Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna

Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Al Bidna's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 337. The Department of Defense reports that Al Bidna was born on May 11, 1978, in Riyadh, 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 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 Bidna chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board hearing

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings. The Administrative Review Boards were not authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they were not 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.

The factors for and against continuing to detain Al Bidna were among the 121 that the Department of Defense released on March 3, 2006.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. 'he detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia to Iran via Syria during the summer of 2001.
2. Pakistani officials arrested the detainee late November or early December 2001.
3. The detainee's confinement history includes several incidents of failure to comply, hostile acts and guard harassment.

b. Connections / Associations

1. The detainee associated with a Saudi providing relief to a refugee organization.
2. The same Saudi facilitated the detainee's illegal entry into Pakistan.
3. The Saudi is a known operative for al Wafa.
4. 'Executive Order 13224, which blocks property and prohibits transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism, designated al Wafa as a global terrorist entity.

c. Intent

The detainee admitted to being a terrorist.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

• During the interview where the detainee admitted to being a terrorist, he was frustrated, extremely mad and being sarcastic. During this interview he threw his hands up and said, "All right, you got me, I'm a terrorist".
• The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks in the United States prior to their execution on September 11th, and also denied knowledge of any rumors or plans of future attacks on the United States or its interests.
• Representatives of a foreign government believe that the detainee has low intelligence or law enforcement value to the United States and is unlikely to pose a terrorist threat to the United States or its interests.

Transcript

Al Bidna participated in his Administrative Review Board hearing.

Repatriation

Al Bidna was repatriated with thirteen other men, on June 25, 2006.

References

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