From : wikileaks.org/gitmo/pdf/af/us9af-000006dp.pdf Obamas 2nd trade: Mullah-Norullah Nori b. (S//NF) Reasons for Continued Detention: Detainee is an admitted senior member of the Taliban and led troops against US and Coalition forces. Detainee was directly subordinate to Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar, commanded Taliban forces in northern Afghanistan, and in late 2001, he was in charge of Taliban troops positioned near Mazar-e-Sharif. Detainee is wanted by the UN for possible war crimes including the murder of thousands of Shiites. Detainee is also associated with members of al-Qaida, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) and the Hezb-E- Islami Gulbuddin (HIG).19 Detainee continues to be a significant figure encouraging acts of aggression and his brother is currently a Taliban commander conducting operations against US and Coalition forces. (S//NF) Detainee is an admitted senior member of the Taliban and led troops against US and Coalition forces.20 Detainee was directly subordinate to Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar, commanded Taliban forces in northern Afghanistan, and in late 2001, he was in charge of Taliban troops positioned near Mazar-e-Sharif. (S//NF) AF-007 identified detainee as a Taliban leader in charge of Mazar Bal.21 Detainee had a close association with Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Muhammad Omar.22 (S//NF) Detainee and AF-007 were both part of Mullah Omar’s 1999 major reorganization. AF-007 was the Taliban Chief of Staff and a senior military commander.23 (S//NF) Abbas Abed Romi al-Naely, ISN US9IZ-000758DP (IZ-758), reported detainee was directly subordinate to Supreme Taliban Leader Mullah Omar.24 (S//NF) Detainee was the Director of the Northern Zone. The Northern Zone included the Afghan provinces of Balkh, Faryab, Jowzjan, Samangan, Konduz, and Baghlan. Mullah Omar likely assisted detainee in gaining power in the Northern Zone.25 (S//NF) On 2 November 2001, in preparations for attacks by US and Coalition forces, most of the senior Taliban leadership were in Mazar-e-Sharif including detainee as the Governor of Balkh Province. At the time there were up to 4,000 troops in Mazar-e-Sharif.26 (S//NF) On 8 November 2001, detainee commanded 150 troops and one helicopter on the front line north of Mazar-e-Sharif.27 (S//NF) Detainee was implicated in the murder of thousands of Shiites in northern Afghanistan during the Taliban reign. When asked about the murders, detainee and AF-007 did not express any regret and stated they did what they needed to do in their struggle to establish their ideal state.34 Detainee’s willingness to support the Taliban objectives was also reported by the Pakistani Military Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISID) which assessed detainee to be a hardliner in his support of the Taliban philosophy.35
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