Noor al-Deen is a citizen of Syria wounded when he was captured by counter-terrorism officials at a raid on a "Faisalabad safe house" when Abu Zubaydah was captured.[1] According to the Washington Post Noor al-Deen, like Abu Zubaydah, was sent to Morocco by the CIA, so he too could be subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques"
According to the Washington Post Noor al-Deen admired Abu Zubaydah, was guileless and unguarded to his interrogators and was the source of much of information analysts initially believed about him. John Kiriakou, a CIA officer who participated in the raid said:
- He was frightened - mostly over what we were going to do with him. He had come to the conclusion that his life was over.
Historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, confirmed that Noor al-Deen had not been sent to Guantanamo.[2] According to Worthington, Noor Al-Deen was the teenager whom Canadian Abdullah Almalki described as being held extrajudicial detention in Syria's Palestinian Branch military prison.[3]
Tunisian captive Salah Bin Al Hadi Asasi faced the allegation that he was "recruited to fight the jihad" by "Noor Deen" at a mosque in Turin, Italy, in February 2001.[4]
References edit
- ^ Peter Finn; Joby Warrick; Julie Tate (2009-03-29). "Officials: Waterboarding Foiled No Plot". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ "Abu Zubaydah and the Futility of Torture". Future of Freedom Foundation. 2009-03-30. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Pither, Kerry. "Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror", 2008.
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OARDEC (2004-10-04). "Summary of Evidence for Salah Bin Al Hadi Asasi" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 57–58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-02.
In February 2001, the detainee was recruited to fight the jihad in Afghanistan by Noor-Deen, a known al Qaida recruiter, at the Via Berreti mosque in Turin.