Difference between revisions of "Salim Suliman Al Harbi"

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Salim Suliman Al Harbi is a citizen of Wikipedia:Saudi Arabia who was held in Wikipedia:extrajudicial detention in the Wikipedia:United States Wikipedia:Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Wikipedia:Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Wikipedia:Internment Serial Number was 57. Wikipedia:Joint Task Force Guantanamo Wikipedia:counter-terrorism analysts report that he was born on November 22, 1968, in Wikipedia:Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Salim Suliman al Harbi was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.^[2]

Combatant Status Review Tribunal[edit]

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially the Bush Presidency asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Wikipedia:Geneva Conventions to captives from Wikipedia:the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct Wikipedia:competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of Wikipedia:prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Wikipedia:Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush Presidency's definition of an Wikipedia:enemy combatant.

Summary of Evidence memo[edit]

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Salim Suliman Al Harbi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 13 October 2004.^[3] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

The detainee is associated with al Qaida:

1. The detainee was identified by the Saudi Government as a priority target.
2. The detainee went to Afghanistan in 1990/1991 for jihad.
3. The detainee is associated with Tablighi Jamaat.
4. Tablighi Jamaat is also known as Jama'at Tablighi.
5. Jama'at Al Tablighi, a Pakistan based Islamic missionary organization is being used as a cover to mask travel and activities of terrorists including members of al Qaida.
6. The detainee was captured by Pakistani forces while trying to cross into Pakistan.

Transcript[edit]

There is no record that Salim Suliman Al Harbi chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board hearing[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".^[4]

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Wikipedia:Administrative Review Board hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".

They were authorized to consider 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.

First annual Administrative Review Board[edit]

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Salim Suliman Al Harbi's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 1 June 2005.^[5] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Second annual Administrative Review Board[edit]

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Salim Suliman Al Harbi's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 3 December 2004.^[6] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Board recommendations[edit]

In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Wikipedia:Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.^[7][8]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (3) – “Osama’s Bodyguards” Andy Worthington

Wikipedia:Template:WoTPrisoners

Wikipedia:Category:1968 births Wikipedia:Category:Living people Wikipedia:Category:People from Mecca Wikipedia:Category:Guantanamo detainees known to have been released Wikipedia:Category:Saudi Arabian people