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Introduction

Welcome and thank you for taking part in our study. This study investigates new technologies to automatically process textual information in a format that is most useful to the human user. We call this 'Human-Assisted Machine Information Exploitation' (HAMIE). The study begins to address the question: Can a 'machine' identify the most important pieces of information a human user needs to answer a question quickly and accurately?

As a participant in the study, you will take on the role of an Intelligence Analyst tasked by your Commander to find the answer to an important question which impacts the direction of the mission. In order to answer the Commander's question you will need to analyze information contained in a variety of documents and reports.

Before beginning your duty as Intelligence Analyst, please complete a short demographic questionnaire.

Demographics

  

                   

The Mission

You are serving as a 35F Intelligence Analyst in the 307th Engineer Battalion responsible for conducting human terrain mapping near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Your battalion has recently arrived on station with little knowledge about the area or local persons of interest.

The unit's mission is to reduce the regional influence of drug trafficking and promote support for the Afghan national government.

As a 35F Intelligence Analyst the majority of your time is spent analyzing data and preparing summaries to assist the battalion Commander in mission critical decisions.

The data you will need to analyze is collected from a variety of sources.

To analyze the above sources of information a sequence of three processing tasks must be performed.

The first task is called annotation. Annotation is the highlighting or labeling of specific words and phrases in the text. The purpose of annotation is to identify important portions of the text so the reader can summarize the text more easily and determine if it contains useful information. The highlighted words are called 'entities' and 'attributes'. There are many different types of entities. Some common examples of entity types are people, organizations, locations, events, dates, and times. An attribute can be thought of as a characteristic or feature of an entity.

For example in this sentence 'Soldier' is an entity and 'Humvee' is an attribute.

The
Entity
Soldier drives the
Attribute
Humvee down the road.

The second task is called relation identification. Typically, a relationship exists between entities and attributes identified in the annotation task. For example, in the sentence "The Soldier drives the Humvee down the road.", Soldier is an entity and Humvee is an attribute. The relationship between the entity and attribute is 'drives'. Identifying the relationships between entities and attributes increases understanding of the document's content.

For example in this sentence 'drives' is the relation.

The
Entity
Soldier drives
Relation
 the
Attribute
Humvee down the road.

The third task is called a link diagram. The link diagram visualizes the relationships between entities and attributes in the form of a network visualization using 'nodes' and 'links'. The links represent relationships connecting the nodes (entities and attributes). The nodes are circles containing the name of the entity or attribute. The line connecting two nodes, the link, is labeled with the relationship. For example here is the relation represented as a node-link diagram called a dyad:

Node
Soldier
Link
drives
Node
Humvee

When the entity or attribute labels of a node match, the dyads can be merged to create a network diagram. For example here is how the above dyad would fit into a network diagram:

Kandahar
Located
Soldier
Member of
Drives
Humvee
Property of
307th

Don't worry if this sounds complicated. A robot assistant named HAMIE will help you with each of the three processing tasks!

The Commander has just handed you an urgent Intelligence Information Request (IIR) which directly impacts the mission!!!

Your job is to analyze the data collected so far using the help of HAMIE.

The Commander needs to make a mission critical decision in 30 minutes! He is depending on your answer to the IIR.

[OSI1] Open Source Information-01

Mosques in the local Kandahar area where Muslims of good faith worship and minister.

Imam Shah Mosque
458 Jade Maiwand Road
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 785 0964

Abulha Mosque
2645 Darulaman Street
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 376 1495

 

[OSI2] Open Source Information-02

Kandahar local Government

The local government is led by a Mayor. The Executive Office is made up of several department heads who work with each other under the Mayor.

  • Rasul Mohammed, Mayor
  • Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor
  • Jalal Kadar, Commerce Minister
  • Habib Ahmed, Police Chief
  • Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief

 

[OSI3] Open Source Information-03

Local tribes populating the Kandahar area

  • Pastun
  • Baloch
  • Tajik

 

[BIO1] Biography-01

Name: Habib Ahmed

Position: Police Chief

Habib Ahmed was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1967 and is currently 46 years of age. He graduated from Sufi Sahib High School and was drafted into the military shortly thereafter. He served during the Iraq-Iran war with distinction and earned a mid-grade non-commissioned officer rank. When he retired from the service, he returned home to Kandahar. His family helped Habib find work in the police profession where he rose steadily through the ranks. As the Chief of Police, he is responsible for all matters of local enforcement and reports directly to the Mayor.

