Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary

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Jumah Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossari (Arabic: جمعه محمد عبد اللطيف الدوسري) is a Bahraini, formerly held in the American prison for security detainees, Camp Delta, at the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay. His Guantanamo Internee Security Number 261.[1]

In late July, 2005, Al-Dossari spoke with his lawyer Joshua Colangelo-Bryan about the summer's first hunger strike. The prisoners ended this strike on July 28, 2005, when guard commander Michael Bumgarner promised concessions.

Speaking in Bahrain in September 2005, following the meeting with his client, Colangelo-Bryan revealed that Al-Dossari had informed him that:

  • the detainees were willing to die, if necessary, to resolve their grievances.
  • the detainees were protesting their imprisonment without having fair hearings.
  • the detainees were protesting interference with their religious practices, including interruption of the call to prayer by prison officers who talked loudly during the call and even mimicked it.
  • the detainees were served food which was often rotten and tap water which was yellow and brackish.
  • the number of detainees being given acute medical attention had overwhelmed the camp's infirmary, and that critically ill detainees were in cots in the interrogation area.

Colangelo-Bryan believed that Al-Dossari joined in the summer's second hunger strike, which started approximately August 8, 2005.

The campaign to free the detainee is being led by Bahraini MP Mohammed Khalid.

Chicago Public Radio's program, This American Life, featured Al Dossary in a Peabody Award-winning broadcast about Guantanamo in 2006.


Contents

[edit] Letters from Al Dossary, and his father

On September 5, 2005 the Gulf Daily News summarized a letter Al Dossary had written, protesting his innocence. The letter was post-marked June 10, 2005 and described various abuses he had suffered, including:

  • cigarettes being extinguished on his body.
  • being made to walk on barbed wire.
  • being urinated on by GI's.

On September 17, 2005, the Gulf Daily News summarized a letter received from Al Dossary's father in which he confirms that he has throat cancer, expects to die soon and pleads to see his son.

[edit] Released British detainees reports

British detainees Tarek Dergoul and Shafiq Rasul were released in 2004. They reported that their cells were near Al Dossary's.[2] According to Human Rights Watch:

"Rasul also recounted the beating of Bahraini prisoner Jummah Al-Dousari, who was mentally ill and used to shout all the time, say silly things, impersonate the soldiers. One day, he impersonated a female soldier. The upshot was that an Initial Reaction Force (IRF) team was called.[3]"

The Newstandard reports[2]:

"When Jumah saw them coming he realized something was wrong and was lying on the floor with his head in his hands. If you’re on the floor with your hands on your head, then you would hope that all they would do would be to come in and put the chains on you. That is what they’re supposed to do.
"The first man is meant to go in with a shield. On this occasion the man with the shield threw the shield away, took his helmet off, when the door was unlocked ran in and did a knee drop onto Jumah’s back just between his shoulder blades with his full weight. He must have been about 240 pounds in weight. His name was Smith. He was a sergeant E5. Once he had done that the others came in and were punching and kicking Jumah…
"Jumah had had an operation and had metal rods in his stomach clamped together in the operation… [Smith] grabbed his head with one hand and with the other hand punched him repeatedly in the face. His nose was broken. He pushed his face and he smashed it into the concrete floor. All of this should be on video. There was blood everywhere. When they took him out they hosed the cell down and the water ran red with blood. We all saw it."

[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.
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 Presidency 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 Presidency's definition of an enemy combatant.

[edit] Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Juma Mohammad Abdull Latif Al Dosari's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 14 September 2004.[4] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is [sic] member of al Qaeda:
  1. Detainee traveled from his home in Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan in 1989 using an Arab guest house in Pakistan. In Afghanistan the detainee trained at the al-Siddeek training camp where he received instruction on the AK-47.
  2. The detainee traveled to Bosnia in 1995 to participate in the jihad in exchange for 7-10,000 Saudi Riyals.
  3. The detainee stated that he traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan in 1996 to join other Arabs and to fight in Chechnya.
  4. The detainee was arrested by Saudi authorities for questioning in the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996.
  5. The detainee obtained a passport from Bahrain after his Saudi passport was revoked.
  6. The detainee traveled from the United States to Afgthanistan via Bahrain and Iran in November 2001.
  7. The detainee was present at Tora Bora.
  8. The detainee crossed the border from Afghanistan to Pakistan in December 2001 with neither documentation nor authority and surrendered to Pakistani authorities.

