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list of prisoners (.pdf) , '' US Department Of Defense '', May 15 2006
Al Saigh's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 105.
The
Department Of Defense
reports that Al Saigh was born on January 8 1978 , in Ta'if , Saudi Arabia.


COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL


Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from The War On Terror . This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a Competent Tribunal s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of Prisoner Of War status.

Subsequently the Department Of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunal s. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an Enemy Combatant .

Ali chose to participate in his 's'' Combatant Status Review Tribunal '' - pages 38-44


allegations


:#''Detainee stated he answered an Islamic Fatwa h in Saudi Arabia to fight for the Taliban forces in Afghanistan .


:#''Detainee went to Afghanistan to fight in the Jihad with the Taliban for approximately six months before being captured in Qualajinki , Afghanistan.
:#''Detainee served at the front lines near Khanajah Gar , Afghanistan.


testimony

Al Saigh acknowledged being with the Taliban. He said he doesn’t consider himself an “enemy combatant” because none of his activities had a harmful effect on America.

When the Tribunal’s President repeated the definition of enemy combatant Al Saigh asked whether Massoud was a member of the coalition. He was informed he was. He then asked when the USA entered into a coalition with Massoud. The Tribunal President told him “I think officially after September 11, 2001 . Al Saigh replied that he never fought after 2001. Al Saigh’s Personal Representative added that the four months Al Saigh was engaged in hostilities started in March 2001.

Halfway through his testimony Al Saigh asked for clarification as to whether the proceedings were an interrogation, or a court of law.

He started to tell his tribunal he was going to refuse to answer any question he had answered in earlier interrogations, even though the Tribunal President tried to explain to him that the Tribunal was not an interrogation, and that it was in his interest to give full, candid answers.


REPATRIATION


According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Al Saigh was one of fifteen men repatriated on May 19 2006 .


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