Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd

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Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd is a Yemeni citizen detained at the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.^[1] Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts reports Abd Al Rahman Abd was born on December 27, 1975, in Aluday, Yemen.

[edit] Identity

Captive 156 is identified inconsistently in official Department of Defense documents:

• Captive 156 was identified as Allal, Ab Aljallil on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 22 September 2004. and on most of the official lists.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}
• Captive 156 was identified as Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd on the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on 24 March 2005, and the memo prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board, on 15 February 2006.^[8][9][10]
• Captive 156 was identified as Abdelrahman Abdulla Abdel Galil in one of the factors in the memo prepared for his second Administrative Review Board hearing.^[10]
• Captive 156 was identified as Adnan Farhan Abd al Latif in one of the factors in the memo prepared for his second Administrative Review Board hearing.^[10]
• Captive 156 was identified as Afnahn Purhan Abjillil in one of the factors in the memo prepared for his second Administrative Review Board hearing.^[10]

[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.^[11][12] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.^[13]

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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 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 Ab Aljallil Allal's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 22 September 2004.^[2] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is an al Qaida fighter:

1. In the year 2000 the detainee reportedly traveled from Yemen to Afghanistan.
2. The detainee reportedly received training at the al-Farouq training camp.

b. The detainee engaged in hostilities:

1. In April 2001 the detainee reportedly returned to Afghanistan.
2. The detainee reportedly went to the front lines in Kabul.

[edit] Transcript

Abd Al Rahman Abd chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[14]

[edit] Abd Al Rahman Abd's testimony

• Abd Al Rahman Abd insisted he was a victim of mistaken identity. He said: "My name was Agnahn Purhan Abjalil, from Orday City in Yemen, not a city in al Qaida. My city is very far from the city of al Qaida."
• Abd Al Rahman Abd insisted he traveled to Afghanistan for medical treatment, not military training. He claimed his medical records would confirm this.
• Abd Al Rahman Abd's testimony was acrimonious. He seemed confused.

Abd Al Rahman Abd's Personal Representative's notes predicted that he would be disruptive, and concluded that his behavior was a ploy, the result of training to resist interrogation.

[edit] Earned mention in the "No-hearing hearings" study

According to the study entitled, No-hearing hearings, Al Rahman Abd's Tribunal was an instance where a captive had his requests for exculpatory evidence arbitrarily refused, in violation of the orders that established the Tribunals:^[15] Al Rahman Abd wanted his hospital records, which would prove he was in a hospitabl in Jordan when the allegations against him said he was participating in terrorist activities.

"During the hearing, the detainee requested that the Tribunal President obtain medical records from a hospital in Jordan . . . The Tribunal president denied the request. He determined that, since the detainee failed to provide specific information about the documents when he previously met with his PR, the request was untimely and the evidence was not reasonably available."

The study commented:

"CSRT Procedures provide for two reasons to deny requested evidence: that it is irrelevant and that it is “not reasonably available.” That the detainee did not mention this request to his personal representative is not a reason to deny the evidence, at least according to the Procedures set forth in the July 29, 2004 memo."

[edit] Administrative Review Board hearing

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".^[16]

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 Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 24 March 2005.^[9]

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

1. In the year 2000, the detainee traveled from Yemen to Afghanistan.
2. In April 2001, the detainee returned to Afghanistan.
3. The detainee was identified by his alias, as having been on Usama Bin Laden's security detail.

b. Training

The detainee received training at the Al Farouq training camp.

c. Connection/Associations

1. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan to help Ibrahim Aliwee improve the Islamic studies center in Kabul.
2. Ibrahim is a probable member of al Qaida.

d. Intent.

The detainee went to the front lines in Kabul.

e. Other Relevant Data

Detainee's overall behavior has been non-compliant and aggressive. Detainee does not comply with guards instruction. Detainee continues to talk between the blocks. Detainee also has multiple occurrences of causing damage in his cell. Detainee has shown by his actions that he has little regard for the rules of the cellblock and does not respect his fellow man.

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

The detainee stated he was in Pakistan because Ibrahim, a Yemeni man who was a humanitarian, took him to the hospital there. He was only in Pakistan a short time and did not have time to receive treatment.

[edit] Transcript

Captive 156 chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[17] The Department of Defense released a nine page summarized transcript of his hearing. He prepared a 10 point response to the factors favoring his continued detention.^[18]

[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 15 February 2006.^[9] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

1. The detainee claims he met a man in Yemen who talked about jihad and Afghanistan. The man convinced the detainee to go to Afghanistan.
2. This man is a probable al Qaida member.
3. The detainee flew from Sanaa, Yemen to Karachi, Pakistan. He then traveled to Quetta, Pakistan and then to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
4. This trip was sponsored by the Gameit al Hekma organization.

b. Training

The Taliban gave the detainee weapons training and put him on the front line facing the Northern Alliance north of Kabul.

c. Connections/Associations

1. One of the detainee's names appears on a list of Usama Bin Laden's security detail.
2. The detainee's name appears on a list of al Qaida Mujahidin with the contents of their trust accounts found on files recovered from various computers seized during raids against al Qaida associated safehouses.

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee claimed he prefers the name Abdelrahman Abdulla Abdel Galil. The name on his passport is Adnan Farhan Abd al Latif. Latif is his family name.
2. The detainee also stated that his correct full name is Afnahn Purhan Abjillil.

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

a.	The detainee claimed he did not agree with the attacks on America. He said he would go back to Yemen if released from the detention facility. He claimed he had never been to al Qaida camps and had never seen or heard of Usama Bin Laden. In addition, he claimed he did not know of anyone who worked at al Qaida camps and never heard of any plans to attack the USS Cole.
b.	While on the front line facing the Northern Alliance, the detainee claimed he never fired a shot.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (May 15, 2006). 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. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
2. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (22 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Allal, Ab Aljallil page 58. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
3. ^ OARDEC (July 17, 2007). Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
4. ^ OARDEC (September 4, 2007). Index for testimony. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
5. ^ OARDEC (August 9, 2007). Index of Transcripts and Certain Documents from ARB Round One. 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. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006
9. ^ ^{a b c} OARDEC (24 March 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Abd Al Rahman Abd, Allal Ab Aljallil pages 110-111. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
10. ^ ^{a b c d} OARDEC (15 February 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of pages 33-34. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
11. ^ Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court, New York Times, November 11, 2004 - mirror
12. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ documents (.pdf). from Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - mirror - pages 85-93
15. ^ Mark Denbeaux, Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner. No-hearing hearings. Seton Hall University School of Law. Retrieved on April 2, 2007.
16. ^ (Spc Timothy Book. "Review process unprecedented", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday March 10, 2006, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. 
17. ^ OARDEC. Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 156 46-54. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
18. ^ OARDEC Linguist 07. "Translation of Detainee's Written Statement Submitted by Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman, ISN 156 on 30 March 2005 by OARDEC Linguist OK-07", OARDEC, 30 March 2005, pp. pages 8-11. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.