Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla Al Marri

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Jarallah al-Marri

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date_of_birth = Birth date|1973|8|12
place_of_birth = Doha, Qatar
date_of_arrest = December 2001
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date_of_release = 2008-07-28
place_of_release= Doha, Qatar
date_of_death =
place_of_death =
detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 334
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charge = no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
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status = Repatriated
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Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla al-Marri is a citizen of Qatar and a former detainee at the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, where he was imprisoned for six and a half years. He returned to Qatar on July 27, 2008.cite news
url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/27/africa/ME-Qatar-Guantanamo.php
title=Report: Former Qatari Guantanamo detainee returns home
publisher=Associated Press
date=2008-07-27
accessdate=2008-08-18
quote= ] He was reportedly born on August 12 1973, in Doha, Qatar according to the Department of Defense.

Identity

Captive 334 was identified inconsistently on official documents:
*Captive 334 was identified as Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla Al Marri on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 14 October 2004, on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on 17 November 2005, and on seven official list of captives' names.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf
title=List of detainee who went through complete CSRT process
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=April 20 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=May 15 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_unclassified_summaries.pdf
title=Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_detainees_testimony.pdf
title=Index for testimony
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=September 4 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_publicly_filed_CSRT_records.pdf
title=Index for CSRT Records Publicly Files in Guantanamo Detainee Cases
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 8 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
title=Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 9 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_2_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
title=Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#71
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Marri, Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla
date=14 October 2004
author=OARDEC
pages=page
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-09] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000394-000494.pdf#1
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Marri, Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla
date=17 November 2005
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 1-2
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-09]
*Captive 334 was identified as Jarallah Al Marri in the covering document for a dossier of unclassifed documents released in response to his habeas corpus petition.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2208-2300.pdf#1
title=Jarallah Al Marri v. George W. Bush
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=22 November 2004
accessdate=2007-12-13
pages=pages 1-21]
*Captive 334 was identified as Jaralah Al Mari on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board, on 2 November 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_499-598.pdf#13
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mari, Jaralah
date=2 November 2006
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 13-16
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-09]

Combat Status Review Tribunal

] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3902
title=Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=March 6 2007
accessdate=2007-09-22] ]

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.

ummary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla Al Marri'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal, on 14 October 2004.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#71
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Marri, Jaralla Saleh Mohammed Kahla
date=14 October 2004
author=OARDEC
pages=page
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-09] The memo listed the following allegations against him::

econd annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Jaralah Al Mari's second annualAdministrative Review Board, on 2 November 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_499-598.pdf#13
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mari, Jaralah
date=2 November 2006
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 13-16
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-09] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

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The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

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Jail conditions

Al Marri's Guantanamo detainee ID number was 334. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006]

Al-Marri's position

Al-Marri participated in the hunger strikes held during the summer of 2005. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights:

:"As Jarallah Al-Marri, a prisoner from Qatar, stated, “I participated in a hunger strike for 17 days to protest the inhumane conditions and religious persecution I and hundreds of other prisoners have been subject to at Guantánamo. [http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/print_page.asp?ObjID=ul3zV53kyG&Content=618 Guantanamo Legal Update 8.25.05] , "Center for Constitutional Rights", August 25 2005] ” "

:"Further details of the seriousness of the prisoners’ claims are also emerging. Al-Marri, for example, was hospitalized as a result of his hunger strike and a deteriorating heart condition, and placed on an IV. He told his attorney, Jonathan Hafetz of Gibbons Del Deo Dolan Griffinger & Vecchione, that the government had a nurse make sexual advances towards him while he was lying in his hospital bed in a vain attempt to convince him to give up his hunger strike. Al-Marri has been in solitary confinement for over 16 months and today often goes as long as 3 weeks without being allowed outside his cell for recreation. The lights in Al-Marri's cell remain on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and he has been denied adequate bedding and clothing. Al-Marri is able to sleep only 2 hours a night, and his physical and mental health have deteriorated significantly. [http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/print_page.asp?ObjID=ul3zV53kyG&Content=618 Guantanamo Legal Update 8.25.05] , "Center for Constitutional Rights", August 25 2005] "

According to an article in The Columbia Journalist, from December 12 2005, al-Marri had only had two visits from his lawyers. [http://www.columbiajournalist.org/rw1_hancock/2005/article.asp?subj=national&course=rw1_hancock&id=758 New Congressional Bill May Alter Legal Limbo for Guantanamo Bay Prisoners] , "The Columbia Journalist", December 12 2005]

Detention of Al-Marri's Brother

Ali Al-Marri On Sept. 10, 2001, al-Marri came to Peoria with his family to become a graduate student at his undergraduate alma mater, Bradley University.

al-Marri was indicted and arrested on credit card fraud and lying to the FBI. He is being detained as a supposed al-Qaeda operative who came to the US to assist in a second wave of terrorist attacks. Al-Marri denies this. [http://collegefreedom.org/marri.htm The Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri case] , "CollegeFreedom.org"]

Al-Marri's brother Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, formerly a graduate student at Bradley University, is currently held in a South Carolina naval prison.

Repatriation

On July 28 2008 Jaralla Al Marri was reported to have been repatriated to Qatar.cite news
url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2008/07/28/6284801-sun.html
title=Qatari leave Gitmo: no charge ever brought against man
publisher=Edmonton Sun
date=2008-07-28
accessdate=2008-07-28
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edmontonsun.com%2FNews%2FWorld%2F2008%2F07%2F28%2F6284801-sun.html&date=2008-07-28 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=232532&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56
title=Former Gitmo prisoner returns
publisher=Gulf Times
author=
date=2008-07-28
accessdate=2008-07-28
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gulf-times.com%2Fsite%2Ftopics%2Farticle.asp%3Fcu_no%3D2%26item_no%3D232532%26version%3D1%26template_id%3D57%26parent_id%3D56&date=2008-07-28 mirror] ] His cousin and mother thanked the Emir for his help in securing his repatriation.

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