Muhammad Surur Dakhilallah Al Utaybi

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Muhammad Surur Dakhilallah Al Utaybi 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 096. The Department of Defense estimates that Al Utaybi was born in 1983 in Qaisuma, Saudi Arabia.

Main article: minors detained in the global war on terror

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

[edit] allegations

The allegations against Al Utaybi were:[2]

a. -- The general summary of the allegations that establish an association with terrorism were missing from the transcript. --
  1. The detainee is associated with Lashkar-a-Tayyiba and/or Jaish-e-Mohammed.
  2. Both Lashkar-a-Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are know (sic) terrorist organizations that are based in Pakistan and have well-established ties to al Qaida.
  3. During the summer of 2000, the detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia to Lahore, Pakistan, to attend the al Aqua military training camp so he could learn to fight against the Northern Alliance.
  4. While at the al Aqua military training camp, the detainee received training in the use of the Kalashnikov rifle.
  5. The detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan during June 2001 to fight against the Northern Alliance.
b. -- The general summary of the allegations of hostile activity were missing from the transcript. --
  1. The detainee possessed a Kalashnikov rifle and was present on the front lines where he fought against coalition forces.
  2. The detainee participated in the Mazir-E-Sharif prison riot.

[edit] testimony

Al Utaybi said he had never heard of Jaish-e-Mohammed (the Army of Mohammed) until he arrive in Camp Delta. He acknowledged training with Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001. He said he didn’t know it was a terrorist organization. He said, when he went for training he knew nothing about Afghanistan or the Taliban, and he had no intention to fight against the Northern Alliance.

Al Utaybi repeated that he did not go to Afghanistan to fight. Another reason for his trip was that his family hoped he could locate and bring back one of his relatives who had previously traveled to Afghanistan.

He was present during the Mazar-e-Sharif riot, which he described as chaotic. He found a safe corner to hide in until the riot was over.

He did, eventually, find his relative, in Konduz. His relative was reluctant to leave. He was separated from his relative, who he heard died, prior to his imprisonment in Mazar-e-Sharif.

[edit] witness

Al Utaybi called Yusuf Rubeish as a witness that his quest for his relative was the purpose of his trip.

Al Rabiesh testified that he met Al Utaybi as they fled the American bombing. He testified that he never saw Al Utaybi carry a weapon, or engage in hostilities. He confirmed Al Utaybi's story that he had gone to search for a relative.

[edit] Transfer to Saudi Arabia

On June 25, 2006 14 men were transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia.[3] A Saudi identified as Mohammad Soror Dakheelullah al-Otaibi was identified as one of the released men.

[edit] References

  1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006
  2. ^ a b Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Muhammad Surur Dakhilallah Al Utaybi'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 1-16
  3. ^ Thirteen Saudis and a Turkistani return to Saudi from Guantanamo, Middle East News, June 25, 2006
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