55th Arab Brigade (Taliban)

According to Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts the 55th Arab Brigade was a unit of foreign fighters in Afghanistan under the command of Usama bin Laden sic.
14 October 2005cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000197-000294.pdf#53
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of
date=14 October 2005
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 53-55
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-14] cite news
url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/opinions/2001/11/14/2001-11-14_other_islamic_dictators_will.html
title=Other Islamic dictators will fold like Taliban
publisher=New York Daily News
author=Zev Chafets
date=Wednesday, November 14 2001
accessdate=2007-12-14] JTF-GTMO analysts said that, under bin Laden's command, the 55th Arab Brigade was integrated into the Taliban's military.

A Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Guantanamo captive
Said Ibrahim Ramzi Al Zahrani's first annualAdministrative Review Board, on 14 October 2005 stated
14 October 2005cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000197-000294.pdf#53
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Zahrani, Said Ibrahim Ramzi
date=14 October 2005
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 53-55
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-14] ::

According to the 2005 "Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors" the 55th Arab Brigade was a mechanized unit.cite web
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sgkIZDGtD1IC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=%2255th+arab+brigade%22&source=web&ots=YiEDUq65fv&sig=oERedPaWrrzApVY3Fnsz0Of-hZ4
title=Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors
pages=page 172
publisher=Google books
author=Troy S. Thomas, Stephen D. Kiser
date=
accessdate=2007-12-14]

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