Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari
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Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari is a citizen of Kuwait
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
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provided excerpts from the transcripts of a selection of the Guantanamo detainees.
The article informed readers:
The article quoted Al Kandari, and three other watch owners:
One of Abdullah Kamel's lawyers, Kristine A. Huskey
told Newsday
that:
magazine Kristine A. Huskey
was one of Abdullah Kamel's attorneys.
Huskey described her surprise upon first meeting with Guantanamo clients, like Abdullah Kamel, that they preferred food brought from Guantanamo fast food outlets to the Arabic delicacies she and her colleagues had brought from the Continental US.
Abdullah Kamel's favorite was a cheese pizza from the base's Pizza Hut
.
The Emir of Kuwait personally requested Al Kandari's release, and that of another Kuwaiti man named Omar Rajab Amin
.
The McClatchy report said that Thomas Wilner, his lawyer, went to the secure facility, to review the classified evidence that prompted the additional allegations on the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearings. Lawyers for the captives have to go through a security clearance first. And there was one location they could travel to review classified evidence.
The report said that Wilner found no evidence in the classified dossier to back up the new allegations.
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...
, 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 detention camps, 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...
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Press reports
On July 12, 2006 the magazine Mother JonesMother Jones (magazine)
Mother Jones is an American independent news organization, featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture. Mother Jones has been nominated for 23 National Magazine Awards and has won six times, including for General Excellence in 2001,...
provided excerpts from the transcripts of a selection of the Guantanamo detainees.
The article informed readers:
- More than a dozen detainees were cited for owning cheap digital watches, particularly “the infamous Casio watch of the type used by Al Qaeda members for bomb detonators.”
The article quoted Al Kandari, and three other watch owners:
- "When they told me that Casios were used by Al Qaeda and the watch was for explosives, I was shocked…. If I had known that, I would have thrown it away. I’m not stupid. We have four chaplains [at Guantanamo]; all of them wear this watch."
One of Abdullah Kamel's lawyers, 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?"...
told Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
that:
Meetings with attorneys
According to an article in Marie ClaireMarie Claire
Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
magazine 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?"...
was one of Abdullah Kamel's attorneys.
Huskey described her surprise upon first meeting with Guantanamo clients, like Abdullah Kamel, that they preferred food brought from Guantanamo fast food outlets to the Arabic delicacies she and her colleagues had brought from the Continental US.
Abdullah Kamel's favorite was a cheese pizza from the base's Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....
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Repatriation
The Washington Post reported, on September 10, 2006, that Al Kandari would be returned to Kuwait soon.The Emir of Kuwait personally requested Al Kandari's release, and that of another Kuwaiti man named Omar Rajab Amin
Omar Rajab Amin
-First annual Administrative Review Board:A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Omar Rajab Amin's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 17 May 2005.The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention....
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Acquittal confirmed
On May 29, 2007 the Miami Herald reported that a Kuwaiti appeals court had upheld the acquittals of Al Kandari and Omar Rajab Amin.The McClatchy interview
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Abdulla Kamel al Kandari.The McClatchy report said that Thomas Wilner, his lawyer, went to the secure facility, to review the classified evidence that prompted the additional allegations on the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearings. Lawyers for the captives have to go through a security clearance first. And there was one location they could travel to review classified evidence.
The report said that Wilner found no evidence in the classified dossier to back up the new allegations.