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Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh
Born 1981 (age 42–43)
Al Khasim, Saudi Arabia

Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 109. American intelligence analysts estimate Al Rabiesh was born in 1981, in Al Khasim, Saudi Arabia.

Yusef Abdullah Saleh al Rabiesh was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.[2]

Combatant Status Review

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo alleges the following:[3][4]

a. The detainee is a Taliban fighter:
  1. The detainee decided to go to Afghanistan after reading the Fatwas calling on Saudis to help the Taliban with money or service.
  2. The detainee left Saudi Arabia around May or June 2001 to travel to Afghanistan via Pakistan.
  3. The detainee received Kalishnikov, PK, and grenade training at a Taliban training camp in Talukan, Afghanistan.
b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.
  1. The detainee and other were issued arms and told to guard two valleys near the front lines.
  2. The detainee surrendered to Northern Alliance soldiers at Konduz.
  3. Detainee was present during the prison uprising in Mazar-E-Sharif.

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First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 10 March 2005.[5]

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment
  1. The detainee stated he financed his own trip to Afghanistan.
  2. The detainee surrendered to the Northern Alliance at Konduz, AF.
  3. The detainee and other were issued arms and told to guard two valleys near the front lines.
b. Training
The detainee received Kalashnikov, PK, and grenade training at a Taliban training camp in Talukan, Afghanistan.
c. Connections/Associations
  1. The detainee is a member of the Taliban.
  2. The detainee stayed at multiple Taliban guesthouses while traveling in the cities of Kandahar, Kabul, and Talukan, in AF.
  3. The detainee knew the Yemeni leader of an element of foreign fighters approximately 100 strong.
  4. The detainee's information was found on a document listing 324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from safe house raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi, Pakistan.
d. Intent
  1. Source decided to go to Afghanistan after learning about the conflict on internet sites. He read about fatwas issued by Shiekh Ibin (Jibril) and Shiek Hamud al Ukla. Both fatwas called on Saudis to help the Taliban with money or service.
  2. Sheikh Hamoud al Uqqla is a Saudi Mufti who issued fatwas, including a fatwa calling for Jihad in Afghanistan, and encouraged people to fight Jihad against Christian and Jews. Al Uqqla condoned the 11 Sep 01 attacks against the United States. In addition, he helped raise money for Usama Bin Laden until his death in Saudi Arabia in 2001.
e. Other Relevant Data
  1. Detainee was present during the prison uprising in Mazar-E-Sharif.
  2. The detainee's travel route consisted of leaving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May and June 2001, flying to Bahrain, traveling to Dubai, followed by flying to Karachi, Pakistan followed by flights to Quetta, Pakistan then traveled by ground to Kandahar, Afghanistan. From there he traveled to Kabul and then a final flight to Konduz, Afghanistan upon a Taliban aircraft. He then traveled with his brother by taxi to Talukan.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee denied being a Taliban fighter and stated that he did not participate in military operations against the coalition.
b. The detainee reported that the story he originally provided during his detainment in Kandahar, Afghanistan (AF) and in Cuba was fictional, based on bits of information the detainee had heard from his brother's own experience in Afghanistan. The detainee stated that during his time in Shabragan prison, (AF) he observed other prisoners that were beaten by the Afghanis because they were denying any Taliban involvement. Detainee did not want to be beaten by them as well, so he provided the minimal information he felt was needed to assure his own safety.

Second annual Administrative Review Board hearing

A Summary of Evidence memo was drafted for his second annual Administrative Review Board hearing.[6] The two page memo listed fourteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and five "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".

Repatriation

According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Al Rabiesh was one of sixteen men repatriated on December 14, 2006.[7]

On September 1, 2009 The Saudi Gazette reported that "Yousef Abdullah Al-Rubeish" had "contacted Al-Watan newspaper to warn Saudis of the danger of the “deviant thought” and “brainwashing” practiced by terrorist organizations."[8] He had praised Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, who had recently survived an assassination attempt.[9][10] Al Rubeish expressed gratitude to the Prince for the efforts he had made to work to get the captives released, and for his efforts to support their families.

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". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
  2. "Yusef Abdullah Saleh al Rabiesh - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/109-yusef-abdullah-saleh-al-rabiesh/documents/4/pages/3187. 
  3. OARDEC (24 September 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Rabiesh, Yusef Abdullah Saleh". United States Department of Defense. pp. page 22. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/000101-000200.pdf#22. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
  4. Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 125-149
  5. OARDEC (2005-03-10). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Rabiesh, Yusef Abdullah Saleh". United States Department of Defense. pp. page 84–86. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001046-001160.pdf#84-86. Retrieved 2007-12-31. 
  6. OARDEC (2006-02-27). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Rabiesh, Yusef Abdullah Saleh". United States Department of Defense. http://int-shared1.ec2.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/109-yusef-abdullah-saleh-al-rabiesh/documents/3/pages/180#31. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  7. Anant Raut, Jill M. Friedman (March 19, 2007). "The Saudi Repatriates Report". http://www.fotofest.org/guantanamo/SaudiReport.pdf. Retrieved April 21, 2007. 
  8. "Former Gitmo detainee warns against men of deviant thought". The Saudi Gazette. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saudigazette.com.sa%2Findex.cfm%3Fmethod%3Dhome.regcon%26contentID%3D2009090148482&date=2009-09-01. "“The stance of Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, the Prince of Humanitarianism, reinforces our love for him and for the guardians of the nation,” Al-Rubeish said. “I was extremely happy when I heard the news that he had survived the assassination attempt and was even happier when I saw him and the King on television right after the news was announced.” Al-Rubeish called on the people of Saudi Arabia to be “the first line of defense against terrorism and deviant thought and anyone plotting against this secure and stable nation”. “We will not forget the Prince’s efforts from the time of my detention in Guantanamo and outside, and we won’t forget his call to my family to inform them of my release while I was still on the airplane home,” Al-Rubeishi told Al-Watan. “He cared for us and gave us financial and moral support which continues to this day, so may Allah reward him and preserve him from all harm and preserve our country and our leadership from all harm and return deviating Muslims back to the correct path of guidance.”" 
  9. Abdullah Al-Oreifij (2009-09-01). "Suicide bomber named". Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saudigazette.com.sa%2Findex.cfm%3Fmethod%3Dhome.regcon%26contentID%3D2009083148387&date=2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  10. Hammond, Andrew (2009-08-30). "Saudi prince defends policy on militants". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FlatestCrisis%2FidUSLU594154&date=2009-09-01.