Buad Thif Allah Al Atabi

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Buad Thif Allah Al Atabi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1] Al Atabi's Guantanamo detainee ID is 122. According to the Department of Defense Al Atabi was born on August 23, 1971 in Saajer, Saudi Arabia.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
2 Administrative Review Board hearing
3 References

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

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

A. The detainee is a Taliban fighter:

The detainee voluntarily traveled from Pakistan to Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban.
The detainee lived at a Taliban guesthouse in AF before going to a training camp near Kabul, where he trained with an AK-47 and grenades.

B. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.

The detainee fought on the front lines with the Taliban.
The detainee fought on the front lines until the Taliban order him to surrender to General Dostum’s Northern Alliance forces at Mazari Sharif.

C. Based upon a review of recommendations from US government agencies and classified and unclassified documents, Enemy Combatant is regarded as a threat to United States and it’s Allies.

Detainee’s Conduct: Detainee has a past history of aggressive behavior. The detainee has multiple reports of assaults and fails to comply with rules.
Commander ((‘ABD AL-HADI)) AL-IRAQI. ‘ABD AL-HADI is one of Usama ((BIN LADEN))’S closest commanders and the person in charge of Al-Qaida fighters in the Afghani Northern Front.
Detainee knew Al-Iraqi very well.
Detainee was the assistant commander to (Abu Turab) in the Arab Brigade.
Usama Bin ((Laden))(UBL) could be considered the commander-in-chief of the Arab Brigade.