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Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 768. Al-Darbi was born on January 9, 1975, in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia. As of early 2010, al-Darbi has been confined at the Guantanamo camps for almost seven years.[2]
Background[]
The brother-in-law of Khalid al-Mihdhar, al-Darbi was captured in Azerbaijan and was renditioned into Afghanistan.[3] There he was held in the Bagram Collection Point, while it was still under control of Alpha Company of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion who routinely beat their captives, resulting in the deaths of two prisoners on December 4, 2001 and December 10, 2001. Al-Darbi identified Damien M. Corsetti, a soldier nicknamed "the King of Torture" by his fellow GIs, as one of his abusers.[4]
Corsetti's lawyer asserts that al-Darbi's claims of abuse are not credible.[citation needed] Corsetti's lawyers claim al Darbi repeats the meme al Qaeda training manuals instruct captives to lie about abuse, and asserts that Al Darbi is following those instructions.[citation needed]
Department of Defense spokesmen have announced that al-Darbi will not be allowed to testify at Corsetti's court martial.[5]
- Main article: Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
On December 21, 2007 charges against Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi were referred to the convening authority for the Office of Military Commissions.[6][7][8]
Combatant Status Review[]
- Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal, listing the allegations that led to his detainment. His memo accused him of the following:[9]
- a. Detainee is associated with the Taliban and Al-Qaida.
- Detainee is an admitted member of Al-Qaida.
- In 1996, detainee received weapons training at the Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan. He eventually became and instructor and logistician at the Al Farouq Camp in Afghanistan, where he instructed others on the Kalashnikov [sic], PK machineguns, and various pistols.
- Detainee met privatedly with Usama Bin Laden in 1996 or 1997.
- Detainee was involved in an Al-Qaida plot to use small ships loaded with explosives to attack oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz.
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.[10]In September 2007 the Department of Defense released all the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for the Administrative Review Boards convened in 2005 or 2006.[11][12] There was no record that an ARB had been convened to review his detention.
United States v. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi[]
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On December 21, 2007 charges against Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi were referred to Susan Crawford, who approved them to continue to trial.[6][7][8]
"Conspiring with others, to attack civilians, to murder in violation of the law of war, to destroy property in violation of the law of war, to hazard a vessel and to commit terrorism, and Providing Material Support to Terrorism."[8]
- he had trained at the Jihad Wahl training camp;
- he transferred funds to finance the plot to attack shipping;
- he purchased a vessel, registered in Sao Tome, to use in the attacks.
In April 2008 he announced that he refused to participate in the tribunal as he believed it lacked legitimacy, and dismissed his military lawyer Brian Broyles who called the refusal a "reasonable decision".[3]
According to the Associated Press, at a hearing in December 2008 he had "held up a photo of President Barack Obama as a sign of hope."[13] According to the Associated Press, a note he wrote to his lawyer about Obama said he could: ""earn back the legitimacy the United States has lost in the eyes of the world,"
Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that Commission President James Pohl scheduled a hearing for May 27, 2009, to rule on how much of the evidence against Al Darbi was coerced through torture.[14]
At a hearing on September 23, 2009 his Presiding Officer of his military commission agreed to a further sixty day delay.[13] His lawyer Ramzi Kassem told reporters after the hearing that Al Darbi had written a brief note, addressed to President Obama, that he had hoped to read aloud at the hearing. Kassem read the note aloud to reporters. The Associated Press quoted passages from the note.
References[]
- ↑ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ↑ Ahmed Muhammed Haza al Darbi – The Guantánamo Docket [1] The New York Times
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The US military’s shameless propaganda over Guantánamo’s 9/11 trials [2] Andy Worthington 2008-04-20
- ↑ Trial under way for soldier in Afghan prisoner abuse case, Star Telegram, May 30, 2006
- ↑ Soldier pleads not guilty in detainee harm, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 28, 2006
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guantanamo Detainee Charged [3] December 21, 2007
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Guantanamo Bay detainee accused in terror plot [4] December 21, 2007
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 MC Form 458 Jan 2007 - Charges in United States v. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza Al Darbi [5] Office of Military Commissions January 2007[dead link]
- ↑ OARDEC (23 September 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Darbi, Ahmed Muhammed Haza". United States Department of Defense. pp. page 8. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000600-000699.pdf#8. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ OARDEC, Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One, August 9, 2007
- ↑ OARDEC, Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two, July 17, 2007
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Guantanamo prisoner says he's lost hope in Obama [6] Ben Fox 2009-09-23
- ↑ Judge won't delay May 27 war court session [7] Carol Rosenberg 2009-05-10
External links[]
- Torture in Bagram and Guantánamo: The Declaration of Ahmed al-Darbi Andy Worthington
- Human Rights First blog: Military Commissions
- Human Rights First; The Case of Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi
- United States Department of Defense - Military Commissions
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