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Abdul Zahir (عبدالظاهر) is a citizen of Afghanistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]

Wikipedia:wikisource:List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006

Charges were leveled against Zahir on January 20, 2006, by the Guantanamo military commissions.[2]

Zahir's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 753.[1] American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1972, in Hasarak, Afghanistan.

Zahir was charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians in connection with the grenade attack that wounded Canadian reporter Kathleen Kenna.[3][4][5][6] These charges have been dismissed but may be refiled.

Kenna wrote in an op-ed about Abdul Zahir's trial, on December 27, 2009, that she and her companions weren't interested in retribution, that she and her companions could not identify their attackers, and she hoped Abdul Zahir received a truly fair trial.[7]

According to historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, an op-ed published by Kathleen Kenna, the journalist who was injured in the attack Zahir was accused of, should have shamed the US Government.[8]

After living in a war zone for months in Afghanistan, and closely following the war’s progress since then, we have strong convictions that any prisoner-of-war should be treated with dignity, and afforded all the rights guaranteed by the Geneva Conventions and international human rights laws. It’s what we would demand for any Canadian, American or other citizen — whether combatant or aid worker — captured and held in a country of war. It’s what we want for Zahir and all the Guantánamo detainees.

Abdul Zahir has been held at Guantanamo since October 2002.[9]

Official Guantanamo picture of Abdul Sahir. Compliant (JTF-GTMO) captives wear white or tan Guantanamo captives' uniforms. Non-compliant captives wear orange. Captives who are considered suicide risks wear black uniforms

Zahir's assessment recommended his continued detention under DoD control and was signed by camp commandant David M Thomas Jr..


He was the tenth captive, and the first Afghan, to face charges before the first, Presidentially authorized Guantanamo military commissions.[10][11][12] After the Supreme Court ruled the President lacked the nconstitutional authority to set up military commissions, the United States Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, he was not charged under that system.

Background[edit]

Abdul Zahir was transferred to Guantanamo on October 28, 2002, and remains there today.[13][14]

Zahir was charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians in connection with the grenade attack that wounded Canadian reporter Kathleen Kenna.[8][15] Kenna wrote an op-ed about her feelings about Abdul Zahir's trial on December 27, 2009.[7] She wrote that she and her companions weren't interested in retribution. She wrote that she hopes Abdul Zahir has a truly fair trial. She wrote that she and her companions couldn't identify their attackers. According to historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, Kenna's op-ed should have shamed the US Government.[8]

After living in a war zone for months in Afghanistan, and closely following the war’s progress since then, we have strong convictions that any prisoner-of-war should be treated with dignity, and afforded all the rights guaranteed by the Geneva Conventions and international human rights laws. It’s what we would demand for any Canadian, American or other citizen — whether combatant or aid worker — captured and held in a country of war. It’s what we want for Zahir and all the Guantánamo detainees.

Official status reviews[edit]

Originally the Bush Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the "war on terror" were not covered by the Geneva Conventions, and could be held indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention. In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.

Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants[edit]

Following the Supreme Court's ruling the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants.

According to the New York Times Guantanamo Docket Zahir had annual status reviews in 2004 and 2007.[14] There is no record that he had an annual reviews in 2005, 2006 or 2008.

Scholars at the Brookings Institute, lead by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations[16]:

  • Abdul Zahir was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... are members of Al Qaeda."[16]
  • Abdul Zahir was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges that the following detainees stayed in Al Qaeda, Taliban or other guest- or safehouses."[16]
  • Abdul Zahir was listed as one of the captives who was ab "al Qaeda operative".[16]
  • Abdul Zahir was listed as one of the captives "who have been charged before military commissions and are alleged Al Qaeda operatives."[16]
  • Abdul Zahir was listed as one of the captives who "deny affiliation with Al Qaeda or the Taliban yet admit facts that, under the broad authority the laws of war give armed parties to detain the enemy, offer the government ample legal justification for its detention decisions."[16]
  • Abdul Zahir was listed as one of the captives who admitted "serving Al Qaeda or the Taliban in some non-military capacity."[16]

Guantanamo Review Task Force reviews[edit]

Shortly after he took office President Barack Obama shut down the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants, replacing it with an inter-agency Guantanamo Review Task Force. This agency is also mandated to perform regular reviews. No documents from those reviews have been made public.

