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Department of Defense Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention ofEnemy Combatants at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

17 November2006

TO : ALSUWEDY , ABDUL AZIZ

SUBJECT: UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE FORADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARDINTHE CASE OF ALSUWEDY, ABDUL AZIZ

1. An Administrative Review Board will be convened to review your case to determine ifyour continued detention is necessary.

2. The Administrative Review Board will conduct a comprehensive review of all reasonably available and relevant information regarding your case. At the conclusion of this review the Board will make a recommendation to : ( 1) release you to your home state ; (2) transfer you to your home state, with conditions agreed upon by the United States and your home state; or (3 ) continue your detention under United States control.

3. The following primary factors favor continued detention:

a . Commitment

1. The detaineeattendeda mosque inYemenwhere he heard aboutjihad from a sheikh. An individualurged the detainee to go to Afghanistanto participateina against the Russians.

2. The detainee traveled from Damascus, Syria to Tehran onto Mashaad and to Tibatt, . From Iran, the detainee traveled to Qandahar, .

b. Training

1. In1991to 1992, the detaineecompletedbasic trainingandservedas a volunteerinthe YemenNationalGuard.

2. The detainee received training with the Rocket Propelled Grenade , Kalashnikov rifle, PK and a weapon similar to the caliber machine gun . The training took place around 1991 to 1992

3. The detaineeattendedthe explosivescourse at al FarouqCamp, Afghanistan. After graduation, the detaineewas chosenas an assistant to teachan explosivescourse at

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SUBJECT : UNCLASSIFIEDSUMMARY OF EVIDENCEFORADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWBOARD INTHE CASE OF ALSUWEDY, ABDUL AZIZ

4. The al Farouq TrainingCamp provided a generalprogramthat consistedof a fundamentalorbasic course, lasting 40 days. This course consisted of a basic review ofrelevant military topics. A different topic was coveredeach week, providingthe trainee with fundamental military skills includinglight and heavy weaponry, field guns, warheads, topography, and explosives.

5. The Tarnak Farms facility in Afghanistan housed an al Qaida poison and explosive training laboratory and an advanced operational training camp. No one was allowed to train at Tarnak Farms without first passing through basic training at . The Tarnak Farms camp was considered the most important al Qaida training camp in Afghanistan since it was where al Qaida operatives received advanced operational training including urban assault and other tactics.

c . Other RelevantData

1. The detaineeand the otherswereawaitingtrainingwhilein Afghanistan. An operative assumedthe detaineewas travelingto Chechnyaforjihad.

2. An operativesaw the detaineeinJanuary 2002 at a guest houseinKarachi, where the detainee was eventuallycaptured. The operative did not know exactly how the detaineetraveledthere fromAfghanistan, but statedtypically, a networkofPakistaniswould bringthem accompaniedby an operativethat greetedYemenis.

3. The detaineewas ina Karachi, Pakistanguesthouse before his arrest. Duringthat time, the Yemeniswerewaitingto travel hometo . Allthe menhadturnedtheir cash, passports andidentificationover to al Qaida facilitatorsfor safekeepingupontheir arrivalinAfghanistan.

4. The followingprimaryfactors favor releaseor transfer:

a. The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks prior to their execution on 11 September 2001.

b . Thedetaineedeniedhavingany knowledgeofanyrumorsor plansoffuture attacksonthe UnitedStates.

c. The detainee denied any knowledge of bomb making or knowledge of explosives instructors. The detainee claimed the entire notion ofbuilding a bomb out of homemade materials seemed very strange and foreign to him .

5. You will be afforded a meaningful opportunity to be heard and to present information to the Board; this includes an opportunity to be physically present at the proceeding. The Assisting Military Officer (AMO) will assist you in reviewing all relevant and reasonably available unclassified information regarding your case. The AMO is not an advocate for or against continued detention , normay the AMO form a confidential relationship with you or represent you in any other matter.

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