Deleted:Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam

Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam

Born on May 1 1977 in Halab, Syria, Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam is a prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps. Internee Security Number 326, he is alleged to have worked for the Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia humanitarian organization accused of funding terrorism, in the Wazir Akbar Khan region of Afghanistan.

He was arrested by Pakistani police for crossing the border without any identification, and handed over to American forces as a purported member of al-Qaeda. He is believed to have attended law school, living in houses and otherwise associating with the militant group, but to have fled the Tora Bora region when fighting began.

Identity

Captive 326 was identified inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:

• Captive 326 was identified as Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 30 September 2004, on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board, on 20 September 2005, and on three official lists of captives names published in September 2007.
• Captive 326 was identified as Ahmed Adnan Ahjam on the first two official lists of captives names published in the Spring of 2006.
• Captive 326 was identified as Ahmed Adnan Ahjm on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board, on 21 May 2006.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a double-wide trailer.Three chairs were reserved for members of the press; 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.

Initially the Bush Presidency 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 Presidency's definition of an enemy combatant.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 30 September 2004. The memo listed the following allegations against him:

The detainee is associated with al Qaida:

1. The detainee departed Syria and went to Afghanistan in 2001.
2. The detainee worked for the al Wafa organization.
3. Al Wafa has been designated as a terrorist organization.
4. The detainee's name was on a captured list containing names of personnel scheduled for a tactics-training course in Afghanistan.
5. The detainee resided for several days at a facility owned by Usama Bin Laden.
6. The detainee was in the Tora Bora reqion and was captured while trying to enter into Pakistan during the U.S. air campaign.

Transcript

There is no record that captive 326 participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board hearings

Hearing room where Guantanamo captives' annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were "enemy combatants".

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.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Adnan Muhammad Ajam's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 20 September 2005. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

1. The detainee went to Afghanistan to see how the Taliban implemented Islamic law.

b. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee stayed at a legal college in Kandahar owned by Usama bin Laden.
2. The detainee worked for al-Wafa in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood.
3. The detainee's name was include on al Qaida tactics course attendee list.

c. Detainee Actions and Statements

1. The detainee fled from Kabul to Jalalabad, Afghanistan when the fighting neared Kabul.
2. As fighting neared Jalalabad, the detainee fled to the Pakistani border in the Tora Bora Mountains.
3. The detainee crossed the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Tora Bora Mountain region.

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee lived in a Syrian guesthouse in Kabul for 13 months.
2. The detainee was arrested by Pakistani police after crossing the Afghan border without identification.
3. The detainee surrendered his passport when he moved into the Syrian guesthouse in Kabul.
4. The detainee was regularly provided money during his stay in the Kabul Syrian guesthouse.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.	The detainee explicitly denied engaging in combat in Tora Bora.
b.	The detainee denies being Mujahadeen.

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Ahmed Adnan Ahjm's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 21 May 2006. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

1. The detainee claimed that he read about the Taliban state and wanted to see it for himself.
2. The detainee flew from Damascus, Syria to Tehran, Iran and then to Zahedan, Iran. From there the detainee traveled by taxi into Kandahar, Afghanistan.

b. Training

1. The detainee's name was included on a list of personnel scheduled to attend an al Qaida tactics course.
2. The detainee would not confirm or deny that he had ever been to the al Qaida tactics course for which he was listed.

c. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee stayed at a legal college in Afghanistan owned by Usama bin Laden.
2. The detainee lived in a Syrian guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan for over one year.
3. The house was located in a district of Kabul, Afghanistan which is [sic] controlled and inhabited by al Qaida personnel.
4. The detainee was regularly provided money during his stay in the Afghanistan guest house.
5. The detainee worked for al Wafa.
6. Al Wafa is a Terrorist Exclusion List designee. This facilitates the United States Government's ability to exclude aliens associated with al Wafa from entereing the United States.
7. When the fighting neared Kabul, Afghanistan, the detainee fled with a group to the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan.

d. Other Relevant Data

The detainee was captured while trying to cross the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a.	The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks in the United States prior to their execution.
b.	The detainee denied knowledge of any rumors or plans of future attacks on United States interests.