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Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al Sawah is a citizen of Bosnia currently held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 535.
As of October 22, 2010, Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al Sawah has been held at Guantanamo for eight years five months. He has been charged with war crimes.[2]
Combatant Status Review[]
- Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Al Sawah was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.[3] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo accused him of the following:[2]
- a. Detainee is a member of Al Qaida.
- Detainee admits being a member of Al Qaida.
- Detainee traveled to Afghanistan and joined Al Qaida to fight against the United States and the Northern Alliance.
- Detainee admits that he attended explosives training at Al Farouq training camp and went on to be a trainer on IED components at Tarnak Farms.
- Detainee met Usama bin Ladin.
- b. Detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States.
- Detainee fled Jalalabad, AF on November 18, 2001, after the area fell to allied forces. Detainee traveled with fighters armed with Kalashnikovs, RPGss, ammunition and hand grenades.
- Detainee was injured by shrapnel, captured, and turned over to Northern Alliance forces.
On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[4][5]
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.[6]
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.[7][8] There was no record that an ARB had been convened to review his detention.
Habeas corpus petition[]
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Captive 535 had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf in June 2005. On November 26, 2008 United States Department of Justice acknowledged they still had not filed a classified factual return, so his Defense counsel could have no way of knowing why he was being held by the USA.[9]
Faces charges before a Guantanamo military commission[]
On December 16, 2008 Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that the Guantanamo military commission prosecutors announced charges had been laid against Tarek el Sawah.[10][11][12]
Rosenberg noted that the documents the DoD had published showed wild fluctations in his weight.[10]
Between July 22, 2006 and August 10, 2006 his weigh-ins show he lost almost three hundred pounds.[11] From August 10, 2006 to August 28, 2006 his weight was relatively stable, fluctuating between 124 and 127. On August 30 the official record shows two weigh-ins – one at 124 pounds and one at 410 pounds. The record shows him first losing, and then gaining back 145 pounds in October 2006.
El Sawah is represented by Major Scott Medlyn, an active-duty Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force.
References[]
- ↑ "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 2006-05-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Guantanamo Docket – Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al Sawah". Projects.nytimes.com. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/535-tariq-mahmoud-ahmed-al-sawah/documents/4/pages/2256. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ↑ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
- ↑ US releases Guantanamo files [1] April 4, 2006
- ↑ Summarized Transcript [2] OARDEC date redacted[dead link]
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Mary Petras, Lara Quint (2008-11-26). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 1071 – Joint status report". United States Department of Justice. http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/1071/0.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pentagon files charges against Bosnian-Egyptian [3] Carol Rosenberg 2008-12-16[dead link] mirror
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Pentagon documents on Tarek el Sawah [4] 2008-12-16 mirror
- ↑ Charge sheet against Tarek el Sawah [5] 2008-12-16 mirror
External links[]
- For two detainees who told what they knew, Guantanamo becomes a gilded cage The Washington Post, March 24, 2010
- Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Two: Captured in Afghanistan (2001) Andy Worthington, September 17, 2010
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