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On June 17th, 2004, [[Secretary of Defense | On June 17th, 2004, [[Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged holding, in [[extrajudicial detention, an Iraqi named '''Hiwa Abdul Rahman Rashul'''.<ref name=DoDRumsfeldBriefing20040617> | ||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| url=http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040617-secdef0881.html | | url=http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040617-secdef0881.html | ||
| title=Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff | | title=Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff | ||
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense | ||
| author=[[Donald Rumsfeld | | author=[[Donald Rumsfeld | ||
| date=June 17, 2004 | | date=June 17, 2004 | ||
| accessdate=2008-05-17 | | accessdate=2008-05-17 | ||
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| title=Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners | | title=Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners | ||
| page=A16 | | page=A16 | ||
| publisher=[[Washington Post | | publisher=[[Washington Post | ||
| author=[[Josh White | | author=[[Josh White | ||
| date=March 11, 2005 | | date=March 11, 2005 | ||
| accessdate=2008-05-17 | | accessdate=2008-05-17 | ||
| quote= | | quote= | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
He is an Iraqi [[Kurd | He is an Iraqi [[Kurd who was suspected of membership in [[Ansar al-Islam, an Iraqi terrorist group with links to the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is believed to be responsible for beheading American [[Nicholas Berg and for attacks on coalition forces.<ref name=UsNews20040628> | ||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040628/28prison.htm | | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040628/28prison.htm | ||
| title=Iraq's invisible man: A 'ghost' inmate's strange life behind bars | | title=Iraq's invisible man: A 'ghost' inmate's strange life behind bars | ||
| publisher=[[US News and World Report | | publisher=[[US News and World Report | ||
| author= | | author= | ||
| date=June 28, 2004 | | date=June 28, 2004 | ||
| accessdate=2008-05-17 | | accessdate=2008-05-17 | ||
| quote= | | quote= | ||
}}</ref> The [[CIA | }}</ref> The [[CIA had transported him to covert detention in Afghanistan. However [[Jack Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, [[Office of Legal Counsel, at the Department of Justice, advised the CIA that he was protected by the Geneva Conventions, and covertly transporting him out of Iraq was a violation of the [[Geneva Conventions.<ref name=WaPo2004-10-24>{{citation | ||
| author = [[Dana Priest | | author = [[Dana Priest | ||
| title = Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq: Practice Is Called Serious Breach of Geneva Conventions | | title = Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq: Practice Is Called Serious Breach of Geneva Conventions | ||
| journal = Washington Post | | journal = Washington Post | ||
| date = October 24, 2004 | | date = October 24, 2004 | ||
| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57363-2004Oct23.html}}</ref> | | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57363-2004Oct23.html}}</ref> | ||
Rashul was the first [[ghost detainee | Rashul was the first [[ghost detainee to be publicly acknowledged by American authorities, [[Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged that he ordered Rashul to be imprisoned, off the books, at the request of [[Director of Central Intelligence|DCI [[George Tenet. <ref name=WaPo2004-10-24 /> | ||
His current whereabouts and status is not known; he is not among the 14 High Value Detainees acknowledged to be transferred from CIA custody. <ref>{{citation | His current whereabouts and status is not known; he is not among the 14 High Value Detainees acknowledged to be transferred from CIA custody. <ref>{{citation | ||
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 On June 17th, 2004, [[Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged holding, in [[extrajudicial detention, an Iraqi named Hiwa Abdul Rahman Rashul.[1] He was of the category called "ghost prisoners", whose detention was not made public or reported to relevant governments. [2] He is an Iraqi [[Kurd who was suspected of membership in [[Ansar al-Islam, an Iraqi terrorist group with links to the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is believed to be responsible for beheading American [[Nicholas Berg and for attacks on coalition forces.[3] The [[CIA had transported him to covert detention in Afghanistan. However [[Jack Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, [[Office of Legal Counsel, at the Department of Justice, advised the CIA that he was protected by the Geneva Conventions, and covertly transporting him out of Iraq was a violation of the [[Geneva Conventions.[4] Rashul was the first [[ghost detainee to be publicly acknowledged by American authorities, [[Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged that he ordered Rashul to be imprisoned, off the books, at the request of [[Director of Central Intelligence|DCI [[George Tenet. [4] His current whereabouts and status is not known; he is not among the 14 High Value Detainees acknowledged to be transferred from CIA custody. [5] References
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