Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi

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Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi
Born: June 28, 1980(1980-06-28)
Jedda, Saudi Arabia
Detained at: Guantanamo
Alias(s): Majid Abdallah Husayn Al Harbi
ID number: 158
Conviction(s): no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
Status repatriated on February 22, 2007

Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 158. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts reports he was born on June 28, 1980, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia.

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[edit] Identity

Captive 158 was identified as inconsistently of official Department of Defense documents:

He was named Majed Abdullah Hussein Al-Harbi by the Saudi Foreign Ministry, when he was one of seven men repatriated on February 22, 2007.[4][5]

[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 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.

[edit] Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Majid Abdallah Husayn Al Harbi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 28 September 2004.[2] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida and the Taliban:
  1. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan after 11 September 2001 to support jihad.
  2. The detainee received weapons training at a camp near Kandahar in October 2001.
  3. The detainee's name was found on a list recovered during a raid on a suspected safehouse.
  4. One of the detainee's known aliases was found in a hard drive of an al Qaida figure.

[edit] Transcript

There is no record that Majed al-Harbi 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. 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 Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 30 June 2005.[3] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] Transcript

There is no record that Majed al-Harbi participated in this Administrative Review Board hearing.

[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 15 August 2006.[3] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] Transcript

There is no record that Majed al-Harbi participated in this Administrative Review Board hearing.

[edit] Board recommendations

In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.[6][7] The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized transfer.

[edit] Repatriation and Saudi detention

The Saudi Foreign Ministry identified a man named Majed Abdullah Hussein Al-Harbi as one of seven men repatriated on February 22, 2007.[4][5]

Al-Harbi and the other six men were detained in Hayer Prison.[8] The newspaper Al-Madinah quoted Majed Al-Harbi: “I feel like having [sic] reborn when I landed in the Kingdom,”

Al-Harbi and the other men were allowed to meet with their families.[8]

[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 OARDEC (28 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Harbi, Majid Abdallah Husayn page 60. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  3. ^ a b c d OARDEC (30 June 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Harbi, Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli page 82-84. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  4. ^ a b Seven Saudi Guantanamo detainees return to the Kingdom. Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Washington DC (February 21, 2007). Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Saudi terror suspects go home", United Press International, February 22, 2007. Retrieved on March 3. 
  6. ^ OARDEC (13 November 2006). Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 158 page 20. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  7. ^ OARDEC (22 August 2006). Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 158 pages 21-27. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  8. ^ a b P.K. Abdul Ghafour. "Families Meet With Gitmo Returnees", Arab News, Saturday, February 24, 2007. Retrieved on March 3.