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'''Khaled Ben Mustafa''' is a citizen of [[France]] who was formerly held in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2>[http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)], ''[[US Department of Defense]]'', May 15, 2006</ref>
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'''Khaled Ben Mustafa''' is a citizen of [[France]] who was held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
| title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2006-05-15
| quote=
}}
{{wikisource-inline|List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006}}
</ref>
The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] reports that Mustafa was born on January 9, 1972, in [[Lyon]], [[France]].
The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] reports that Mustafa was born on January 9, 1972, in [[Lyon]], [[France]].
His Guantanamo [[Internment Serial Number]] was 236.
His Guantanamo [[Internment Serial Number]] was 236.


Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.<ref name="nytimes">[[New York Times]], [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/world/europe/25france.html?_r=1 Terror convictions overturned in France], February 24, 2009</ref>
Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.<ref name=NYTimes2009-02-24>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/world/europe/25france.html?_r=1
| title = Terror convictions overturned in France
| work = [[New York Times]]
| date = 2009-02-24
| page =
| accessdate = 2012-07-24
| quote =
}}
</ref>
On February 17, 2010, the [[Court of Cassation (France)|Court of Cassation]], a higher court, ordered a re-trial of Khaled Ben Mustafa and four other men.<ref name=AssociatedPress2010-02-17>
{{cite news
|url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glw9fmMmPBK6o3H7k_lzmjIR4rBwD9DU5QC00
|title = France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court
|publisher = [[Associated Press]]
|date = 2010-02-17
|author = Nicolas Vaux-Montagny
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20240524212048/https://www.webcitation.org/5ncgJRbGQ?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glw9fmMmPBK6o3H7k_lzmjIR4rBwD9DU5QC00
|archivedate = 2024-05-24
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
On January 18, 2012, [[Sophie Clement]], the investigating magistrate in Ben Mustafa's case, requested permission from the USA to travel to Guantanamo to investigate the claims Ben Mustafa and other men had made that they were tortured there.<ref name=France24-2012-01-18>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.france24.com/en/20120118-france-judge-guantanamo-bay-prison-investigation-torture-rape-clement-usa-afghanistan
| title = French judge seeks access to Guantanamo amid torture probe
| publisher = [[France 24]]
| date = 2012-01-18
| accessdate = 2012-07-24
| quote = The magistrate is looking to shed light on possible acts of torture during the detention at Guantanamo of defendants Mourad Benchellali, Nizar Sassi and Khaled Ben Mustapha, and would potentially include questioning of US military personnel.
}}
</ref>


==Official status reviews==
==Combatant Status Review Tribunal==


A [[Summary of Evidence (CSRT)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceKhalidBenMustafa>
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]] to captives from [[the war on terror]]. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a [[competent tribunal]]s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of [[prisoner of war]] status.

Subsequently the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an [[enemy combatant]].

To comply with a [[Freedom of Information Act]] request, during the winter and spring of 2005, the Department of Defense released 507 memoranda. Those 507 memoranda each contained the allegations against a single detainee, prepared for their Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The detainee's name and ID numbers were redacted from all but one of the memoranda. However 169 of the memoranda had the detainee's ID hand-written on the top right hand of the first page corner. When the Department of Defense complied with a [[court order]], and released official lists of the detainee's names and ID numbers it was possible to identify who those 169 were written about. Khaled Ben Mustafa was one of those 169 detainees.<ref name=SummaryOfEvidence166>
[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf#166 Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)] prepared for Khaled Ben Mustafa's ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - November 18, 2004 - page 166</ref>

All 572 [[Summary of Evidence (CSRT)|Summary of Evidence memos]] were re-released in early September 2007, with their names in the clear.<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceKhalidBenMustafa>
{{cite web
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#62
|url = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#62
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mustafa, Khaled Ben
|title = Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mustafa, Khaled Ben
| date=18 November 2004
|date = 18 November 2004
| author=[[OARDEC]]
|author = OARDEC
|author-link = OARDEC
| pages=pages 62-63
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
|pages = 62–63
|publisher = [[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-11-16
|accessdate = 2007-11-16
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080625052741/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#62
|archivedate = 25 June 2008
}}</ref>
}}</ref>

