| Adnan Muhammed Ali Al Saigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1978 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| Alternate name | Adnan Mohammed Ali |
| ISN | 105 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status | Repatriated, sent to a rehabilitation center, released, and then place a Saudi most wanted list |
Adnan Muhammed Ali Al Saigh is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 105. The Department of Defense reports that Al Saigh was born on January 8, 1978, in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.
Adnan Mohammed Ali was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and transferred to Saudi Arabia on May 18, 2006.[2]
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Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.[3] 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.
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Adnan Muhammad Ali Al Saigh's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 18 September 2004.[4] The memo listed the following allegations against him:
- a. Detainee was associated with the Taliban.
- Detainee stated he answered an Islamic fatwah in Saudi Arabia to fight for the Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.
- Detainee went to Afghanistan to fight in the Jihad with the Taliban for approximately six months before being captured in Qualajinki, Afghanistan.
- Detainee served at the front lines near Khanajah Gar, Afghanistan.
Ali chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[5] In compliance with a court order the Department of Defense released summarized transcripts from the unclassified sessions of 360 captives' Combatant Status Review Tribunals on March 3, 2006. His summarized transcript was seven pages long.
Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee may pose if released or transferred, and whether there are other factors that warrant his continued detention.[6]
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Adnan Mohammed Ali's first annual Administrative Review Board on July 11, 2005.[7] The two page memo listed fifteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and one "primary factor favor[ing] release or transfer".
The allegations he faced included:
The recommendation memos from his Board stated that Adnan had responded to the allegations during a pre-hearing interview with his Assisting Military Officer.[8] His Assisting Military Officer read Adnan's response from the Enemy Combatant election form, during the unclassified portion of the hearing. The recommendation memo stated:
"The AMO verbally summarized the EC's comments during the interview. During his comments the EC confirmed that he went to Afghanistan to fight in the jihad with the Taliban and that he answered an Islamic fatwa issued by Hamoud al Aqla to go for the jihad in Afghanistan."
In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.[8][9] The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized his transfer on August 16, 2005.
His Board's assessed that he remained a threat.[8]
According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Al Saigh was one of fifteen men repatriated on May 19, 2006.[10]
On February 3, 2009 the Saudi government published a list of 85 "most wanted" suspected terrorists, that included an individual identified as "Adnan Al-Sayegh".[11] This list contained ten other former Guantanamo captives.
The Saudi Gazette reported he "is believed to have traveled to a neighboring country" with his brother-in-law, fellow "most wanted" suspect, and fellow former Guantanamo captive, Othman al-Ghamdi, leaving behind his wife and son.[11]
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