Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid

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Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid is a Yemeni citizen detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1] Al Mujahid's Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 031. Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts report that he was born on [[August 1, 1977, in Taiz. Yemen.

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The captive sat on a plastic garden chair, with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.^[2][3] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.^[4]

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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. 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.

Al Mujahid chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunals.^[5]

[edit] Allegations

The allegations Al Mujahid faced were:^[6]

[edit] Allegations against Al Mujahid

a. The detainee supported al Qaida,

1. The detainee was seen with Usama bin Laden in Kandahar, Afghanistan (April 2001) and Tora Bora (November 2001).
2. The detainee admitted to knowing Usama bin Laden.
3. The detainee was a security guard for Usama bin Laden.

b. The detainee supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces.

1. The detainee was seen on the front lines.

[edit] Al Mujahid's testimony

• Al Mujahid denied that he supported al Qaeda. He said that al Qaeda committed acts that were not permitted under Muslim law.
• Al Mujahid testified that he had only ever seen bin Laden on television.
• Al Mujahid acknowledged traveling to Afghanistan. He said the purpose of his trip was study.

[edit] References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court, New York Times, November 11, 2004 - mirror
3. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
4. ^ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. United States Department of Defense (March 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
5. ^ dcouments (.pdf) from Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - page 23
6. ^ Summarized Transcripts (.pdf) from Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 12-20