Khalden training camp

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The Khalden training camp (also transliterated as khaldan) was a military training camp in Afghanistan that is alleged to have been run by al Qaeda. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda.^[1] But the Khalden camp, and a handful of others, were actually run directly by al Qaeda. Having attended one of these camps has triggered suspicion on many of the detainees in the "war on terror".

The Khalden training camp was lead by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was captured in late 2001.

In the allegations presented to Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir's Administrative Review Board American officials asserted that: "Khalden Camp's basic military training program was an accelerated version of that given at al Faruq.^[2]"

[edit] Individuals alleged to have attended the Khalden training camp

Abdullah Khadr^[3]	Says he only attended two weeks, when he was 13 years old
Abdurahman Khadr^[4]^[5]	Attended as a child
Ahmed Ajaj^[6]	participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Ahmed Ressam^[7]	LAX "millennium bomber"
Feroz Abbasi^[8]	released in the UK
Ibrahim Elgabrowny ^[6]	participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Mahmoud Abouhalima^[6]	participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Majed Moqed^[9]	911 hijacker
Mohamed Rashid al-Owhali^[8]	attended in 1997 participated in the bombings of US embassies in Africa
Mohammed Atta^[8]	911 hijacker
Mushabib al-Hamlan^[10] ^[11]	Friend of the 911 hijackers. Trained with 911 hijackers.
Omar al-Faruq^[8]	trained in the early 1990s a southeast asian lieutenant
Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami^[12]	currently detained in Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Ramzi Yousef^[6]	participated in 1993 WTC bombing
Richard Reid^[8]	shoe bomber
Saajid Badat^[8]	tried to be a shoe bomber
Satam al-Suqami^[13]	911 hijacker
Zacarias Moussaoui^[14]	one of the "20th hijackers"
Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir^[2]	Accused in his Administrative Review Board. Al Qadir denies ties to al Qaeda, and denies attending the training camp.
Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Habayshi^[15]	Accused in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[edit] References

^ Son of Al Qaeda, Frontline (PBS)
^ ^a ^b Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir Administrative Review Board - page 18
^ 'I was never in al-Qaeda,' newly freed Khadr says: Released after 14 months in Pakistani jails, he calls himself an aspiring businessman, Globe and Mail, December 9, 2005
^ Khadr clears Charkaoui, casts doubt on case, press release from Justice for Mohamed Zarkat, July 14, 2004
^ Ordinary lad — or jihad conscript? mirrored Toronto Star, December 2, 2003
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Another Angle on al-Zawahiri's Call to Action, Stratfor, December 21, 2005
^ Going to Camp, Seattle Times, July 7, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Khaldan Alumni (.pdf), Toronto Star, December 9, 2005
^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States -- notes to chapter 7, 911 Commission
^ World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, Global Security
^ 911 Commission: Notes to Chapter 7, 911 Commission
^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 151
^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States -- notes to chapter 7, 911 commission
^ Indictment of ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, US Department of Justice
^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Habayshi Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 65-70

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