[ [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] Al Zuba's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 503. American intelligence analysts estimate that Al Zuba was born in 1955, in Sana'a, Yemen.]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.
There is no record thatAl Zuba chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
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. 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.
The factors for and against continuing to detain Al Zuba were among the 121 that the Department of Defense released on March 3 2006.[ [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Factors_Set_1_944-1045.pdf#84 Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf)] of Saleh Mohamed Al Zuba "Administrative Review Board" - page 84] ]"The following primary factors favor continued detention:
:""'a. Al Zuba is associated with Al Qaida.:#"Al Zuba admits to being in Tora Bora while Usama Bin Laden (UBL) was present.:#"Al Zuba admits being at Al Farouq training camp.:#"Al Zuba was present at a speech by Usama Bin Laden on 14 November 2001, in a camp near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
:""'b. Al Zuba engaged in hostilities against the US or its coalition partners.:#"Al Zuba participated in the battle for Tora Bora.:#"Al Zuba was captured while in possession of an AK-47.
:""'c. Detainee is connected with Al Qaida.:#"Detainee's name or alias was listed on a chart of captured Mujahidin found on a hard drive associated with Khalid Shaykh Muhammad.
:"d. Detainee's Conduct: Al Zuba has a history of noncompliance. Although Al Zuba's reported occurrences have typically been refusal of meds and meals, he has also had incidents requiring physical restraint by guards and appears to be a leader on the blocks.
:"e. Based upon a review of recommendations from U.S. agencies and classified and unclassified documents, Al Zuba is regarded as a continued threat to the United States and its allies.
"The following primary factors favor release or transfer:
:""'a. Medical Status::#"Doctor DAIF ALLAH JAYEED sic, in Sept. 2001, informed Al Zuba that he should travel to Karachi, Pakistan in order to have a procedure performed which would clean out his arteries thus allowing more blood to flow to his heart. JAYEED informed Al Zuba that the medical procedure was cheaper to have done in Pakistan and would have a greater chance of success than if it was done in Yemen.:#"Al Zuba was told that he did not have enough money for the operation, but that he could either return to Yemen or travel to Afghanistan to obtain additional money from a charity foundation to cover the cost of the operation.:#"Al Zuba has known coronary artery disease with symptoms for 8-10 years. He had a catheterization in Yemen, but "not successful". He had stents place sic in two vessels in March 2003; he had an occluded, non-operable right coronary artery. Since then has had some episodes of chest pain, but no myocardial infarction. Al Zuba has a history of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension, als with H. pylori and history of epigastric pain.
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