Mohammed Nassim

:"For other individuals named Mohammed Nasim see Mohammed Nasim (disambiguation).

Mohammed Nasim is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] Mohammed Nasim's Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 849.American intelligence analysts report that Mohammed Nasim was born in 1980, in Megan, Afghanistan.

Age

When being asked whether he had ever been a Provincial Governor, during his Administrative Review Board hearing, Mohammed Nasim's age came up. He acknowledged being a young man. He explained that Afghans do not record the dates of their birth, so he couldn't say exactly how old he was. But, he pointed out that if the Board members compared the photos taken of him when he arrived with his current appearance they could see he had hardly any beard when he arrived, and he had a full beard in 2005.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.cite web
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3902
title=Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=March 6 2007
accessdate=2007-09-22] ]

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 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 Mohammed Nasam'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal on
8 November 2004.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000600-000699.pdf#37
page=page 37
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Nasam, Mohammed
publisher=United States Department of Defense
author=OARDEC
date=8 November 2004
accessdate=2008-07-29
quote= ] The memo listed the following allegations::

Transcript

Nasim chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_9_21017-21351.pdf#54 Summarized transcript (.pdf)] , from Mohammed Nasim's "Administrative Review Board hearing" - page 54]

Enemy Combatant Election Form

Mohammed Nasim's Assisting Military Officer met with him, on August 16 2005, for 65 minutes.His Assisting Military Officer described him as being polite and cooperative throughout the interview.

Response to the factors

Response to Board questions

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_000484-000582.pdf#77
title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 849
date=5 November 2005
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-07-30
pages=page 77] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000484-000582.pdf#78
title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 849
date=19 August 2005
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-07-30
pages=pages 78-83] The Board determined he "continues to be a threat".The Board's recommendation was unanimousThe Board's recommendation was redacted.England authorized his transfer on 5 November 2005.

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