Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Al Sehli

Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Al Sehli (born on 28 October 1965 in Medina, Saudi Arabia) was held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.^[1] Al Sehli's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 94. The Department of Defense reports he was born on October 20, 1965, in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

A security guard who worked for the Taliban, al-Sehli was found to suffer from dementia while in custody, and was released in 2006.^[2]

Combatant Status Review

Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Al Sehli was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee, listing the allegations that supported their detention as an "enemy combatant". Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Al Sehli's memo accused him of the following:^[3][3][4]

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban.

1. The detainee was recruited to go to Afghanistan from his native Saudi Arabia.
2. The individual that recruited the detainee advised him that the Taliban was in need of assistance in Afghanistan.
3. The detainee was also influenced to travel to Afghanistan by a written fatwa issued by a fellow Saudi.
4. This fatwa encouraged traveling to Afghanistan to assist the Taliban "in its fight to protect Moslems in Afghanistan."
5. Approximately two weeks after 11 September 2001, the detainee traveled voluntarily to Kandahar, Afghanistan, from Saudi Arabia via Tehran, Iran and Pakistan.
6. Upon his arrival in Afghanistan, the detainee sought out Taliban members.
7. The detainee resided in Taliban safehouses while in Afghanistan.
8. According to the detainee, the safehouses where he resided were used by Taliban soldiers to rest and recuperate from wounds.
9. One of the safehouses where the detainee resided was located near the front lines in the vicinity of Konduz, Afghanistan.
10. The detainee was issued a Kalashnikov rifle to perform guard duty at a warehouse near Konduz, Afghanistan, which was used to store food and supplies.
11. The detainee was assigned to guard the warehouse because of the approaching Afghan Northern Alliance forces.
12. The detainee retreated to Konduz after Northern Alliance forces advanced on their position.
13. The detainee was captured by Northern Alliance forces while attempting to cross into Pakistan.
14. Following his capture, the detainee was wounded in a prison uprising in Mazir-e-Sharif.

Repatriation

Al Sehli was repatriated to Saudi Arabia on May 19, 2006 with 14 other men.^[5][6]

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