Abu Bakir Jamaludinovich

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Abu Bakir Jamaludinovich is a citizen of Uzbekistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] Jamaludinovich's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 452. American intelligence analysts estimat Jamaludinovich was born in 1974, in Chartakh, Uzbekistan.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
- 1.1 allegations
- 1.2 testimony
2 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair. A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press. Three chairs were reserved for them. In practice the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held. And when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. In practice almost all Tribunals went unobserved.

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.

Jamaludinovich chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[2]

[edit] allegations

The allegations Jamaludinovich faced during his Tribunal were:

a. The detainee has supported the Taliban and al Qaida.

The detainee admitted that he was a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
The IMU appears in the United States Department of Homeland Security, "Terrorist Organization Reference Guide."
The detainee admitted to attending IMU terrorist training camps.
While in Afghanistan, the detainee stayed in a safe house owned by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (L1FG) appears in the United States Department of Homeland Security, "Terrorist Organization Reference Guide."
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a listed terrorist organization with black market contacts, reportedly is used by al Qaida to obtain travel documents.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.

The detainee made a conscious decision to fight with the Taliban.
The detainee participated infighting between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.