Said Muhammed Salih Hatim

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Said Muhammed Salih Hatim is a citizen of Yemen, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1] Hatim's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 255. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1976, in Ibb, Yemen.

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[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The captive sat on a plastic garden chair, with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed. The neutrality of this section is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.(December 2007)Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.
Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The captive sat on a plastic garden chair, with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.[2][3] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.[4]
The neutrality of this section is disputed.
Please see the discussion on the talk page.(December 2007)
Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.

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 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] Allegations

A memorandum summarizing the evidence against Hatim prepared for his Combatan Status Reiew Tribunal, was among those released in March of 2005.[5] The allegations Hatim faced during his Tribunal were:

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban or al Qaida:
  1. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan to fight in support of the Jihad.
  2. The detainee received weapons training at al Farouq.
  3. While detainee was training at al Farouq, Usama Bin Laden visited and lectured to the camp.
  4. The detainee joined the Taliban on 11 September 2001.
b. The detainee supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces:
  1. The detainee was a soldier with the Taliban forces on the front lines near Bagram, Afghanistan.

[edit] Testimony

Hatim chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  2. ^ Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court, New York Times, November 11, 2004 - mirror
  3. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
  4. ^ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. United States Department of Defense (March 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
  5. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Said Muhammed Salih Hatim's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - October 18, 2004 - page 173
  6. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Said Muhammed Salih Hatim's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 38-46