Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah

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Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah 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 264. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on April 12, 1982, in Quia [sic], Saudi Arabia

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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 his 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.
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 his 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 Baddah chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[2]

[edit] Allegations

The allegations Al Baddah faced during his Tribunal were:

a. -- The general summary of the allegations that establish an association with terrorism were missing from the transcript. --
  1. In September 2001, Detainee, who is a Saudi National, traveled voluntarily to Afghanistan through known al Qaida routes under the guise that he intended to assist in relief efforts for the Afghani people, a known al Qaida cover story.
  2. The Detainee admitted being recruited by Wael Al-Jabri in Saudi Arabia to join Al Wafa, a nongovernmental organization with ties to al Qaida.
  3. Detainee admitted working for Al-Wafa while in Afghanistan.
  4. Detainee observed that the leader of the Al-Wafa office in Kabul, Afghanistan, known as Abdul Aziz, carried a Kalashnikov rifle, as did several of other Al-Wafa workers located there.
  5. The Detainee stated that he fled Kabul, Afghanistan when the town fell to the Northern Alliance forces.
  6. -- This allegation was missing from the transcript -- but concerned evidence his name was found on the computer of an al Qaeda leader.
  7. Detainee surrendered to Pakistani authorities in Peshawar, Pakistan in late 2001 and was later transferred to the custody of U.S. forces on January 3,2002.

[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.

Al Baddah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.[3]

[edit] Transfer to Saudi Arabia

Al Baddah was one of 14 men transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia on June 25, 2006.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006
  2. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 1-6
  3. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 25
  4. ^ Thirteen Saudis and a Turkistani return to Saudi from Guantanamo, Middle East News, June 25, 2006
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