| Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 30–31) Al Khasim, Saudi Arabia |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 109 |
| Charge(s) | No charge |
| Status | Repatriated |
Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh 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 Internment Serial Number was 109. American intelligence analysts estimate Al Rabiesh was born in 1981, in Al Khasim, Saudi Arabia.
Yusef Abdullah Saleh al Rabiesh was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.[2]
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A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo alleges the following:[3][4]
- a. The detainee is a Taliban fighter:
- The detainee decided to go to Afghanistan after reading the Fatwas calling on Saudis to help the Taliban with money or service.
- The detainee left Saudi Arabia around May or June 2001 to travel to Afghanistan via Pakistan.
- The detainee received Kalishnikov, PK, and grenade training at a Taliban training camp in Talukan, Afghanistan.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.
- The detainee and other were issued arms and told to guard two valleys near the front lines.
- The detainee surrendered to Northern Alliance soldiers at Konduz.
- Detainee was present during the prison uprising in Mazar-E-Sharif.
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.[5]
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 10 March 2005.[6]
The following primary factors favor continued detention
- a. Commitment
- The detainee stated he financed his own trip to Afghanistan.
- The detainee surrendered to the Northern Alliance at Konduz, AF.
- The detainee and other were issued arms and told to guard two valleys near the front lines.
- b. Training
- The detainee received Kalashnikov, PK, and grenade training at a Taliban training camp in Talukan, Afghanistan.
- c. Connections/Associations
- The detainee is a member of the Taliban.
- The detainee stayed at multiple Taliban guesthouses while traveling in the cities of Kandahar, Kabul, and Talukan, in AF.
- The detainee knew the Yemeni leader of an element of foreign fighters approximately 100 strong.
- The detainee's information was found on a document listing 324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from safe house raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan.
- d. Intent
- Source decided to go to Afghanistan after learning about the conflict on internet sites. He read about fatwas issued by Shiekh Ibin (Jibril) and Shiek Hamud al Ukla. Both fatwas called on Saudis to help the Taliban with money or service.
- Sheikh Hamoud al Uqqla is a Saudi Mufti who issued fatwas, including a fatwa calling for Jihad in Afghanistan, and encouraged people to fight Jihad against Christian and Jews. Al Uqqla condoned the 11 Sep 01 attacks against the United States. In addition, he helped raise money for Usama Bin Laden until his death in Saudi Arabia in 2001.
- e. Other Relevant Data
- Detainee was present during the prison uprising in Mazar-E-Sharif.
- The detainee's travel route consisted of leaving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May and June 2001, flying to Bahrain, traveling to Dubai, followed by flying to Karachi, Pakistan followed by flights to Quetta, Pakistan then traveled by ground to Kandahar, Afghanistan. From there he traveled to Kabul and then a final flight to Konduz, Afghanistan upon a Taliban aircraft. He then traveled with his brother by taxi to Talukan.
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
- a. The detainee denied being a Taliban fighter and stated that he did not participate in military operations against the coalition.
- b. The detainee reported that the story he originally provided during his detainment in Kandahar, Afghanistan (AF) and in Cuba was fictional, based on bits of information the detainee had heard from his brother's own experience in Afghanistan. The detainee stated that during his time in Shabragan prison, (AF) he observed other prisoners that were beaten by the Afghanis because they were denying any Taliban involvement. Detainee did not want to be beaten by them as well, so he provided the minimal information he felt was needed to assure his own safety.
A Summary of Evidence memo was drafted for his second annual [[Administrative Review Board hearing.[7] The two page memo listed fourteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and five "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Al Rabiesh was one of sixteen men repatriated on December 14, 2006.[8]
On September 1, 2009 The Saudi Gazette reported that "Yousef Abdullah Al-Rubeish" had "contacted Al-Watan newspaper to warn Saudis of the danger of the “deviant thought” and “brainwashing” practiced by terrorist organizations."[9] He had praised Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, who had recently survived an assassination attempt.[10][11] Al Rubeish expressed gratitude to the Prince for the efforts he had made to work to get the captives released, and for his efforts to support their families.
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