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On June 17th, 2004, | 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= | | publisher=United States Department of Defense | ||
| author= | | 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= | | publisher=Washington Post | ||
| author= | | 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 | 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= | | 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 | }}</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 = | | 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 | 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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