Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali

Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali is a citizen of Syria, best known for the more than eight years he spent in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States.

His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 537.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report that Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali was born on 5 May 1974, in Doha, Qatar. He and Palestinian Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Al Shurfa were released to Germany on 16 September 2010.

Combatant Status Review

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

The memo was published three times. The first two instances contained redactions.

Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali v. George Walker Bush

A writ of habeas corpus, Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali v. George Walker Bush, was submitted on Al Ali's behalf. In response, on 6 May 2005,
the Department of Defense released 15
pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Detainee election form

On 21 October 2004, his Personal Representative met with him,
from 8:12 am to 8:32 am.
His Person Representative recorded on his Detainee election form:

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Decision memo

His "enemy combatant" status was confirmed by
Tribunal panel 15, which convened October 23, 2004.
The decision memo recorded that the captive did not participate in his Tribunal. It recorded that the Tribunal relied entirely on classified evidence.

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Boumediene v. Bush

On 12 June 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. All previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were re-instated. On 18 July 2008, Samuel C. Kauffman renewed his habeas petition.

Administrative Review Board

Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for
Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 6 October 2005.

The memo listed twenty-two "primary factors favor ngcontinued detention" and nine "primary factors favor ngrelease or transfer".

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for
Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 19 June 2006.

The memo listed six "primary factors favor ngcontinued detention" and six "primary factors favor ngrelease or transfer".

Transfer to Germany

Al Ali, Saudi captive Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Al Shurfa, and another man were transferred to Germany on 16 September 2010. Al Ali was transferred to the Rhineland-Palatinate.

According to ''Der Spiegel'' Germany's Federal Government had sought the agreement of local authorities prior to completing the transfer.
According to ''Der Spiegel'', German officials asserted that American officials had cleared the two men of suspicion of involvement with terrorism. ''Der Spiegel'' reported a German official asserted: ''"According to our knowledge, he does not pose any threat ... We haven't brought a sleeper into our country,"''
German officials conducted interviews with the two men, in Guantanamo, in March, to confirm their suitability for transfer to Germany. German officials contacted security officials in other European countries, to confirm they had no reason to suspect the men had ties to terrorism.

References

External links

Who Are the Two Guantánamo Prisoners Freed in Germany?
Andy Worthington.co.uk, 21 September 2010.

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Living people
Syrian extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
1974 births
Guantanamo detainees known to have been released