 

[BIO2] Biography-02

Name: Hashim Ahmad

Position: Assistant Police Chief

Hashim Ahmad was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1978 and is currently 35 years of age. He graduated from Ahmad Shah Baba High School in 1996 with top grades but elected to enter into professional law enforcement directly after graduation. Lacking political and family influence, Hashim has advanced to the position of Assistant Chief through hard work and good law enforcement practice over his 17-year career. As Assistant Police Chief, he is responsible for planning, staffing, and conducting police activities including management of evidence collection and preservation. Hashim reports directly to the Police Chief.

 

[RAP] RAP sheet

Name: Mostafa Karimi

Case: Ackbar Raid

Mostafa Karimi was arrested on 30 April 2015. He was found in a house at 14732 Ackbar Road, Kandahar, with drug making paraphernalia and enough raw product and chemicals to produce several kilos of opium. The subject was in the company of several others including one Ziyad Sultan who was also taken into custody. The subject was released on 2 May 2013 because evidence against him was mishandled and subsequently lost. Additionally, the crime scene was burned to the ground with the loss of all contents. Arson is suspected. While no proof has been found to indicate a perpetrator, Miraj Karimi has written and spoken in public of the travesty of the arrest of his son and is a prime suspect in the arson.

 

[IIR1] Intelligence Information Report-01

Date: 02 April 2015

Location: Kandahar

Rasul Mohammed, Mayor, and Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor, attended the 2015 Annual Forum on Drug Trafficking and Use in Kandahar. Also in attendance, Habib Ahmed, Police Chief, and Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief.

 

[IIR2] Intelligence Information Report-02

Date: 07 April 2015

Location: Kandahar

Source is a Cleric of the Islamic faith, Muslim of the Pashtun Tribe, with direct knowledge of information about the religious community through his professional interactions. The Cleric identifies Miraj Karimi as the Mullah practicing at the Imam Shah Mosque. The area directly surrounding this Mosque is characterized by poverty, crime, and known insurgent activities. The source has not interacted with Karimi as he is often in seclusion with no public access and the people that go to this Mosque are not of his liking.

 

[BLOG1] Blog post from Kandahar Joe

Date: 02 May 2015

I can't say I'm surprised Ziyad Sultan and Mostafa Karimi were let go. It seems evidence has a tendency to go missing around here.

 

[BLOG2] Blog post from Mubin

Date: 02 May 2015

I can stay silent no longer! I cannot take the blatant injustice that Ahmed serves! They deserve to pay for their crimes. They have brought nothing but sadness to our community.

 

[BLOG3] Blog post from Kandahar Jane

Date: 02 May 2015

I'm sure Ahmed delegates evidence collection to one of his underlings. Maybe the assistant police chief Hashim Ahmad is responsible for their release.

 

[IIR3] Intelligence Information Report-03

Date: 4 May 2015

Location: Kandahar

Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief, was killed by an IED attack this morning while on route from his home to the police station in the Maiwand District. The bomb was located in an alleyway which Ahmad frequently uses as a short cut to the police station. Media is calling the incident the Maiwand Alley bombing. The funeral is planned for 6 May.

 

[IIR4] Intelligence Information Report-04

Date: 09 May 2015

Source is one Ziyad Sultan, a known criminal working in the Khojak Drug Cartel. He has direct knowledge of the Cartel's operations and contacts. Ziyad was recently arrested on solid drug charges during the Ackbar Raid but released under suspicious circumstances. Ziyad's primary motivation to report information is money. Ziyad identified the leader of the Cartel as Abu Sultan. Abu is Ziyad's uncle but notably Abu is of the Tajik tribe. The Tajik and Pashtun are not on friendly terms and have different doctrine on government relations; Pashtun being generally for the government and Tajik being generally against the government. Ziyad indicates that Abu was born in Afghanistan and is 45 years old. Abu graduated from the prestigious Polytechnic University of Kabul, yet only managed to work as a laborer in Kandahar. The lack of jobs in his field drove Abu to the illegal drug trade.

