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:''For the Pakistani cricketer, see Majid Khan (cricketer).'' Majid Shoukat Khan (born 28 February 1980) is the only known legal resident of the United States who is held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps. He was detained after returning to his native Pakistan to visit his wife and was captured by Pakistani authorities, who handed him over to the CIA. Iyman Faris told authorities that Khan had referred to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as an "uncle" and spoken of a desire to kill then president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf.〔Rich, Eric. ''The Washington Post'', (Terrorism suspect alleges mental torture ), May 16, 2007〕 After Khan was taken into custody, sent to a CIA black site in Afghanistan, where he was interrogated and transferred to Guantanamo Bay in September 2006, Faris said that his accusations had been "an absolute lie." He said that he had been coerced into making the statements.〔 Khan gained asylum in the United States in 1998 and was a legal resident of Baltimore, Maryland, where he had attended high school and worked for his father. Khan has made repeated offers to submit to a polygraph test to prove his innocence, but been denied.〔 The Director of National Intelligence has asserted that Khan's experience working in his father's gas station "...made Khan highly qualified to assist Mohammad with the research and planning to blow up gas stations."〔 〕〔 〕 Khan is represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and is one of few so-called "high value detainees" to have legal representation.〔http://www.democracynow.org/2015/6/4/these_are_war_crimes_shocking_details〕 While in Guantanamo, he has twice attempted suicide. He has complained in writing of having his beard forcibly shaved (in violation of his religious practice) and spending weeks without sunlight; he also has complained that detainees are expected to wash with "cheap branded, unscented soap", and that he is forced to read the "poor quality" Joint Task Force Guantanamo's weekly newsletter ''The Wire''.〔 Khaled el-Masri, a citizen of Germany held for five months in the CIA black site in Afghanistan known as the "Salt Pit" in 2003 and 2004, a victim of mistaken identity, has reported that Majid Khan was one of his fellow captives there.〔 〕 ==Early life== Khan's family settled in Catonsville, Maryland near Baltimore, where he attended Owings Mills High School.〔(From Baltimore Suburbs to a Secret CIA Prison: Family Learned Last Week That Man Was Among 'High-Value' Terrorism Suspects Moved to Guantanamo ), ''The Washington Post'', September 11, 2006〕 Like many American teens, Khan listened to hip-hop and played video games. He helped out his family by working the cash register at the family-owned business, his father's gas station. He was granted asylum in the U.S. in 1998, and graduated the following year.〔 Khan was an active member in the Muslim community, volunteering to teach computer classes for youth at the Islamic Society of Baltimore and attending Jumah services at his local mosque, a mile away from his family home. In 2002, Khan returned to Pakistan, where he married 18-year-old Rabia Yaqoub.〔 〕 According to Deborah Scroggins, author of ''Wanted Women'', Khan had become more religious, after his mother's death, and had asked his aunt to help him find a wife who was also a religious scholar. Rabia was one of his aunt's students. He returned to the United States for a short period to continue his work as a database administrator in a Maryland government office.〔(Terrorism suspect has Balto. Co. ties ), ''The Baltimore Sun'', September 11, 2006〕 He claims that he helped the FBI investigate and arrest an illegal immigrant from Pakistan during this time.〔 On December 25, 2002, Aafia Siddiqui made a trip from Pakistan to the U.S., saying that she was looking for a job. She left the U.S. on January 2, 2003. The FBI suspects that the real purpose of her trip was to open a P.O. box for Khan.〔(''Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women's Violence in Global Politics'', Laura Sjoberg, Caron E. Gentry, Zed Books, 2007, ISBN 1-84277-866-8, accessed February 12, 2010 )〕 Siddiqui registered Khan as co-owner of the box, claiming he was her husband.〔("The intelligence factory: how America makes its enemies disappear" ), ''Harper's Magazine'', November 2009〕 The key to the box was later found held by Uzair Paracha, who was convicted of providing material support to al-Qaeda, and sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in 2006.〔("Pakistani man convicted of providing material support to Al-qaeda sentenced to 30 years in federal prison" ), Department of Justice, July 2006〕 Siddiqui's ex-husband has said he was suspicious of Siddiqui's intentions, as she made her trip at a time when U.S. universities are closed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Majid Khan (detainee)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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