Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman is a citizen of Jordan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 662. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on June 4, 1961, in Aman [sic] Jordan.
Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman was transferred to Jordan on November 2, 2007.[2]
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A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:[3]
- a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida and associated with the Taliban:
- The detainee reportedly is a senior commander and trainer of al Qaida, with contacts to Usama Bin Laden, Sheikh Al-Liby, and Abu Zubaida.
- The detainee attended a class on the AK-47 rifle in Khowst, Afghanistan.
- The detainee was arrested carrying a letter with the name of a senior al Qaida member and aide to Usama Bin Laden written at the top.
- The detainee is a member of the Maktab al-Khidmat.
- The detainee is associated with Jammaa al Tableegh (JT).
- Many al Qaida operatives joined the religious organization Jama'at al-Tabligh in order to travel to Europe in the guise of Islamic missionaries.
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.[4]
The factors for and against continuing to detain Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman were among the 121 that the Department of Defense released on March 3, 2006.[5]
The following primary factors favor continued detention
- a. Commitment
- The detainee is a member of the Maktab al-Khidmat.
- The detainee is associated with Jamaa al Tableegh (JT).
- Maktab al-Khidmat is a Terrorist Exclusion List designee.
- Jamat al Tabligh, a Pakistani-based Islamic missionary organization, is being used as a cover to mask travel and activities of terrorist including members of al Qaida.
- b. Training
- The detainee attended a class on the AK-47 rifle in Khowst, Afghanistan.
- The detainee reportedly is a senior commander and trainer of al Qaida, with contacts to Usama Bin Laden, Sheikh Al-Liby, and Abu Zubaida.
- The detainee was at Khalden Camp between May 1994 and 1999.
- c. Connection/Associations
- The detainee was arrested carrying a letter with the name of a senior al Qaida member and aide to Usama Bin Laden written at the top.
- The detainee’s father-in-law is known as an al Qaeda supporter and former employee of a construction company owned by Usama Bin Laden.
- The detainee occasionally would perform volunteer work with the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO.)
- The IIRO has connections to terrorist organizations and has channeled funds to Islamic extremists from Afghanistan.
- The detainee said he traveled to Saudi Arabia several times.
- d. Other relevant data
- Detainee has nine documented instances of spitting on guards, interpreters, visiting officers and other detainees; three instances of throwing toilet water and unknown liquids on guards; and two instances of violent behavior towards guards by slamming the bean hole on guard’s hands. On one occasion the detainee threatened to kill the guard, and on two occasions, the detainee sang songs about killing Americans.
The following primary factors favor release of transfer
- The detainee said what happened on September 11 was terrible and he condemned UBL’s actions.
- The detainee said that he traveled to Saudi Arabia to visit religious places.
A summarized transcript of Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman's Administrative Review Board was released.[6]
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