Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan
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Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan (also transliterated as Karama Khamis and Khamis Al-Mulaiki) is a citizen of Yemen
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 586.
American intelligence analysts estimate that Khamsan was born in 1969, in Al Mahra, Yemen. He was repatriated without ever been charged on August 19, 2005.
Khamsan reported being beaten, stripped naked, and being stacked in a pile with other naked captives, and then photographed, while held in Bagram. He also reported being threatened with rendition
to Egypt
or Jordan
.
Elements of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
, under Captain Carolyn Wood
, were responsible for the interrogation of captives in Bagram, before being transferred to Abu Ghraib
, where they were to play a role in the abuse recorded in the photos that started to be released in the winter of 2005.
Khamsan told Amnesty International that, during the long flight to Guantanamo, his handcuffs were so tight they ripped off his flesh, when they were removed. Amnesty's report quoted Khamsan about his abuse in Guantanamo:
They report that Khamsan has been released.
The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.
Three men
Maroof Saleemovich Salehove
, Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan and Mohamed Anwar Kurd
were
sent home on 19 August 2005.
was due to his membership in a drug smuggling ring.
Consequently he was repatriated to Yemen.
According to the Yemen Observer
Khamis was arrested on December 24, 2005, when he tried to approach the US Ambassador, while armed with a pistol and two hand grenades.
The Yemen Times
says the alleged threat to the Ambassador was in December 2004.
Khamis has been charged with attempted assassination
.
The Yemen Times' account says a conspirator has confessed that the impromptu attack was fueled by qat
, a local narcotic, and anti-American sermons by radical clergy.
Khamis's defense lawyer have requested bringing in foreign medical experts to attest to his mental state.
Khamis was acquitted on March 13, 2006.
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
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...
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 586.
American intelligence analysts estimate that Khamsan was born in 1969, in Al Mahra, Yemen. He was repatriated without ever been charged on August 19, 2005.
Abuse while in detention
The New Standard News reports that during Amnesty International's interview with Khamsan he reported being abused.Khamsan reported being beaten, stripped naked, and being stacked in a pile with other naked captives, and then photographed, while held in Bagram. He also reported being threatened with rendition
Extraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another. "Torture by proxy" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States and the United Kingdom have transferred suspected terrorists to other countries in order to torture the...
to Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
or Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
.
Elements of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
519th Military Intelligence Battalion
The 519th Military Intelligence Battalion is a unit of the United States Army.Personnel of the 519th MI Battalion were alleged to have killed the Afghan detainee Dilawar in custody at Bagram Theater Internment Facility in December 2002....
, under Captain Carolyn Wood
Carolyn Wood
Carolyn Wood, United States Army captain, is a military intelligence officer who served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. She was implicated by the Fay Report to have "failed" in several aspects of her command regarding her oversight of interrogators at Abu Ghraib...
, were responsible for the interrogation of captives in Bagram, before being transferred to Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib
The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000. The old road to Jordan passes through Abu Ghraib...
, where they were to play a role in the abuse recorded in the photos that started to be released in the winter of 2005.
Khamsan told Amnesty International that, during the long flight to Guantanamo, his handcuffs were so tight they ripped off his flesh, when they were removed. Amnesty's report quoted Khamsan about his abuse in Guantanamo:
- "In Guantánamo, Karama Khamisan described how, on one occasion, he was taken to the shower room where guards attempted to sexually abuse him. As he pushed them away, ten guards entered the room and beat him before transferring him to a solitary cell where he was held for 25 days, naked. He said that he was only taken to use the toilet and shower once in this entire period and that he ate no solid food in order to avoid having to defecate in his cell."
Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant
The Washington Post reports that Khamsan was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.They report that Khamsan has been released.
The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.
Three men
Maroof Saleemovich Salehove
Maroof Saleemovich Salehove
-Release:Maroof Saleemovich Salehove was one of the 38 captives the Bush Presidency determined had not been enemy combatants after all.Three menMaroof Saleemovich Salehove, Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan and Mohamed Anwar Kurd weresent home on 19 August 2005....
, Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan and Mohamed Anwar Kurd
Mohamed Anwar Kurd
Mohamed Anwar Kurd is a citizen of Iran who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Kurd was born on March 4, 1979, in Zahedan, Iran....
were
sent home on 19 August 2005.
Yemeni arrest and acquittal
The Americans eventually concluded that Khamis was not part of al Qaeda, but that his presence in AfghanistanAfghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
was due to his membership in a drug smuggling ring.
Consequently he was repatriated to Yemen.
According to the Yemen Observer
Yemen Observer
The Yemen Observer is an English-language, triweekly newspaper published in the Republic of Yemen. It was founded in 1996 by Faris Sanabani, aide and press secretary of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Its editors include Editor-in-Chief, Mohammed al-Kibsi...
Khamis was arrested on December 24, 2005, when he tried to approach the US Ambassador, while armed with a pistol and two hand grenades.
The Yemen Times
Yemen Times
The Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service....
says the alleged threat to the Ambassador was in December 2004.
Khamis has been charged with attempted assassination
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
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The Yemen Times' account says a conspirator has confessed that the impromptu attack was fueled by qat
Khat
Khat, qat, gat or Waquish Spoken from true Yemeni, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....
, a local narcotic, and anti-American sermons by radical clergy.
Khamis's defense lawyer have requested bringing in foreign medical experts to attest to his mental state.
Khamis was acquitted on March 13, 2006.