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment[edit]

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts.[17][18] Joint Task Force Guantanamo drafted a 12 page assessment on November 19, 2008.[19][20] Zahir's assessment recommended his continued detention under DoD control and was signed by camp commandant David M Thomas Jr.

Charged before a military commission[edit]

Zahir was charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians in connection with the grenade attack that wounded Canadian reporter Kathleen Kenna.[4][21] Kenna wrote an op-ed about her feelings about Abdul Zahir's trial on December 27, 2009.[7] She wrote that she and her companions weren't interested in retribution. She wrote that she hopes Abdul Zahir has a truly fair trial. She wrote that she and her companions couldn't identify their attackers.

Abdul Zahir was transferred to Guantanamo on October 28, 2002, and remains there today.[13][14]

The first hearing in Zaher's case was held on April 5, 2006.[22][23] Although the rules for Military Commissions required the suspect to be given a copy of the charges against them in a language they could read, Zahir had not been given a translation. Officials could not explain why the hearing had been convened without hiring a Farsi translator, so Zahir could understand what was going on.

According to Jamil Dakwar, the director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program, an observer at Zahir's April 5th hearing, the military commission system "...is a deficient system rife with legal and procedural problems..."[24] Dakwar noted that Zahir's hearing was the first when the Presiding Officer wore a black robe, like a civilian judge. He noted that the charge "conspiracy to commit war crimes" was not a crime recognized under any international law.

Zahir's second hearing was held on May 17, 2006.[25] It was convened because Zahir sole defense attorney, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bogar, had filed a motion questioning whether the Presiding Officer Colonel Robert Chester should recuse himself due to inherent bias. Bogar dropped his motion, telling reporters later he was satisfied with the answers he received from Chester and the jury members.[26]



Combatant Status Review Tribunal[edit]

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with their hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair.[27][28] A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press; three chairs were reserved for members of the press.[29] In practice, most Tribunals went unobserved; the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held, and when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. Only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed[29][27][28][29] Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley
Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal


Originally the Bush (WP) Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the wars for capitalism and oil, known as the "war on terror" were not covered by the Geneva Conventions, and could be held indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention.[30] They were not offered the protections afforded by criminal law either, leaving them in a legal limbo through years of detention. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligations, and to keep the Geneva Conventions at arms' length, the concept of competent tribunals was invented, tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

The Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (WP). The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants, again to avoid the Geneva Conventions standards -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant, further attempting to institutionalize a standard that stood against the consensus of international law.

Critics mounted legal challenges to this policy. Justice James Robertson ruled that the United States was obliged under article 5 of the Wikipedia:third Geneva Conventionthird Geneva Convention to treat all prisoners as lawful combatants, who would be entitled to prisoner of war status, unless a "competent tribunal" had determined that they were not lawful combatants.

The policies of the tribunals themselves were also challenged by the Judicial branch. In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.

The released prisoners are arrogantly, even absurdly called "No longer enemy combatants" (WP); an attempt to make numerous issues, including illegal arrest and holding without trial, disappear in plain sight.

Zahir was one of the 317 detainees who chose to testify before his Tribunal.[31]

Administrative Review Board hearings[edit]

Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant".[32]

Following the Supreme Court's ruling that prisoners the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants.[30] Gul attended his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[33]

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board (WP) hearings.[34] The US government, careful to avoid the standards of international law, made a point of declaring that Administrative Review Boards were not authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, as this would have invoked the Geneva Convention standards. They further distanced the ARB boards from international consideration by distancing the ARB boards from the CSRT and the government's own definition of "enemy combatant", by not authorizing the ARB boards to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".

