Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia explained

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. Affiliated groups include The Taliban and Al Qaeda.[1]

According to Saad Madai Saad al-Azmi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Al Wafa is located in the Wazir Akhbar Khan area ofAfghanistan. 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.[2]

Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa

Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa
Name Notes
  • Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil's CSRT alleges al-Matrafi is one of the founders of Al Wafa.
  • "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.
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa for three months in Kabul.
  • Boujaadia's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee is associated with the al Wafa organization".
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa.
  • One of the charges in Al Shammeri's Kuwaiti trial was that he helped fund Al Wafa.
  • Al Shammeri was acquitted.
  • One of the charges in Al Ajmi's Kuwaiti trial was that he helped fund Al Wafa.
  • Al Ajmi was acquitted.
  • 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.
  • An al-Qaeda operative said that al Dosari's sheik may have supported al Wafa's efforts in Chechnya.
  • Alleged to have sent funds 4.5 million Saudi Riyals to al Wafa, through a hawala.
  • Alleged to have carried $7,000, by hand, to al Wafa, in June 2001.
  • Alleged to have stayed in an al Wafa house.
  • Alleged to have met Abdul Aziz Al Matrafi, and seen him carrying a rifle, and meet with other al Wafa leaders.
  • Alleged to have fled the US aerial bombardment of Afghanistan in the company of Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi.
  • Al Nasir's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee visited the Al Wafa director in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2001".
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.
  • 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.
  • Al Jazeera cameraman.
  • "After serving as the Al-Haramayn Director in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1997 to January 2000, Jiman Mohammed Alawi Al Muraai, aka Abu Wafa, took a job operating the Wafa offices in Karachi, Pakistan."
  • Haidel's CSRT allegations state: "The detainee provided general information about an al Wafa office in Kabul".
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa in Jalalabad.
  • Alleged that he -likely- transferred money on behalf of Al Wafa.
  • Al Kandari's ARB factors state: "The detainee was associated with the Al Wafa organization".
  • Al Mousa's ARB factors state: "information strongly suggests that the detainee may be identifiable with senior personnel of al Wafa".
  • 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.
  • The 9/11 Commission cleared al-Barakat of the suspicion it had been involved in financing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
  • Alleged founder.
  • Mar'i's CSRT alleges he visited Al Wafa's Kabul office.
  • Once met with al-Matrafi.
  • Alleged to have worked for Al Wafa in Herat.
  • "Detainee associated with the leader of al Wafa, Abdulla Aziz, and received payments for arranging the travel of individuals to and from Afghanistan."
  • Alleged to have served as a money courier for al Matrafi.
  • Alleged founder.
Unidentified Guantanamo detainee
  • "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".

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/maps/view/pak Pakistan
  2. Web site: Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia. subscription. TRAC Terrorism. 2020-02-10.