The memo listed the following allegations against him:
{{quotation|
{{quote|
:a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida and supported military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:
a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida and supported military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:
:#In July 2001, and using a falsified Pakistani travel visa, the detainee traveled from France to London to Pakistan and finally into Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
#In July 2001, and using a falsified Pakistani travel visa, the detainee traveled from France to London to Pakistan and finally into Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
:#The detainee traveled with other al Qaida recruits, but they were instructed to "ignore each other during the voyage."
#The detainee traveled with other al Qaida recruits, but they were instructed to "ignore each other during the voyage."
:#When the detainee arrived in Jalalabad, he and his traveling companions were sent to the "House of the Algerians."
#When the detainee arrived in Jalalabad, he and his traveling companions were sent to the "House of the Algerians."
:#While at this location, an instructor showed the detainee how to de-assemble nd re-assemble a Kalashnikov.
#While at this location, an instructor showed the detainee how to de-assemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov.
:#In August 2001, the detainee left by taxi for Kandahar, Afghanistan, via Kabul, to begin their training.
#In August 2001, the detainee left by taxi for Kandahar, Afghanistan, via Kabul, to begin their training.
:#The detainee waited for ten days in Kandahar so that a larger group of around thirty people could jointly undergo training, but soon traveled back to Jalalabad.
#The detainee waited for ten days in Kandahar so that a larger group of around thirty people could jointly undergo training, but soon traveled back to Jalalabad.
:#In November, as the city of Jalalabad was falling, the detainee escaped to the Tora Bora Mountains and remained there during the bombardment by coalition forces.
#In November, as the city of Jalalabad was falling, the detainee escaped to the Tora Bora Mountains and remained there during the bombardment by coalition forces.
:#The Pakistani Military Authorities arrested the detainee as he and a group of other men were trying to cross the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
#The Pakistani Military Authorities arrested the detainee as he and a group of other men were trying to cross the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
}}
}}


===Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment===
===Testimony===


On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization [[WikiLeaks]] published formerly secret assessments drafted by [[Joint Task Force Guantanamo]] analysts.<ref name=TelegraphWikiLeaksRevealed2011-04-25>
There is no record that Mustafa chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |title=WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed -- Guantanamo Bay has been used to incarcerate dozens of terrorists who have admitted plotting terrifying attacks against the West – while imprisoning more than 150 totally innocent people, top-secret files disclose |publisher=[[The Telegraph (UK)]] |date=2011-04-27 |accessdate=2012-07-13 |author1=Christopher Hope |author2=Robert Winnett |author3=Holly Watt |author4=Heidi Blake |archivedate=2012-07-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715015806/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html |url-status=live |quote=The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website. }}

</ref><ref name=TheTelegraphDabDatabase>
==Return to France==
{{cite news

| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/guantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files/8476672/WikiLeaks-The-Guantanamo-files-database.html
Mustafa has been returned to France.
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110429040459/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/guantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files/8476672/WikiLeaks-The-Guantanamo-files-database.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2011-04-29
| title = WikiLeaks: The Guantánamo files database
| publisher = [[The Telegraph (UK)]]
| date = 2011-04-27
| accessdate = 2012-07-10
}}
</ref><ref name=TheTelegraphDabIsn236>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/guantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files/8477088/Guantanamo-Bay-detainee-file-on-Khaled-Ben-Mustafa-US9FR-000236DP.html
| title = Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Khaled Ben Mustafa, US9FR-000236DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks
| publisher = [[The Telegraph (UK)]]
| date = 2011-04-27
| accessdate = 2012-07-24
| quote =
}}
</ref>
Ben Mustafa assessment was three pages long, and recommended transfer to another country.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
His assessment was signed by camp commandant [[Jay W. Hood]].


