Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani

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Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani is a citizen of Kuwait, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1] Al Daihani's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 229. The Department of Defense reports that Al Daihani was born on November 4, 1965, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
- 1.1 allegations
- 1.2 testimony
2 Administrative Review Board hearing
3 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 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 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.

Al Daihani chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[2]

[edit] allegations

The allegations Al Daihani faced during his Tribunal were:

a. -- The general summary of the allegations that establish an association with terrorism were missing from the transcript. --

The detainee worked for the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society.
The Revival of Islamic Heritage Society appears on the Terrorist Exclusion List of the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Terrorist Organization Reference Guide.
The detainee's name appeared on a hard drive recovered from a suspected al Qaida safe house in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The detainee voluntarily traveled from Kuwait to Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Hajj in 2000, where he met Faisal (FNU), an employee of the Sanabal Charitable Committee.
The Sanabal Charitable Committee is considered a fund raising front for the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group is listed as a terrorist organization in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Terrorist Organization Reference Guide.
The Detainee admitted to donating approximately 2,250 dinars to the Sanabal Charitable Committee.
The Detainee voluntarily flew from Karachi, Pakistan] on 9 September 2001, where he first joined Faisal and Abdul Hakeem.
Abdul Hakeem was identified as an employee of the Sanabal Charitable Committee.
Hakeem was also identified as a major recruiter for the LIFG
Sometime after 9 September 2001, the Detainee, Faisal and Hakeem traveled to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
In December 2001, the Detainee failed at attempts to be smuggled across the Iranian border.
The Detainee traveled between Kandahar, Kabul, Heart [sic], and Jalalabad, Afghanistan during November/December 2001, before being smuggled into Pakistan, apprehended by Pakistani authorities and turned over to U.S. forces.

[edit] testimony

[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.

Al Daihani chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[3]