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Abdul Nasir is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 874. American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1981, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Abdul Nasir was captured in Afghanistan and was transferred back to Afghanistan on November 2, 2007.[2]

Combatant Status Review Tribunal[]

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Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 6 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.[3] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.[4]

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 competent tribunals 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 Tribunals. 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.

Summary of Evidence memo[]

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Nasir's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 6 October 2004.[5] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is associated with the Taliban:
  1. The detainee is associated with the Taliban.
b. The detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners:
  1. The detainee was part of a group that attacked the Shkin firebase with AK-47 rifles, PK machine guns, grenades, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
  2. The detainee was armed for this attack with grenades and an AK-47 rifle.
  3. The detainee was captured fleeing from the Shkin firebase attack and in possession of seven grenades and ammunition for an AK-47 rifle.


Transcript[]

Nasir chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[6] On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[7]

Abdul Nasir v. George W. Bush[]

A writ of habeas corpus, Abdul Nasir v. George W. Bush, was submitted on Abdul Nasir's behalf.[8] In response, on February 15, 2007, the Department of Defense published twenty pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

On December 17, 2004 Tribunal panel 26 confirmed that Abdul Nasir was an "enemy combatant".

Administrative Review Board[]

Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee may pose if released or transferred, and whether there are other factors that warrant his continued detention.[9]

Nasir chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.[10]

Enemy Combatant Election Form[]

Abdul Nasir and his Assisting Military Officer met on September 6, 2005 for thirty minutes.

When his Assisting Military Officer read out his notes from the Enemy Combatant Election Form Abdul Nasir corrected him. He said he had chosen to respond to each allegation as it was read out, in turn, not respond to them all at once.

They met a second time so Abdul Nasir could submit a letter from his family.

His Assisting Military Officer described Abdul Nasir as being cooperative and polite throughout their interviews

Abdul Nasir declined to keep a copy of the Summary of Evidence memo that had been translated in Pashto.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment
  1. The detainee was identified as a student at jihad madrassas preparing for the front lines.
  2. The detainee reportedly disclosed that he had been involved in a grenade attack against a U.S. military truck in Kabul City, Afghanistan, and then fled to a mosque.
b. Training
  1. The detainee was reportedly seen in a military training camp in Peshawar province of Pakistan before he was captured. The detainee was training in the use of rockets, heavy machine guns, AK-47s, and hand grenades.
c. Connections/Associations
  1. The detainee stated that while attending the Taleemolquran Madrassa, Qari Inamullah asked him numerous times to join the Taliban.
  2. The detainee stated Qari Inamullah was a good character, but he knew he was involved in the Taliban.
  3. Detainee stated Qari Inamullah claimed to be a driver for a high level Taliban official. Inamullah told the detainee he often traveled to Afghanistan to meet this official. Inamullah claimed to be on Taliban business when going to Lahore, Pakistan.
  4. Qari Inamullah invited the detainee to another madrassa located in Wana, Pakistan.
  5. Qari Inamullah paid for all of the detainee's expenses during the six weeks he stayed in Wana, Pakistan.
  6. Wana, Pakistan is an area known as an ingress and egress route for al Qaida and the Taliban to flee into Pakistan.
d. Other Relevant Data
  1. While at Wana, Pakistan, the detainee and 30 individuals attacked an American Base.
  2. Upon arriving at the location Qari Inamullah handed the detainee an AK-47, which the detainee accepted. The detainee witnessed Qari Inamullah firing an RPG at the American base. The detainee stated Inamullah was the leader of the attack.
  3. The detainee stated the attack only lasted a moment before they fled. The detainee stated he could not remember the direction he was supposed to go to regroup. He was then met by American and Afghan soldiers. He surrendered and was detained.
  4. The detainee was captured with seven hand grenades and a magazine for the AK-47.


The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a. The detainee stated Inamullah admitted to tricking him into going along with the attack on the American base.
b. 'The detainee stated he never fired his weapon in the attack on the American base.


In the Spring of 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a ten page summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board.[7]

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.[11][12] The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized his transfer on 23 December 2005

Repatriation[]

On November 25, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when Guantanamo captives were repatriated.[13] According to that list he was repatriated on November 2, 2007. Seven other Afghans were repatriated that day, two Jordanian captives and one Libyan captive.

The Center for Constitutional Rights reports that all of the Afghans repatriated to Afghanistan from April 2007 were sent to Afghan custody in the American built and supervised wing of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul.[14]

References[]

  1. OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
  2. ' [1] The New York Times
  3. Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
  4. "Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials". United States Department of Defense. March 6, 2007. http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3902. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  5. OARDEC (6 October 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Nasir, Abdul". United States Department of Defense. pp. page 41. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000600-000699.pdf#41. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  6. OARDEC (December 17, 2004). "Summarized Statement". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 5–10. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_47_3130-3248.pdf#5. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 US releases Guantanamo files [2] April 4, 2006
  8. "Abdul Nasir v. George W. Bush". United States Department of Defense. February 15, 2007. pp. pages 21–40. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_3967-4102.pdf#21. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
  9. "Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials". March 6, 2007. http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3902. Retrieved November 12, 2010. 
  10. OARDEC. "Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 874". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 68–77. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_9_21017-21351.pdf#68. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
  11. OARDEC (19 October 2005). "Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 874". United States Department of Defense. p. page 84. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000484-000582.pdf#84. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
  12. OARDEC (8 September 2005). "Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 874". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 84–90. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000484-000582.pdf#85. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
  13. Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased [3] OARDEC 2008-10-09
  14. International Travel [4] mirror

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