Murtada Ali Said Maqram

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Murtada Ali Said Maqram is a citizen of Saudi Arabia held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] Makram's Guantanamo detainee ID is 187. The Department of Defense reports that Magram was born on March 28, 1976, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[edit] Identity

Captive 187 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:

• Captive 187 was identified as Murtada Ali Said Maqram on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal and the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Murtada Ali Said Maqram's first annual Administrative Review Board.^[2][3]
• Captive 187 was identified as Murtadha Al Said Makram on Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Murtadh Al Said Makram's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 25 January 2006, and on five official lists of captives.^{[1][4][5][6][7][8]}

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunal notice read to a Guantanamo captive. During the period July 2004 through March 2005 a Combatant Status Review Tribunal was convened to make a determination whether they had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". Participation was optional. The Department of Defense reports that 317 of the 558 captives who remained in Guantanamo, in military custody, attended their Tribunals.

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 a 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 Murtada Ali Said Maqram's Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[2] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is an al-Qaida/Taliban fighter:

1. The detainee voluntarily traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan to fight in the Jihad.
2. While traveling through Qandahar, AF, the detainee stayed at a Taliban guesthouse.
3. The detainee received training on the AK-47 assault rifle while in AF.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.

1. While fighting in the Jihad in Afghanistan, the detainee spent seven (7) months on a secondary line approximately 30 kilometers from the front line.
2. After seven (7) months, the detainee then spent two (2) months on another secondary line at Bagram Hill, approximately 13 kilometers from the front line.
3. When the Northern Alliance attacked the front line, the detainee went to the front line on the Bagram side of the mountain.
4. The detainee then retreated to the Tora Bora region, and subsequently fled to Pakistan where he was captured.

[edit] Transcript

There is no record that Murtada Ali Said Maqram participated in his Tribunal.

[edit] Administrative Review Board hearings

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual 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.

[edit] First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Murtada Ali Said Maqram's first annual Administrative Review Board.^[3] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. The detainee is an Al Qaida/Taliban fighter:

1. The detainee voluntarily traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan to fight in the Jihad.
2. While traveling through Qandahar. AF. The detainee stayed at a Taliban guesthouse.
3. The detainee received training on the AK-47 assault rifle while in AF.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.

1. While fighting in the Jihad in Afghanistan, the detainee spent seven (7) months on a secondary line approximately 30 kilometers from the front line.
2. After seven (7) months, the detainee then spent two (2) months on another secondary line at Bagram Hill, approximately 13 kilometers from the front line.
3. When the Northern Alliance attacked the front line, the detainee went to the front line on the Bagram side of the mountain.
4. The detainee then retreated to the Tora Bora region, and subsequently fled to Pakistan where he was captured.

c. Based upon a review of recommendations from US Government agencies and classified and unclassified documents, Enemy Combatant is regarded as a threat to United States and its allies.

1. In the last year, the detainee has thrown food at guards four (4) times, spit on them twice and set off the sprinkler in his cell. The most extreme conduct occurred on 12 October 2004 when he grabbed an MP through the “beanhole” in his cell and pulled him towards the door.
2. A list of contact points and telephone numbers for Al Qaida Mujahidin (the detainee’s name was included on the list) who were scheduled to fight in Afghanistan but who were arrested by the Pakistani authorities was recovered from a computer hard drive in an Al Qaida safehouse.
3. Detainee related it did not matter whether the Taliban won or lost the war but that he fought for the glory of God. Detainee stated he wanted to be a martyr for the cause.

[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

A. No inforation available.

[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Murtadh Al Said Makram's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 25 January 2006.^[8] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (date redacted). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Maqram, Murtada Ali Said page 96. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
3. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (date redacted). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Maqram, Murtada Ali Said page 56-57. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
4. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006
5. ^ OARDEC (July 17, 2007). Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
6. ^ OARDEC (August 9, 2007). Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
7. ^ OARDEC (July 17, 2007). Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
8. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (25 January 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Makram, Murtadh Al Said pages 75-78. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.