They were set on a purely opportunistic venture to assess the government's self interest, in the manner of the villain holding a gun to a hostage's head and saying, "don't make me do this". "If we do the right thing and release these prisoners, the board asked, "will we be inconveniencing ourselves?" And so they considered whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat -- or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.[35]

Allegations[edit]

The allegations against Zahir were:[31]


a Detainee is a member of Al Qaida
  1. Detainee was a translator for Abdul Hadi, a known member of Al Qaida for a period of three years.
  2. Detainee translated for HADI when he spoke with Mullah Abdul Satar Ahmadi, the leader of Taliban soldiers in the North of Kabul.
  3. Detainee is able to identify several members of Al Qaida and the Taliban from his stay in the ASHARA.
  4. Detainee's duties were to safe keep and distribute funds for various Al-Qaida and Taliban members.
b Detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States and/or it’s Template:sic coalition partners.
  1. Detainee collected and dispersed money for members of the Taliban and Al Qaida, utilizing the funds for operational costs such as food and supplies.
  2. Detainee was involved in a grenade attack on Western journalists in the spring of 2003.


Testimony[edit]

  • Asserted he was just an employee, and had no affiliation with Al Qaeda – would not have joined Al Qaeda because it was a terrorist group..
  • Acknowledged translating between Al Iraqi and Satar.
  • Didn't get to know any foreigners at the guesthouse because his boss wouldn't let him...
  • Never handled money when he worked for Hadi. Acknowledged accepting $40,000 from Hadi, in trust, when he fled Afghanistan. Acknowledged passing it on to a single individual.
  • Denied engaging in hostilities. Said that he believed that the allegation that he was involved in an attack on Western journalists was merely because he was able to inform American authorities who did launch the attack. Pointed out that he didn’t flee when Al Qaeda and the Taliban fled, because he didn’t think he had anything to fear because he hadn’t done anything wrong.

There is no record that Abdul Zahir's status had a review in 2005, 2006.

Summary of Evidence, 2008[edit]

Wikipedia:wikisource:Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Zahir, Abdul

A two page Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his 2005 annual review.[36] The memo listed 12 factors favoring continued detention, and 3 factors favoring transfer or release.

Among the new factors, not mentioned in his CSR Tribunal memo were:

Charges[edit]

Wikipedia:Wikisource:United States of America v. Abdul Zahir (2006/01/20)

