A former Guantanamo detainee was identified as an Iraqi intelligence officer who relocated to Afghanistan (AF) in 1998 where he served as a senior Taliban Intelligence Directorate officer in Mazar-E-Sharif, according to a recently leaked assessment written by American intelligence analysts. The former detainee, an Iraqi named Jawad Jabber Sadkhan, admittedly forged official documents and reportedly provided liaison between the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Sadkhans al Qaeda ties reached all the way to Osama bin Laden, according to the intelligence assessment. He reportedly received money from Osama bin Laden both before and after the September 11 attacks.
Identification by senior al Qaeda member
In Afghanistan, Sadkhan served under another Iraqi al Qaeda member: Abdul Hadi al Iraqi. According to the Gitmo analysts assessment, al Iraqi identified [Sadkhan] in a letter as an Iraqi intelligence officer who relocated to Afghanistan where he was associated with Taliban and al-Qaida leadership.
Abdul Hadi al Iraqis identification of Sadkhan is especially important. Al Iraqi was a major in Saddam Husseins military before relocating to Afghanistan, where he became one of Osama bin Ladens top lieutenants in the 1990s. Al Iraqi led al Qaedas elite Arab 055 Brigade, which fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Another Iraqi Gitmo detainee named Abbas Habid Rumi al Naely told military officials that Sadkhan was a member of the Amin Emergency Response Group while living in Iraq. According to Naely, the Amin Group was an elite Iraqi intelligence squad responsible for locating and either torturing or killing people opposed to Iraqi President, [sic] Saddam Hussein.
