Abdul Rahman Khowlan

Infobox WoT detainees
subject_name = Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlan

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date_of_birth = Birth year and age|1972
place_of_birth = Taif, Saudi Arabia
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detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 513
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charge = no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
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status = repatriation
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Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlanis a citizen of Saudi Arabia 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 513.American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1972, in Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Identity

Captive 513 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:
*Captive 513 was identified as Abdul Rahman Mohammed Khowlan on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 28 September 2004.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000400-000499.pdf#40
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Khowlan, Abdul Rahman Mohammed
date=28 September 2004
pages=page 40
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-14]
*Captive 513 was identified as Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlan on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for first annual Administrative Review Board, on 28 June 2005.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000394-000494.pdf#74
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Khowlan, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein
date=28 June 2005
pages=pages 74-76
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-14] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf
title=List of detainee who went through complete CSRT process
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=April 20 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29] 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] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_transcripts_documents.pdf
title=Index of Transcripts and Certain Documents from ARB Round One
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 9 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
title=Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 9 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_Transcripts_ARB2.pdf
title=Transcripts and Certain Documents from Administrative Review Boards Round Two
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_2_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
title=Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=July 17 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_2_Decision_Memos.pdf Index
title=Index of Transfer and Release Decision for Guantanamo Detainees from ARB Round Two
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 10 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29]
*Captive 513 was identified as Abd Al Rahman Muhammad Husayn Al Khawlan on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board, on 2 May 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_599-699.pdf#4
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Khawlan, Abd Al Rahman Muhammad Husayn
date=2 May 2006
pages=pages 4-6
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-14]

Capture

He was captured carrying an AK-47 rifle. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_the_way_out]

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 Abdul Rahman Mohammed Khowlan'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal, on 28 September 2004.The memo listed the following allegations against him:

:"'a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida and the Taliban::#Detainee traveled to Afghanistan to participate in the Jihad to fulfill his religious duty.:#Detainee traveled from Pakistan into Afghanistan in August 2001.:#Detainee saw Usama Bin Laden at the Al-Ansar safe house and Al Farouq training camp.:#Detainee attended basic training at Al Farouq in late summer of 2001.

:"'b. The detainee participated in military operations against United States and its coalition partners.:#Detainee fought the Northern Alliance in Dostun, Afghanistan.:#Detainee was present in the Tora Bora region during the U.S. air campaign, and surrendered there.

Transcript

There is no record that captive 513 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 Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlan'sfirst annualAdministrative Review Board, on
28 June 2005.The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

:"'a. Commitment:#The detainee saw and responded to posted announcements in mosques that declared a fatwa supporting training for Jihad as a religious duty.:#The detainee was recruited in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by Abu Mua'th, who gave the detainee an airline ticket to Karachi, Pakistan, 3000 Saudi Riyals ($799 USD) and a passport.:#In August 2001, the detainee traveled from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Qatar to Karachi, Pakistan to Khandahar ((sic, Afghanistan.:#The detainee stayed at a safe house in Jalalabad for approximately three to four months.:#The detainee stayed at the Al-Ansar house in Kandahar to await training at Camp al Farouq.:#The detainee was fighting Afghan people and the Northern Alliance while at Camp Farouq.:#The detainee stayed at the Abu Mahajin or "Star of the Jihad" guest house in Jalalabad for approximately four to five weeks while waiting to flee Afghanistan in October or November 2001.

:"'b. Training:#The detainee attended basic training at the al Farouq training camp for approximately two months in late summer of 2001.:#The detainee received training on the AK-47 assault rifle, PK machine gun, automatic grenade launcher, the Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) and an unidentified light anti-tank weapon.

:"'c. Connections/Associations:#The detainee traveled to Quetta, Pakistan, where he met an Afghan man known as Muhammad Rahim, also know sic as Rakhim Khan. Muhammad Rahim took the detainee to a Quetta safe house.:#Muhammad Rahim is an al Qaida leader who was attempting to reestablish al Qaida networks in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan, where he already controlled hidden ammunition depots. He was also trying to recruit individuals to carry out terror attacks against the Jalalabad airport and Springhar Hotel in Jalalabad.:#The detainee saw Usama Bin Ladin at the Al Ansar safe house and al Farouq Training Camp.

:"'d. Other Relevant Data:#The detainee was present in the Tora Bora region and surrendered there to Afghan Forces.:#The detainee had in his possession, at the time of his surrender, $2,000 USD, a Kalashnikov rifle and three full magazines of ammunition.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

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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_2_Decision_memos_359-450.pdf#1
title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 513
date=14 August 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-14
pages=page 1] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Decision_memos_359-450.pdf#2
title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 513
date=19 May 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-03-14
pages=pages 2-9] The Board's recommendation was unanimousThe Board's recommendation was redacted.England authorized his transfer on 14 August 2006.

Repatriation

According to The Saudi Repatriates Report Captive 513is one of sixteen men repatriated on December 14 2006.cite web
url=http://www.fotofest.org/guantanamo/SaudiReport.pdf
title=The Saudi Repatriates Report
author=Anant Raut, Jill M. Friedman
date=March 19 2007
accessdate=April 21
accessyear=2007]

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