Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Nayif Fahd Mutliq Al Usaymi

Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Nayif Fahd Mutliq Al Usaymi
115471Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Nayif Fahd Mutliq Al Usaymi
From: Presiding Officer
To: Al Usaymi, Nayif Fahd Mutliq
Via: Assisting Military Officer
Subject: Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Usaymi, Nayif Fahd Mutliq


1.

An Administrative Review Board will be convened to review your case to determine if your continued detention is necessary.

2.

The Administrative Review Board will conduct a wmipreljensive review of all reasonably available and relevant information regarding your case. At the conclusion of this review the Board will make a recommendation to: (1) release you to your home state or to a third state; (2) transfer you to your home state, or a third state, with conditions agreed upon by the United States and your home state, or the third state; or (3) continue your detention under United States control.

3.

The following primary factors tavor continued detention:

a. Commitment
1.

In early February of 2001, the detainee met with a Taliban recruiter.

2.

On more than one occasion, the detainee talked to the TahT>an recruiter about military training in Afghanistan.

3.

The recruiter provided the detainee instructions on obtaining a Pakistani visa as well as a specific route to take. The detainee traveled to a Taliban guesthouse in Quetta, Pakistan, where the recruiter had sent him.

4.

Many Taliban soldiers armed with Kalashnikov rifles walked in and out of the guesthouse. The detainee told a member of the Taliban guesthouse that he desired to receive military training.

5.

In November of 2001, the Northern Alliance Forces captured the detainee in Konduz, Afghanistan.

b. Training
1.

The detainee and about thirty to fitly men were trained near the front U^ on shootmg me Kalashnikov rifle. A Taliban member, who claimed to handle the fighter and killer training of the soldiers, is the one who trained them.

2.

The detainee was specifically trained on the Kalashnikov rifle, Beka gun, RPO (rocket propelled grenade) and the bolt action rifle.

3.

The detainee was identified as having trained at al Farouq training camp.

c. Connection
1.

In March of 2001, the detainee arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan where he joined the Taliban.

2.

The detainee frequently visited Al Iraqi's office.

3.

Al Iraqi is an al Qaida terrorist who was part of Usama Bin Laden's inner circle and also commanded 200 Arab and Taliban soldiers in Kabul.

d. Intent
1. The detainee and about twenty to thirty Afghanistan fighters/soldiers traveled to Konduz, Afghanistan and stayed at a Taliban house.
2. The detainee went to the front line located near Kwahajhar, Afghanistan for approximately two weeks and men continued a two week rotating cycle for approximately six and a half months. At the front line, the soldiers used many weapons to include Kalashnikov rifles, PK and RPGs.
3. The detainee fought with the Taliban for approximately 13 months.
4. The following primary factors favor release or transfer:
a.

The detainee did not receive any explosives training. The detainee was issued the Kalashnikov, but never saw any fighting because he was stationed at the rear of the front line. The detainee was never approached to join al Qaida nor did he know anyone who was with al Qaida. The detainee never gave "Bayat" to Usama Bin Laden.

b.

A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited GTMO in July 2002 and assessed the detainee as being of low intelligence or law enforcement value to the United States and also as unlikely to pose a terrorist threat to die U.S. or its interests. The Saudi delegation indicated that the Saudi government would be willing to take custody of the detainee for possible prosecution as soon as the United States determined it no longer wanted to hold him.

5.

You will be afforded a meaningful opportunity to be heard and to present information to the Board; this includes an opportunity to be physically present at the proceeding. The Assisting Military Officer (AMO) will assist you in reviewing all relevant and reasonably available unclassified information regarding your case. The AMO is not an advocate for or against continued detention, nor may the AMO form a confidential relationship with you or represent you in any other matter.