Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi
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Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi (b. August 2, 1978 - d. March 23, 2008)
was a Kuwait
i citizen, who was
held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 220.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
counter-terrorism
analysts reports that he was born on August 2, 1978, in Almadi, Kuwait.
On September 2, 2003 attorneys Thomas Wilner
, Neil H. Koslowe, Kristine A. Huskey
, and Heather Lamberg Kafele filed a Petition for writ of Certiorari
on behalf of Al Ajmi and eleven other Guantanamo detainees.
In March or April 2008 Al Ajmi conducted a suicide attack
in Iraq
.
was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:
In response, on 15 September 2004,
the Department of Defense released 12
pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Al Ajmi's "enemy combatant" status was confirmed by Tribunal panel 2 on August 2, 2004—making his own of the first cases to be confirmed.
's Detainee election form stated that they met for twenty minutes, and recorded in its notes section:
, Al Ajmi was the first captive to have his Tribunal convened.
His Tribunal was convened on August 2, 2004.
The study notes:
was prepared for
Abdallah Salih Ali Al Ajmi's
Administrative Review Board,
on
4 February 2005.
The memo listed eleven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention".
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
In the spring of 2006, in response to a court order
from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
published a twenty-five page summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board hearing.
The Board's recommendation was unanimous
The Board's recommendation was redacted.
England authorized his transfer on
20 May 2005.
Al Ajmi was freed, on bail, while he awaited trial.
The five men trial began in March 2006, and were acquitted on July 22, 2006.
The Washington Post reported that the two main charges were that the detainees had helped fund Al Wafa, an Afghan charity with ties to Al Qaeda, and that they had fought alongside the Taliban.
Further, the prosecution argued that the detainees actions had endangered Kuwait's political standing and its relations with friendly nations.
The detainees'
defense had argued that testimony secured in Guantanamo could not be used in Kuwaiti courts, because the detainees and interrogators had not signed them. Further, they had argued, the allegations the USA had directed at them were not violations of Kuwaiti law.
In an October 2011 article about the torture of other former captives from Kuwait CNN
reporter Jenifer Fenton reported that people who knew him "described him as unstable when he returned from Guantanamo."
television that Al Ajmi had carried out a suicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq. On May 2, 2008, The International Herald Tribune
reported that the three most recent suicide bombings in Mosul occurred on April 26, 2008, and killed seven people. According to the report, Al Ajmi's cousin said that Al Ajmi had disappeared "two weeks ago". However, a 2009 Washington Post article reported that Al Ajmi killed himself in a suicide bombing on March 23, 2008, which killed 13 Iraqi policemen.
A CNN report from October 2011 said the attack "...left six people dead, including two police officers.".
asserted Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi had "returned to terrorism".
The DIA reported:
was a Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
i citizen, who was
held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 220.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...
counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
analysts reports that he was born on August 2, 1978, in Almadi, Kuwait.
On September 2, 2003 attorneys Thomas Wilner
Thomas Wilner
Thomas B. Wilner is the managing partner of Shearman & Sterling's International Trade and Global Relations Practice. Wilner has also represented the high-profile human rights cases of a dozen Kuwaiti citizens detained in the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Wilner earned his law...
, Neil H. Koslowe, Kristine A. Huskey
Kristine A. Huskey
Kristine Huskey is an American lawyer.Huskey is notable because she volunteered to help defend Guantanamo detainees.Huskey is the author of "Standards and Procedures for Classifying “Enemy Combatants”: Congress, What Have You Done?"...
, and Heather Lamberg Kafele filed a Petition for writ of Certiorari
Certiorari
Certiorari is a type of writ seeking judicial review, recognized in U.S., Roman, English, Philippine, and other law. Certiorari is the present passive infinitive of the Latin certiorare...
on behalf of Al Ajmi and eleven other Guantanamo detainees.
