Al Silm Haji Hajjaj Awwad Al Hajjaji

Al Silm Haji Hajjaj Awwad Al Hajjaji is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Al Hajjaji's Guantanamo detainee ID number was 245. American intelligence analysts estimate that Al Hajjaji was born in 1980, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The captive sat on a plastic garden chair, with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.

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 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.

Al Hajjaji chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Allegations

The allegations Al Hajjaji faced during his Tribunal were:

a. The Detainee is associated with Al Qaeda.

1. The Detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan via Quetta, Pakistan.
2. The Detainee spent approximately 9 months in Afghanistan training with the Taliban.
3. The Detainee received military training at the Al Qaeda camp located at Al Farouk.

b. The Detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.

1. The Detainee carried a weapon on the battlefield.
2. The Detainee participated in military operations in Tora Bora.

Repatriation

According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Al Hajjaji was one of sixteen men repatriated on December 14, 2006.

External links

• The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (4) – Escape to Pakistan (The Saudis) Andy Worthington

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