Gholam Ghaus Z

Gholam Ghaus Zis a German citizen apprehended by American officials in Afghanistan.cite news
url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,548442,00.html
title=A new Kurnaz case? German Held in US Custody in Kabul
publisher=Der Spiegel
date=April 19, 2008
accessdate=2008-04-19
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/19/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Afghan-US.php
title=Germany says citizen held in US military custody in Afghanistan
publisher=International Herald Tribune
date=April 19, 2008
accessdate=2008-04-19
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1389839
title=German held by US in Afghanistan
publisher=WTOP News
author=Frieder Reimold
date=April 19, 2008
accessdate=2008-04-19
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3279034,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
title=German Citizen Held by US Forces as Terror Suspect
publisher=Deustche Welle
date=April 20 2008
accessdate=2008-04-23
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,548627,00.html
title='A fatal shopping trip': US Military Detains German Citizen in Afghanistan
author=Matthias Gebauer, Holger Stark
publisher=Der Spiegel
date=April 21, 2008
accessdate=2008-04-23
quote=] "Der Spiegel" reports that he was of Afghan background and was apprehended while on a trip to visit relatives in Afghanistan. Deustche Welle reports that he is from the German city of Wuppertal.

"Der Spiegel" reports that the 41 year old man had taken early retirement, due to medical problems.A second "Der Spiegel" report states that his Kabul relatives told him that, as a German citizen, he could shop in the supermarket on the USA's bas in Kabul, without any problems:quotation
Gholam Z. borrowed a relative's car to go on what a security expert has called his "fatal shopping trip," during which he planned to buy a razor, among other items. According to his version of events, he drove up to the military base on Jan. 4, showed the guard his German passport in its red cover and was then allowed to pass through several security checkpoints without incident.

it reported that German security officials who investigated his background in Germany, and who interviewed him in Afghanistan, wer satisfied that there was no evidence of any tie to terrorism. Nevertheless, the USA has told German officials that he could not be released unless Germany provided assurances that amounted to "round the clock surviellance".

"Der Spiegel" reported that the USA had been holding Ghulam Ghaus Z for approximately four months, and that his continued detention had been putting a strain on the relationship between Germany and the USA."Der Spiegel" compared his detention to that of Murat Kurnaz.

The "International Herald Tribune" reported that authorities at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility had declined to comment on his detention.

After talks with United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Germany's Foreign Minister statedcite news
url=http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2008/04/25/analysis_a_second_murat_kurnaz/4061/
title=U.S. interrogation of German may strain ties with Berlin
publisher=United Press International
author=Stefan Nicola
date=April 25 2008
accessdate=2008-04-28
quote=] :quotation
"We hope that we can soon bring this case to a happy ending."

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