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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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Kerimbakiev chose to participate in his [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]].<ref name=CsrtKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from |
Kerimbakiev chose to participate in his [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]].<ref name=CsrtKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 1-9</ref> |
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===allegations=== |
===allegations=== |
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The allegations against Kerimbakiev were:<ref name=CsrtKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from |
The allegations against Kerimbakiev were:<ref name=CsrtKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 1-9</ref> |
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#''The Detainee traveled to [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] from [[Kazakhstan]] in September, 2000. |
#''The Detainee traveled to [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] from [[Kazakhstan]] in September, 2000. |
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Kerimbakiev acknowledged traveling to Kabul in September 2000. He traveled with ten family members, his grandmother and siblings.<ref name=CsrtKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from |
Kerimbakiev acknowledged traveling to Kabul in September 2000. He traveled with ten family members, his grandmother and siblings.<ref name=CsrtKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 1-9</ref> |
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He denied having any relatives in Pakistan. |
He denied having any relatives in Pakistan. |
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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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Kerimbakiev had agreed to cooperate in an interview with his Assisting Military Officer, but he chose not to attend his Administrative Review Board hearing.<ref name=ArbKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_1_395-584.pdf Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from |
Kerimbakiev had agreed to cooperate in an interview with his Assisting Military Officer, but he chose not to attend his Administrative Review Board hearing.<ref name=ArbKerimbakiev>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_1_395-584.pdf Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's ''[[Administrative Review Board]] hearing'' - pages 136-137</ref> |
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His Assisting Military Officer submitted a summary of his interview with Kerimbakiev to the Board. |
His Assisting Military Officer submitted a summary of his interview with Kerimbakiev to the Board. |
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Revision as of 00:50, 24 June 2006
Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev is a citizen of Kazakhstan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1] Kerimbakiev detainee ID number was 521. The Department of Defense reports that Kerimbakiev was born on January 4 1983 in Semei, Kazakhstan.
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.
Kerimbakiev chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[2]
allegations
The allegations against Kerimbakiev were:[2]
- The Detainee traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan from Kazakhstan in September, 2000.
- Detainee’s travel route took him through Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar, Pakistan and through Kandahar, Afghanistan.
- The Detainee has family ties to known terrorists in Pakistan.
- One of Detainee’s “family ties” is a member of a terrorist group responsible for attacks in Uzbekistan.
- The Detainee resided in Taliban provided housing and worked as a cook in a Taliban camp.
- The Detainee was captured in December 2001 at his house in Kabul.
testimony
Kerimbakiev acknowledged traveling to Kabul in September 2000. He traveled with ten family members, his grandmother and siblings.[2]
He denied having any relatives in Pakistan.
He denied that any of his family were tied to any terrorist group in Uzbekistan.
He confirmed being capured in 2001, in the middle of Ramadan.
He said he and his family were driven to travel to Afghanistan through poverty. He acknowledged that the Taliban had provided them with a house, where he tried to go vegetables.
Kerimbakiev seemed confused by many of the Tribunal's questions, and didn't answer many of them. His Tribunal asked, several times, what he did in return for the Taliban's generosity. It is one of the questions he didn't answer.
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.
Kerimbakiev had agreed to cooperate in an interview with his Assisting Military Officer, but he chose not to attend his Administrative Review Board hearing.[3] His Assisting Military Officer submitted a summary of his interview with Kerimbakiev to the Board.
References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20 2006
- ^ a b c Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 1-9
- ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's Administrative Review Board hearing - pages 136-137