- Lahcen Ikassrien
Lahcen Ikassrien is a citizen of
Morocco who was held inextrajudicial detention in theUnited States Guantanamo Bay detainment camp s, inCuba . [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense ",May 15 2006 ] Ukassrien's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 72.The Department of Defense reports that Ikassrien was born onOctober 2 1972 , in Targist, Morocco.Background
When Ikassrien was first captured authorities thought his name was Reswan A. Abdesalam. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002473_pf.html 3 Guantanamo Detainees Freed] , "
Washington Post ",July 3 2005 ] His real identity was revealed through his fingerprints.Ikassrien was believed to have ties to
Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas , a mastermind of theMadrid bombing . [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002473_pf.html 3 Guantanamo Detainees Freed] , "Washington Post ",July 3 2005 ]On
July 3 ,2005 , Ikassrien was extradited to stand trial in Spain. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002473_pf.html 3 Guantanamo Detainees Freed] , "Washington Post ",July 3 2005 ]The "
International Herald Tribune " reported that Ikassrien was acquitted onOctober 11 2006 . [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/11/europe/EU_GEN_Spain_Guantanamo_Detainee.php Spanish court acquits Moroccan who was held at Guantanamo] , "International Herald Tribune ",October 11 2006 ]Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the
Geneva Conventions to captives fromthe war on terror . This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conductcompetent tribunal s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections ofprisoner of war status.Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the
Combatant Status Review Tribunal s. 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 anenemy combatant .Allegations
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