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Nechle, from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina to
Incirlik, Turkey in January 2002. From there they
were flown to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they
continue to be detained without charges. Two
German military officers, working at EUCOM,
were assigned as liaison officers and tasked with
obtaining and communicating information between
the German and U.S. authorities. Furthermore,
information regarding this case was displayed on
sources accessible to the public such as the
website of EUCOM.
U.S.-EUCOM. The German liaison detachment
acts as a point of contact for the U.S. forces in
Germany and is mainly responsible for the
exchange of information between U.S.-EUCOM
and the German territorial commands. From 21
January 2002 onwards this detachment was
augmented by an additional officer and senior
NCO. These additional soldiers joined a
multinational planning group which dealt with
issues of support for the U.S. in preparing and
implementing Operation Enduring Freedom and
developed exercise scenarios for basic planning.
None of the liaison officers were involved in
planning or activities connected with the transfer
and transport of the terror suspects. The case of
the transfer of the "Algerian Six" has already been
presented and commented on by the Special
Rapporteur of the Council of Europe, Mr. Dick
Marty. On 27 November 2006, the Association of
Public Broadcasting Corporations of Germany
(ARD) current affairs television programme Report
Mainz broadcast a report about the transfer of six
Algerian citizens from Bosnia and Herzegovina to
Guantanamo via Turkey, and the alleged role of
U.S.-EUCOM headquarters in Stuttgart-Vaihingen.
Immediately prior to the broadcast of the report,
Südwestrundfunk (SWR) 2 sent a press release to
the Stuttgart Public Prosecution Office dated 23
November together with photocopies of various
documents intended as evidence of the
responsibility of U.S.-ELCOM headquarters. The
Stuttgart Public Prosecution office instituted an
appraisal of the matter on 27 November 2006 on
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