Zahir first faced charges in January 2006, before the first, Presidentially authorized Guantanamo military commissions.[37]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense.
  2. ↑ Alleged Qaeda Member Faces Tribunal, CBS News, April 4, 2006
  3. ↑ terrorist charged in Afghan grenade attack that injured Canadian, CJAD, January 20, 2006
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 US brings charges against 10th Guantanamo prisoner, Reuters, January 20, 2006
  5. ↑ Military Commission Charges Referred, US Department of Defense, January 20, 2006
  6. ↑ USA v. Zahir. (PDF) US Department of Defense. URL accessed on February 27, 2007.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kathleen Kenna (2009-12-27). "The justice I want for Captive 783 [sic"]. Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Finsight%2Farticle%2F742968--the-justice-i-want-for-captive-783&date=2009-12-27. </li>
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Andy Worthington (2012-07-07). "US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo". Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.andyworthington.co.uk%2F2012%2F07%2F07%2Fus-in-talks-to-return-the-17-afghan-prisoners-in-guantanamo%2F&date=2012-08-11. "In December 2009, Kathleen Kenna, who was seriously injured in the attack that was allegedly undertaken by Abdul Zahir, wrote an op-ed for the Toronto Star, which should have shamed the US authorities." </li>
  9. ↑ The Guantanamo Docket - Abdul Zahir
  10. ↑ Priti Patel, Avi Cover (2006-10-30). "'There are No Rules Here:' A Visitor's Guide to Guantanamo and the Military Commissions". South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsamarmagazine.org%2Farchive%2Farticles%2F228&date=2012-08-11. "So we now know that Binyam Muhammad has a wonderful sense of humor and a flare for out-of-context idioms; Abdul Zahir, the only Afghan charged before the commissions, is quiet and self-contained; Omar Khadr, a nineteen year-old who has spent his teenage years at Guantanamo, has the freshly scrubbed look of teenage boy anywhere in the world." </li>
  11. ↑ Jaime Jansen (2006-01-20). "US charges tenth Guantanamo detainee". The Jurist. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjurist.law.pitt.edu%2Fpaperchase%2F2006%2F01%2Fus-charges-tenth-guantanamo-detainee.php&date=2012-08-12. "Abdul Zahir has been formally charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians, and is accused of working as a translator and money-man for former Taliban rulers in Afghanistan and with al Qaeda. The accusations also implicate Zahir in a 2002 grenade attack that injured three journalists." </li>
  12. ↑ "Alleged Qaeda Member Faces Tribunal". CBS News. 2012-04-04. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2006%2F04%2F04%2Fterror%2Fmain1468271.shtml&date=2012-08-12. "Abdul Zahir sat down at the defense table, wearing no handcuffs and appearing relaxed, inside the tribunal building perched on a hill on this U.S. military base. His U.S. military defense counsel almost immediately began asking the judge, Marine Col. Robert S. Chester, what laws he would follow in presiding over the trial. The Guantanamo Bay trials are the first military tribunals held by the U.S. military since the World War II era." </li>
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version). Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from source 2009-12-21.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Zahir". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fprojects.nytimes.com%2Fguantanamo%2Fdetainees%2F753-abdul-zahir+&date=2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-11. </li>
  15. ↑ "Tenth Gitmo inmate charged". United Press International. 2006-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FBusiness_News%2FSecurity-Industry%2F2006%2F01%2F20%2FTenth-Gitmo-inmate-charged%2FUPI-86311137786939%2F&date=2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-12. "The legality of the military commission system and whether it meets the constitutional requirements of due process is to be the subject of a case to be heard before the Supreme Court in March. Zahir's trial date has not yet been set. Because of legal challenges, there has yet to be a single military commission completed." </li>
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 Benjamin Wittes, Zaathira Wyne (2008-12-16). "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study". The Brookings Institute. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2008/12/16%20detainees%20wittes/1216_detainees_wittes.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-16. mirror </li>
  17. ↑ Christopher Hope, Robert Winnett, Holly Watt, Heidi Blake (2011-04-27). "WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed -- Guantanamo Bay has been used to incarcerate dozens of terrorists who have admitted plotting terrifying attacks against the West – while imprisoning more than 150 totally innocent people, top-secret files disclose". The Telegraph (UK). Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworldnews%2Fwikileaks%2F8471907%2FWikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html&date=2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-07-13. "The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America’s own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world’s most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website." </li>
  18. ↑ "WikiLeaks: The Guantánamo files database". The Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwikileaks-files%2Fguantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files%2F8476672%2FWikiLeaks-The-Guantanamo-files-database.html&date=2012-08-11. </li>
  19. ↑ "Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Abdul Al Zaher, US9AF-000753DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks". Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwikileaks-files%2Fguantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files%2F8476903%2FGuantanamo-Bay-detainee-file-on-Abdul-Al-Zaher-US9AF-000753DP.html&date=2012-08-11. "Detainee Summary: If released without rehabilitation, close supervision, and means to successfully reintegrate into his society as a law-abiding citizen, it is assessed CLASSIFIED(S) detainee would immediately seek out prior associates and reengage in hostilities and extremist support activities at home and abroad..." </li>