[edit] Transcript

There is no record that Juma Mohammad Abdull Latif Al Dosari participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[edit] Administrative Review Board hearing

Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant".
Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant".[5]

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.

[edit] First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dosari's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 September 2005.[6] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment
  1. In October 2001, the detainee says he traveled to Afghanistan to inspect seven mosques in Kabul, Afghanistan. He says he was asked to go to Afghanistan by his local Imam, in Deman, Saudi Arabia, named Muhammad Agelan.
  2. The detainee stated Agelan provided him [sic] $3,000 United States Dollars and instructed him to meet a man named Muhammad Gul in Meshed, Iran. The detainee first traveled to Bahrain where he obtained a Bahraini passport and subsequently traveled to Meshed, Iran.
  3. Once in Meshed, Iran, the detainee purchased a room at the Atlas Hotel. The next morning, Gul arrived at the Atlas Hotel and they both traveled, via taxi, into Afghanistan.
  4. The detainee and Gul crossed the border into Afghanistan near the city of Herat, Afghanistan and continued on to Kabul, Afghanistan. Once in Kabul, they both stayed at a house owned by Gul.
  5. The detainee and Gul stayed in Kabul for approximately three weeks before traveling to another house, owned by Gul, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
  6. After leaving Jalalabad, the detainee walked to the Pakistani border where he was arrested and detained by the Pakistani authorities. He did not have his passport in his possession when he was taken into custody, because he said Gul had taken his passport while they were in Jalalabad.
  7. The detainee stated that when he arrived in Afghanistan he gave Gul his passport, over 20,000 United States Dollars and his notebook.
  8. The detainee was witnessed as the cook in Tora Bora.
  9. The detainee said that he was in Bosnia during the was with Serbia and spent time in Saudi prisons. He said that he was imprisoned for being a member of Al Motoaien, a.k.a. Al Mujahadeen [sic] , and for participating in the Cole bombing.
  10. Al Motoaien is a network in Saudi Arabia involved in document forgery, weapons and poisons smuggling.
b. Training
  1. The detainee also traveled from Islamabad to Peshawar, Pakistan and stayed in an Arab guesthouse called Beit Al-Ansar. The leader of this house was an ex-Mujahid from Saudi Arabia. While at the house the detainee was told about two military camps for training in Afghanistan.
  2. The detainee attended the Al-Siddeek camp. The Al-Siddeek camp was located near Khowst, Afghanistan and the detainee received physical exercise and training on the Kalashnikov.
c. Connections/Associations
  1. The detainee stated that Sheik Mohammed Al-Shiha from Dammam, Saudi Arabia offered to pay his rent and provided him with 7,000 to 10,000 Saudi Riyals if he would agree to journey to Bosnia to fight. He did so in 1995.
  2. An al Qaida operative said that Al-Shiha might have supported the Wafa Al-Igatha Al-Islamia, a.k.a., Wafa organization, during the Chechnyan conflict. He also stated that Al-Shiha was a supporter of the Mujahidin.
  3. The detainee traveled to Mecca and met a man named Abu Abass Al-Emiraitii [sic] .
  4. The detainee was invited to Chechnya to fight, but he told Abu Abass he had no money for the trip so Abu Abass gave him with [sic] 3,000 to 4,000 Saudi Riyals in addition to travel expenses.
  5. The detainee traveled to Bahrain, went to the United States embassy and received a five-year tourism visa. His father gave him 19,000 Saudi Riyals for his trip to the United States and he flew form Bahrain to Istanbul, Turkey to Chicago, Illinois to Indianapolis, Indiana and was picked up at the airport and taken to Terre Haute, Indiana. The detainee was there for approximately two months before returning to Saudi Arabia to visit his sick father. After eight months in Saudi Arabia, the detainee returned to the United States and made side trips to Michigan and Buffalo, New York.
  6. The detainee said that he traveled to Lackawana, New York from Indiana after speaking with a man at a local area mosque.
  7. The detainee worked as an imam at the Buffalo area mosque.
  8. The detainee stated that he was shocked to learn that his acquaintance is involved with al Qaida or any jihadist activity. He also said that it seemed illogical that this acquaintance and Jamaat Tabligh could be so involved.
d. Other Relevant Data
  1. The detainee decided to return to Saudi Arabia so he flew to Bahrain and was arrested by Saudi Intelligence under suspicion stemming from the Khobar Towers bombing and his foreign travel. The Saudi government held him fro approximately three months, but his passport was revoked for one and a half years.
  2. The detainee spent time in prison in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was eventually released and returned to Dammam, but his passport was revoked for five years.
  3. The detainee's name is found listed as number 49 on a computer media listing of mujahideen that was seized during safe house raids against al Qaida associated safe houses. The list identifies each individual's trust account and the detainee is noted as having a passport and identification card.
  4. A United States psychologist obtained a copy of a translated suicide letter drafted by the detainee that said, "All that was going to ruin my reputation abroad, and that my family would learn their son is a terrorist and has taken innocent lives."

