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A [[Saudi]] candidate to become one of the |
A [[Saudi people|Saudi]] candidate to become one of the September 11 hijackers, '''Khalid Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani''' (often misspelled as '''Zaharni''') was an [[al-Qaeda]] member, held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the [[United States]]'s [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2> |
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| title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 |
| title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 |
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His arrival in Guantanamo is recorded as February 11, 2002.<ref name=OfficialWeightsIsn186-251> |
His arrival in Guantanamo is recorded as February 11, 2002.<ref name=OfficialWeightsIsn186-251> |
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His repatriation is recorded as July 17, 2007.<ref name=ConsolidatedReleaseList> |
His repatriation is recorded as July 17, 2007.<ref name=ConsolidatedReleaseList> |
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His first interrogation |
His first interrogation was recorded on April 20, 2002. |
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According to the [[9/11 Commission]], he attended "terrorist training camps", including [[Al Farouq training camp|Al Farouq]] in Afghanistan for eleven years. The 9/11 Commission reports:<ref name=911Commission>{{cite web |
According to the [[9/11 Commission]], he attended "terrorist training camps", including [[Al Farouq training camp|Al Farouq]] in Afghanistan for eleven years. The 9/11 Commission reports:<ref name=911Commission>{{cite web |
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| url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/21/saudi.hijacker/index.html |
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<blockquote>Khalid Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani. He traveled to Afghanistan illegally after being prohibited by Saudi authorities from leaving Saudi Arabia. After being assigned to a mission in the U.S., he secretly reentered the Kingdom but failed in an attempt to have his name removed from the list of prohibited travelers so that he could obtain a U.S. visa. See Intelligence reports, interrogations of detainee, April 20, 2002; October 4, 2002; April 3, 2003.</blockquote> |
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He was sent, but failed, to convince [[Mushabib al-Hamlan]] not to abandon his training, after |
He was sent, but failed, to convince [[Mushabib al-Hamlan]] not to abandon his training, after Hamlan left the training camp to remain with his ill mother. |
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He was later selected for an unknown mission in the United States, believed to have been the 9/11 hijackings, and re-entered Saudi Arabia to apply for a legitimate travel [[visa (document)|visa]], but was denied an application because his name was on a Saudi watchlist of persons to be refused to travel outside the country. |
He was later selected for an unknown mission in the United States, believed to have been the 9/11 hijackings, and re-entered Saudi Arabia to apply for a legitimate travel [[visa (document)|visa]], but was denied an application because his name was on a Saudi watchlist of persons to be refused to travel outside the country. |
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== Combatant Status Review Tribunal == |
== Combatant Status Review Tribunal == |
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[[Image:Trailer where CSR Tribunals were held.jpg|thumb|[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s were held in a 3 x 5 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.<ref name=Nytimes041109> |
[[Image:Trailer where CSR Tribunals were held.jpg|thumb|[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s were held in a 3 x 5 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.<ref name=Nytimes041109>{{Cite news|last=Lewis|first=Neil A.|date=2004-11-08|title=Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/us/guantanamo-prisoners-getting-their-day-but-hardly-in-court.html|access-date=2023-01-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=FinancialTimes041211>[http://www.christusrex.org/www1/news/ft-12-11-04a.htm Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals"], ''[[Financial Times]]'', December 11, 2004</ref> Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.<ref name=DoDCsrtBriefing20070306> |
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|title=Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials |
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Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]] to captives from [[the war on terror]].<ref name=Bbc2002-01-21> |
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]] to captives from [[the war on terror]].<ref name=Bbc2002-01-21> |
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This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct [[competent tribunal]]s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of [[prisoner of war]] status. |
This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct [[competent tribunal]]s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of [[prisoner of war]] status. |
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Subsequently the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' |
Subsequently the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. 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 [[enemy combatant]]. |
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===Summary of Evidence memo=== |
===Summary of Evidence memo=== |
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| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- |
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- al-Zahrani, Khalid |
