Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani

For other uses, see Al Qahtani.

Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani
Released	escaped from Bagram on 2005-07-11
Detained at	Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Charge(s)	extrajudicial detention

Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was a captive held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Bagram Theater Internment Facility.^[1] He has been described^{[citation needed]} as one of the two men responsible for a escape from Bagram, on July 11, 2005. According to Eric Schmitt and Tim Golden of the New York Times US official didn't first identify him and [[Omar al Faruq under their real names, when they first escaped.

Schmitt and Golden reported "Intelligence officials gave differing views on the importance of Mr. Kahtani.^[1] One official described him as having been responsible at one point for maintaining Al Qaeda's operational support structure in Afghanistan; another said he was an important Qaeda fighter, but not a senior-level operative."

Al-Kaktani and the other three men were being held in cell 119, Bagram, an isolation cell, with four other men.^[1] Schmitt and Golden reported that it had been planned to transfer the four men to the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.

Al-Kahtani appeared in a video released by al Qaeda later in 2005.^[2] Radio Free Europe reported that Al-Kahtani appeared in an al Qaeda video with the other escaped men in October 2005. They also reported that Al-Kahtani was believed to have been involved in the beheading of two people in Iraq.^[3]

American officials issued a statement on November 6, 2006 that a ""known al Qaeda operative and five other extremists" had been captured in an operation in Khost Province.^[4] On November 13, 2006, Asharq Alawsat reported that one of the captured men was a Saudi identified as "Abu Nasir al-Qahtani", who was later reported to be Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani. Xinhua reported that the men were captured with "grenades, military equipment, armor-piercing rounds and AK-47 assault rifles" and a "camera containing surveillance video of nearby military installations".^[5] A Taliban spokesman told the News International that al-Kahtani was captured in a safe house near the Khost Airport.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Eric P. Schmitt, Tim Golden (2005-12-05). "Details Emerge on a Brazen Escape in Afghanistan". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2005%2F12%2F04%2Finternational%2Fasia%2F04escape.html%3F_r%3D1%26pagewanted%3Dall&date=2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
2. ^ Josh Lefkowitz (2008-05-05). "Terrorists Behind Bars". NEFA. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nefafoundation.org%2Fmiscellaneous%2FFeaturedDocs%2FTerroristsBehindBars.pdf&date=2009-09-19. 
3. ^ Amin Tarzi (2005-11-03). "Afghanistan: Escape Of High-Level Al-Qaeda Member Causes Concern". Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rferl.org%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F1062613.html&date=2009-09-20. 
4. ^ "Al Qaeda Escapee Caught in Afghanistan". Asharq Alawsat. 2006-11-13. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Faawsat.com%2Fenglish%2Fnews.asp%3Fsection%3D1%26id%3D7022&date=2009-09-19. 
5. ^ "U.S. military: senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan nabbed". Xinhua. 2006-11-14. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2006-11%2F14%2Fcontent_5327632.htm&date=2009-09-20. 
6. ^ Rahimullah Yusufzai (2006-11-13). "Al-Qaeda man rearrested". The News International. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenews.com.pk%2Ftop_story_detail.asp%3FId%3D4179&date=2009-09-20. 

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