[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.

The detainee denied ever participating in any armed conflict while in Afghanistan.
b.

The detainee says that he is not a radical fundamentalist Muslim and claimed he has never taken part in or encouraged anti-American activities.

[edit] Transcript

Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dosari participated in his first annual Board hearing.[7] The DoD released a 17 page summarized transcript from his hearing.

[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dosari's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 13 September 2006.[8] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment
  1. The detainee stated that in October 2001 he traveled to Afghanistan to inspect seven mosques in Kabul. The detainee stated that he was asked to go to Afghanistan by his local Imam in Deman, Saudi Arabia.
  2. The detainee stated that an acquaintance provided him 3000 United States Dollars and instructed him to meet an individual in Iran. The detainee first traveled to Bahrain where he obtained a Bahrain passport and subsequently traveled to Mashad, Iran.
  3. Once in Mashad, Iran, the detainee purchased a room at the Atlas Hotel. The next morning, the detainee met the individual referred to him by his Imam in Saudi Arabia. They both traveled by taxi into Afghanistan.
  4. The detainee and his companion stayed in Kabul, Afghanistan for approximately three weeks before traveling to another house owned by his companion in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The detainee stayed in Jalalabad for approximately one month but could not provide additional information regarding his time there.
  5. After leaving Jalalabad, Afghanistan, the detainee walked to the Pakistan border where he was arrested and detained by the Pakistan authorities. The detainee did not have his passport in [sic] possession when he was taken into custody. The detainee stated that his companion had taken his passport while they were in Jalalabad.
b. Training
The detainee attended the al Siddeek camp. The al Siddeek camp was located near Khowst, Afghanistan. The detainee received training on the Kalashnikov [sic] rifle and physical exercise.
c. Connections/Associations
  1. The detainee stated that a sheik from Dammam, Saudi Arabi offered to pay his rent and provided him with 7,000 to 10,000 Saudi Riyals if he would agree to journey to Bosnia to fight. The detainee traveled to Bosnia in 1995.
  2. An al Qaida operative stated that the sheik may have supported the Wafa Al-Igatha Al-Islamia, aka Wafa Organization, during the Chechnyan conflict. The al Qaida operative also stated that the sheik was a supporter of the Mujahedin.
  3. The detainee traveled to Mecca, Saudi Arabia to meet an individual who was a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed.
  4. The detainee was invited to Chechnya to fight by this individual, but the detainee stated that he had no money for the trip. The individual gave him 3,000 to 4,000 Saudi Riyals in addition to travel expenses.
  5. The detainee stayed at an Arab safe house that was a staging area for Arabs traveleing to Chechnya to fight.
  6. The detainee traveled to Bahrain and went to the United States Embassy and received a five-year tourism visa. The detainee's father gave him 19,000 Saudi Riyals for his trip to the United States and he flew from Bahrain ot Istanbul, Turkey and then to the United States. The detainee was picked up at the airport and taken to an Islamic Center.
  7. The detainee went to another Islamic Center and was there for approximately two months before returning to Saudi Arabia to visit his sick father. After eight months in Saudi Arabia, the detainee returned to the United States and made other trips in the United States.
  8. The detainee said that he traveled to the eastern United States after speaking with an acquaintance and was introduced to a Muslim community and gave a lecture on the importance of keeping the tradition of prayer.
  9. The detainee says he gave a speech during a Friday service in 2001 at a mosque that upset the elder religious leaders.
  10. The detainee stated that he was shocked to learn that his acquaintance was involved with al Qaida and jihadist activity. The detainee also said that it seemed illogical that his acquaintance and Jamaat Tabligh could be so involved because violence nor the use of weapons were ever advocated.
  11. The detainee was identified as being a cook in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
  12. According to a source, the detainee spent time in Saudi prisons. The detainee was imprisoned for being a member of Al Motoaien, also known as Al Mujahedin, and for participating in the USS Cole bombing.
  13. Al Motoaien is a network in Saudi Arabia involved in document forgery, weapons and poison smuggling.
  14. The detainee decided to return to Saudi Arabia. The detainee flew to Bahrain and was arrested by Saudi Intelligence officials under suspicion stemming from the Khobar Towers bombing and his foreign travel. The Saudi government held him for approximately three months, but his passport was revoked for one-and-a-half-years [sic] .
  15. The detainee stated that he spent time in prison in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The detainee was eventually released and returned to Dammam, Saudi Arabia but his passport was revoked for five years.
  16. The detainee's name was found on a computer media listing of Mujahedin, which was seized during raids against al Qaida associated safe houses. The list identified each individual's trust account and the contents of the detainee's trust are listed as a passport and identification card.