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a. The detainee is a Taliban member and is associated with al Qaida: |
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#The detainee is a Saudi Arabian national who volunteered to travel to Afghanistan to fight against the Northern Alliance in May 2001. |
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#The detainee traveled to Kut Bakram training camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he received training on the Kalishnikov rifle and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). |
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#The detainee was in possession of a Casio watch and the model is linked to bombings committed by al Qaida and other radical Islamic terrorists. |
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b. The detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. |
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#The detainee was on the front line in an area called Kut Kalif in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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#The detainee was in a fighting position in the Tora Bora mountain region from 23 November 2001 until 18 December 2001. |
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#The detainee stated when the United States began bombing his area his group was ordered to leave the area and go to Pakistan. |
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#The detainee stated he was captured after crossing the border into Pakistan.}} |
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==Hunger strike== |
==Hunger strike== |
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In 2005, he partook in a [[Guantanamo hunger strike|hunger strike]] to protest the [[Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005|Qur'an desecration controversy]]<ref>Cageprisoners.com, [http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=132 Khalid al Zahrani]</ref> |
In 2005, he partook in a [[Guantanamo hunger strike|hunger strike]] to protest the [[Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005|Qur'an desecration controversy]]<ref>Cageprisoners.com, [http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=132 Khalid al Zahrani] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181746/http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=132 |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> |
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=== Administrative Review Board === |
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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 might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.<ref> |
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===2005 Administrative Review Board hearing=== |
===2005 Administrative Review Board hearing=== |
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{{Wikisource|Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of al-Zahrani, Khalid (2005-09-21)}} |
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A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for |
A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for |
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Khalid |
Khalid al-Zahrani's first annual |
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[[Administrative Review Board]].<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceIsn234> |
[[Administrative Review Board]].<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceIsn234> |
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The three page memo listed |
The three page memo listed |
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16 "primary factors [which] favor continued detention" and |
16 "primary factors [which] favor continued detention" and |
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1 "primary factor [which] favors release or transfer". |
1 "primary factor [which] favors release or transfer". |
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Among the factors |
Among the factors al-Zahrani faced were: |
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* The allegation that he visited an audio store owned by "[[Abu Hassan]]", where he listened to jihad speeches. |
* The allegation that he visited an audio store owned by "[[Abu Hassan]]", where he listened to jihad speeches. |
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* The allegation that [[Sheik Bin Gebreen]] and [[Sheik Bin Augla]] gave him advice on travel routes for traveling to Afghanistan for [[jihad]]. |
* The allegation that [[Sheik Bin Gebreen]] and [[Sheik Bin Augla]] gave him advice on travel routes for traveling to Afghanistan for [[jihad]]. |
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* The allegation that he trained on [[AK-47]]s and [[rocket-propelled grenade]]s at the [[Kut Bakrarn training camp]] in Kabul. |
* The allegation that he trained on [[AK-47]]s and [[rocket-propelled grenade]]s at the [[Kut Bakrarn training camp]] in Kabul. |
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* The allegation that his name was found on a list of [[324 Arabic names]], and several other [[suspicious list (OARDEC)|suspicious lists]]. |
* The allegation that his name was found on a list of [[324 Arabic names]], and several other [[suspicious list (OARDEC)|suspicious lists]]. |
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* The allegation that his name was found on a file ''"titled 'al jawazat.doc' which translates to 'passports .doc'. This document contains tables labeled: name |
* The allegation that his name was found on a file ''"titled 'al jawazat.doc' which translates to 'passports .doc'. This document contains tables labeled: name, nationality, safety-deposit box number, contents and comments.''" |
