Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Salah Muhammad Salih Al Dhabi

UNCLASSIFIED

Department of Defense
Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants
at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

26 January 2005

From:	Presiding Officer
To:	Al Dhabi, Salah Muhammad // Salih
Via:	Assisting Military Officer
Subject:	Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Dhabi, Salah Muhammad // Salih

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 comprehensive 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 favor continued detention:

a.

Commitment

1.	The detainee voluntarily traveled from Yemen to Afghanistan.
2.	The detainee conceded that ifa Fatwa was issued against the United States by a recognized learned religious leader he would be compelled to follow the Fatwa.

b.

Training

1.	The detainee admitted he trained at the Al-Sadeeq training camp near Khost, Afghanistan.
2.	At the Al-Sadeeq training camp, the detainee trained on the AK-47, BEKA, RPG's and physical training.

c.

Connections/Associations

1.	While traveling to the Al-Sadeeq training camp, the detainee stayed at the Taliban-run Madafe guesthouse.
2.	The detainee was associated with a suspected Taliban Facilitator.

d.

Intent

1.	During the conflict following 9-11 the detainee carried an AK-47 in Afghanistan along with a magazine of ammunition.
2.	The detainee was smuggled out of Afghanistan into Pakistan where he was arrested by Pakistani police.

4.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.	The detainee left the training camp before completing training.
b.	The detainee stated mat he was not a Taliban fighter.
c.	The detainee stated that he did not use a weapon against the United States or any of its coalition partners in any armed conflict
d.	The detainee stated mat his trip to Afghanistan was done long before any events in the United States occurred.

5.

You will be afforded a meaningful opportunity to be heard and to present information to the Board; mis 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 infonnation 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.