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Omar Rajab Amin is a Kuwaiti who was captured and detained at the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.

Amin graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1992.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially the Bush administration 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 a 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 administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

Amin agreed to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

allegations

The allegations against Amin were:

a The detainee is an al Qaida and/or Taliban supporter:

1. The detainee traveled from Kuwait, through the United Arab Emirates to Bahrain, to Iran, and finally to Kabul, Afghanistan on 2 October 01.
2. The detainee is a member of the non-governmental organization, (NGO) Kuwaiti Joint Relief Committee.
3. The Kuwaiti Joint Relief Committee is suspected of providing funding and travel document for mujahidin. Possible links to al-Qaida.
4. The detainee admits raising $10,000 (USD) and transporting it to Afghanistan.
5. The detainee admitted fleeing with others due to the “opposition”, (Northern Alliance) taking over the city.
6. The detainee was listed on a document recovered in safehouse raids associated with suspected al Qaida in Karachi Pakistan.
7. During the raid on the Karachi safehouses; armed gunmen fought with police; firearms and grenades were seized; and police and security forces were injured by gunfire.
8. The detainee was listed on a document as being a member of the Mujahidin Brigade in Bosnia.

Administrative Review Board hearing

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.

Amin chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.

References

1. documents (.pdf) from Omar Rajab Amin's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
2. U.S. justice found wanting in Gitmo detainees cases, Al Jazeera, April 9 2005
3. Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Omar Rajab Amin's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 129

External links

• ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 2, 2002 Nos. 02-5251, 02-5284 ..., ACLU

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