Adel Noori

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Adel Noori

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date_of_birth = Birth date|1979|11|12
place_of_birth = Xing Xiang, China
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detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 584
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charge = no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
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status = still in Guantanamo
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Adel Nooriis a citizen of China 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] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 584.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report that he was born on
November 12 1979 in
Xing Xiang, China.

Adel Noori is one of approximately two dozen Guantanamo captives from the Uighur ethnic group. [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo] , "Asia Times", November 4 2004]

CSRT-Yescite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000500-000599.pdf#4
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Noori, Adel
date=2004-09-18
pages=page 4
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-20] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

:"'a. The detainee is a member of al Qaeda::#The detainee traveled to Afghanistan via Kyrgyzstan to receive training at a Uighur training camp/safe house in Kabul.:#The detainee arrived in Kabul on 26 July 2001 to begin training.:#The detainee received training on the AK-47 rifle and a Makarov pistol while at the Kabul Uighur training camp/safe house.:#When the bombing began in Kabul, the detainee and all of the Uighurs ran in all directions for safety.:#The detainee fled to Pakistan where he and three others were arrested by the Pakistani police while trying to evade detection (dressed in burkas).

Transcript

Noori chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf#45
title=Summarized Statement
date=date redacted"'
pages=pages 45
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-04-23] On March 3 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a single 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=]

Testimony

*Noori denied being a member of al Qaida or the Taliban.
*He said East Turkistan was his home country, not China.
*He said he saw weapons in the house where he stayed, but he didn’t receive any training - he said it was just a small house, not a training camp.
*He acknowledged that he and fellow Uighurs had fled in all directions when the bombing began.
*He said he threw his burka away before he was captured.

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Mohammon v. Bush, Civil Action No. 05-2386

Adel Noori was one of the petitioners in
Mohammon v. Bush, Civil Action No. 05-2386.cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/96/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 96 -- UIGHUR PETITIONERS’ STATUS REPORT
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=George M. Clarke III
date=2008-08-18
accessdate=2008-08-22
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fdistrict-courts%2Fdistrict-of-columbia%2Fdcdce%2F1%3A2008mc00442%2F131990%2F96%2F0.pdf&date=2008-08-22 mirror] ]

In September 2007 the Department of Justice published dossiers of unclassified documents arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 captives.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] The Department of Defense withheld Adel Noori's documents when they published the documents from the other 179 habeas petitioner's CSR Tribunals.

On July 18 2008 George M. Clarke III informed the US District Court that:

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.cite news
url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/07octstories/102907-2-oardec.html
title=OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense
publisher=JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs
author=Army Sgt. Sarah Stannard
date=October 29 2007
accessdate=2008-03-26
quote=] 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 Adel Noori's Administrative Review Board, on
1 July 2005.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000495-000594.pdf#42
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Noori, Adel
date=1 July 2005
pages=pages 42-44
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-19] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

:"'a. Commitment:#Detainee is an ethnic Uighur wanted by the communist Chinese governemnt for involvement in an uprising that took place in Southern Xinjiang province in 1990.:#Detainee went to Afghanistan to train and return to fight Chinese oppression of ethnic Uighurs.:#The detainee arrived at a safe house in Kabul on July 26, 2001.:#When bombing began in Kabul, Afghanistan, the detainee sought refuge in Sara, Afghanistan and then traveled to Pakistan.:#On January 15, 2002, the detainee and three other men, were arrested dressed in burkas (clothing worn by females), by Pakistani Police in Lahore, Pakistan.

:"'b. Training::The detainee received training on an AK-47, a rifle and a Makarov pistol at the safe house.

:"'c. Connections/Associations:#The detainee traveled to a Uighur safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan to receive training.:#The Emir of the safe house was Hassan Mahsum, the leader of the East Tajikistan Islamic Party sic.:#The detainee said that he was attempting to join the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM).:#The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is designated an Other Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States Department of Homeland Security sic.:#Hassan Mahsum visited the safe house a few days after detainee arrived at the safe house in August 2001, and again at the onset of the United States bombing campaign in October 2001.:#Hassan Maksoon (ph) oversees the operation of a small school in Kabul, Afghanistan where groups of three Uighurs train in Islam and light weapons operations.

:"'d. Intent:#Detainee was encouraged to go to Afghanistan where training is available for fighting the Chinese government.:#Detainee advised that the purpose of the training was to return to his home and fight the Chinese.

:"'e. Other Relevant Data:#When the detainee was arrested by Pakistani authorities, he told them he was Uzbeki to avoid being turned over to Chinese authorities.:#The three men arrested wearing burkas along with the detainee were Maneh and Ibrahim from Saudi Arabia, and Ibrahim from Morocco.:#In 1990, detainee's friend Abdulhamid, was killed in an uprising known as the Baren War. The detainee had studied Martial Arts with Abdulhamid.:#Detainee advised he was very good friends with Abdrahim Otkue, a famous Uighur author. Otkur was arrested by the Chinese during the Cultural Revolution and served time Chinese prison.:#The detainee met an American, through his friend Abdurehum Oktur, whom he knew as Dr. David Alim, a Physics professor at Xinjiang University, that reportedly speaks Uighur.:#The detainee stated he knew Nurmamet Kenji, Chairman of a Bishkek committee known as "The Uighur Union".

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_000392-000483.pdf#45
title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 584
date=October 22 2005
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-19
pages=page] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000392-000483.pdf#45
title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 584
date=4 August 2005
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-19
pages=page] The Board's recommendation was unanimousThe Board's recommendation was redacted.England authorized his transfer on October 22 2005.

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