[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.

The detainee denied ever participating in any armed conflict while in Afghanistan.
b.

The detainee says that he is not a radical fundamentalist Muslim and claimed he has never taken part in or encouraged anti-American activities.

[edit] Transcript

In September 2007 the Department of Defense published summarized transcripts from 60 Board hearings attended by captives in 2006. The Department of Defense released a twelve page summarized transcript from Al Dosari's hearing. [9]

[edit] Enemy Combatant election form

His Assisting Military Officer met with him, prior to his 2006 hearing, on September 21, 2006. The notes from the Enemy Combatant election form completed during that interview say:

The detainee was very cooperative, attentive and polite throughout the interview.

[edit] Suicide attempts

A story published in the October 20, 2005, edition of the Gulf Daily News warned of various signs of Al Dossary's deteriorating mental health.[10] The story was based on notes from Colangelo-Bryan, which US intelligence officials had declassified on October 19, 2005. According to Colangelo-Byran:

  • Al Dossary had made earlier suicide attempts.
  • Al Dossary said he was afraid he was losing his mind.
  • Al Dossary reported that the lights were never turned off in his cell, and this interfered with his ability to sleep.
  • Al Dossary reported that he knew he needed mental health care, but he didn't trust the camp medical staff.
  • Al Dossary reports he has been suffering from seizures.
  • Al Dossary reports that camp medical staff have withheld medical treatment from him in the past.
  • Al Dossary reports that when he can fall asleep he awakes screaming, from nightmares.

According to a report in the Washington Post on November 1, 2005, Al Dossary attempted to commit suicide on October 15, whilst taking a washroom break during a visit by his lawer, Joshua Colangelo-Bryan.[11] Colangelo-Bryan described finding Al Dossary hanging unconscious from a noose in the washroom, with blood pouring from a large wound in his right arm. American authorities decline to comment on specific detainee's cases, but they have acknowledged that 22 detainees have made 36 suicide attempts.

Three of the attempted suicides have been successful.

Following his most recent suicide attempt Al Dossary's lawyers filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on his behalf.[12]

In the restraining order they requested:

  • Reading material beyond a copy of the Qu'ran.
  • Turning off the lights in his cell, to help make it possible for him to sleep.
  • Biweekly telephone calls to his family and lawyers.
  • Being allowed increased exercise time.
  • Being allowed to receive mail from his family.

His lawyers requested that an independent medical professional be permitted to asses Al Dossary's mental state. They described the American's refusal to provide news of Al Dossary's health, following his recent suicide attempt, as "gratuitous callousness".

