Omar Rajab Amin
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First annual Administrative Review Board
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 Omar Rajab Amin's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 17 May 2005.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer:
Enemy Combatant Election Form
According to the Enemy Combatant Election Form filled out by Omar Rajab Amin's Assisting Military Officer he did not choose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.His Assisting Military Officer told his Board that the translator who accompanied him told him that he confirmed he spoke the same language as Omar Rajab Amin. Omar Rajab Amin's transcript does not record his Assisting Military Officer commenting on his demeanor.
Second annual Administrative Review Board
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 Omar Rajab Amin's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 15 March 2006.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
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.
The memos regarding Omar Rajab Amin's transfer were thirteen pages long.
England authorized his transfer on June 26, 2006.
Return to Kuwait
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reported that Amin would be returned to Kuwait.
The Emir of Kuwait personally requested Amin's release, and that of Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari.