Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil
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Adel al Zamel is a citizen of Kuwait
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
counter-terrorism
analysts report that Al Zamel was born on August 23, 1963, in Kuwait City
, Kuwait.
Al Zamel was captured in Pakistan in February 2002 and he was transferred to Kuwait on November 2, 2005.
The five stood trial in a Kuwaiti court, and were acquitted.
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 relaitons 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 hadn't signed them. Further, they had argued, the allegations the USA had directed at them weren't violations of Kuwaiti law.
Al Zamil's trial began in March 2006, and he was acquitted on July 22, 2006.
Adel al Zamel told McClatchy reporters he had worked for the Kuwait
i housing authority until 2000 when he moved to Afghanistan to work for the al Wafa charity, and that he had never been anything more than a charity worker, distributing food and overseeing small infrastructure projects.
Adel al Zamel told McClatchy reporters that he still hadn't recovered from his initial meetings two and a half months earlier, when he was transferred to Guantanamo. He described being shown a diagram, with three names on it, linked by arrows: UBL, Abu Ghaith, "you", linked by arrows. When he denied being linked to Osama bin Laden he was locked, for a month, in a small metal box, with no toilet facilities:
Adel al Zamel told reporters that during 2005, his last year in Guantanamo, interrogators repeatedly threatened that he would be transferred to a torture state, for more brutal interrogation.
Adel al Zamel said that, finally, the interrogators treatment cracked his will, and he told them:
The McClatchy report stated Adel Al Zamel and some associates had been sentenced to a year in prison for an attack on young woman they thought was being too publicly affectionate with her boyfriend.
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...
.
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 report that Al Zamel was born on August 23, 1963, in Kuwait City
Kuwait City
-Suburbs:Although the districts below are not usually recognized as suburbs, the following is a list of a few areas surrounding Kuwait city:Al-Salam ""السلام"" -Economy:...
, Kuwait.
Al Zamel was captured in Pakistan in February 2002 and he was transferred to Kuwait on November 2, 2005.
Repatriation and Acquittal
Al Zamil was one of five Kuwaitis repatriated to Kuwaiti custody on November 4, 2005.The five stood trial in a Kuwaiti court, and were acquitted.
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 relaitons 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 hadn't signed them. Further, they had argued, the allegations the USA had directed at them weren't violations of Kuwaiti law.
Al Zamil's trial began in March 2006, and he was acquitted on July 22, 2006.
McClatchy interview
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Adel al Zamel.Adel al Zamel told McClatchy reporters he had worked for the 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 housing authority until 2000 when he moved to Afghanistan to work for the al Wafa charity, and that he had never been anything more than a charity worker, distributing food and overseeing small infrastructure projects.
Adel al Zamel told McClatchy reporters that he still hadn't recovered from his initial meetings two and a half months earlier, when he was transferred to Guantanamo. He described being shown a diagram, with three names on it, linked by arrows: UBL, Abu Ghaith, "you", linked by arrows. When he denied being linked to Osama bin Laden he was locked, for a month, in a small metal box, with no toilet facilities:
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Adel al Zamel told reporters that during 2005, his last year in Guantanamo, interrogators repeatedly threatened that he would be transferred to a torture state, for more brutal interrogation.
Adel al Zamel said that, finally, the interrogators treatment cracked his will, and he told them:
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The McClatchy report stated Adel Al Zamel and some associates had been sentenced to a year in prison for an attack on young woman they thought was being too publicly affectionate with her boyfriend.
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- Abdul-Aziz al-Shimmiri
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