Brahim Yadel

Brahim Yadel is a citizen of France held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 371,The Department of Defense reports that he was born on March 17 1971, in Aubervilliers, France.

Allegations of ties to terrorism

A "Time" magazine article, published on March 16, 2003, reported that Brahim Yadel was recruited by Karim Bourti.cite news
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901030324-433226,00.html
title=Uncle Osama Wants You
date=Sunday, March 16, 2003
author=Bruce Crumley
publisher=Time (magazine)
accessdate=2007-06-20] cite web
url=http://www.futureofmuslimworld.com/research/pubID.44/pub_detail.asp
title=The Jihadist Threat in France
author=Clara Beyler
date=Thursday, February 16, 2006
publisher=The Hudson Institute
accessdate=June 20
accessyear=2007] According to the article Karim Bourti was: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad."

Brahim Yadel, and three other French Guantanamo captives, were repatriated to French custody on July 28 2004,cite news
url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70E14F639590C7B8EDDAE0894DC404482&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FP%2FPrisons%20and%20Prisoners#2956697747596746163
title=4 Detainees Are Returned to France After 2 Years at Guantánamo
date=Wednesday July 28, 2004
publisher=New York Times
author=Elaine Sciolino
accessdate=2007-06-20] cite news
url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1163180.htm
date=July 27, 2004
publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
title=6 French Guantanamo detainees repatriated: report
accessdate=2007-06-20] cite news
url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/28/content_352198.htm
title=US hands over four French terror suspects
date=July 27 2004
publisher=China Daily
accessdate=2007-06-20] Brahim Yadel was repatriated to France one day prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", April 20 2006]

French authorities held Brahim Yadel, Nizar Sassi, Mourad Benchellali and Imad Kanouni on charges of"associating with criminals engaged in a terrorist enterprise."cite news
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6DC1E3CF933A2575BC0A9629C8B63&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FP%2FPrisons%20and%20Prisoners#45928269078900863154
publisher=New York Times
title=France: Court Rejects Appeal Of Guantánamo Men
date=August 10, 2004
accessdate=2007-06-20]

French authorities suspected Brahim Yadel helped organize jihadist training camps in the forest of Fontainebleau.

French trial

Brahim Yadel and five other returned Guantanamo captives were to stand trial in France in 2006.cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5139622.stm
publisher=BBC
date=Monday, July 3 2006
title=France tries Guantanamo suspects
accessdate=2007-06-19] cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4940204.stm
date=Monday, April 24 2006
title=Ex-Guantanamo French 'face trial' ]

While all the other men free on conditional release, preceding the trial, Brahim Yadel was kept in detention.cite news
url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/03/news/terror.php
title=6 once held in Guantánamo go on trial in France
author=Craig S. Smith
publisher=New York Times
date=July 3, 2006
accessdate=2007-06-20] He had violated the terms of his conditional release.cite web
url=http://www.tkb.org/MorePatterns.jsp?countryCd=FR&year=2006
title=France 2006
publisher=The Knowledge Base]

Trial delayed

The trial was delayed to allow an investigation into the conduct of French intelligence agents who interrogated the men in Guantanamo.cite news
title=Verdict for 'Guantanamo six' delayed
date=Wednesday, September 26 2006
url=http://www.iafrica.com/pls/cms/iac.page?p_t1=2&p_t2=2&p_t3=0&p_t4=0&p_dynamic=YP&p_content_id=218341&p_site_id=2] cite news
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060706/ai_n16516473
title=French agents questioned detainees in Guantanamo
publisher=The Independent
date=July 6 2006
author=John Lichfield] France had insisted French agents had not interrogated the men in Guantanamo. But leaked memos showed this was untrue.

Judge Jean-Claude Kross apologized, saying: "I am sorry, we have to start again from scratch.".

The Prosecutor has recommended lenient, one-year prison sentences, to take into account their "abnormal detention" in Guantanamo.

McClatchy interview

On June 15 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Brahim Yadel in France. cite news
url=http://services.mcclatchyinteractive.com/detainees?page=3
title=Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 3
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 15 2008
accessdate=2008-06-16
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fservices.mcclatchyinteractive.com%2Fdetainees%3Fpage%3D3&date=2008-06-18 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/611/story/491372.html
title=U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees
publisher=Myrtle Beach Sun
author=Tom Lasseter
date=Wednesday June 18, 2008
accessdate=2008-06-18
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrtlebeachonline.com%2F611%2Fstory%2F491372.html&date=2008-06-18 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38771.html
title=Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 15 2008
accessdate=2008-06-20
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2Fhomepage%2Fstory%2F38771.html&date=2008-06-20 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38776.html
title=Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 16 2008
accessdate=2008-06-20
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2Fhomepage%2Fstory%2F38776.html&date=2008-06-20 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38887.html
title=Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 19 2008
accessdate=2008-06-20
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2Fhomepage%2Fstory%2F38887.html&date=2008-06-20 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38775.html
title=U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 16 2008
accessdate=2008-06-20
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2Fhomepage%2Fstory%2F38775.html&date=2008-06-20 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/27
title=Guantanamo Inmate Database: Brahim Yadel
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 15 2008
accessdate=2008-06-15
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdetainees.mcclatchydc.com%2Fdetainees%2F27&date=2008-08-01 mirror] ] According to his McClatchy interviewerBrahim Yadel was disgusted by al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001, and tried to flee Afghanistan immediately after he heard of them, and never engaged in hostilities against US forces.However he acknowledged receiving military training in Afghanistan, and: "...even took advanced al Qaida courses in electronics that would have led to bomb making."':
* He told his McClatchy interviewer that he saw the USS Cole as a legitimate military target, but felt his non-western companions in Afghanistan had no idea how appalling the attack on the World Trade Center was::

ee also

*Khaled ben Mustafa
*Redouane Khalid
*Hakim Mokhfi
*Abdelkader Bouziane

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