| Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli | |
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| Born | 1983 (age 28–29) Burayada, Saudi Arabia |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 177 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status | Repatriated |
Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli (c. 1983 – September 2009) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] Al Jutayli's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 177. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate that Al Jutayli was born in 1983, in Burayada, Saudi Arabia.
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Al Jutayli was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.[2] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo for his hearing lists the following allegations:[3]
- a. The detainee is associated with Al Qaeda and is a Taliban fighter.
- Detainee was recruited to fight in Kashmir and Chechnya by a Jihadist recruiter in Saudi Arabia.
- Detainee joined the Taliban after receiving a Fatwa from Sheikh Ha Al-Uqla at the Imam Muhammad Bin Saud College in Burayda, Saudi Arabia.
- Detainee trained at Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan during September 2001.
- Detainee was trained on the Kalashnikov rifle, Pakistan machine gun, and a Russian pistol at the Al Farouq training camp.
- One of detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured Al Qaeda members that was discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior Al Qaeda member.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.
- Detainee was a fighter at Tora Bora.
On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a 9 page summarized transcript from his Tribunal.[4]
Al Jutayli denied all the allegations:
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The words that you said are not true. The Accusations you presented are not true. I don't understand what you want me to do. Do you want me to talk to the Personal Representative? What should I tell him? |
A writ of habeas corpus was submitted on Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli's behalf.[6] In response the Department of Defense released 23 pages of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
According to the Combatant Status Review Tribunal Decision Report Cover Sheet within that dossier his Tribunal convened on 7 October 2004.[7] His "enemy combatant" status was confirmed by Tribunal panel 12.
Al Jutayli's Personal Representative completed his Detainee election form on 5 October 2004.[8] The box for marked "Wants to participate in Tribunal" was checked. The section for the Personal Representative's comments stated, simply:
"No witnesses. Polite and calm."
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.[9]
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli's Administrative Review Board, on 5 July 2005.[10] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
- a. Commitment
- The detainee received a fatwa from Sheik Ha Al-Uqla at the Immam Muhammad Bin Saud College in Burayda, Saudi Arabia to participate in ongoing conflicts in either Kashmir, Pakistan or Chechnya.
- The detainee's travel was also facilitated by Al-Uqla.
- Sheikh Hamud Al Uqla was a Saudi Arabian Mufti who issued fatwahs and encouraged people to fight jihad against Christians and Jews. Al Uqla condoned the 11 September 2001 attacks against the United States and helped raise money for Usama Bin Laden.
- The detainee traveled to Mecca and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Doha, Qatar; Karachi, Pakistan; Quetta, Pakistan; Qandahar, Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan and finally to Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
- The detainee was identified by a senior al Qaida operative as a fighter belonging to the Khallad Bin Attash group at Tora Bora in late 2001. He was described as a new mujahidin.
- b. Training
- The detainee trained at al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan during September 2001.
- The detainee was trained on the Kalashnikov rifle, PK machine gun, and a Russian pistol at the al Farouq training camp.
- The detainee was trained by Al-Muhajir, believe to a member of al Qaida.
- Al-Muhahir has been identified as the most experienced person within al Qaida on the use of explosives.
- c. Connections/Associations
- The detainee was identified at the Nebras Arab guesthouse. This guesthouse was used by fighters heading to the al Farouq training camp and by Usama Bin Laden.
- The detainee's name was found on a computer used by suspected al Qaida members listing associated incarcerated in Pakistan.
- The detainee's name was found on a list recovered from safehouse raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan.
- A Foreign Government Service listed the detainee as a high priority Saudi.
- The detainee's name was found on a hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida operative seized during raids on 1 March 2003 in Pakistan.
- The detainee's name was on a list for al Qaida Mujahidin who were scheduled to fight in Afghanistan, but who were arrested by Pakistani Authorities.
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
- a. The detainee stated he would not participate in another Jihad if he were released.
- b. The detainee advised he was not aware that camp al Farouq was conducted by al Qaida.
- c. The detainee denied having any prior knowledge of the September 11th attacks or any future attacks against the United States and its interests.
- d. The detainee also stated that he had not heard of any plans of escape or any plans of attack on the Military Police at Camp X-ray.
- e. The detainee denied having ever met Usama Bin Laden during any of his travels.
- f. The detainee was identified by a foreign government service as being of low intelligence or law enforcement value to the United States. He was also unlikely to pose a terrorist threat to the United States or its interests.
In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.[11][12] The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. The Board concluded he continued to represent a threat to the United States. England authorized his transfer on July 28, 2005.
According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Al Jutayli was one of fifteen men repatriated on May 15, 2006.[13]
On February 3, 2009 Al Jutayli was named on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted suspected terrorists.[14] There were 85 names on the list, including ten other former Guantanamo captives. According to his mother he was living openly in Saudi Arabia just days prior to the publication of the most wanted list.
Yemeni newspapers reported that two militants, including a former Guantanamo captive they identified as "Fahad Saleh al-Jotaili" were killed in combat in September 2009.[15] He was killed in clashes between Yemeni security officials and "al-Houthi rebels in Saada."
The Yemen Post reported on September 27 that Othman Al-Ghamedi and Yousuf Al-Shahri had contacted their families requesting that they pass on news to the Al Jutayli's family that he had died during a military action by Yemeni security officials.[16]
The Saudi Interior Ministry reported that DNA tests had confirmed that Al Jutayli was one of the several militants killed on September 14, 2009.[17][18] The Saudi press release named Mohammed Abdel-Rahman al-Rashed and Sultan Radi al-Utaibi as the other two men killed by the blast, and noted that they were both on the Saudi most wanted list.
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