Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh
Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh | |
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| Born | April 29, 1978 Dhamar, Yemen |
| Occupation | Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention center |
| Known for | Extrajudicial detention at Guantanamo Bay |
Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh is a Yemeni national who experienced extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention center located in Cuba. His Internment Serial Number was recorded as 836. According to Department of Defense documentation, he was born on April 29, 1978, in Dhamar, Yemen.
On September 11, 2002, Saleh was apprehended by Pakistani security forces alongside a CIA black site team. He and five others were held for over a month in CIA custody at the salt pit before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay. Initially, these six individuals were identified by analysts as an al Qaeda sleeper cell known as the "Karachi Six"; however, this classification was removed by his 2016 Periodic Review Board.
Saleh's transfer to the United Arab Emirates on August 13, 2016, represented a notable decrease in the detainee population at Guantanamo.
Official status reviews
During the early years of the Bush Administration, it was maintained that individuals detained in the "war on terror" were not entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions and could be held indefinitely without formal charges or transparent judicial review. This stance was challenged in 2004 when the United States Supreme Court ruled in Rasul v. Bush that detainees held at Guantanamo must be informed of the accusations against them and given the opportunity to contest their detention.
Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants
In response to the Supreme Court ruling, the United States Department of Defense created the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants to conduct assessments regarding detainee status.
A December 2008 analysis by researchers at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, classified detainees based on military allegations such as connections to Al Qaeda, travel to Afghanistan for jihadist purposes, residence in Taliban or Al Qaeda safehouses, receipt of military training, participation in combat for the Taliban, and capture under hostile circumstances.
Bashir Nasir Ali Al Marwalah was frequently listed among detainees accused of being Al Qaeda combatants who journeyed to Afghanistan for jihad, lodged in terrorist safehouses, underwent military training, fought alongside Taliban forces, and were apprehended under conditions indicative of belligerency. He was also identified as an Al Qaeda affiliate and included among individuals who admitted membership or substantial association with groups hostile to the United States, including acknowledgment of fighting on their behalf.
External links
- Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Seven: Captured in Pakistan (3 of 3) Andy Worthington, October 13, 2010