Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman
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| Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman | |
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| Born: | January 15, 1981 Hathramout, Yemen |
| Detained at: | Guantanamo |
| ID number: | 321 |
| Conviction(s): | no charge, held in extrajudicial detention |
Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman is a citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 321. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report that captive 321 was born on January 15, 1981, in Hathramout, Yemen.
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[edit] Identity
Captive 321 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:
- Captive 321 was identified as Khalid Hassan Husayn Al Barakat on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 24 September 2004.[2]
- Captive 321 was identified as Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on 28 February 2005, and on five official lists of captives' names.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
- Captive 321 was identified as Ahmed Yaslem Said Kuman on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board, on 31 January 2006.[8]
[edit] Background
Captive 321 was alleged to have traveled to Afghanistan, prior to al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001 in response to a fatwa to engage in jihad against the Afghan Northern Alliance. While there he is alleged to have attended training camps; been seen at various guesthouses in Afghanistan; guarded the Kandahar airport; been one of Osama bin Laden's bodyguards, become a personal friend to one of Osama bin Laden's sons; and fought on the front lines.
He is also alleged to have been captured in November 2001, and traveled to Afghanistan for training in December 2001.
His name is spelled multiple incompatible ways on the Department of Defense's official lists. At least one of these name is alleged to have been listed on multiple captured al Qaida lists of names.
There is no record that captive 321 participated in any of his administrative reviews.
[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal
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 tribunal 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.
[edit] Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Khalid Hassan Husayn Al Barakat's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 24 September 2004.[2] The memo listed the following allegations against him:
- The detainee is a member of al Qaida the Taliban:
- The detainee was second in command of his group in Tora Bora.
- The detainee trained at al Farouq and Kandahar, Afghanistan.
- The detainee has met Usama Bin Laden.
- The detainee's name was found on an internet website listing of captured Taliban and al Qaida fighters.
- The above-mentioned website's stated goal was to publish the names to place pressure on the home countries and Pakistan to release the "prisonders".
- The detainee's name was found on a computer server hard drive of Arabs incarcerated in Pakistan recovered during a raid on a suspected al Qaida safehouse in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- One of detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida figure.
- One of detainee's known aliases and corresponding "trust" account were found on computer media seized during raids on al Qaida-associated safehouses.
[edit] Transcript
There is no record that captive 321 participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
[edit] Administrative Review Board hearings
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.[10] 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.
[edit] First annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 28 February 2005.[3] The three page memo listed fourteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and one "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
The memo alleged:
- he traveled to Afghanistan to follow a fatwa to engage in jihad issued by a controversial imam named Sheikh Hamoud al Aqla;
- he attended the al Farouq training camp, and other Afghan training camps;
- his name matched names found on suspicious lists captured on or near other al Qaeda suspects;
- he was captured wearing a Casio F91W, a popular model of digital watch that had been used to build the timer for timebombs.
- he was "identified by a senior al Qaida lieutenant" as having fought "at the frontlines".
- he was "assumed to be an Osama bin Laden bodyguard".
- he was listed on a list of recruits who traveled to Afghanistan in December 2001 to attend an an al Qaida training camp.[11]
[edit] Transcript
Captive 321 did not participate in this hearing.[12]
[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Yaslem Said Kuman's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 31 January 2006.[8] The three page memo listed seventeen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and one "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
In addition to the factors on his 2005 Summary of Evidence memo he was alleged to:
- have stayed in various suspicious guest houses and safe houses;
- served as a bus driver for a guest house in Kandahar;
- claimed he was personal friends with one of Osama bin Laden's sons;
- claimed Osama bin Laden treated him like a son;
- was captured on the 28th day of Ramadan, 2001;[11]
[edit] Transcript
There is no record captive 321 participated in this hearing.
[edit] References
- ^ a b OARDEC (May 15, 2006). List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b OARDEC (24 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Barakat, Khalid Hassan Husayn pages 58-59. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ a b OARDEC (28 February 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Said Kuman, Ahmed Yaslam pages 65-67. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ OARDEC (April 20, 2006). List of detainee who went through complete CSRT process. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ OARDEC (July 17, 2007). Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ OARDEC (August 9, 2007). Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ OARDEC (July 17, 2007). Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b OARDEC (31 January 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Said Kuman, Ahmed Yaslem pages 80-82. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ Spc Timothy Book. "Review process unprecedented", JTF-GTMO Public Affairs Office, Friday March 10, 2006, pp. pg 1. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ Army Sgt. Sarah Stannard. "OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense", JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs, October 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b His 2005 Summary of Evidence memo alleges he traveled to Afghanistan in December 2001. But his 2006 Summary of Evidence memo alleges he was captured during Ramadan in 2001.
- ^ OARDEC (date redacted). Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 321 pages 62-63. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
