Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Al Shurfa | |
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Born | 1975 (age 36–37) |
Citizenship | Saudi Arabia |
Detained at | Guantanamo |
ISN | 331 |
Status | Released to Germany in September 2010 |
Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Al Shurfa (born December 26, 1975) is best known for the years he spent in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States.[1] Al Shurfa's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 331. The Department of Defense reports that Al Shurfa was born on December 26, 1975, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
According to German media, he is scheduled to be released to Germany. The German government has prepared for psychological help and is in negotiation about the transfer condition. They demand that he will not be chained on his flight to Germany like Murat Kurnaz.[2]
Al Shurfa and Syrian Mahmoud Salim al-Ali were released to Germany on September 16, 2010. Upon his arrival, al Shurfa was sent immediately to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf for days-long physical and psychological examination because of fears that his long detention at the Guantanamo camps could have damaged his health.[3][4]
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Al Shurfa was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings.[5] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. Al Shurfa's memo accused him of the following:[6]
- a. The detainee is a member of Al-Qaida.
- Prior to his arrival in Afghanistan, the detainee admits being influenced by a known terrorist organization and actively sought to join the jihad.
- Around July 2001, the detainee arrived in Kandahar and stayed at a known Al-Qaida guesthouse.
- The detainee received AK-47 training while at a known Al-Qaida run training camp.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.
- The detainee was located at the Al-Qaeda training camp when 9/11 occurred, at which time he evacuated to Tora Bora.
- The detainee was apprehended fleeing into Pakistan from Tora Bora by the Pakistani border guard.
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.[7]
Al Shurfa chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.[8]
Al Shurfa and another man were transferred to Germany in September 2010.[3][4][9] Al Shurfa was transferred to Hamburg.
According to Der Spiegel Germany's Federal Government had sought the agreement of local authorities prior to completing the transfer.[4] According to Der Spiegel German officials asserted that American officials had cleared the two men of suspicion of involvement with terrorism. German officials conducted interviews with the two men, in Guantanamo, in March, to confirm their suitability for transfer to Germany. German officials contacted security officials in other European countries, to confirm they had no reason to suspect the men had ties to terrorism.
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