Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri
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Testimony
There is no record that Riyad Bin Mohammed Tahir Nasseriparticipated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Administrative Review Board hearings
Administrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearings.
The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".
They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat—or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.
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
Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri's
first annual Administrative Review Board, on 27 April 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
Transcript
Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri did not participate in his Board hearing.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order
Court order
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from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
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published a two-page summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board.
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
Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri's
second annual Administrative Review Board, on 4 August 2006.
The memo listed nineteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and six "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
The "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" included:
- allegations he fought in BosniaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
; - allegations he was charged with counterfeiting in Italy;
- allegations he was tried and convicted in Tunisia for membership in a "terrorist group operating abroad."
- allegations that he was a cell leader in multiple groups with ties to al Qaida;
- allegations that he attended the Derunta training campDerunta training campThe Derunta training camp was one of the most well-known of many military training camps that have been alleged to have been affiliated with al Qaeda.-Training with poisons:...
, and Khalden training campKhalden training campThe Khalden training camp was a military training camp in Afghanistan. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda...
, where he was trained in bomb making.
The "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer" included:
- disputing that he ever received bomb-making training;
- denied being a cell leader of radical groups;
- denied membership in Tunisian radical groups;
Transfer from Guantanamo
On November 30, 2009, Nasseri and another detainee, Adel Ben Mabrouk, were removed from Guantanamo and transferred into the custody of representatives of ItalyItaly
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, to face charges related to outstanding warrants in that country.
Both men had been long time residents of Italy, prior to traveling to Afghanistan.
Both men had criminal records for petty crimes in Italy.
Both men are expected to face new terrorism charges in Italy.