Allah Muhammed Saleem - Combatant Status Review

Combatant Status Review

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:

a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida:

1. The detainee has been living under an alias while in detention and is in fact, a fairly significant member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) and al Qaida.
2. EIJ is an extremist group that merged with al Qaida.
3. In 1998, Doctor Ayman Al-Zawahiri merged EIJ into al Qaida, in effect making all EIJ members al Qaida members.
4. The detainee worked for a Bayt al Ansar safehouse in Peshawar, Pakistan (PK).
5. Bayt al Ansar refers to safehouses used to organize volunteers for Jihad.
6. The Bayt al Anser guesthouse served as a staging area for Mujahadeen on their way in and out of Afghanistan (AF).
7. The detainee set a pattern of traveling between Peshawar and Jalalabad, staying at Libyan guesthouses.
8. The detainee was captured with an admitted supporter of Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).
9. LIFG is an extremist group with members aligned with al Qaida organization or active in the international Mujahadeen network.
10. The detainee was an employee of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO).
11. The IIRO is a large Jeddah-based humanitarian aid organization that performs relief work worldwide, but also is used by Islamic terrorists and insurgents for cover, travel, and funding.
12. The detainee was a bodyguard for Usama Bin Ladin.
13. The detainee is prominent in the Usama Bin Ladin and Egyptian Islamic Jihad circles.
14. The detainee was apprehended during the "Greentown" raids on 3 April 2002, in Lahore, Pakistan.

On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a Summarized transcript from over 300 Tribunals. Saleem's transcript was not published on March 3, 2006. A three page summarized transcript from the unclassified session of his Tribunal was published in September 2007, as part of his habeas corpus petition.