 

[IIR5] Intelligence Information Report-05

Date: 15 May 2015

Source named Haji is motivated to report information because he is dissatisfied with the Abulha Mosque leadership and religious practices. The Abulha Mosque is led by Mullah Gabr Ahmed who is perceived as providing support for the local criminal element. Haji has observed several instances where known criminals have attended services and had secret meetings on the Mosque grounds. Specifically, Haji has observed Mullah Gabr Ahmed speaking with Abu Sultan. Haji has also witnessed the Police Chief, Mullah, and drug lord at the same table during the Mosque's Brotherhood Fundraising Dinner on 1 May 2015. Haji states that Habib Ahmed, Gabr Ahmed, and Abu Sultan are all born into the Tajik tribe.

[OSI1] Open Source Information-01

Mosques in the local Kandahar area where Muslims of good faith worship and minister.

Imam Shah Mosque
458 Jade Maiwand Road
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 785 0964

Abulha Mosque
2645 Darulaman Street
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 376 1495

 

[OSI2] Open Source Information-02

Kandahar local Government

The local government is led by a Mayor. The Executive Office is made up of several department heads who work with each other under the Mayor.

  • Rasul Mohammed, Mayor
  • Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor
  • Jalal Kadar, Commerce Minister
  • Habib Ahmed, Police Chief
  • Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief

 

[OSI3] Open Source Information-03

Local tribes populating the Kandahar area

  • Pastun
  • Baloch
  • Tajik

 

[BIO1] Biography-01

Name: Habib Ahmed

Position: Police Chief

Habib Ahmed was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1967 and is currently 46 years of age. He graduated from Sufi Sahib High School and was drafted into the military shortly thereafter. He served during the Iraq-Iran war with distinction and earned a mid-grade non-commissioned officer rank. When he retired from the service, he returned home to Kandahar. His family helped Habib find work in the police profession where he rose steadily through the ranks. As the Chief of Police, he is responsible for all matters of local enforcement and reports directly to the Mayor.

 

[BIO2] Biography-02

Name: Hashim Ahmad

Position: Assistant Police Chief

Hashim Ahmad was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1978 and is currently 35 years of age. He graduated from Ahmad Shah Baba High School in 1996 with top grades but elected to enter into professional law enforcement directly after graduation. Lacking political and family influence, Hashim has advanced to the position of Assistant Chief through hard work and good law enforcement practice over his 17-year career. As Assistant Police Chief, he is responsible for planning, staffing, and conducting police activities including management of evidence collection and preservation. Hashim reports directly to the Police Chief.

 

[RAP] RAP sheet

Name: Mostafa Karimi

Case: Ackbar Raid

Mostafa Karimi was arrested on 30 April 2015. He was found in a house at 14732 Ackbar Road, Kandahar, with drug making paraphernalia and enough raw product and chemicals to produce several kilos of opium. The subject was in the company of several others including one Ziyad Sultan who was also taken into custody. The subject was released on 2 May 2013 because evidence against him was mishandled and subsequently lost. Additionally, the crime scene was burned to the ground with the loss of all contents. Arson is suspected. While no proof has been found to indicate a perpetrator, Miraj Karimi has written and spoken in public of the travesty of the arrest of his son and is a prime suspect in the arson.

 

[IIR1] Intelligence Information Report-01

Date: 02 April 2015

Location: Kandahar

Rasul Mohammed, Mayor, and Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor, attended the 2015 Annual Forum on Drug Trafficking and Use in Kandahar. Also in attendance, Habib Ahmed, Police Chief, and Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief.

 

[IIR2] Intelligence Information Report-02

Date: 07 April 2015

Location: Kandahar

Source is a Cleric of the Islamic faith, Muslim of the Pashtun Tribe, with direct knowledge of information about the religious community through his professional interactions. The Cleric identifies Miraj Karimi as the Mullah practicing at the Imam Shah Mosque. The area directly surrounding this Mosque is characterized by poverty, crime, and known insurgent activities. The source has not interacted with Karimi as he is often in seclusion with no public access and the people that go to this Mosque are not of his liking.

 

[BLOG1] Blog post from Kandahar Joe

Date: 02 May 2015

I can't say I'm surprised Ziyad Sultan and Mostafa Karimi were let go. It seems evidence has a tendency to go missing around here.

