Combatant Status Review
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal, listing the allegations that led to his detainment. His memo accused him of the following:
- a. The detainee was a member of the Taliban.
- The detainee is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who traveled to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan in April 2001 to fight with the Taliban.
- Detainee stayed at a Taliban safe house operated by a Taliban commander who was seen in the presence of the Taliban Minister of Defense.
- Detainee's brother is known al Qaeda operative.
- Detainee considers Americans his enemy and will fight against them until he dies.
- b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.
- Detainee met with the Taliban and said he was an Arab and wanted to fight.
- Detainee received training with grenades and Kalishnikov.
- Detainee spent five months at the front lines transporting food, ammunition, and burying the dead.
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