Majid Al Barayan

Majid Al Barayan (Arabic: مجيد البريان‎) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 51. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on September 27, 1972, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Majid al Barayan was captured near the Pakistan-Afghan border in December 2001 and was transferred to Saudi Arabia on September 5, 2007.^[2]

Combatant Status Review

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:^[2]

a. The detainee is a member of al Qaida:

1. The detainee traveled from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan.
2. The detainee trained at the al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
3. The detainee received weapons and explosives training.

b. The detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners:

1. The detainee fought on the front lines of Afghanistan north of Taloqan, against the Northern Alliance.
2. Detainee was in charge of an anti-aircraft missile launcher mounted on a truck.
3. The detainee was captured at the Pakistani border.

Repatriation

Barayan was one of sixteen Saudi captives repatriated from Guantanamo on September 16, 2007.^[3]

References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ ^{a b} "Majid al Barayan - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/51-majid-al-barayan. 
3. ^ "Sixteen Saudis return from Guantanamo Bay prison". Asharq Al-Awsat. September 6, 2007. http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=10114. Retrieved 2007-09-07. 

External links

• The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (3) – “Osama’s Bodyguards” Andy Worthington

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Name	Barayan, Majid Al
Alternative names
Short description	Guantanamo detainee
Date of birth	September 27, 1972
Place of birth	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Date of death
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