Al Dossary was reported to have had made another suicide attempt, on November 13, 2005, by ripping out his stitches.[13] The Kansas City Star said that this was Al Dossary's ninth suicide attempt.

The Star quotes Colonel Michael Bumgarner, the camp guard commander, who wrote in an affadavit that Al Dossary's despair was his own fault, because Al Dossary had not claimed 73 of his last 97 exercise privileges. Further his interrogators had occasionally rewarded him with take out pizza, hamburgers, and had let him watch the movies Gladiator and Troy.

On May 11, 2006 the Gulf Daily News reported that Colangelo-Bryan said that al Dossary had tried to slit his throat in March.

[edit] Alleged to have been tied to the "Lackawanna Six"

An article published on November 7, 2005, quotes Peter J. Ahearn, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Buffalo office concerning interest the FBI had in ties between Al Dossary, and the Lackawanna Six.[14][15] Six Yemeni-Americans from Lackawanna, near Buffalo, secretly traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan, for jihad training, in early 2001. Ahearn told the Buffalo News that two of the Lackawanna Six said that Al Dossary had delivered a "fiery speech" at the Guidance Mosque in Lackawanna. According to Ahearn the FBI is interested in learning whether Al Dossary may have helped fund the Lackawanna men's travel expenses.

The Buffalo News article quotes from Al Dossary's Combatant Status Review Tribunal. They report that Al Dossary acknowledges traveling to Buffalo, and acknowledges giving a "fiery speech", but denied ever encouraging anyone to join al Qaeda. They report Al Dossary denied having any ties to al Qaeda or terrorism.

[edit] U.S. Embassy in Bahrain responds to abuse allegations

On November 9, 2005, The U.S. Embassy in Bahrain issued a statement to respond to the allegations that Dossary had been abused, and that his physical and mental health was at risk.[16] The Embassy statement asserted:

"The US government takes all allegations of abuse seriously. When a credible allegation of improper conduct surfaces, it is reviewed, and when factually warranted, investigated.
"As a result of the investigation, administrative, disciplinary, or judicial action is taken as appropriate.
"We have no evidence that substantiates that Mr Al Dossary was the subject of any sexual humiliation."

The statement denied that Al Dossary was kept in solitary confinement, and assured readers that Al Dossary had access to excellent medical care, and insisted that the treatment of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay were "humane".

Mark Sullivan, one of Al Dossary's lawyers, challenged the points in the Embassy's statement. The Gulf Daily News quoted Sullivan as saying he had no knowledge of any judicial action by US authorities following allegations of abuse.

Sullivan connected the incident described in Eric Saar's book, Inside the Wire, where interrogator Sergeant Jeanette Arocho-Burkart smeared a red liquid she claimed was her menses on to a detainee's face with Al Dossary. Sullivan claimed that Dossary was the detainee who was told he was being smeared with menses. However, in press reports that detainee was described as being a Saudi.

[edit] Appeal for an independent medical examination

On June 12, 2006 Al Dossary wrote a letter to his lawyer Colangelo-Bryan, requesting an independent medical examination.[17] Al Dossary told Colangelo-Bryan that he acquired a dangerous blood disease as a result of a blood transfusion that followed his March 11, 2006 suicide attempt.

"After they (the US military) gave me a blood transfusion after my suicide attempt, I have been suffering from a strange condition,
"They carried out an examination of my blood and they told me I have blood diseases and problems.
"I request you (his lawyers) to inform my government about this and publish it in the media - and request my government to send a medical delegation to see and confirm that they do not transfer dangerous diseases to me through blood transfusions."

Al Dossary had learned that his father finally died from terminal cancer, shortly before he drafted this letter. The camp authorities had informed him of the death, which they said they learned about over the internet. Al Dossary said that the camp authorities were not allowing him to receive mail from his family, and were withholding his personal belongings from him, and keeping him in solitary confinement.

Al Dossary said that bad news, on top of the news of the blood condition, the withholding of all mail from his family, and the solitary confinement, had left him feeling his death was imminent.

Al Dossary also reported that the camp authorities had promised him a rare phone call to his family, following his father's death.

