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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
JOINT TASK FORCE 170
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
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APO AE 09360
A TTENTK)N OF
27 September2002
JTF 170-CDR
MEMORANDUM FORCommander,United StatesSouthernCommand,351 NW 9Ist
Avenue,Miami, FL 33172.
SUBJECT: TransferRecommendation
for GTMO Detainee,Ibrahim Shafir Shen,
ISN: US9TX-OO297DP
1. (S) PersonalInformation: Ibrahim Shafir Shenis a Turkishnationalborn on
1 October1981in Van, Turkey. He is in goodhealth.
2. (FOUO) Detention Information: Subject detainee went to Afghanistan in searchof
business opportunities and a wife. Detainee spent six months in Kabul and left Kabul
after he heard that Kabul was going to fall to the Northern Alliance. Detainee was
apprehendedin approximately November or December 2001 after crossing the border
into Pakistan, and turned over to the Pakistani police. Detainee was later transferred to
u.S. forces and transported to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, arriving on 15
February 2002. Detainee was transferred to Guantanamo Bay detention facility because
his travel profile matched that of a terrorist recruit. The detaineewas cooperative, but
JTF 170 considers the information obtained from and about him as not valuable or
tactically exploitable.
3. (S)Assessment:Basedon currentinfonnation, detaineeISN: US9TX-00297DPis
assessed
as not affiliated with AI Qaida,andasnot being a Taliban leader. Moreover,
basedon the detaineefolder, the knowledgeabilitybrief (KB), and subsequent
interrogationsby JTF 170,the resultsof which are availableon the JTF 170detainee
database,the detaineehasno furtherintelligencevalueto the United States,andwill not
be seenfor further intelligencepurposes.Subjectdetaineehasnot expressedthoughts
of violence,or madethreatstowardthe U.S. or its allies duringinterrogations,or in the
courseof his detention. Basedon all the above,detaineedoesnot posea future threatto
the U.S. or U.S. interests.
4. (8) Recommendation: In view of the foregoing, I recommend subject detaineebe
considered for release or transfer to the control of another government.
DERIVED FROM: Multiple SoUi\:es
CLASSIFIEDBY: ENDURING FREEDOMSOO
DATE OF SOURCE:28 March 2002
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