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* The allegation that "''[[a chat session from 2 September 2002]] which contained the following entry: 'Khalid bin Muhammad bin'Ali al-Zahrani Abu al-Jarah from al Kharg-al Jazirah which is his parents.'" |
* The allegation that "''[[a chat session from 2 September 2002]] which contained the following entry: 'Khalid bin Muhammad bin'Ali al-Zahrani Abu al-Jarah from al Kharg-al Jazirah which is his parents.''" |
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* The allegation that he was in possession of a [[Casio F91W]]. |
* The allegation that he was in possession of a [[Casio F91W]]. |
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===2006 Administrative Review Board hearing=== |
===2006 Administrative Review Board hearing=== |
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{{Wikisource|Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Zahrani, Khalid Mohammed (2006-05-23)}} |
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A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for |
A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for |
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Khalid Mohammed Al Zahrani's second annual |
Khalid Mohammed Al Zahrani's second annual |
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[[Administrative Review Board]].<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceIsn234> |
[[Administrative Review Board]].<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceIsn234> |
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The three page memo listed |
The three page memo listed |
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20 "primary factors [which] favor continued detention" and |
20 "primary factors [which] favor continued detention" and |
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1 "primary factor [which] favors release or transfer". |
1 "primary factor [which] favors release or transfer". |
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Among the additional factors |
Among the additional factors al-Zahrani faced were: |
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*The allegation that his name was found in a chat session recovered from the computer of one of the individuals involved in an [[attack on US Marines at Faylaka Island, Kuwait]] in October 2002. |
*The allegation that his name was found in a chat session recovered from the computer of one of the individuals involved in an [[attack on US Marines at Faylaka Island, Kuwait]] in October 2002. |
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*The allegation that he traveled to Afghanistan in May 2001. |
*The allegation that he traveled to Afghanistan in May 2001. |
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*The allegation that his name was found on a list of |
*The allegation that his name was found on a list of mujahedin that arrived in Afghanistan in December 2001. |
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==Repatriation== |
==Repatriation== |
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On November 26, 2008 the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.<ref name=ConsolidatedReleaseList> |
On November 26, 2008 the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.<ref name="ConsolidatedReleaseList"/> |
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According to that list Al Zahrani was repatriated on July 15, 2007. |
According to that list Al Zahrani was repatriated on July 15, 2007. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/the-guantanamo-files-website-extras-4-escape-to-pakistan-the-saudis/ The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (4) – Escape to Pakistan (The Saudis)] Andy Worthington |
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*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23108871 Pentagon charges 6 in 9-11 attacks] |
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*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23120362 'Clean team' interrogated 9-11 suspects] |
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[[Category:Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda members]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:31, 12 July 2024
Khalid Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani | |
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Detained at | Guantanamo |
ISN | 234 |
Charge(s) | no charge extrajudicial detention |
Status | repatriated in July 2007 |
A Saudi candidate to become one of the September 11 hijackers, Khalid Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani (often misspelled as Zaharni) was an al-Qaeda member, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 234. His arrival in Guantanamo is recorded as February 11, 2002.[2] His repatriation is recorded as July 17, 2007.[3] His first interrogation was recorded on April 20, 2002.
According to the 9/11 Commission, he attended "terrorist training camps", including Al Farouq in Afghanistan for eleven years. The 9/11 Commission reports:[4][5]
Khalid Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani. He traveled to Afghanistan illegally after being prohibited by Saudi authorities from leaving Saudi Arabia. After being assigned to a mission in the U.S., he secretly reentered the Kingdom but failed in an attempt to have his name removed from the list of prohibited travelers so that he could obtain a U.S. visa. See Intelligence reports, interrogations of detainee, April 20, 2002; October 4, 2002; April 3, 2003.
He was sent, but failed, to convince Mushabib al-Hamlan not to abandon his training, after Hamlan left the training camp to remain with his ill mother.
He was later selected for an unknown mission in the United States, believed to have been the 9/11 hijackings, and re-entered Saudi Arabia to apply for a legitimate travel visa, but was denied an application because his name was on a Saudi watchlist of persons to be refused to travel outside the country.