Al Dossary's June 12th letter was only declassified by the military on July 25, 2006, so it is unknown whether Al Dossary was able to take advantage of the camp authority's offer.

[edit] A letter about suicide

A letter Al Dossari wrote on April 18, 2007 was cleared by DoD censors on May 20, 2007.[18] In the letter Al Dossari wrote:

"I swear to God, if I have the opportunity I would end my life,"

Colangelo-Bryan described Al Dossari as "coherent" but "utterly exhausted and desperate".

Pentagon spokesman Jeffrey D. Gordon denied that al Dossary had been mistreated. He asserted that al Qaeda trained its operatives to claim abuse while incarcerated. According to the Associated Press Simpson said:

"This tactic is used in order to gain public sympathy in the hopes that they may be released,"

[edit] Saudi repatriation and release

On July 16, 2007 the Department of Defense reported that a further sixteen Saudis captives were repatriated from Guantanamo to Saudi custody. On July 17, 2007 the Gulf Daily News reported that Juma was one of the men repatriated to Saudi custody; that he had been sent to Saudi Arabia because he had joint Bahraini/Saudi citizenship.[19]

The Gulf Daily News reports[19]:

"It is understood the former detainees will remain in captivity while the Saudi authorities investigate whether they have any links to any militant organisations."

On Thursday August 23, 2007 the Gulf Daily News reported that Juma al Dossari had not only been released, but was going to receive official assistance from the Saudi government.[20]

The article quoted Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid, who said:

"Look at what the government of Saudi Arabia has given Juma - a car, monthly allowance, help to find a job and get married."

An article in the December 21, 2007 issue of the Los Angeles Times profiled Al Dosari's rehabilitation.[21] The article quoted al Dosari:

"We can't go immediately from getting off a plane from Cuba to living in society. Everything has changed. There are more streets, bridges and buildings here than I remember. I was gone a long time. My driver's license expired while I was in Guantanamo. My father died. Now, I'm trying to get things back on track."


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Jessica Azulay. "Guantanamo Abuses Caught on Tape, Report Details,]", The Newstandard, February 2, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. 
  3. ^ Beatings and other inappropriate use of force. Human Rights Watch (October 2004). Retrieved on July 16, 2007.
  4. ^ OARDEC (14 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Dosari, Juma Mohammad Abdull Latif pages 97-98. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  5. ^ Spc Timothy Book. "Review process unprecedented", JTF-GTMO Public Affairs Office, Friday March 10, 2006, pp. pg 1. Retrieved on 2007-10-10. 
  6. ^ OARDEC (26 September 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif pages 31-33. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  7. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 261 pages 1-17. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  8. ^ OARDEC (13 September 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dosari, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif pages 24-26. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  9. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings for ISN 261 pages 1-12. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  10. ^ Kanwal Hameed. "Sex torture claim by Bay prisoner", Gulf Daily News, October 20, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  11. ^ Josh White. "Guantanamo Desperation Seen in Suicide Attempts: One Incident Was During Lawyer's Visit", Washington Post, November 1, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  12. ^ Kanwal Hameed. "Move to protect Bay detainee", Gulf Daily News, November 8, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  13. ^ Jane Sutton. "Dozens have attempted suicide at Guantanamo", The Scotsman, June 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  14. ^ "FBI reports suicide try by suspect at Gitmo: Man tied to recruiting of 'Lackawanna Six'", Buffalo News, November 7, 2005. Retrieved on 2005-01-10. 
  15. ^ "Man Suspected of Recruiting So-Called "Lackawanna Seven" in U.S. Custody", WIVB, May 23, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  16. ^ "US denies abuse claims", Gulf Daily News, November 9, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  17. ^ 'Deathbed' plea by Bay detainee, Gulf Daily News, July 25, 2006
  18. ^ Ben Fox. "Guantanamo Detainee Threatens Suicide", WTOP News, May 20, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-31. 
  19. ^ a b Geoffrey Bew. "Free at last!", Gulf Daily News, July 17, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. 
  20. ^ Geoffrey Bew. "Bay victims may get BD50,000", Gulf Daily News, August 23, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-23. 
  21. ^ Jeffrey Fleishman. "Rehabbing militants in Saudi Arabia", Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-15. 

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