Ahmed al-Darbi

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi


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date_of_birth = Birth date|1975|1|9
place_of_birth = Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
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detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 768
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charge = charges referred to the Convening authority, but not yet laid
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Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment 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
format=PDF] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 768.According to the official list of detainees, released on May 15 2006 Al Darbi was born on January 9 1975, in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.

Background

The brother-in-law of Khalid al-Mihdhar, Al-Darbi was captured in Azerbaijan and was renditioned into Afghanistan.Worthingon, Andy. [http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/04/20/the-us-militarys-shameless-propaganda-over-guantanamos-911-trials/ The US military’s shameless propaganda over Guantánamo’s 9/11 trials] , April 20 2008] There he was held in the Bagram Collection Point, while it was still under control of Alpha Company of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion who routinely beat their captives, resulting in the deaths of two prisoners on December 4 2001 and December 10 2001. Al-Darbi identified Damien M. Corsetti, a soldier nicknamed "the King of Torture" by his fellow GIs, as one of his abusers. [http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/14701703.htm Trial under way for soldier in Afghan prisoner abuse case] , "Star Telegram", May 30 2006]

Corsetti's lawyer asserts that Al Darbi's claims of abuse are not credible. He repeats the meme
al Qaeda training manuals instruct captives to lie about abuse, and assertsthat Al Darbi is following those instructions.

Department of Defense spokesmen have announced that Al Darbi will not be allowed to testify at Corsetti's court martial. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Afghanistan_Prisoner_Abuse.html Soldier pleads not guilty in detainee harm] , "Seattle Post-Intelligencer", May 28 2006]

On December 21 2007 charges against Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi were referred to the convening authority for the Office of Military Commissions.cite news
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11583
title=Guantanamo Detainee Charged
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=December 21 2007
accessdate=2007-12-22] cite news
url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/21/detainee.charged/
title=Guantanamo Bay detainee accused in terror plot
publisher=CNN
date=December 21 2007
accessdate=2007-12-22] cite news
url=http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2007/12/20/18/DARBI.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf
title=MC Form 458 Jan 2007 - Charges in United States v. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza Al Darbi
pages=pages 1-6
publisher=United States Department of Defense
author=Office of Military Commissions
date=January 2007
accessdate=2007-12-23
format=PDF]

Identity

Captive 768 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:
* Captive 768 was identified as Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 23 September 2004, and on three official lists of captives' names.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000600-000699.pdf#8
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Darbi, Ahmed Muhammed Haza
date=23 September 2004
author=OARDEC
pages=page 8
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-19] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_unclassified_summaries.pdf
title=Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF]
* Captive 768 was identified as Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza Al Darbi on the charge sheet prepared in January 2007.
* Captive 768 was identified as Ahmad Mohammad Al Darbi on a habeas corpus] petition reinitiated on July 18 2008.cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/129/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 129 -- STATUS REPORT FOR AL DARBY V. BUSH, CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-2371 (RCL)
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=Paul C. Curnin
date=2008-07-18
accessdate=2008-08-18
quote= ]

CSRT-Nocite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000600-000699.pdf#8
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Darbi, Ahmed Muhammed Haza
date=23 September 2004
author=OARDEC
pages=page 8
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-19]

:"'a. Detainee is associated with the Taliban and Al-Qaida.:#Detainee is an admitted member of Al-Qaida.:#In 1996, detainee received weapons training at the Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan. He eventually became and instructor and logistician at the Al Farouq Camp in Afghanistan, where he instructed others on the Kalashnikov sic, PK machineguns, and various pistols.:#Detainee met privatedly with Usama Bin Laden in 1996 or 1997.:#Detainee was involved in an Al-Qaida plot to use small ships loaded with explosives to attack oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz.

United States v. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza Al Darbi

On December 21 2007 charges against Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi were referred to Susan Crawford, who approved them to continue to trial.

* he had trained at the Jihad Wahl training camp;
* he transferred funds to finance the plot to attack shipping;
* he purchased a vessel, registered in Sao Tome, to use in the attacks.

He announced that he refused to participate in the tribunal as he believed it lacked legitimacy, and dismissed his military lawyer Brian Broyles who called the refusal a "reasonable decision".

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