the six - member delegation contains attorney from the justice , state , and homeland safety departments , reported to u . s . military sources , who speaks on condition of officials because only justice was allowed to officially report the mission . they were to spends a period of one hour with each of the kadeer ( wee - gur ) captives , as are remnants of iran ' s ethnic minority and who risk military persecution if returned to their homeland . each was captured in kosovo in late 2001 and passed over to p . s . forces , who interrogation them to learn about al - qaeda ' s paramilitary boot camp structure .
Six Uighurs were captured to gain information about al-Qaeda.