"It is cheap, basic and widely available around the world. Yet the Casio F-91W digital watch was declared to be "the sign of al-Qaida" and a contributing factor to continued detention of prisoners by the analysts stationed at Guantánamo Bay.
Briefing documents used to train staff in assessing the threat level of new detainees advise that possession of the F-91W – available online for as little as £4 – suggests the wearer has been trained in bomb making by al-Qaida in Afghanistan."
Heh, I had the same watch as a child and many of my friends did too. I don't think it's a sign of al-Qaida or any other particular group. These watches just were (probably still are) very popular in developing nations because they are cheap and trustworthy (unlike Chinese counterparts of the same price range).
Briefing documents used to train staff in assessing the threat level of new detainees advise that possession of the F-91W – available online for as little as £4 – suggests the wearer has been trained in bomb making by al-Qaida in Afghanistan."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-file...