Mohammed Ali Shah

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Mohammed Ali Shah

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Mohammed Ali Shah ( _fa. محمد على شاه) is a citizen of Iran held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.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] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 1154.
JTF-GTMO analysts report he was born in 1959, in Gardez, Afghanistan.

Identity

Captive was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:
*Captive 1154 is listed as Said Mohammed Ali Shah on the official list released on April 20 2006. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", April 20 2006]
*Captive 1154 is listed as Ali Shah on the official list released on May 15 2006. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006]

Press reports

During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan Ali Shah fought with a moderate military group, backed by the United States.cite news
url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-woshah4440702sep25,0,6740141,full.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print
title=One prisoner's story
page=
pages=
publisher=Newsday
author=James Rupert, Tom Brune
date=September 25 2005
accessdate=2008-03-17
quote=]

After the Soviet withdrawal Ali Shah went to medical school, and became a doctor.

On September 25, 2005, "Newsday" published two articles about Shah. One of them contains extensive excerpts from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.cite news
url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woshah4440702sep25,0,3052763.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines
title=In transcript, detainee answers U.S. charges
publisher=Newsday
date=September 25 2005
accessdate=2008-03-17
quote=] The other contains a long discussion of Shah's ethnicity and how unlikely this made the allegations contained within his dossier. Ali Shah's dossier accused him of running guns to the Taliban, and providing safe passage and a refuge to the fleeing family of a senior Taliban commander...:

Transcript

Said Mohammed Ali Shah chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_51_3490-3642_Revised.pdf#110
title=Summarized Statement
date=date redacted
pages=pages 110-135
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-05-26] On March 3 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a twenty-six page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.cite news
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html
title=US releases Guantanamo files
publisher=The Age
date=April 4, 2006
accessdate=2008-03-15
quote=]

Witness requests

Said Mohammed Ali Shah's Tribunal President refused to allow him to call additional witnesses from among the camp population. He had previously requested the testimony of eight witnesses, three from Iran, three from Afghanistan, and two who were also Guantanamo captives. His Tribunal President ruled that the testimony of all eight witnesses would be relevant on December 20 2004. All six "off-Island" witnesses were deemed not reasonably available. The testimony of Said Mohammed Ali Shah's more important Guantanamo witness was provided via an affidavit, due to an objection from the Joint Detention Operations Group. He was not allowed to testify in person, where Said Mohammed Ali Shah could question him.

Evidence request

Said Mohammed Ali Shah had requested two items from his wallet, on January 13 2005. When his Tribunal was convened, on January 15 2005, attempts to find his wallet in the evidence locker had failed.

Opening statement

Translation problems

The documents prepared for Said Mohammed Ali Shah's Tribunal were marred by translation problems, including:
*allegations missing from the different versions issued to the Said Mohammed Ali Shah and to the Tribunal's officials.
*Dates were inconsistently translated on the different versions used at his Tribunal.

Response to the allegations

Response to Tribunal questions

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 weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't 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.

ummary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohammed Ali Shah Shayed'sAdministrative Review Board, on 20 December 2005.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000794-000894.pdf#87
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Shayed, Mohammed Ali Shah
date=20 December 2005
pages=pages 87-89
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-05-25] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Shah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_11_21662-22010.pdf#257
title=Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 1154
date=date redacted
author=OARDEC
pages=pages
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-05-26] Summarized transcript (.pdf)] , from Said Mohammed Ali Shah's "Administrative Review Board hearing" - pages 257-273]

Enemy Combatant election form

Said Mohammed Ali Shah's Assisting Military Officer reported on the Enemy Combatant election form he completed during his initial interview with him. They met on December 21 2005 and December 22 2005 for one hundred minutes and for ninety minutes. He described Said Mohammed Ali Shah as calm and cooperative.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

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The following primary factors favor release or transfer

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Board recommendations

In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000766-000859.pdf#83
title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 1154
date=January 9 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-05-26
pages=pages 83-84] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000766-000859.pdf#85
title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 1154
date=23 December 2005
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-05-26
pages=pages 85-94] The Board's recommendation was unanimousThe Board's recommendation was redacted.England authorized his transfer on January 11 2006.

Return to Afghanistan

The "Washington Post" reports that Ali Shahwas one of sixteen detainees returned to Afghanistan in early October 2006. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200274.html Exhausted, 16 Afghans freed after Guantanamo] , "Washington Post", October 12 2006] They were held for several days by Afghan authorities before they were released on October 12 2006.

References

External links

*cite news
url=http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/56
title=Guantanamo Inmate Database: Ali Shah Mousavi
publisher=Miami Herald
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 15 2008
accessdate=2008-06-16
quote=