This article is about the Guantanamo detainee, for the cricket player see Gul Mohammad. This article is about the cricket player for the Guantanamo detainee see Mohammad Gul.

Mohammad Gul is an Afghan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Extrajudicial detention is the holding of captives by a state without ever laying formal charges against them The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo 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] His detainee ID number is 457. American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1962 in Zamikhel, Afghanistan. This article deals with the intellectual process of analysis itself as opposed to Intelligence analysis management, which in turn is a subcomponent of Intelligence Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,

Summary

Three neighbors of Mohammad Gul, Abib Sarajuddin, his brother, Khan Zaman, and his son Gul Zaman, were captured during the same raid as Mohammad Gul. Abib Sarajuddin is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba Khan Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba Gul Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. ^[2] American forces had bombed Abib Patel's house, on November 16, 2001, when they received a tip that he had allowed a fleeing Taliban leader to stay overnight in his guesthouse. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. On January 21, 2002 American forces raided the village to arrest Abib Sarajuddin. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. They arrested Mohammad Gul because they didn't understand he was legally entitled to carry a Pakistani passport, and because his house contained a "signalling mirror".

He and his neighbour Gul Zaman convinced their Tribunals that their passports were legitimate, and that they confirmed they were not in Saudi Arabia when American forces bombed the village. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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. ^[3][4] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed. ^[5]

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 United States 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. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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

Gul chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. ^[6]

allegations

The allegations Gul faced were:

a. The detainee is associated with forces that have engaged in hostilities against the United States and its coalition partners.

1. The detainee was seized in an open-air area near a suspected Taliban facility. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately
2. A Kalashnikov rifle was confiscated from the detainee's home the night he was arrested. The AK-47 (contraction of Russian Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov's
3. The detainee was captured with communications equipment.
4. Coalition forces were fired upon from the direction of a suspected hostile facility during the seizure of the detainee and his associates.
5. The detainee was captured with Sarajuddin, a recruiter for Pacha Khan. Abib Sarajuddin is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba Pacha Khan Zadran ( Pashto: پاچا خان ځدراڼ is a powerful militia leader politician and Pashtun nationalist in the southeast of Afghanistan.
6. Pacha Khan, a renegade Pashtun Commander, has been conducted military operations against the Afghan Transitional Administration (ATA) and coalition forces. See also Civil war in Afghanistan This article on the History of Afghanistan since 1992 covers the time period from the fall of the Najibullah government in 1992
7. It is alleged that Jalaluddin Haqqani, used Sarajuddin's guesthouse for shelter. Jalaluddin Haqqani ( Pashto: (January 12th 1950-October 9th 2008 was a Pashtun military leader known for his involvement in fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan
8. Jalaluddin Haqqani was the Taliban Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs.
9. The detainee has been working for HIG since it began. The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin is the larger of two factions of Afghanistan 's Hezbi Islami Party
10. The HIG is listed in the United States Department of Homeland Security's "Terrorist Organization Reference Guide". The Terrorist Organization Reference Guide is a field manual jointly published by the U

Testimony

Gul denied that he was seized in the open. He said he was at home, asleep, in his bed when the Americans came. Every home in his area of Afghanistan had a weapon for self-protection. The rifle the Americans confiscated belonged to his father.

Gul denied any ties to the Taliban, to Pacha Khan, to Jalaluddin Haqqani, and to terrorism in general. Gul acknowledged knowing Sarajuddin Ibab; they were neighbors in their small village, but they were not close, nor had they ever worked together.

Gul said that at the time of his capture, he had a work visa for Saudi Arabia and had spent six of the last seven years working there as a driver for a supermarket. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi He had returned just six weeks before his capture because his wife was ill. He had no idea who his neighbor Sarajuddin had hosted while he was in Saudi Arabia.

Gul pointed out that he was just a young boy when HIG began.

Witness

Gul called another neighbor, Zaman Khan, as a witness. Khan Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba Zaman confirmed that Gul worked in Saudi Arabia and had recently returned because his wife was sick. Zaman confirmed that Gul was not tied to the Taliban, to HIG, or any charity groups. Zaman confirmed that Gul did not work with Sarajuddin.

Testified at Gul Zaman's CSRT

Gul testified at Gul Zaman's Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Gul Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. ^[7]

Mohammad Gul's guess as to why he was captured

During his testimony, Gul was asked why he thought he was taken into custody with Zaman, his father, and his uncle, while most of his neighbor's were not. He said that after the Americans finished searching the Zaman's house, they searched another neighbors house, and then searched his family's house. He said that the reason they singled him out was that they found his passport, and that foreign travel made them think he was someone important.

Legal travel documents

Gul also testified, in more detail, about how he and his fellow villagers were able to acquire legal travel documents. Afghanistan had endured decades of fighting. During the fighting in their district, he and Gul Zaman, and most of their neighbors, had spent time in refugee camps in Pakistan. Pakistan had a policy of giving Afghan refugees who could establish their identity legal Pakistani passports. Afghan refugees (known as Muhajir Afghans in South Asia) are people who fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979 and during the

The identity of Jalaluddin Haqqani

During Gul Zaman's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Gul Zaman, Khan Zaman, Mohammad Gul, and the Tribunal members, were trying to determine who Jalaluddin Haqqani was. Khan Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba Apparently one of the unclassified documents submitted to the Tribunal was an article about Haqqani from the February 2, 2002 New York Times. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Tribunal's President tried to estimate when the four were captured. It sounded to him as if they were captured in November 2001.

Mohammad Gul said he remembered hearing Haqqani's name on the radio news, during the fight against the Soviet occupiers. Khan Zaman, Gul Zaman's uncle, said Haqqani had been a resistance leader against the Soviets, who fought under a leader named Pir. Khan Zaman said Haqqani was from Paktia, their Province.

Release

According to the transcript from Khan Zaman's Administrative Review Board hearing Mohammad Gul and Zaman's nephew Gul Zaman were deemed not to have been enemy combatants after all. 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 Gul Zaman is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. ^[8] He said there were given letters certifying that they were not enemy combatants.

References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ John F. Burns, Villagers Add to Reports of Raids Gone Astray, New York Times, February 2, 2002
3. ^ Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court, New York Times, November 11, 2004 - mirror
4. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
5. ^ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. 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. John F Burns (John Fisher Burns (born October 4, 1944) is a British Journalist, winner of two Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " United States Department of Defense (March 6, 2007). 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 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
6. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Mohammad Gul's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - - mirror - pages 1-12
7. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Gul Zaman's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - mirror - pages 39-53
8. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Khan Zaman's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 207