Aziz Abdul Naji

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Naji Rehman Ansari is a citizen of England held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] Naji's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 744. American intelligence analysts report that Naji was born on May 4, 1975, in Batna, Algeria.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
2 Administrative Review Board hearing
- 2.1 The following primary factors favor continued detention:
- 2.2 The following primary factors favor release or transfer:
3 References

[edit] 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.

Naji chose not to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[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 detain Naji were among the 121 that the Department of Defense released on March 3, 2006.^[2]

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

The detainee traveled from Algerio, to Saudi Arabia, and then to Pakistan to fight the Jihad.
While in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the detainee confided in one individual his desire to fight a Jihad.
His priority was to fight in Chechnya but learned that the borders were well guarded; instead he decided to volunteer to fight the Jihad in Kashmir.

b. Training

The detainee received light weapons training to include the Kalishnikov (rifle) and determining training at a Lashgar-E-Taiba (LET) training camp.

c. Connection

The detainee advised he was a member of Lashgar-E-Taiba (LET) for a total of one year and seven months.
The Lashgar-E-Taiba is the al Qaida affiliated armed wing of a Sunni anti-US missionary organization, which operates primarily in Kashmir but also facilities the movement of senior al Qaida members.
The Lashgar-E-Taiba supported the detainee while he recovered from wounds sustained trying to enter Kashmir.

d. Intent

The detainee said, "that America and Cuba are 'No Good' and that shooting Americans is good. He then raised his arms and pretended to shoot the MPs working the block."

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

The detainee stated that he is not a terrorist. He stated that he fought terrorists in 1995. The detainee stated that the interviewers could contact the Algerian Government and they would verify his story.
The detainee stated that he would take a polygraph. Prior to becoming a detainee, the detainee stated that he had never met or fought an American. The only Americans that he ever saw were in the movies.
The detainee denied ever being in Afghanistan. He stated before he was arrested he never thought about the United States. He stated now he has no words to describe how he feels. He related if he wanted to fight the United States he would go back to Algeria and fight the Americans there. He went on to say that with his disability, it would be impossible for him to actually fight. He did say that he would only fight against those who fight against Islam, using Russia and Indonesia as an example. He did make the comment that it seems the United States is fighting against Islam and not terrorism.