==Comments on the June 10 2006 suicides==
==Comments on the June 10, 2006 simultaneous death of three Guantanamo detainees==


On June 23, 2006 Mustafa wrote about the deaths of the three Guantanamo detainees who died, apparently of suicide, on June 10, 2006.<ref>[http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=14740 Statement from Khalid Ben Mustapha on the Guantanamo Deceased], ''[[cageprisoners.com]]'', June 23, 2006</ref>
On June 23, 2006, Mustafa wrote about the deaths of the three detainees [[Mana Shaman Allabardi al Tabi]], [[Yasser Talal al Zahrani]] and [[Ali Abdullah Ahmed]] who died on June 10, 2006, in Guantanamo.<ref>[http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=14740 Statement from Khalid Ben Mustapha on the Guantanamo Deceased] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312055148/http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=14740 |date=2007-03-12 }}, ''[[cageprisoners.com]]'', June 23, 2006</ref>
Mustafa knew all three men.
Mustafa knew all three men.
He said Yasser had invited him to visit him, in Saudi Arabia, once they were released. This suggested to Mustafa that Yasser really didn't commit suicide. Mustafa said all three men had memorized the entire [[Koran]].
He said Yasser had invited him to visit him, in Saudi Arabia, once they were released. This suggested to Mustafa that Yasser really didn't commit suicide. Mustafa said all three men had memorized the entire [[Koran]].
{{main|Guantanamo suicide attempts}}
{{main|Guantanamo Bay homicide accusations}}


==French conviction==
==French trial==


Khaled Ben Mustafa, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise."<ref name=HuffPostFrance2009-02-24>
Khaled Ben Mustafa, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise."<ref name=HuffPostFrance2009-02-24>
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They had their convictions overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009.
They had their convictions overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009. Their convictions were overturned because they were based on interrogations conducted in Guantanamo, and the interrogations were conducted by French security officials, not law enforcement officials.

Their convictions were overturned because they were based on interrogations conducted in Guantanamo, and the interrogations were conducted by French security officials, not law enforcement officials.
On February 17, 2010, a higher court of appeals, the Court of Cessations, re-instated the charges against the six men.<ref name=AssociatedPress2010-02-17/> On January 20, 2011, Mustafa`s lawyers cited diplomatic cables published by whistleblower organization [[WikiLeaks]] which they argued showed inappropriate cooperation between French and American officials.<ref name=StarTribune2011-01-20>{{cite news
|url = http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=114297149
|title = Lawyers for former Guantanamo inmates cite WikiLeaks cables in French terrorism trial
|publisher = [[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]
|author = Pierre-Antoine Souchard
|date = 2011-01-20
|accessdate = 2012-07-24
|quote = In one March 2005 cable, French investigators told American officials that the cases against two of the ex-Guantanamo inmates, Ridouane Khalid and Khaled Ben Mustafa, "would be much more difficult" than for other French former inmates of the prison. The cable was among many released recently by WikiLeaks.
|archive-date = 2016-03-03
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233151/http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=114297149
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
On January 18, 2012, [[Sophie Clement]], the Chief Investigating Magistrate in the six men's case, requested permission to go to Guantanamo, to investigate the claims of Ben Mustafa and the other men that they had been tortured. She requested access to the internal documents about the men.
<ref name=France24-2012-01-18/>
According to the ''[[Associated Press]]'',
[[Philippe Meilhac]], Ben Mustafa's lawyer, described Clement's request as ''"unprecedented"'':

{{quote|This [request] is unprecedented. But it's normal that the judge leading the investigation approach those concerned at Guantanamo to verify these claims.<ref name=France24-2012-01-18/>}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/04/21/forner-guantanamo-prisoner-khaled-ben-mustapha-interviewed-by-cageprisoners/ Former Guantánamo Prisoner Khaled Ben Mustapha Interviewed by Cageprisoners] April 21, 2011
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 2 June 2024

Khaled Ben Mustafa
Charge(s)extrajudicial detention

Khaled Ben Mustafa is a citizen of France who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] The Department of Defense reports that Mustafa was born on January 9, 1972, in Lyon, France. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 236.

Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.[2] On February 17, 2010, the Court of Cassation, a higher court, ordered a re-trial of Khaled Ben Mustafa and four other men.[3] On January 18, 2012, Sophie Clement, the investigating magistrate in Ben Mustafa's case, requested permission from the USA to travel to Guantanamo to investigate the claims Ben Mustafa and other men had made that they were tortured there.[4]

Official status reviews

[edit]

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:[5]

a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida and supported military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:

  1. In July 2001, and using a falsified Pakistani travel visa, the detainee traveled from France to London to Pakistan and finally into Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
  2. The detainee traveled with other al Qaida recruits, but they were instructed to "ignore each other during the voyage."
  3. When the detainee arrived in Jalalabad, he and his traveling companions were sent to the "House of the Algerians."
  4. While at this location, an instructor showed the detainee how to de-assemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov.
  5. In August 2001, the detainee left by taxi for Kandahar, Afghanistan, via Kabul, to begin their training.
  6. The detainee waited for ten days in Kandahar so that a larger group of around thirty people could jointly undergo training, but soon traveled back to Jalalabad.
  7. In November, as the city of Jalalabad was falling, the detainee escaped to the Tora Bora Mountains and remained there during the bombardment by coalition forces.
  8. The Pakistani Military Authorities arrested the detainee as he and a group of other men were trying to cross the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan.

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment

[edit]

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts.[6][7][8] Ben Mustafa assessment was three pages long, and recommended transfer to another country.[citation needed] His assessment was signed by camp commandant Jay W. Hood.

Comments on the June 10, 2006 simultaneous death of three Guantanamo detainees

[edit]

On June 23, 2006, Mustafa wrote about the deaths of the three detainees Mana Shaman Allabardi al Tabi, Yasser Talal al Zahrani and Ali Abdullah Ahmed who died on June 10, 2006, in Guantanamo.[9] Mustafa knew all three men. He said Yasser had invited him to visit him, in Saudi Arabia, once they were released. This suggested to Mustafa that Yasser really didn't commit suicide. Mustafa said all three men had memorized the entire Koran.

French trial

[edit]

Khaled Ben Mustafa, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise."[10] They had their convictions overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009. Their convictions were overturned because they were based on interrogations conducted in Guantanamo, and the interrogations were conducted by French security officials, not law enforcement officials.

On February 17, 2010, a higher court of appeals, the Court of Cessations, re-instated the charges against the six men.[3] On January 20, 2011, Mustafa`s lawyers cited diplomatic cables published by whistleblower organization WikiLeaks which they argued showed inappropriate cooperation between French and American officials.[11] On January 18, 2012, Sophie Clement, the Chief Investigating Magistrate in the six men's case, requested permission to go to Guantanamo, to investigate the claims of Ben Mustafa and the other men that they had been tortured. She requested access to the internal documents about the men. [4] According to the Associated Press, Philippe Meilhac, Ben Mustafa's lawyer, described Clement's request as "unprecedented":

This [request] is unprecedented. But it's normal that the judge leading the investigation approach those concerned at Guantanamo to verify these claims.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15. Works related to List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 at Wikisource
  2. ^ "Terror convictions overturned in France". New York Times. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  3. ^ a b Nicolas Vaux-Montagny (2010-02-17). "France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24.
  4. ^ a b c "French judge seeks access to Guantanamo amid torture probe". France 24. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-07-24. The magistrate is looking to shed light on possible acts of torture during the detention at Guantanamo of defendants Mourad Benchellali, Nizar Sassi and Khaled Ben Mustapha, and would potentially include questioning of US military personnel.
  5. ^ OARDEC (18 November 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mustafa, Khaled Ben" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  6. ^ Christopher Hope; Robert Winnett; Holly Watt; Heidi Blake (2011-04-27). "WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed -- Guantanamo Bay has been used to incarcerate dozens of terrorists who have admitted plotting terrifying attacks against the West – while imprisoning more than 150 totally innocent people, top-secret files disclose". The Telegraph (UK). Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-07-13. The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website.
  7. ^ "WikiLeaks: The Guantánamo files database". The Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  8. ^ "Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Khaled Ben Mustafa, US9FR-000236DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks". The Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  9. ^ Statement from Khalid Ben Mustapha on the Guantanamo Deceased Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, cageprisoners.com, June 23, 2006
  10. ^ "Paris Court Acquits Former Guantanamo Detainees". Huffington Post. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  11. ^ Pierre-Antoine Souchard (2011-01-20). "Lawyers for former Guantanamo inmates cite WikiLeaks cables in French terrorism trial". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-24. In one March 2005 cable, French investigators told American officials that the cases against two of the ex-Guantanamo inmates, Ridouane Khalid and Khaled Ben Mustafa, "would be much more difficult" than for other French former inmates of the prison. The cable was among many released recently by WikiLeaks.
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