User:Geo Swan/gitmo/Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i

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Born in [[Khochna, Yemen]] '''Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i''' was detained following a raid on his home in [[Pakistan]] on Sept. 23 2001 and is currently being held in [[Camp Delta]] at [[Guantanamo Bay]]. His 'capture' and subsequent labelling as a combatant are the area of some controversy since he claims ''I am not an enemy combatant, I am a sleeping combatant because I was sleeping in my home''.[http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/10194647.htm] Jamal claims he went to [[Kandahar, Afghanistan]] in May 2001, to prepare for field work gathering medical supplies for the [[Al Wafa]] charity. He then moved to [[Karachi, Pakistan]] where he worked with (or alternately ''was'') the regional director, and purchased supplies from local hospitals to distribute to Al Wafa. When his house was raided, Jamal was found with $13,000 which was to be used to bring his family to live with him. Following his detainment at Guatanamo, Jamal kept in contact with him family by telephone until Nov. 2003 at which point contact was lost between them. ==[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]== Alawi was one of the 65% of detainees who agreed to participate in a Combatant Status Review Tribunal. The unclassified allegations Alawi answered were: :''a. The detainee has worked for various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) with al Qaida and Taliban connections: :#''Detainee admitted he was the director of the [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] branch of the [[Al Haramayn]].'' :#''Al Haramayn is a NGO with known al Qaida connections.'' :#''Detainee admitted traveling to [[Kandahar]] (AF) in May 2001 to work in the [[al Wafa]] office.'' :#''Detainee admitted he was the director of the [[Karachi]] (PK) branch of al Wafa.'' :#''Al Wafa is an NGO with known al Qaida connections.'' :#''Detainee was apprehended during a raid on his residence on 23 September 2001 in Karachi (PK).'' :#''Alawi was capture in a facility with other individuals now detained by DoD and information related to weapons, explosives and tactics were found in that facility at the time of capture.'' Alawi denied some of the allegations, and claimed that they contained contradictions. He admitted to being an employee of Al Haramayn, but not its director. He said that Al Haramayn was not an NGO, and that he was unaware of it having any terrorist connections. ==External links== *[http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/jamalmari.pdf documents from] Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i's [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] *[http://www.boomantribune.com/comments/2005/5/31/8515/58425/93?mode=alone;showrate=1 Profile on Booman Tribune] [[Category:Yemeni people|Mar'i, Jamal Muhammad Alawi]] [[Category:People imprisoned for terrorism|Mar'i, Jamal Muhammad Alawi]] [[Category:U.S. detainees|Mar'i]]