Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi

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subject_name = Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi


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date_of_birth = Birth year and age|1975
place_of_birth = Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
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detained_at = Guantanamo
id_number = 188
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charge = no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
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Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi (born 1975 in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=May 15 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29
format=PDF] Al Fayfi's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 188.American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1975, in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.

Identity

The official documents from the US Department of Defense, and from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC transliterate Al Subii's name differently:
* His name was transliterated as Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi on the official lists of names released by the US Department of Defense. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006]
* His name was transliterated as Jaber Jabran Ali Al-Fayfee on the press releases from Saudi officials, when he was repatriated on February 21 2007.cite web
url=http://saudiembassy.net/2007News/News/RelDetail.asp?cIndex=6922
date=February 21 2007
title=Seven Saudi Guantanamo detainees return to the Kingdom
publisher=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC
accessdate=March 3
accessyear=2007] cite news
url=http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20070222-093416-6203r
title=Saudi terror suspects go home
date=February 22 2007
publisher=United Press International
accessdate=2007-03-03]

CSRT-Nocite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#97
title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Fayfi, Jabir Jubran
date=21 September 2004
author=OARDEC
pages=page 97
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-12-07] [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097#10.pdf#10 Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] , from Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - pages 10-13]

:"'a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida and the Taliban.:#The detainee was recruited at a mosque in Saudi Arabia to participate in Jihad.:#Detainee received two weeks of weapons training on the Kalashnikov rifle.:#In November and December 2001, detainee met with al Qaida members while in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.:#One of the detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members that was discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida member.

:"'b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.:#Detainee was issued a Kalashnikov rifle in Bagram, Afghanistan to fight on the lines.:#Detainee fought the Northern Alliance from September through December 2001.:#Detainee was instructed to flee Afghanistan and go to Pakistan via the mountains.

tatement

Al Jayfi did not attend his CSRT. But he had dictated responses to each allegation for his Personal Representative to present on his behalf.

*Al Jayfi denied having any relations with al Qaida. He acknowledged going to the Taliban's front lines, to see if they were abiding by the terms of a Fatwa, by a Saudi scholar, published in a Pakistani newspaper. If he thought the Taliban was complying with the Fatwa's conditions he would have joined their fight against the Northern Alliance.
#Al Jayfi denied being recruited in Saudi Arabia. He acknowledged taking a contact address of a man in Kashmir.
#Al Jayfi acknowledged receiving two weeks of training on the AK47.
#Al Jayfi acknowledged passing through Tora Bora, on his way to Pakistan. He acknowledged meeting some other Arabs while he was fleeing to Pakistan. He had no idea if any of them were al Qaida.
#Al Jayfi said he knew nothing about his name being found on captured hard drives. He pointed out that there would be more than one person with the same nickname. His nicknames were Abu Grafar or Abu Ibrahim. He said that these nicknames were as common there as David was among the interrogators.

*Al Jayfi acknowledged being briefly present on the front line. But he was not there to fight, only to observe whether the Taliban were applying the Fatwa's conditions.
*Al Jayfi said that it was obligatory for everyone to have a gun on the front line. But he did not participate in any fighting.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Jabri Jabran Al Fayfi'sfirst annualAdministrative Review Board, on 3 December 2004.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Factors_Set_3_1161-1234_Revised.pdf#26
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Fayfi, Jabri Jabran
date=March 10 2005
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 26-27
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-11-16] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:"

:"'a. Commitment:#One of detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members that was discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida member.:#Detainee fought the Northern Alliance from September through December 2001.

:"'b. Training:#Detainee received two weeks of weapons training on the Kalishnikov rifle.:#Detainee trained at the Al Farouq training camp near Kandahar.

:"'c. Connection/Associations:#The detainee stayed at the Arab Center in Bagram, Afghanistan, where Taliban fighters stayed while waiting to go to the line to fight.:#The detainee spent time in a Jaesh e Mohammed "sic" (JEM) building in Karachi, Pakistan:#JEM is an Islamic extremist group based in Pakistan. The JEM had close ties to Afghan Arabs and the Taliban. Usama Bin Ladin is suspected of giving funding to the JEM.:#In November and December 2001, detainee met with al Qaida members while in Tora Bora, Afghanistan.:#Detainee was instructed to flee Afghanistan and go to Pakistan via the mountains.

:"'d. Intent:#Detainee was recruited at a mosque in Saudi Arabia to participate in Jihad.:#Detainee was issued a Kalishnikov "sic" rifle in Bagram, Afghanistan to fight on the lines.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer:"

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econd annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Jabri Jabran Al Fayfi's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 18 February 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_200-298.pdf
title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Fayfi, Jabri Jabran
date=18 February 2006
author=OARDEC
pages=pages 79-81
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-11-06
format=PDF] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Board recommendations

In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Decision_memos_095-182.pdf#54
title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN
author=OARDEC
date=June 26 2006
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-11-06
pages=page 54] cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Decision_memos_095-182.pdf#55
title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN
date=28 April 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2007-11-06
pages=pages 55-60]

The Board's recommendation was unanimous.The Board's recommendation memos were heavily redacted -- their actual recommendation was redacted.

The Board based its recommendation on assessments from the FBI, the CIA, the United States Department of State and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs.

The Board's recommendation memo indicated that it convened twice, on 3 March 2006 and 28 April 2006.

The Board concluded that Jabri Jabran Al Fayfi continued to pose a threat to the United States.

In the memo where they explained the basis for their recommendation the Board reported:quotation
(U) The ARB has complied with the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005. In making a determination of status or disposition of this detainee, the ARBhas assessed, to the extent practicable, whether any statement derived fromor relating to this detainee was obtained as a result of coercion; and theprobative value, if any, of any such statement.In addition, the ARB considered any new evidence that became available relatingto the enemy combatant status of this detainee.

Repatriation

Al Fayfi was repatriated on February 21 2007, along with six other Saudis.cite web
url=http://www.fotofest.org/guantanamo/SaudiReport.pdf
title=The Saudi Repatriates Report
author=Anant Raut, Jill M. Friedman
date=March 19 2007
accessdate=April 21
accessyear=2007
format=PDF] The seven men were detained, without charge, in Hayer Prison, while Saudi justice officials determined whether they had violated any Saudi laws.cite news
publisher=Arab News
url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=92646&d=24&m=2&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
date= February 24 2007
title=Families Meet With Gitmo Returnees
author=P.K. Abdul Ghafour
accessdate=2007-03-03]

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