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
[edit]Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.[9] This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.
Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the 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 enemy combatant.
Summary of Evidence memo
[edit]A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Combatant Status Review Tribunal on September 24, 2004.[10] The memo listed seven allegations:
a. The detainee is a Taliban member and is associated with al Qaida:
- The detainee is a Saudi Arabian national who volunteered to travel to Afghanistan to fight against the Northern Alliance in May 2001.
- The detainee traveled to Kut Bakram training camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he received training on the Kalishnikov rifle and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
- The detainee was in possession of a Casio watch and the model is linked to bombings committed by al Qaida and other radical Islamic terrorists.
b. The detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.
- The detainee was on the front line in an area called Kut Kalif in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- The detainee was in a fighting position in the Tora Bora mountain region from 23 November 2001 until 18 December 2001.
- The detainee stated when the United States began bombing his area his group was ordered to leave the area and go to Pakistan.
- The detainee stated he was captured after crossing the border into Pakistan.
Hunger strike
[edit]In 2005, he partook in a hunger strike to protest the Qur'an desecration controversy[11]
Administrative Review Board
[edit]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 might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.[12]
2005 Administrative Review Board hearing
[edit]A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Khalid al-Zahrani's first annual Administrative Review Board.[13] The three page memo listed 16 "primary factors [which] favor continued detention" and 1 "primary factor [which] favors release or transfer".
Among the factors al-Zahrani faced were:
- The allegation that he visited an audio store owned by "Abu Hassan", where he listened to jihad speeches.
- The allegation that Sheik Bin Gebreen and Sheik Bin Augla gave him advice on travel routes for traveling to Afghanistan for jihad.
- The allegation that he served on the front line in Kut Kalif in Kabul.
- The allegation that "was in a fighting position in the Tora Bora mountain region from 23 November 2001 until 18 December 2001."
- The allegation that he trained on AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades at the Kut Bakrarn training camp in Kabul.
- The allegation that his name was found on a list of 324 Arabic names, and several other suspicious lists.
- The allegation that his name was found on a file "titled 'al jawazat.doc' which translates to 'passports .doc'. This document contains tables labeled: name, nationality, safety-deposit box number, contents and comments."
- The allegation that "a chat session from 2 September 2002 which contained the following entry: 'Khalid bin Muhammad bin'Ali al-Zahrani Abu al-Jarah from al Kharg-al Jazirah which is his parents."
- The allegation that he was in possession of a Casio F91W.
2006 Administrative Review Board hearing
[edit]A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Khalid Mohammed Al Zahrani's second annual Administrative Review Board.[14] The three page memo listed 20 "primary factors [which] favor continued detention" and 1 "primary factor [which] favors release or transfer".
Among the additional factors al-Zahrani faced were:
- The allegation that his name was found in a chat session recovered from the computer of one of the individuals involved in an attack on US Marines at Faylaka Island, Kuwait in October 2002.
- The allegation that he traveled to Afghanistan in May 2001.
- The allegation that his name was found on a list of mujahedin that arrived in Afghanistan in December 2001.
Repatriation
[edit]On November 26, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.[3] According to that list Al Zahrani was repatriated on July 15, 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15.
- ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: ISNs 186-251" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ a b OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "911 Commission Report - notes to part 7". 9/11 Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- ^ Henry Schuster (June 21, 2006). "'20th hijacker' shown in Web video". CNN. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Lewis, Neil A. (2004-11-08). "Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
- ^ "Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials". United States Department of Defense. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Q&A: What next for Guantanamo prisoners?". BBC News. 2002-01-21. Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ OARDEC (2004-09-24). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- al-Zahrani, Khalid". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Cageprisoners.com, Khalid al Zahrani Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials". March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ OARDEC (2005-09-21). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of al-Zahrani, Khalid". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
- ^ OARDEC (2006-05-23). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Zahrani, Khalid Mohammed". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2009-10-25.