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Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad is a citizen of Yemen held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 224.

As of December 3, 2009, Abd al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad has been held at Guantanamo for seven years 10 months.^[2]

Contents 1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal 1.1 Summary of Evidence memo 2 Administrative Review Board 2.1 First annual Administrative Review Board hearing 3 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.^[3] 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.

[edit] Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad's Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[4] The memo listed the following allegations:

a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida and associated with the Taliban:

1. The detainee voluntarily traveled from Sanaa, Yemen to Kabul, Afghanistan via Pakistan in July or August 2001.
2. A member of the Jama'at Tablighi helped financed [sic] the detainee's trip to Afghanistan.
3. 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.
4. The detainee stayed at a known Taliban safe house near Kabul, Afghanistan for a period of one month after 11 September, 2001.
5. The detainee's name was found on a list of al Qaida Mujahidin and contents of their "trust accounts" found during raids on al Qaida safe houses in Pakistan conducted in September 2002 and March 2003.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.

1. The detainee was identified in the Islamic press as one of 76 persons fighting with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance.

[edit] Administrative Review Board

Captives whose CSRT labelled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to judge whether the captive still posed a threat if repatriated to their home country.^[5]

[edit] First annual Administrative Review Board hearing

Wikisource has original text related to this article: Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Muhammad, Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali (2005-07-20)

A Summary of Evidence memo was drafted for Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad's first annual [[Administrative Review Board hearing.^[6] The three page memo listed fourteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and two "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".

[edit] References

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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-15. 
2. ^ http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/search/224
3. ^ "Q&A: What next for Guantanamo prisoners?". BBC News. 2002-01-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1773140.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-24.  mirror
4. ^ OARDEC (2004-12-16). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Muhammad, Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali". United States Department of Defense. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/224-abd-al-rahman-abdullah-ali-muhammad#1. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
5. ^ Book, Spc. Timothy. The Wire (JTF-GTMO Public Affairs Office), "Review process unprecedented", March 10, 2006
6. ^ OARDEC (2005-07-20). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Muhammad, Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali". United States Department of Defense. http://int-shared1.ec2.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/224-abd-al-rahman-abdullah-ali-muhammad/documents/1/pages/258#3. Retrieved 2009-07-30.