  20. ↑ David M Thomas Jr. (2008-11-19). "Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9AF000753DP". Joint Task Force Guantanamo. http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2011/04/27/18/us9af-000753dp.source.prod_affiliate.91.pdf. Retrieved 2012-08-11. Template:commons-inline </li>
  21. ↑ Carol Rosenberg (2006-01-21). "10th Guantanamo captive facing war crimes charges". Free Lance Star. p. 10. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rwQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jggGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2313,5409491&dq=military-commission+abdul-zahir+charges+. Retrieved 2012-08-12. "His U.S. defense lawyer, Robert A. Gensburg of St. Johnsbury, Vt., said he had met Zahir at Guantanamo but was not authorized to talk about his client or the case. Gensburg said he first learned of the charges from The Miami Herald." </li>
  22. ↑ "Court rules questioned at Gitmo hearing". China Daily. 2006-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fworld%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F2006-04%2F05%2Fcontent_560616.htm&date=2012-08-11. "But, when pressed by the defense attorney, Army Lt. Col. Thomas Bogar, the judge would not specify which set of laws would guide the trial." </li>
  23. ↑ Joshua Pantesco (2006-04). "Guantanamo military judge unsure of what laws govern detainee trial". The Jurist. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjurist.law.pitt.edu%2Fpaperchase%2F2006_04_04_indexarch.php%23114419383182467159&date=2012-08-12. "When asked by Zahir's military counsel, judge Col. Robert Chester said "Obviously military law is going to have some application. I suppose we will look at military criminal law and federal criminal laws and procedures." Asked to be more specific, he later shot back "I'm not going to speculate as to what is or what is not controlling."" </li>
  24. ↑ Jamil Dakwar (2012-04-05). ""Judging" Abdul Zahir". ACLU. http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/judging-abdul-zahir. Retrieved 2012-08-11. mirror </li>
  25. ↑ Jamil Dakwar (2006-05-16). ""The Mouth That Prohibits Is the Mouth That Permits"". ACLU. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aclu.org%2Fblog%2Fnational-security%2Fmouth-prohibits-mouth-permits&date=2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-08-11. "Tomorrow will be Mr. Zahir's second appearance before the military commission. Last month, his military defense counsel started a voir dire inquiry — a process which allows the defense to question the impartiality of the presiding officer." </li>
  26. ↑ Jamil Dakwar (2006-05-20). "The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?". ACLU. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aclu.org%2Fblog%2Fnational-security%2Fbeginning-end-or-end-beginning&date=2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-11. "In camp 4, Mr. Abdul Zahir enjoyed less restrictive conditions and shared a communal facility with other detainees from Afghanistan. Unlike some of the detainees in camp 5, Mr. Abdul Zahir has not threatened to boycott the proceedings and, according to his lawyer, he is still keen to cooperate and prove his innocence before the commission. His lawyer is therefore concerned that the worsening conditions might affect the relationship with his client and ultimately the ability to prepare a proper defense before the military commission." </li>
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:New York Times, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:November 11 Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2004 - mirror
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Financial Times, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:December 11 Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2004
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. Wikipedia:Wikipedia:United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2007-09-22.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "U.S. military reviews 'enemy combatant' use". USA Today. 2007-10-11. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2007-10-11-guantanamo-combatants_N.htm&date=2012-08-11. "Critics called it an overdue acknowledgment that the so-called Combatant Status Review Tribunals are unfairly geared toward labeling detainees the enemy, even when they pose little danger. Simply redoing the tribunals won't fix the problem, they said, because the system still allows coerced evidence and denies detainees legal representation." </li>
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdul Zahir's Combatant Status Review Tribunal pages 1-8
  32. ↑ Spc Timothy Book (Friday March 10 2006). "Review process unprecedented". JTF-GTMO Public Affairs Office. pp. pg 1. http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/WirePDF/v6/TheWire-v6-i049-10MAR2006.pdf#1. Retrieved 2007-10-10. </li>
  33. ↑ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Mohammad Gul". New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/457-mohammad-gul. Retrieved 2012-08-19. </li>
  34. ↑ Army Sgt. Sarah Stannard (October 29 2007). "OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense". JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs. http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/07octstories/102907-2-oardec.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26. </li>
  35. ↑ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. URL accessed on November 12, 2010.
  36. ↑ OARDEC (2008-01-02). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Zahir, Abdul". Department of Defense. Archived on 2010-02-02. Template:citation error. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/753-abdul-zahir/documents/9/pages/657#10. Retrieved 2010-02-02. </li>
  37. ↑ "United States of America v. Abdul Zahir -- CHARGES: CONSPIRACY; AIDING THE ENEMY; ATTACKING CIVILIANS". United States Department of Defense. 2006-01-20. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2006/d20060120zahir.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-14. mirror </li> </ol>

External links[edit]

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