Fahed Al Harazi

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Fahed Al Harazi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1] Al Harazi's Guantanamo detainee ID is 79. According to the Department of Defense Al Harazi was born on November 18, 1978 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
2 Administrative Review Board hearing
- 2.1 The following primary factors favor continued detention:
- 2.2 The following primary factors favor release or transfer:
3 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with their hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair. A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press. Three chairs were reserved for them. In practice the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held. And when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. In practice almost all Tribunals went unobserved.

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.

Al Harazi chose not to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[edit] 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 Harazi were among the 121 that the Department of Defense released on March 3, 2006.^[2]

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention:

A. The Enemy Combatant is an Al-Qaida fighter.

In or about March 2001, the detainee traveled to Afghanistan to fight the Jihad.
The Enemy Combatant attended an Al-Qaida affiliated training camp in Afghanistan.

B. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.

The Enemy Combatant was on the front lines of the fight against the Northern Alliance armed with a Kalishnikov rifle.
The Enemy Combatant was captured in Mazir-E-Sharif.
The Enemy Combatant was present during in Mazir-E-Sharif during a prison uprising and was wounded there.

C. Based upon a review of recommendations from US Government agencies and classified and unclassified documents, Enemy Combatant is regarded as a threat to United States and it’s Allies.

This detainee has a past history of passive-aggressive and aggressive behavior. The detainee has a mixture of both assaults and non-compliant behavior in his disciplinary record.
Detainees [sic] name was found on a roster of the Military Committee Al-Mujahidin Affairs Office, outlining a by-name list of nominees for the Al Qaida Trainers Preparation Course.
Detainee was a trainer in Al Faruq Camp.