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Subsequently the [[Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an [[enemy combatant]]. |
Subsequently the [[Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an [[enemy combatant]]. |
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Al Rushaydan chose to participate in his [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]].<ref name=CsrtAlRushaydan> |
Al Rushaydan chose to participate in his [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]].<ref name=CsrtAlRushaydan>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_31_2145-2265.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan's''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 47-52</ref> |
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===allegations=== |
===allegations=== |
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The allegations against Al Rushaydan were:<ref name=CsrtAlRushaydan> |
The allegations against Al Rushaydan were:<ref name=CsrtAlRushaydan>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_31_2145-2265.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan's''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 47-52</ref> |
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#''The detainee voluntarily traveled from Saudi Arabia to [[Afghanistan]] in November 2001 |
#''The detainee voluntarily traveled from Saudi Arabia to [[Afghanistan]] in November 2001 |
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#''The detainee traveled and shared hotel rooms with an Afghani |
#''The detainee traveled and shared hotel rooms with an Afghani |
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#''The Afghani the detainee traveled with is a member of the [[Taliban]] government. |
#''The Afghani the detainee traveled with is a member of the [[Taliban]] government. |
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#''The detainee was captured on [[ |
#''The detainee was captured on [[10 December]] [[2001]] on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
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They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat -- or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free. |
They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat -- or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free. |
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Al Rushaydan chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.<ref name=ArbAlRushaydan>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_2_585-768.pdf Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from |
Al Rushaydan chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.<ref name=ArbAlRushaydan>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_2_585-768.pdf Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan's ''[[Administrative Review Board]] hearing'' - page 83</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:20, 24 June 2006
Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1] His detainee ID number is 343.
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.
Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
Al Rushaydan chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[2]
allegations
The allegations against Al Rushaydan were:[2]
- The detainee voluntarily traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan in November 2001
- The detainee traveled and shared hotel rooms with an Afghani
- The Afghani the detainee traveled with is a member of the Taliban government.
- The detainee was captured on 10 December 2001 on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
testimony
Al Rushaydan acknowledged traveling to a refugee camp in Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. He had a five week itinerary, traveling through Bahrain, Syria, Iran, in addition to Pakistan.
He didn't have enough money to help out the refugees on this trip. But, if conditions were bad, he would try to raise funds for a subsequent donation.
The man he shared a hotel room with was not an Afghani, or a member of the Taliban government. He was an Iranian shop-keeper he met in a bazaar, who was also planning to go to Syria. So it made sense to share expenses.
Administrative Review Board hearing
Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".
They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat -- or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.
Al Rushaydan chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, April 20 2006
- ^ a b Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 47-52
- ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 83