Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash

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date_of_birth = Birth year and age|1977
place_of_birth = Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
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detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 214
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charge = no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
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status = repatriated
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Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurashis a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was 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 214.American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1977, in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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 a 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 Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal, on 1 October 2004.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#29
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Kurash, Muhammad Abd Al Rahman
date=1 October 2004
pages=page 29
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-13] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

:"'a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban::#The detainee traveled from Taif, Saudi Arabia to fight with the Taliban in the Jihad, after his high school graduation in May 2001.:#The detainee trained at the Moasqr Kari Bilal Camp in Afghanistan where he received weapons training.:#At this camp, the detainee learned to use the Kalishnikov sic rifle, PK machine gun, and rocket-propelled grenades.:#The detainee stated that he chose to fight with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance because he wanted to support their cause.:#The detainee was identified as having trained at a second terrorist training camp.

Transcript

There is no record thatAl Kurash participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

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 Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash's first annualAdministrative Review Board, on
7 March 2005.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001161-001234.pdf#63
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Kurash, Muhammad Abd Al Rahman
date=7 March 2005
pages=pages 63-64
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-13] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

:"'a. Commitment:#The detainee traveled from Taif, Saudi Arabia to fight with the Taliban in the Jihad, after his high school graduation in May 2001.:#The detainee trained at the Moasqr Kari Bilal Camp in Afghanistan where he received weapons training. Moasqr Kari Bilal was a facility used to train and house Taliban soldiers who fought on the Bagram front lines.:#Behavior while incarcerated.:::

:"'b. Training::At the Moasqr Kari Bilal camp, the detainee learned to use the Kalashnikov rifle, PK machine gun, and rocket propelled grenades.

:"'c. Connection:#The detainee stated that he chose to fight with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance because he wanted to support their cause.:#The detainee’s name was found on an undated letter which listed probable al Qaida members incarcerated in Pakistan, along with materials linked to al Qaida.

:"'d. Intent::The detainee was identified as having trained at a second terrorist training camp.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

::"'Not applicable.

Transcript

Captive 214 did not participated in his hearing. cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_3_769-943_FINAL.pdf#60
title=Summarized Administrative Review Board Proceedings
date=date redacted
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 60-61
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-13] On March 3 2006, in response to a court order, the Department of Defense published a two page summarized transcript of the hearing that stated: quotation|It was noted by the Presiding Officer that from the [Enemy Combatant Election Form (Exhibit EC-B), the detainee was uncooperative and unresponsive and choose not to be present for the Administrative Review Board proceedings.

econd annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash'ssecond annualAdministrative Review Board, on
26 February 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_299-398.pdf#28
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Kurash, Muhammad Abd Al Rahman
date=26 February 2006
pages=pages 28-29
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-13] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

:"'a. Commitment:#After the detainee's high school graduation in May 2001, the detainee traveled to Afghanistan to fight the "opposition" with the Taliban.:#The detainee decided to join the Taliban after reading the fatwas issued by Shaykhs Abdallah bin Jibrin and Humud al Uqla.:#Upon arrival in Karachi, the detainee identified himself as an Arab traveling to join the jihad in Afghanistan.

:"'b. Training:#The detainee received training at that Moasqr Kari Bilal Camp in Afghanistan.:#Moasqr Kari Bilal Camp was a Taliban training facility. Trainees learned to use the Kalashnikov sic rifle, the PK machine gun and rocket-propelled grenades.:#The detainee was identified as having been at the al Farouq Camp in 2001.

:"'c. Connections/Associations:#The detainee stated that he chose to fight with the Taliban against the Northern Alliance because he wanted to support this cause.:#The detainee's name was found on an undated letter, along with materials linked to al Qaida, which listed probably al Qaida members incarcerated in Pakistan.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

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Repatriation

A saudi named "Muhammad al-Qurashi"was repatriated on July 16 2007 with fifteen other men.cite news
url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=98598&d=17&m=7&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
title=More Gitmo Detainees Come Home
author=Raid Qusti
publisher=Arab News
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-07-17] cite news
url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/who-are-the-16-saudis-rel_b_56810.html
author=Andy Worthington
publisher=Huffington Post
date=July 18 2007
title=Who are the 16 Saudis Released From Guantánamo?] Historian Andy Worthington wrote:

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