Mohammad Nasim (Guantanamo detainee 958)

For other individuals named Mohammed Nasim see Mohammed Nasim (disambiguation).

Mohammed Nasim
Born	1962 (age 48–49) Pai Warzai, Afghanistan
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	958
Charge(s)	No charge,( held in extrajudicial detention)
Status	Determined not to have been an enemy combatant after all

Mohammed Nasim is a citizen of Afghanistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1][2]

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohammed Nasim's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 20 December 2004.^[3] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

A. The detainee is a member of the Taliban:

1. The detainee commanded a squad of Mujahidin fighters for a Kabul commander.
2. The detainee's squad consisted of twenty-five Mujahidin armed with twenty-three AK-47s, one RPK LMG and one RPG-7.
3. The detainee's name was referenced in intercepted radio troop movements to the Taliban.
4. The detainee is alleged to have acted as a sentry to report troop movements to the Taliban.
5. The detainee was reported to be part of an early warning system.
6. The detainee was captured on 11 February 2003, by United States forces in Afghanistan as a suspected Taliban.

Transcript

Nasim chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[4] On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a ten page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[5]

Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant

The Washington Post reports that Nasim was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[6]

They report that Nasim has been released.

Guantanamo Medical records

On 16 March 2007 the Department of Defense published medical records for the captives.^[7] According to those records he was 66.5 inches tall. According to those records he weighed 158 pounds on May 9, 2003—his "inprocess date". Monthly weigh-ins started in January 2004. Those weights fluctuated between 184 and 200 pounds.

References

1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
2. ^ "Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part I". San Francisco Chronicle. March 15, 2006. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/15/international/i133614S80.DTL&type=printable. Retrieved January 15, 2007. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ OARDEC (2004-12-20). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Nasim, Mohammed". United States Department of Defense. pp. page 89. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000600-000699.pdf#89. Retrieved 2008-06-29. 
4. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). "Summarized Statement". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 100–109. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_51_3490-3642_Revised.pdf#100. Retrieved 2008-06-29. 
5. ^ "US releases Guantanamo files". The Age. April 4, 2006. http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html. Retrieved 2008-03-15. 
6. ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classified as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
7. ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  mirror

External links

• The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (12) – The Last of the Afghans (Part Two) Andy Worthington

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Name	Nasim, Mohammad
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Date of birth	1962
Place of birth	Pai Warzai, Afghanistan
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