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7) 1 PO-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) (26SA-MM-C99102 biD-~1 . vot biF -1 7 Coninaton of F302 of, . ISN _ 08, 7/19/03, , Page . 2 oe a re erel multiple occasions, asked: that his. accuser be ue ; ; ss presented. to him. Acéording to an enemy of his family had- ~ 6 4,5,6 Promulgated’ an unsubstantiated. rumor chatL had weapons. |: bic -4.5.¢. However, the basis for this allegation was an argument that b?IpD -]1. ss «Lpxeother (phonetic). had withLf iphonet ie) ~ b7F -1 and had a long-standing disagreement over money.- ‘Purther,. was in the Afghan Army.and used his relationship with US s to:convince the US: that had weapons at his: °- house. ne es that he had. been wrongly accused and | ole implicated with: the weapons . Cow ; ot so described an added: dimension té the conflict between his Pee ig. brother and: "enemies. of his family." According to [] a member | bip -1...—~—s—“‘«“aECMOHE” tribe.was killed, so someone: from’ the offending tribe killed © a member of. the. opposing, ‘group. This occurred seve eight — bIF -1 ; ” years ago and was a factor in.the_danimosity held against hoe family, stated “This. man Cc is the cause. an oo . on multiple occasions asked for: prove’ that he had. es | oo “committed some -of . opined that if he were a fighter, he - . . would have killed and then himself. insisted that. 7 D6 -4,5,6 he was a simple farmer and that it was only the false alle pons ; pIC -4,5, ee had drawn the attention of the US onto oe b70 -1 suggested that his brother would straighten out the Situation, -b7F -1 ‘but that US forces would. not let him communicate with his brother. oo Ag ‘an additional mark of his innocence, [_Jopined that there was ..- no-reason to arrest him and asked, “Why, me-and not my brothers?” - who were also present at the meal. — explained that his- brother _((____Jhad traveled to speak with a district official named ~ Td abot a road that was.to built neax[__ ]s family compound, ana that this was- why. his brother . Was unavailable’ to corroborate, , - his story. ' : re Cc: insisted that he knew ‘nothing of the weapons. found - ‘by US forces in his family's: compound .. Further, directed US forces "to interview the people of his village. | insisted that the | _b6 -4 _....people of the village would support his story. and. corroborate that b7c —4 he knew nothing of the weapons ami was jost-a-simpie—farmer~ Te nee b7p ~1- stated that only "commanders have weapons, li eople don't,* b7F -1 - and that he was a simple; uneducated farmer.. -Glaimed to be’ unable to read or write Pashtu. The only formal education he had - was through religious training. did admit. to Knowing a. few. words of Dari, but ‘nO other’ languages . [| stated: that his: family farmed ae “plot: together and grew io RESPONSES-163