Mohamed Anwar Kurd

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Mohamed Anwar Kurd is a citizen of Wikipedia:Iran held in Wikipedia:extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps (WP), in Cuba (WP) Kurd's Guantanamo detainee ID number 676. The Department of Defense reports that Kurd was born on March 4 (WP) Wikipedia:1979, in Wikipedia:Zahedan, Iran.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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Initially the Bush administration 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 prisoner of war (WP) status.

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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 administration's definition of an Wikipedia:enemy combatant.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohamed Anwar Kurd's Combatant Status Review Tribunal. The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is a Taliban fighter: The detainee trained at the Qulio Urdo Taliban training camp in Wikipedia:Kandahar, AF. The detainee was trained to use an Wikipedia:AK-47 assault rifle at the Qulio Urdo Taliban training camp. b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition. The detainee spent over two weeks at the front lines in Wikipedia:Khanabad. The detainee was arrested by Wikipedia:Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan (WP).

Wikipedia:Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 6 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.

There is no record that Kurd chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board hearing

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.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohamed Anwar Kurd's Administrative Review Board, on Wikipedia:11 February Wikipedia:2005. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Training In October 2001, the detainee traveled into Afghanistan and received Wikipedia:AK-47 training at the Wikipedia:Taliban's Wikipedia:Qulio Urdo training camp in Wikipedia:Kandahar, Wikipedia:Afghanistan. b. Connections/Association During the few months the detainee was in Afghanistan, he stayed in at least three Taliban guesthouses in Wikipedia:Kabul, Taloqan Wikipedia:Taloqan, and Wikipedia:Konduz. c. Intent The detainee is a Wikipedia:Sunni Muslim who planned to assassinate two key Wikipedia:Shia leaders in Wikipedia:Zahaden, Wikipedia:Iran. The detainee traveled from Iran to Afghanistan approximately one week before hostilities began. The detainee went to Afghanistan to buy a pistol in order to kill the three individuals responsible for destroying his mosque. d. Other Relevant Data The detainee is familiar with smuggling routes between Iran and Afghanistan, though he claims this is because he has family in the area and has seen smugglers go through the area. The detainee was arrested by Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.	The detainee stated that he traveled into Afghanistan to purchase electronic equipment for his brother because it is cheaper in Afghanistan than in Iran and can be resold for a profit.
b.	The detainee was conscripted by the Taliban after he was caught in Afghanistan. When he was stopped, he did not want to tell them that he was from Iran as he had heard that they had killed Iranian diplomats. The Taliban seized the money that he had with him to purchase electronics.
c.	The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks in the U.S. prior to their execution on September 11th, and also denied knowledge of any rumors or plans of future attacks on the U.S. or U.S. interests.

Board recommendations

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".

In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Wikipedia:Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official. The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized transfer on Wikipedia:April 22 2005 (WP.

Repatriation

Three men Wikipedia:Maroof Saleemovich Salehove, Wikipedia:Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan and Wikipedia:Mohamed Anwar Kurd were sent home on 19 August 2005. The other two men had been determined never to have been enemy combatants in the first place.

References

Kurd. Mohamed Anwar Kurd. Mohamed Anwar