In March or April 2008 Al Ajmi conducted a suicide attack
Suicide attack
A suicide attack is a type of attack in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the process.- Historical :...
in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
Combatant Status Review
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (CSRT)
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 detention camps, in Cuba in the fall of 2004.-The 2005 release:...
was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:
Abdullah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi v. United States of America
A writ of habeas corpus, Abdullah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi v. United States of America, was submitted on Abdullah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi's behalf.In response, on 15 September 2004,
the Department of Defense released 12
pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Al Ajmi's "enemy combatant" status was confirmed by Tribunal panel 2 on August 2, 2004—making his own of the first cases to be confirmed.
Detainee election form
Al Ajmi's Personal RepresentativePersonal Representative (CSRT)
The Personal Representative is an officer who serves before the Combatant Status Review Tribunals, convened for the captives the United States holds in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-History of the Tribunals:...
's Detainee election form stated that they met for twenty minutes, and recorded in its notes section:
Earned mention in the "No-hearing hearings" study
According to the study entitled, No-hearing hearingsNo-hearing hearings
No-hearing hearings is the title of a study published by Professor Mark P. Denbeaux of the Seton Hall University School of Law, his son Joshua Denbeaux, and some of his law students, on October 17, 2006....
, Al Ajmi was the first captive to have his Tribunal convened.
His Tribunal was convened on August 2, 2004.
The study notes:
Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for
Abdallah Salih Ali Al Ajmi's
Administrative Review Board,
on
4 February 2005.
The memo listed eleven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention".
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
Transcript
Al Ajmi's Board hearing convened on 4 February 2005.In the spring of 2006, in response to a court order
Court order
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. Such ruling requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more parties to a case...
from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published a twenty-five page summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board hearing.
Board recommendations
In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.The Board's recommendation was unanimous
The Board's recommendation was redacted.
England authorized his transfer on
20 May 2005.
Repatriation and acquittal
Al Ajmi was repatriated to Kuwait, and taken into Kuwaiti custody on November 3, 2005.Al Ajmi was freed, on bail, while he awaited trial.
The five men trial began in March 2006, and were acquitted on July 22, 2006.
The Washington Post reported that the two main charges were that the detainees had helped fund Al Wafa, an Afghan charity with ties to Al Qaeda, and that they had fought alongside the Taliban.
Further, the prosecution argued that the detainees actions had endangered Kuwait's political standing and its relations with friendly nations.
The detainees'
defense had argued that testimony secured in Guantanamo could not be used in Kuwaiti courts, because the detainees and interrogators had not signed them. Further, they had argued, the allegations the USA had directed at them were not violations of Kuwaiti law.
In an October 2011 article about the torture of other former captives from Kuwait CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
reporter Jenifer Fenton reported that people who knew him "described him as unstable when he returned from Guantanamo."
Suicide bombing after release
On May 1, 2008, Al Ajmi's cousin told Al ArabiyaAl Arabiya
Al Arabiya is a Pan-Arabist Saudi-owned Arabic-language television news channel. Launched on March 3, 2003, the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is majority-owned by the Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center ....
television that Al Ajmi had carried out a suicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq. On May 2, 2008, The International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
reported that the three most recent suicide bombings in Mosul occurred on April 26, 2008, and killed seven people. According to the report, Al Ajmi's cousin said that Al Ajmi had disappeared "two weeks ago". However, a 2009 Washington Post article reported that Al Ajmi killed himself in a suicide bombing on March 23, 2008, which killed 13 Iraqi policemen.
A CNN report from October 2011 said the attack "...left six people dead, including two police officers.".
Defense Intelligence Agency claims he "returned to terrorism"
The Defense Intelligence AgencyDefense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide...
asserted Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi had "returned to terrorism".
The DIA reported:
See also
- Abdul-Aziz al-Shimmiri
- Adel Zamel Abdul-Mohsen
- Saad Madhi al-Azmi
- Mohammed Fnaitil al-Dehani