Abaidullah

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Abaidullah

---

image_size =
image_caption =
date_of_birth = (estimated) Birth year and age|1980
place_of_birth = Khowst, Afghanistan
date_of_arrest =
place_of_arrest=
arresting_authority=
date_of_release =
place_of_release=
date_of_death =
place_of_death =
citizenship =
detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 762
group =
alias =
charge = Charged on September 9 2008
penalty =
status =
csrt_summary =
csrt_transcript=
occupation =
spouse =
parents =
children =

Abaidullah is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] Abaidullah's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 762.American intelligence analysts estimate that Abaidullah was born in 1980 in Khowst, Afghanistan.

Abaidullah is notable for reporting abusive interrogation while held in Bagram, during a period of time when the officers in charge have acknowledged directing the use of the proscribed technique of chaining a detainees hands above his head in order, to impose sleep deprivation.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

The Department of Defense released two dossiers bearing the detainee ID 762.

First Detainee Transcript Numbered 762

One is a single page that contains a note from the detainee's Personal Representative that reads: "The detainee will contest his enemy combatant status in the courts in January. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_9_1018-1088B.pdf#54 Statement (.pdf)] , from Abaidullah's"Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - page 54] "

Second Detainee Transcript Numbered 762

There is a second transcript for a detainee with ID number 762. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_42_2728-2810.pdf#42 Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] , from Abaidullah's"Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - pages 42-52]

The transcript of his testimony is eleven pages long. It does not contain a specific list of the allegations against him. Several of the allegations can be interpolated from some of the answers he offered:

He acknowledged that he had, briefly, been enlisted in the Taliban's Army -- but he had been forcibly conscripted.

He acknowledged that he had a notebook with some drawings of landmines. When he was conscripted his beard had not grown in, so he was considered too young for front line duty. He had, therefore, been sent for training. He had briefly attended training where he was taught about how to set land mines to destroy Northern Alliance tanks. He said he had deserted after two days, and hed then used the notebook to record his debits and credits from the stall he had in the bazaar. The Taliban had looked for him, for a while, after his desertion. But, the American invasion occurred shortly thereafter, and they quit looking

One of the allegations against him seems to have been that he was living in a house belonging to a Taliban leader. By his account the house had belonged to an official in Afghanistan's communist regime, named Ali Jhan. He and his widowed mother had moved in when Jhan had fled after the Taliban took power.

He acknowledged that there were mines on his property. When he and his widowed mother had moved in to the house after Jhan's departure they found he had left behind several hundred land mines. They would have been dangerous to keep in the house, and dangerous to turn in to the Taliban -- who apparently routinely punished those who turned in weapons. So his mother decided to bury them on a waste scrap of their property.

ARBcite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_8_20751-21016.pdf#219
title=Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 762
date=date redacted
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 219
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-19] Abaidullah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. Summarized transcript (.pdf)] , from Abaidullah's "Administrative Review Board hearing" - page 219]

Enemy Combatant election form

Captive 762's Assisting Military Officer reporting from the notes on the Enemy Combatant election form that they interviewed captive 762 on
23 August 2005 for forty minutes.They described him as "very polite".

The Following Factors Favor Continued Detention:

:

References