Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi

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Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi is a Yemeni who was captured and transferred to the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1] Al Raimi's detainee ID number is 167.[2] The Department of Defense estimates that Al Raimi was born in 1984 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Main article: minors detained in the global war on terror

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[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with their hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair. A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press. Three chairs were reserved for them. In practice the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held. And when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. In practice almost all Tribunals went unobserved.
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Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with their hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair. A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press. Three chairs were reserved for them. In practice the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held. And when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. In practice almost all Tribunals went unobserved.

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 Raimi chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[1]

[edit] allegations against Al Raimi

a The detainee is a member of Al Qaeda:
  1. The detainee admitted that he traveled from Yemen to Afghanistan to help fight in the war during the middle of 2001.
  2. The detainee stated that he attended the Al Farouq training camp during late August 2001.
  3. The detainee stated that he traveled to the Tora Bora Mountains during late 2001.
b The detainee participated in military operations against the United States or its coalition partners.
  1. The detainee stated that he was trained on and carried an AK-47 while at the Al Farouq training camp.
  2. The detainee stated that he was trained on and carried an AK-47 while at the Al Farouq training camp.
  3. The detainee stated that he had an AK-47 when he left the Al Farouq training camp.
  4. The detainee stated that he was arrested by the Pakistani Army and was sent to the Peshawar prison prior to being taken to the prison in Kandahar by the American forces.

[edit] 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.

The factors for and against continuing to %s were among the 120 that the Department of Defense released on March 3, 2006.[3]

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment
  1. The detainee is a member of al Qaeda.
  2. The detainee stated he traveled to Tora Bora Mountains in late 2001.
  3. The detainee stated he was arrested by Pakistani Army soldiers and was sent to Peshawar prison prior to being taken to prison in Kandahar by United States forces.
b. Training
  1. The detainee stated he attended the al Farouq training camp in late August 2001.
c. Intent
  • The detainee admitted he traveled from Yemen to Afghanistan to help fight in the war during the middle of 2001.
d. Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  • The CSRT concluded the detainee's intention to travel to Afghanistan was to participate in weapons training at al Farouq, a known al Qaida training facility.
e. Other Relevant Data

[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

  • The detainee, in his oral statement, denied being a member of al Qaida and denied the veracity of most allegations made against him in the unclassified summary.
  • The detainee related he went to Afghanistan reluctantly.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b documents (.pdf) from Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  2. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  3. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi Administrative Review Board - page 88
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