Raiz (Bagram detainee) explained

Raiz
Date Of Arrest:2007-07
Detained At:Bagram
Id Number:2421
Alias: 
Charge:no charge (extrajudicial detention)

On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility that included the name Hajji Raiz.[1] [2] [3]

There were 645 names on the list, which was dated September 22, 2009, and was heavily redacted.[1] [2]

According to historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, he was called "a key terrorist leader".[3] He was reported to have been captured with bomb-making material, and have been a "major improvised explosive device facilitator".

He was reported to have been captured in July 2007 in Bati Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bagram detainees . . 2009-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100124143455/http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bagramdetainees.pdf . 2010-01-24 . dead.
  2. News: Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List . . 2010-01-19 . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . https://web.archive.org/web/20100123162707/http://www.truthout.org/dark-revelations-bagram-prisoner-list56189 . 2010-01-23 . dead.
  3. News: Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version) . 2010-01-26 . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . https://web.archive.org/web/20100131233933/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/bagram-the-first-ever-prisoner-list-the-annotated-version/ . 2010-01-31 . A man of this name — Haji Raiz, described as "a key terrorist leader" — was captured in July 2007. A report explained, "Police searches also confiscated bomb-making material from Raiz, described by coalition forces as a major improvised explosive device facilitator for both the Taliban and al-Qaeda." . dead.
  4. News: British soldier among dozens killed in Afghan clashes . . 2007-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614060201/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/07/14/news0707.htm . 2011-06-14 . Afghan police, advised by US-led coalition forces, meanwhile detained Haji Raiz "a key terrorist leader" Wednesday in Bati Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province, said a US military press statement . dead.

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