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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'''.<ref name=DoDRumsfeldBriefing20040617>
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
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| title=Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners
| title=Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners
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| publisher=[[Washington Post]]
| publisher=[[Washington Post
| author=[[Josh White]]
| author=[[Josh White
| date=March 11, 2005
| date=March 11, 2005
| accessdate=2008-05-17
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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>
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
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| 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
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| date=June 28, 2004
| date=June 28, 2004
| accessdate=2008-05-17
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}}</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
}}</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]] 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 />
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

  1. {{cite news | 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 | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense | author=[[Donald Rumsfeld | date=June 17, 2004 | accessdate=2008-05-17 | quote= }}
  2. {{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25239-2005Mar10.html | title=Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners | page=A16 | publisher=[[Washington Post | author=[[Josh White | date=March 11, 2005 | accessdate=2008-05-17 | quote= }}
  3. {{cite news | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040628/28prison.htm | title=Iraq's invisible man: A 'ghost' inmate's strange life behind bars | publisher=[[US News and World Report | author= | date=June 28, 2004 | accessdate=2008-05-17 | quote= }}
  4. 4.0 4.1 {{citation | author = [[Dana Priest | title = Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq: Practice Is Called Serious Breach of Geneva Conventions | journal = Washington Post | date = October 24, 2004 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57363-2004Oct23.html}}
  5. Dafna Linzer (April 22, 2009), "List of Likely CIA Prisoners Who Are Still Missing", ProPublica