Abdulah Alhamiri

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abdulah Alhamiri is a citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] Alhamiri's Guantanamo detainee ID is 48. He was born on October 25, 1979, in Alan, United Arab Emirates.

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunal notice read to a Guantanamo captive. During the period July 2004 through March 2005 a Combatant Status Review Tribunal was convened to make a determination whether they had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". Participation was optional. The Department of Defense reports that 317 of the 558 captives who remained in Guantanamo, in military custody, attended their Tribunals.

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.

There is no record that Alhamiri chose 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 Alhamiri 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

1. Approximately two weeks after September 11, 2001, detainee was taken to the front lines in Kabul, where he manned an observation post and constructed defensive positions.
2. The detainee stated that he does not like the American Government.
3. The detainee stated that Jihad is the duty of all Muslims and that if an Imam orders it then he would fight.
4. The detainee made it very clear that he would kill Americans if they came against Islam.

b. Training

1. Detainee received small arms training at a camp in Omarsaif ^[sic] and served as an interpreter for the camp physician.

c. Connections and Associations

1. The detainee was linked to various individuals suspected of being members of al Qaida.

d. Intent

1. The detainee stated that any Muslim who allies himself with an American forfeits Islam and paradise.
2. In June of 2001 the detainee left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and traveled to Afghanistan to conduct his personal Jihad.

e. Other Relevant Data

1. Detainee was a student at Portland State University and left the United States to help the Taliban build an Islamic State in Afghanistan.

[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer

• N/A

[edit] References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdulah Alhamiri Administrative Review Board - page 41