Deleted:Saleh Abdall Al Oshan

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Saleh Abdall al Oshan
Born 1979 (age 44–45)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saleh Abdall al Oshan is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention is the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 248. The Department of Defense reports that al Oshan was born on July 1, 1979 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Combatant Status Review

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Al Oshan was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee, listing the allegations that supported their detention as an "enemy combatant".

Al Oshan's memo accused him of the following:[2]

The detainee is associated with al Qaida:
  1. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan from Saudi Arabia via Pakistan after September 2001.
  2. The detainee received money to finance his trip to Afghanistan.
  3. The detainee was injured by [sic] when he stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan.
  4. The detainee worked in the Buldak [sic] area, where the Al-Haramayn relief agency also operated.
  5. Al-Haramayn is listed in Executive Order 13224 as an agency that supports terrorism.
  6. One of the name variants of the detainee was found on a list in an al Qaida maintained premise in Kabul and at Fort Koh-I-Khan Nashin in Helamand Province in November 2001.
  7. The detainee was identified as having [sic] relationship to al Qaida in Afghanistan.
  8. The detainee was transported to a hospital in Quetta with other detainees, at least one of which sustained injuries from bombings in Spin Buldak; these detainee together are dubbed the "Quetta five".
  9. The detainee was captured without proper identification.

Determined to "no longer be an enemy combatant"

A memo entitled "Review of Combatant Status Review Tribunal for detainee ISN 248", dated 10 March 2005, stated[3]:

The Combatant Status Review Tribunal's determination that detainee ISN ### shall no longer be classified as an enemy combatant is approved.

Saleh Abdall Al Oshan v. George W. Bush

Teresa A. McPalmer, a legal advisor to the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants responded to Saleh Abdall Al Oshan v. George W. Bush, a petition on Saleh Abdall Al Oshan's behalf, on 19 May 2005.[4]

She wrote:

I redacted petitioner Saleh Abdall al Oshan's internment serial number because certain combinations of internment serial numbers with other information relates to sensitive internal and intelligence operations that is not suitable for public release.

Medical records

On March 16, 2007 the Department of Defense published records of the captives' height and weights.[5]

Repatriation

Saleh Abdall Al Oshan was one of the 38 captives the Bush Presidency determined had not been enemy combatants after all.[6]

Reuters cites a Human Rights Watch report that said that an individual named Salih al-Awshan, and two other Saudis, were repatriated to Saudi custody on July 20, 2005.[7][8] As of May 26, 2006 the three remain held, without charge, in Riyadh's al-Ha'ir prison.

See also

References

  1. ↑ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
  2. ↑ OARDEC (14 Jan 2005). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Oshan, Saleh Abdall". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 77–78. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#77. Retrieved 2007-11-06. 
  3. ↑ James M. McGarrah (10 March 2005). "Review of Combatant Status Review Tribunal for detainee ISN 248". OARDEC. pp. page 3. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1731-1808.pdf#3. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
  4. ↑ Teresa A. McPalmer (19 May 2005). "Saleh Abdall Al Oshan v. George W. Bush". OARDEC. p. pages 1–2. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1731-1808.pdf#3. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
  5. ↑ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  mirror
  6. ↑ "Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo". United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/03/27/20/NLEC_DetaineeList.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  7. ↑ Anant Raut, Jill M. Friedman (March 19, 2007). "The Saudi Repatriates Report". http://www.fotofest.org/guantanamo/SaudiReport.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-21. 
  8. ↑ Saudi Arabia: Guantanamo Detainees Return to Legal Limbo, Reuters, May 26, 2006

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