kalishnikov rifle, as did several of other Al-Wafa workers located there". [29]
Abu Mohammed al-Somali
Ramadan Abdul Walid al-Balushi al-Sindi

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  1. 1 2 3 4 documents (.pdf) [ permanent dead link ] from Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  2. ↑ Pakistan. Mapping Militants. Stanford University.
  3. 1 2 documents (.pdf) [ permanent dead link ] from Sa'ad Madhi Sa'ad Ha Wash Al-Azmi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  4. ↑ "Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia" . TRAC Terrorism. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  5. ↑ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) Archived July 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine released in January 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - page 34
  6. ↑ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) Archived March 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine of Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn Administrative Review Board - page 90
  7. ↑ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) Archived July 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine released in March 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 28, 2004 - page 108
  8. ↑ documents (.pdf) from Khalid Bin Abdullah Mishal Thamer Al Hameydani's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  9. 1 2 Kuwaiti court acquits ex-Guantanamo prisoners Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine . Independent Online (South Africa) , May 22, 2006
  10. 1 2 Summarized transcripts (.pdf) Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , from Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 22-30
  11. ↑ OARDEC (26 September 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 31–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  12. ↑ OARDEC (13 September 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 24–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Summarized transcript (.pdf) Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , from Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah's Administrative Review Board hearing - pages 25-40
  14. ↑ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) Archived July 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine prepared for Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - November 16, 2004 - page 57
  15. ↑ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) Archived April 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine of Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna Administrative Review Board , May 2, 2005 - page 41
  16. ↑ Summarized transcript (.pdf) Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , from Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 121
  17. ↑ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) Archived July 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine prepared for Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 8, 2004 - page 103
  18. ↑ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 16-20
  19. ↑ documents (.pdf) [ permanent dead link ] from Fouad Mahoud Hasan Al Rabia's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  20. ↑ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari Administrative Review Board - page 31
  21. ↑ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) Archived June 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine of Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa Administrative Review Board , May 11, 2005 - page 17
  22. ↑ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Mohammed Sulaymon Barre's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 30-37
  23. ↑ documents (.pdf) [ permanent dead link ] from Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  24. ↑ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Ahmed Abdul Qader's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 5-11
  25. ↑ [ dead link ] Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part I, WTOP , March 15, 2006 Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  26. ↑ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Aminullah Baryalai Tukhi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 71-77
  27. ↑ "Defense Intelligence Agency: Background Declaration -- Terrorist Organization" (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. (U) When Matrafi needed funds for charitable activities in Afghanistan, he called upon Shaykh al-Rayis in Saudi Arabia. Rayis would then call Abu Ahmed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who would transfer funds through a hawala to the Sheer Khan Exchange Office in Kabul. The Sheer Khan Exchange Office was in the Exchange District and was run by an Afghan named Samsour [ sic ]. Matrafi kept the money in a safe in Kabul. The largest transfer was for $300,000 USD after the U.S. strikes began in October 2001.
  28. ↑ The Department of Defense complied with Freedom of Information Act requests, during the winter and spring of 2005, and released 507 memoranda, entitled "Summary of Evidence", that each contained the allegations prepared for a single detainee's Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
  29. ↑ CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) Archived July 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine released in February 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - page 24
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