Wassim Allad Omar

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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's 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. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley
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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's 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. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley

Wassim Allad Omar is a Saudi held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1]

[edit] identity

The full name "Wassim Allad Omar" is known from the Combatant Status Review Tribunal transcripts of one of his traveling companions, Rashid Abd Al Muslih Qa Id Al Qa id. Al Qaid had requested Wassim Allad Omar's Tribunal transcript be submitted as evidence before his own Tribunal. However, the full name Wassim Allad Omar is only used twice. All the other dozen or so references to him refer to him as "Wasim".

The full official list of all the detainees who had been held in military custody does not include anyone named, "Wassim Allad Omar".[2] It does include an individual it identifies as "Wasim", Guantanamo detainee ID 338.

Main article: Guantanamo detainees missing from the official list

Al Qaid's witness's transcript was submitted to his Tribunal in closed session.

[edit] Travels

Omar traveled to Afghanistan with two traveling companions: Rashid Abd Al Muslih Qaid Al Qa’id, and another man identified as "Al Nur".

Al Qa'id's Combatant Status Review Tribunal records that he wanted to call on Omar as a witness..[1] Omar's health precluded his testimony.

The allegations against Al Qa'id said he traveled with workers for the charity al-ighatha al-khaira, which American intelligence officials asserted was a front for terrorism. Al Qa'id confirmed that Omar worked for al-Ighatha.

Al Qa'id described how he and his companions slowly made their way across the border to Pakistan, where they sought out Pakistani authorities, expecting assistance contacting the Saudi Embassy, only to be turned over to the Americans and transported to Guantanamo.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b transcripts (.pdf) from Rashid Abd Al Muslih Qa Id Al Qa id's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, Page 1
  2. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
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