Polad Sabir Sirajov

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subject_name = Polad Sabir Sirajov

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alias = Poolad T Tsiradzho,
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Polad Sabir Sirajov is a citizen of Azerbaijan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. [http://www.today.az/news/society/25438.html Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee is Baku resident Polad Sabir Sirajov] , "Today Azerbaijan", April 23 2006]

According to a complete list of the names of the remaining Guantanamo detainees published on April 20 2006 Sirajov's name is spelled Poolad T. Tsiradzho.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf
title=List of detainees who went through complete CSRT process
publisher=United States Department of Defense
author=OARDEC
date=2006-04-20
accessdate=2008-07-26
quote=] Sirajov's detainee ID number is 89.

According to a second list of all the Guantanamo detainees, published on May 15 2006, Sirajov was born on May 6 1975.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
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2006-05-15
quote=]

Background

Sirajov graduated in 1992 from Turkey's Erciyes University. [http://www.today.az/news/society/25438.html Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee is Baku resident Polad Sabir Sirajov] , "Today Azerbaijan", April 23 2006] He then worked, as a translator, for a Turkish construction company. [http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=8951 Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee to be handed over to Azerbaijan soon] , "Azerbaijan Press Agency", April 24 2006]

According to his family Sirajov disappeared on February 16, 2001. [http://www.today.az/news/society/25438.html Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee is Baku resident Polad Sabir Sirajov] , "Today Azerbaijan", April 23 2006] They are skeptical that he voluntarily joined up with a radical group because he wasn't particularly religious. The ICRC says he was captured at Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan.

A Summary of Evidence memo was drafted for his Administrative Review Board on March 7 2005.

He was reported to have been released to the Netherlands.

CSRT-Nocite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#6
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Tsiradzho, Poolad T.
date=18 September 2004
author=OARDEC
pages=page 6
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-11-23] The memo listed the following allegations against him::"'a. The detainee is a Taliban fighter::#The detainee voluntarily traveled from Azerbaijan to Afghanistan to look for the Taliban, and admitted to fighting the Americans.:#The detainee admits to being a guard in the Taliban and being issued an AKM-7.62 rifle.

:"'b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.:#The detainee was injured during an artillery attack by the Northern Alliance Forces.:#The detainee surrendered to Northern Alliances forces near Mazar-e-Sharif sic in November 2001.

Habeas petition

Captive 89 had a habeas corpus petition published on his behalf.But, although the Department of Defense published documents from the CSR Tribunals of 179 captives, they did not publish any of his habeas documents.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]

In July 2008 the US District Court ruled that his habeas petition was moot.cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/212/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 212 -- Orders that all petitioners other than the following are DISMISSED without prejudice from Civil Action Number 05-2386
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=
date=2008-07-29
accessdate=2008-08-13
quote= ]

Administrative Review Board hearings

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.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Poolad T. Tsiradzho's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 3 December 2004.cite news
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Factors_Set_3_1161-1234_Revised.pdf#28
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Tsiradzho, Poolad T.
pages=pages 28-29
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=March 7 2005
accessdate=2007-12-03]

"The following primary factors favor continued detention:"

:""'a. Commitment:#"The detainee voluntarily traveled from Azerbaijan to Afghanistan to look for the Taliban, and admitted to fighting the Americans.:#"The detainee admits to joining the Taliban as a guard, guarding food supplies.:#"The detainee admits to being a guard in the Taliban and being issued an AKM-7.62 rifle. :#"The detainee surrendered to Northern Alliance Forces near Mazar-E-Sharif in November 2001.

:""'b. Training ::"The detainee trained at the al Farouq training camp.

:""'c. Connections/Associations:#"Upon arriving in Herat, Afghanistan, the detainee met with a Taliban officer who sent him to Kandahar to meet a designated individual.:#"The designated individual was the owner of a Taliban safe house.:#"The detainee is associated with Abd Al Iraqi.:#"Abd Al Iraqi is an al Qaida lieutenant and veteran Afghan fighter.

:""'d. Intent:#"Detainee stated that he saw on television that there was a war in Afghanistan. He then went to Afghanistan to study and look for the Taliban.:#"The detainee was injured during an artillery attack by Northern Alliance Forces.:#"The detainee stated, "I was fighting, then I was wounded. I stopped fighting the Americans and went on vacation."

"The following primary factors favor release or transfer:"

::"The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks in the U.S. prior to their execution on September 11th, and also denied knowledge of any rumors or plans of future attacks on the U.S. or U.S. interests.

econd annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Poolad T. Tsiradzho's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 23 February 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_100-199.pdf#67
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Tsiradzho, Poolad T.
date=23 February 2006
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 67-69
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-11-23] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Recruitment

Gamat Suleyman, the head of the Baku's Abu Bakr mosque, denied reports that said Polad had been recruited through the mosque. [http://www.azernews.net/view.php?d=8023 Bin Laden's alleged aide Azeri] , "AzerNews", March 13 2006] Suleyman said that with thousands of worshipers he didn't know all of them personally, but he denied that "Wahabism, which is followed by radicals, including the leader of the Al-Qaeda terror cell bin Laden, has never been propagandized at Abu Bakr."

Rafig Aliyev, chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations, stated that 54 people had been arrested in the Mosque in the past, and that Wahabism is still promoted there. [http://www.azernews.net/view.php?d=8023 Bin Laden's alleged aide Azeri] , "AzerNews", March 13 2006] He expressed skepticism that a sole individual could contact bin Laden, without help.

Release

The Azeri-Press Information Agency reported on May 25 2006 that Sirajov requested that he be released to Russia, not Azerbaijan. [http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=10249 ICRC representatives visit Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee Polad Sirajov] , "Azeri-Press Information Agency", May 25 2006]

Release

The Azeri-Press Information Agency quotes Elchin Behbudov of the Azerbaijan Committee Against Torture, who stated on June 1 2006, that Sirajov was receiving rehabilitation treatment in a third country. [http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=10455 Azerbaijani accused of linking with al-Gaeda not proved to commit crime] , "Azeri-Press Information Agency", June 1 2006] Behbudov said that Sirajov was expectected to be returned to Russia, not Azeribaijan, when his treatment was complete.

Sirajov has been reported to be on his way to the Netherlands. [http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=11181 Azerbaijani citizen Polad Sirajov detained in Guantanamo will be handed over to Netherlands] , "Azeri-Press Information Agency", June 20 2006] [http://www.today.az/news/politics/27438.html Azerbaijani Guantanamo detainee will be handed over to Netherlands] , "Today.AZ", June 20 2006]

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