| Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali | |
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Former Sudanese Guantanamo captives, Walid Ali, left, and Amir Yacoub al-Amir, right, at the Press Conference that followed their repatriation to Sudan. |
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| Born | June 6, 1974 Donkhallah, Sudan |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 81 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status | Repatriated on May 1, 2008 |
Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali is a citizen of Sudan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 81. He was born on June 6, 1974, in Donkhallah, Sudan.
Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali was captured in Afghanistan and transferred to Sudan on April 30, 2008.[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 associated with the Taliban:
- The detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia, through Pakistan, then into Afghanistan.
- While in Quetta, Pakistan, the detainee stayed 25 to 30 days in a Taliban guesthouse that was also used by recovering, injured Taliban fighters.
- The detainee received training on the Kalishnikov rifle.
- The detainee was captured by the Afghan Northern Alliance and then turned over to U.S. Forces.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:
- The detainee traveled to Konduz, Afghanistan and then rode in a truck with other Taliban fighters to a bunker area on the second line, where he served as a guard for several months.
- The detainee also spent time in the North, fighting on the front line.
- The detainee participated in the Mazir-E-Sharif prison riot at the Al Janki Castle.
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]
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 7 March 2005.[5] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
- a. Commitment
- The detainee traveled to Konduz, Afghanistan and then rode in a truck with other Taliban fighters to a bunker area on the second line, where he served as a guard for several months.
- The detainee also spent time in the North, fighting on the front line.
- The detainee participated in the Mazar-E-Sharif sic prison riot at the Al Janki Castle.
- b. Training
- The detainee received training on the Kalishniko rifle.
- c. Connection / Association
- While in Quetta, Pakistan, the detainee stayed 25 to 30 days in a Taliban guesthouse that was also used by recovering, injured Taliban fighters.
- The detainee was identified as a Sudanese who spent a long time in Afghanistan.
- The detainee was a special friend to a known Taliban leader.
- This Taliban leader was in charge of all the Arabs on the front lines in the northern area of Afghanistan near Konduz and Marzar e Sharif.
- This Taliban leader reported directly to an al Qaida commander.
- The al Qaida commander was in charge of al Qaida fighters in the Afghani northern front.
- d. Intent
- The detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia, through Pakistan, then into Afghanistan.
- The detainee said that if he were in a combat situation, he would attack Americans to defend his country and/or family and he would fight again for the sake of his religion or his family.
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
- a. The detainee stated, "I did not fight against the United States or her allies."
- b. The detainee stated, "I did not see an American or fight against an American or any American allies."
- c. The detainee said that his intention was to go to Pakistan for four months to teach religion in accordance with a Da'wa.
- d. The detainee said that he was going to the Raywan mosque in Lahore Pakistan to teach.
In the Spring of 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page Summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board.[6][7]
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 24 February 2006.[8] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
In September 2007 the Department of Defense published the transcripts from the few captives who attended their second annual Administrative Review Board hearings in 2006. Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali attended his hearing and a fourteen page summarized transcript was published.[9]
Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's Assisting Military Officer helped him draft a statement in response to the Summary of Evidence memo. Usually written responses like this were read aloud, and the captive was encouraged to add extemporaneous comments. Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's statement was not read aloud. He was not provided an opportunity to expand on the responses it contained.
A Sudanese captive identified as "Walid Ali", two other Sudanese, a Moroccan, and five Afghan captives were repatriated to the custody of their home countries on May 1, 2008.[10][11] The identity of the five Afghan repatriates was not made public. The other two Sudanese men were Sami Al Hajj, Yacoub al-Amir.[12] The Sudanese captive was Saïd Boujaâdia. Amnesty International reports that the nine repatriates were the first captives to be repatriated in 2008.
The three men gave a press conference in Sudan, upon their arrival.[13] Walid Ali and Yaboub al-Amir reported they were hooded, and shackled into their seats, during the flight home.[14]
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