 

[BLOG2] Blog post from Mubin

Date: 02 May 2015

I can stay silent no longer! I cannot take the blatant injustice that Ahmed serves! They deserve to pay for their crimes. They have brought nothing but sadness to our community.

 

[BLOG3] Blog post from Kandahar Jane

Date: 02 May 2015

I'm sure Ahmed delegates evidence collection to one of his underlings. Maybe the assistant police chief Hashim Ahmad is responsible for their release.

 

[IIR3] Intelligence Information Report-03

Date: 4 May 2015

Location: Kandahar

Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief, was killed by an IED attack this morning while on route from his home to the police station in the Maiwand District. The bomb was located in an alleyway which Ahmad frequently uses as a short cut to the police station. Media is calling the incident the Maiwand Alley bombing. The funeral is planned for 6 May.

 

[IIR4] Intelligence Information Report-04

Date: 09 May 2015

Source is one Ziyad Sultan, a known criminal working in the Khojak Drug Cartel. He has direct knowledge of the Cartel's operations and contacts. Ziyad was recently arrested on solid drug charges during the Ackbar Raid but released under suspicious circumstances. Ziyad's primary motivation to report information is money. Ziyad identified the leader of the Cartel as Abu Sultan. Abu is Ziyad's uncle but notably Abu is of the Tajik tribe. The Tajik and Pashtun are not on friendly terms and have different doctrine on government relations; Pashtun being generally for the government and Tajik being generally against the government. Ziyad indicates that Abu was born in Afghanistan and is 45 years old. Abu graduated from the prestigious Polytechnic University of Kabul, yet only managed to work as a laborer in Kandahar. The lack of jobs in his field drove Abu to the illegal drug trade.

 

[IIR5] Intelligence Information Report-05

Date: 15 May 2015

Source named Haji is motivated to report information because he is dissatisfied with the Abulha Mosque leadership and religious practices. The Abulha Mosque is led by Mullah Gabr Ahmed who is perceived as providing support for the local criminal element. Haji has observed several instances where known criminals have attended services and had secret meetings on the Mosque grounds. Specifically, Haji has observed Mullah Gabr Ahmed speaking with Abu Sultan. Haji has also witnessed the Police Chief, Mullah, and drug lord at the same table during the Mosque's Brotherhood Fundraising Dinner on 1 May 2015. Haji states that Habib Ahmed, Gabr Ahmed, and Abu Sultan are all born into the Tajik tribe.

[OSI1] Open Source Information-01

Mosques in the local Kandahar area where Muslims of good faith worship and minister.

Imam Shah Mosque
458 Jade Maiwand Road
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 785 0964

Abulha Mosque
2645 Darulaman Street
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 376 1495

 

[OSI2] Open Source Information-02

Kandahar local Government

The local government is led by a Mayor. The Executive Office is made up of several department heads who work with each other under the Mayor.

  • Rasul Mohammed, Mayor
  • Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor
  • Jalal Kadar, Commerce Minister
  • Habib Ahmed, Police Chief
  • Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief

 

[OSI3] Open Source Information-03

Local tribes populating the Kandahar area

  • Pastun
  • Baloch
  • Tajik

 

[BIO1] Biography-01

Name: Habib Ahmed

Position: Police Chief

Habib Ahmed was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1967 and is currently 46 years of age. He graduated from Sufi Sahib High School and was drafted into the military shortly thereafter. He served during the Iraq-Iran war with distinction and earned a mid-grade non-commissioned officer rank. When he retired from the service, he returned home to Kandahar. His family helped Habib find work in the police profession where he rose steadily through the ranks. As the Chief of Police, he is responsible for all matters of local enforcement and reports directly to the Mayor.

 

[BIO2] Biography-02

Name: Hashim Ahmad

Position: Assistant Police Chief

Hashim Ahmad was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1978 and is currently 35 years of age. He graduated from Ahmad Shah Baba High School in 1996 with top grades but elected to enter into professional law enforcement directly after graduation. Lacking political and family influence, Hashim has advanced to the position of Assistant Chief through hard work and good law enforcement practice over his 17-year career. As Assistant Police Chief, he is responsible for planning, staffing, and conducting police activities including management of evidence collection and preservation. Hashim reports directly to the Police Chief.

