Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said

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date_of_birth = Birth date|1976|02|05
place_of_birth = Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria
date_of_death =
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detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 175
group =
alias = Ghallab Bashir,
Ghalaab Bashir
charge = no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
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Ghallab Bashir is a citizen of Algeria, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=May 15 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 175.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report he was born on Birth date|1976|02|05, in Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria.

Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report he admitted hiding his real name from interrogators for until June 2004.

He is accused of being a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden.

Identity

Captive 175 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:
*Captive 175 was identified as Ghalaab Bashir on the Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 20 September 2004, and on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on 5 April 2005.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#80
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Bashir Ghalaab
date=20 September 2004
pages=pages 80-81
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001046-001160.pdf#103
title=Summarized Administrative Review Board Proceedings (ISN 175)
date=date redacted
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 103-104
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14]
*Captive 175 was identified as Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said on the Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 19 March 2006, and on the two official lists of captives names published in 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_200-298.pdf#55
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Said, Hassan Mujamma Rabai
date=19 March 2006
pages=pages 55-56
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=May 15 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf
title=List of detainee who went through complete CSRT process
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=April 20 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29]
*Captive 175 was identified as Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said (Ghalaab Bashir) on four official lists of captives' names published in September 2007.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_unclassified_summaries.pdf
title=Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
title=Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 9 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_transcripts_documents.pdf
title=Index of Transcripts and Certain Documents from ARB Round One
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 9 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_2_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
title=Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29]

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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.

ummary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ghalaab Bashir'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal, on 20 September 2004.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#80
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Bashir Ghalaab
date=20 September 2004
pages=pages 80-81
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

:"'a. The detainee is an al-Qaida operative::#Detainee traveled from Syria, through Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan respectively, finally arriving at Jalalabad, Afghanistan.:#Detainee was smuggled from Iran into Afghanistan and then on to Quetta, Pakistan with assistance from the Tablighi (JT: Jama'at al Tablighi) office in Zahedan, Iran.:#Detainee attended the Al Farouq training camp in early 2001.:#Detainee was a bodyguard for Usama Bin Laden.:#The detainee's name was on a list of captured hard drives associated with a senior al Qaeda member.:#Detainee left Jalalabad, Afghanistan around November 2001 with other Arabs and Pakistanis, stayed in the mountains for one month, continued to Pakistan with approximately 20 sic other other Arabs, and was captured on 16 December 2001.

:"'b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.:#Detainee was in charge of weapons inventory at Tora Bora, with duties consisting of handing out ammunition and taking inventory.:#Detainee worked in one of the supply caves, loading and unloading supplies for other mujahideen.:#Detainee was in Tora Bora after 11 September 2001 making sure fighting groups had enough supplies.

Transcript

There is no record that captive 175 participated in his Tribunal.

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.cite news
url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/07octstories/102907-2-oardec.html
title=OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense
publisher=JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs
author=Army Sgt. Sarah Stannard
date=October 29 2007
accessdate=2008-03-26
quote=] 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.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ghalaab Bashir's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 5 April 2005.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001046-001160.pdf#103
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Bashir, Ghalaab
date=5 April 2005
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 103-104
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The factors for and against continuing to detain Bashir were among 121 that the Department of Defense released on March 3 2006.cite news
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html
title=US releases Guantanamo files
publisher=The Age
date=April 4, 2006
accessdate=2008-03-15
quote=]

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

:"'a. Commitment:#The detainee traveled from Syria, through Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan respectively, finally arriving at Jalalabad, Afghanistan.:#The detainee was smuggled from Iran into Afghanistan and then on to Quetta, Pakistan with assistance from the Tablighi (JT: Jama’at Tablighi) office in Zahedan, Iran.:#Jama’at Tablighi is a Pakistan-based Islamic missionary organization believed to be used as a cover to mask travel and activities of terrorists including members of al Qaida.

:"'b. Training:#The detainee attended the al Farouq training camp in early 2001.

:"'c. Connections:#The detainee waa a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden.:#The detainee’s name was on a list of captured hard drives associated with a senior al Qaida member.:#The detainee’s name also appears in a list of “trust” accounts found on files recovered from various computer media seized during raids against al Qaida.

:"'d. Intent:#The detainee left Jalalabad, Afghanistan around November 2001, with other Arabs and Pakistanis, stayed in the mountains for one month, continued to Pakistan with approximately 20 other Arabs, and was captured on 16 December 2001.:#In September 2004, the detainee admitted to using a false name since his arrival in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.:#The detainee was in charge of weapons inventory at Tora Bora, with duties consisting of handing out ammunition and taking inventory.:#The detainee was in Tora Bora after 11 September 2001, making sure fighting groups had enough supplies.:#The detainee worked in one of the supply caves, loading and unloading supplies for other mujahideen.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

:

Transcript

The Department of Defense released a two page transcript from captive 175's first annual Review Board.cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Factors_Set_2_1046-1160.pdf#30
title=Summarized Administrative Review Board Proceedings (ISN 175)
date=date redacted
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 30-31
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14] His Assisting Military Officer confirmed he had met with captive 175, and that an interpreter had read the Summary of Evidence memo to him.

econd annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said's second annualAdministrative Review Board, on
19 March 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_200-298.pdf#55
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Said, Hassan Mujamma Rabai
date=19 March 2006
pages=pages 55-56
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-14] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

:"'a. Commitment:#The detainee departed Algeria on 19 August 2000 and stopped in Damascus, Syria.:#After ten months, the detainee left Damascus for Zahedan, Iran via Tehran, Qam, and Mashad, Iran.:#The detainee indicates he was helped into Pakistan by a group of smugglers he met through the Jamaat al Tablighi office in Zahedan. The detainee was then taken to Quetta, Pakistan.:#The detainee departed Quetta for Jalalabad, Afghanistan, stopping in Kandahar and Kabull along the way.:#The detainee left Jalalabad in November 2001 when the city fell and stayed in the mountains for approximately one month. An Afghan guide led the detainee and about twenty other Arabs to Pakistan where the detainee was captured by Pakistani authorities.:#The detainee was identified as a member of a group that moved to Tora Bora on Usama bin Laden's orders. The detainee was in charge of weapons inventory at Tora Bora. The detainee's duties also included handing out ammunition.:#The detainee was identified as working in one of the supply caves in Tora Bora, loading and unloading supplies for other Mujahedin.:#In September 2004 the detainee admitted to using a false name since his arrival to sic Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

:"'b. Training::The detainee was identified as training at al Farouq.

:"'c. Connections/Associations:#Jamaat al Tablighi is a Pakistan-based Islamic missionary organization believed to be used as a cover to mask travel and activities of terrorists including members of al Qaida.:#The detainee's name was on a list of al Qaida members found on a hard drive recovered during the arrest of a senior al Qaida operative.:#The detainee's name was found on various computers listing suspected al Qaida Mujahedin and the contents of their trust accounts during raids against al Qaida-associated safe houses in Rawalpindi and Karachi.

:"'d. Intent:#The detainee was identified as having been chosen to be a bodyguard for Usama bin Laden.:#The detainee claims he did not participate in jihad activities. However, the detainee feels political motivation and a properly declared fatwa are legitimate reasons for participating in jihad.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

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