Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid

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Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid is a Yemeni citizen detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1]

Al Mujahid's detainee number is 031.[2]

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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's 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. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley
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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's 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. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley

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 Mujahid chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunals.[1]

[edit] allegations

The allegations Al Mujahid faced were:[1]

[edit] Allegations against Al Mujahid

a. The detainee supported al Qaida,
  1. The detainee was seen with Usama bin Laden in Kandahar, Afghanistan (April 2001) and Tora Bora (November 2001).
  2. The detainee admitted to knowing Usama bin Laden.
  3. The detainee was a security guard for Usama bin Laden.
b. The detainee supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces.
  1. The detainee was seen on the front lines.

[edit] Al Mujahid's testimony

  • Al Mujahid denied that he supported al Qaeda. He said that al Qaeda committed acts that were not permitted under Muslim law.
  • Al Mujahid testified that he had only ever seen bin Laden on television.
  • Al Mujahid acknowledged traveling to Afghanistan. He said the purpose of his trip was study.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Al Mujahid's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, US Department of Defense
  2. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
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