Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
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Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan
currently held by the United States
military at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.
American Intelligence analysts
estimated that Rabbani was born in 1970, in al Medinah
, Saudi Arabia
.
As of July 25, 2011, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani has been held at Guantanamo for six years 10 months. Before that he had been detained at least a year in secret CIA black site
prisons.
, Rabbani, and his brother, Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
, were being held in the CIA black site
known as "the salt pit" at the same time as him.
. In response, on December 14, 2005 the Department of Defense
published a thirteen-page dossier of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal
.
His Summary of Evidence memo was drafted on November 9, 2004.
The documents indicate a Lieutenant Commander
, his Personal Representative
, recorded on the detainee election form that they met, for eighty minutes, on 13 November 2004, to discuss his upcoming Tribunal. His Personal Representative's notes state simply that he chose not to attend his Tribunal.
Tribunal Panel 21 convened 17 November 2004 and confirmed his "enemy combatant status". The decision memo drafted by the Tribunal states it reached this conclusion based on classified evidence. His brother's status was also confirmed by Tribunal panel 21, on 23 November 2004. The notes in his case state his Tribunal did not convene in Guantanamo.
His name is also spelled as "Mohammed Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani", and his brother also as "Abd Al Rahim Ghulam Rabbani" in the document.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
currently held by the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
military at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.
American Intelligence analysts
Intelligence (information gathering)
Intelligence assessment is the development of forecasts of behaviour or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organization, based on a wide range of available information sources both overt and covert. Assessments are developed in response to requirements declared by the leadership...
estimated that Rabbani was born in 1970, in al Medinah
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
.
As of July 25, 2011, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani has been held at Guantanamo for six years 10 months. Before that he had been detained at least a year in secret CIA black site
Black site
In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It...
prisons.
CIA black site detention
According to Laid SaidiLaid Saidi
Laid Saidi is an Algerian who has claimed that he was imprisoned, for several years, in a CIA black site in Afghanistan called "the salt pit"....
, Rabbani, and his brother, Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1969....
, were being held in the CIA black site
Black site
In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It...
known as "the salt pit" at the same time as him.
Habeas petition
A habeas petition was submitted on Rabbani's behalf to US District Court Judge Ricardo M. UrbinaRicardo M. Urbina
Ricardo M. Urbina is a United States District Court judge in Washington, DC. He has taken senior status.Urbina earned a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1967. He received his law degree from the Law Center at Georgetown University in 1970. He began his legal career as a public defender. He...
. In response, on December 14, 2005 the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published a thirteen-page dossier of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
.
His Summary of Evidence memo was drafted on November 9, 2004.
The documents indicate a Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...
, his Personal Representative
Personal 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:...
, recorded on the detainee election form that they met, for eighty minutes, on 13 November 2004, to discuss his upcoming Tribunal. His Personal Representative's notes state simply that he chose not to attend his Tribunal.
Tribunal Panel 21 convened 17 November 2004 and confirmed his "enemy combatant status". The decision memo drafted by the Tribunal states it reached this conclusion based on classified evidence. His brother's status was also confirmed by Tribunal panel 21, on 23 November 2004. The notes in his case state his Tribunal did not convene in Guantanamo.
His name is also spelled as "Mohammed Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani", and his brother also as "Abd Al Rahim Ghulam Rabbani" in the document.