 

[RAP] RAP sheet

Name: Mostafa Karimi

Case: Ackbar Raid

Mostafa Karimi was arrested on 30 April 2015. He was found in a house at 14732 Ackbar Road, Kandahar, with drug making paraphernalia and enough raw product and chemicals to produce several kilos of opium. The subject was in the company of several others including one Ziyad Sultan who was also taken into custody. The subject was released on 2 May 2013 because evidence against him was mishandled and subsequently lost. Additionally, the crime scene was burned to the ground with the loss of all contents. Arson is suspected. While no proof has been found to indicate a perpetrator, Miraj Karimi has written and spoken in public of the travesty of the arrest of his son and is a prime suspect in the arson.

 

[IIR1] Intelligence Information Report-01

Date: 02 April 2015

Location: Kandahar

Rasul Mohammed, Mayor, and Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor, attended the 2015 Annual Forum on Drug Trafficking and Use in Kandahar. Also in attendance, Habib Ahmed, Police Chief, and Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief.

 

[IIR2] Intelligence Information Report-02

Date: 07 April 2015

Location: Kandahar

Source is a Cleric of the Islamic faith, Muslim of the Pashtun Tribe, with direct knowledge of information about the religious community through his professional interactions. The Cleric identifies Miraj Karimi as the Mullah practicing at the Imam Shah Mosque. The area directly surrounding this Mosque is characterized by poverty, crime, and known insurgent activities. The source has not interacted with Karimi as he is often in seclusion with no public access and the people that go to this Mosque are not of his liking.

 

[BLOG1] Blog post from Kandahar Joe

Date: 02 May 2015

I can't say I'm surprised Ziyad Sultan and Mostafa Karimi were let go. It seems evidence has a tendency to go missing around here.

 

[BLOG2] Blog post from Mubin

Date: 02 May 2015

I can stay silent no longer! I cannot take the blatant injustice that Ahmed serves! They deserve to pay for their crimes. They have brought nothing but sadness to our community.

 

[BLOG3] Blog post from Kandahar Jane

Date: 02 May 2015

I'm sure Ahmed delegates evidence collection to one of his underlings. Maybe the assistant police chief Hashim Ahmad is responsible for their release.

 

[IIR3] Intelligence Information Report-03

Date: 4 May 2015

Location: Kandahar

Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief, was killed by an IED attack this morning while on route from his home to the police station in the Maiwand District. The bombing took place in an alleyway which Ahmad frequently uses as a short cut to the police station. Media is calling the incident the Maiwand Alley bombing. The funeral is planned for 6 May.

 

[IIR4] Intelligence Information Report-04

Date: 09 May 2015

Source is one Ziyad Sultan, a known criminal working in the Khojak Drug Cartel. He has direct knowledge of the Cartel's operations and contacts. Ziyad was recently arrested on solid drug charges during the Ackbar Raid but released under suspicious circumstances. Ziyad's primary motivation to report information is money. Ziyad identified the leader of the Cartel as Abu Sultan. Abu is Ziyad's uncle but notably Abu is of the Tajik tribe. The Tajik and Pashtun are not on friendly terms and have different doctrine on government relations; Pashtun being generally for the government and Tajik being generally against the government. Ziyad indicates that Abu was born in Afghanistan and is 45 years old. Abu graduated from the prestigious Polytechnic University of Kabul, yet only managed to work as a laborer in Kandahar. The lack of jobs in his field drove Abu to the illegal drug trade.

 

[IIR5] Intelligence Information Report-05

Date: 15 May 2015

Source named Haji is motivated to report information because he is dissatisfied with the Abulha Mosque leadership and religious practices. The Abulha Mosque is led by Mullah Gabr Ahmed who is perceived as providing support for the local criminal element. Haji has observed several instances where known criminals have attended services and had secret meetings on the Mosque grounds. Specifically, Haji has observed Mullah Gabr Ahmed speaking with Abu Sultan. Haji has also witnessed the Police Chief, Mullah, and drug lord at the same table during the Mosque's Brotherhood Fundraising Dinner on 1 May 2015. Haji states that Habib Ahmed, Gabr Ahmed, and Abu Sultan are all born into the Tajik tribe.

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