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Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif
Born: March 18, 1976(1976-03-18)
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Detained at: Guantanamo
Alias(s): Fahd Al Sharif,
ID number: 215
Conviction(s): no charge, held in extrajudicial detention

Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo Extrajudicial detention is the holding of captives by a state without ever laying formal charges against them The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Extrajudicial punishment is Punishment by the state or some other official authority without the permission of a Court or legal authority The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la [1] Al Sharif's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 215. The Department of Defense reports that Al Sharif was born on March 18, 1976, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored

Contents

Identity

Captive 215 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:

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. Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed. The neutrality of this section is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.(December 2007)Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.
Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The Combatant Status Review Tribunals ( CSRT) are a set of Tribunals purposed to determine whether Detainees held by the United In North American English the term recreational vehicle, and its acronym RV, are generally used to refer to an enclosed piece of equipment dually used as both 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]

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U 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. Competent Tribunal is a term used Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Third Geneva Convention, which states Should any doubt arise as to whether persons having committed

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government The Combatant Status Review Tribunals ( CSRT) are a set of Tribunals purposed to determine whether Detainees held by the United 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. The term enemy combatant has historically referred to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Fahd Al Sharif's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 27 September 2004. Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of the 558 captives who remained in the Guantanamo Bay Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [2] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a The detainee is a member of the Taliban and is associated with al Qaida:
  1. The detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan in early 2001. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,
  2. The detainee voluntarily joined the Taliban to participate in Jihad. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Jihad (جهاد ʤɪhæːd an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims.
  3. The detainee received training in Afghanistan on the operation of the AK-47 rifle, PK machine gun, and rocket propelled grenade launcher. The AK-47 (contraction of Russian Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov's RPG or rocket-propelled grenade, is a loose term describing hand-held shoulder-launched Anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided
  4. The detainee was provided with an AK-47 and 7. 62 mm PK.
  5. The detainee agreed to fight with the Taliban.
  6. The detainee met with and received money from Usama Bin Laden. Osama bin Laden, with some spelling variations is the name used in English to refer to (أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن born 10 March
  7. The detainee's name was on a list of probable Al-Qaeda operatives.
b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.
  1. The detainee fought on the front lines for approximately nine months and fired his weapon at coalition forces.
  2. The detainee manned anti-aircraft weaponry during combat.
  3. The detainee was present at Tora Bora during the during the U.S. air campaign. Tora Bora (Pashto توره بوره “black cellar”) Tora Bora (Pashto توره بوره “black dust”) known locally as Spīn Ghar is a cave complex situated The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7 2001 as the U

Transcript

Al Sharif chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. [14] On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order, the Department of Defense published a twelve page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A court order (or court ruling) is an official proclamation by a Judge (or panel of judges that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing

Testimony

Administrative Review Board hearings

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".
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". [15]

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 Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the Suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta 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

This Casio F91W is in daily alarm mode. This watch is set to beep its buzzer and flash its light at 7:30 am.
This Casio F91W is in daily alarm mode. This watch is set to beep its buzzer and flash its light at 7:30 am.

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif Administrative Review Board, on 31 October 2005. Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [3] The four page memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Transcript

Captive 215 chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. [16] In the Spring of 2006 the the Department of Defense published a nineteen page summarized transcript from captive 215's first annual Board hearing. It also published an eight page memo, that contained point by point responses captive 215 prepared prior to his hearing. [17]

Captive 215 acknowledged traveling to Afghanistan for Jihad. He acknowledged receiving military training in Afghanistan, and subsequently manning the Taliban's front line near the Gharband mountains. He acknowledged being present in Tora Bora during the American aerial bombardment.

Captive 215 clarified that his training at the Khalden training camp was a four month infantry course, not a six month course. The Khalden training camp (also transliterated as khaldan) was a military training camp in Afghanistan. He acknowledged telling his interrogators that Khalden offered more advanced training courses, but he clarified he had not been enrolled in those courses. He acknowledged briefly attending an infantry training session at the al Farouq training camp. The Al Farouq training camp was an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captive 215 acknowledged owning a digital watch. He couldn't remember the model number, and had no idea whether it was a Casio F91W. The Casio F91W is an inexpensive quartz digital watch, manufactured by the Japanese firm Casio. He had no knowledge as two whether bomb-makers liked to build time-bombs around Casio F91W watchers, and asserted that he only used his watch to tell the time of day.

Captive 215 disputed meeting Osama bin Laden, or accepting money from him. He disputed ever having any contact with al Qaida. He disputed being a member of the Taliban. He was a volunteer who served on their front lines, not a member.

Captive 215 acknowledged that he had been ready to be a martyr. He tried to explain a distinction between being martyred through normal combat, and purposely putting one's self in jeopardy in order to seek martyrdom. He regarded the former as legitimate and the latter as illegitimate.

Captive 215 said that during the time he manned the Gharband front line, prior to 9-11, he didn't remember ever firing his weapon. He disputed ever being trained on, or firing anti-aircraft weapons. He disputed ever firing any rifles at US aircraft during the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan. The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7 2001 as the U

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 3 October 2006. Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [4] The three page memo listed twenty primary factors favoring continued detention and one factor favoring release or transfer.

References

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  2. ^ a b OARDEC (27 September 2004). The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants is responsible for running Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT for captives held in Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Sharif, Fahd pages 30-31. United States Department of Defense. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
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