Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani
Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani | |
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| Born | November 4, 1965 Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Occupation | Former detainee |
| Known for | Detained at Guantanamo Bay without charges |
Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani is a citizen of Kuwait who was detained without formal charges at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention facility located in Cuba. His assigned Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 229. Born on November 4, 1965, in Kuwait City, Al Daihani was returned to Kuwait on November 2, 2005, without any accusations.
Combatant Status Review
A memorandum summarizing evidence for his tribunal was prepared as follows:
On March 3, 2006, the Department of Defense released a twelve-page condensed transcript of his Combatant Status Review Tribunal in response to a judicial mandate.
Administrative Review Board
Individuals classified as "enemy combatants" by their Combatant Status Review Tribunal were subject to yearly Administrative Review Board evaluations. These sessions determined the potential risk a detainee might pose if freed or transferred and reviewed reasons supporting continued custody.
Summary of Evidence memo
For Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani's Administrative Review Board held on April 22, 2005, a Summary of Evidence memo was drafted. It outlined points both supporting and opposing the prolongation of his detention.
Key reasons supporting continued detention
Key reasons supporting release or transfer
Transcript
In accordance with a court directive, on March 3, 2006, the Department of Defense published a two-page summarized transcript of his hearing.
Press reports
David Frum, a Canadian journalist and former special assistant to US President George W. Bush, authored an article on November 11, 2006, based on his review of transcripts from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. Frum, known for coining the phrase "Axis of evil," provided brief summaries for nine detainees including Al Daihani. He noted that although Al Daihani was identified as an al Qaida member through material found on a confiscated hard drive, he denied any terrorist affiliations. Al Daihani explained that he had contributed 750 Kuwaiti dinars to an Islamic charity aimed at digging wells in Afghanistan and traveled there personally to monitor how his donation was utilized.
Frum concluded that all nine detainees he discussed had been untruthful but did not clarify his rationale. He criticized Western acceptance of what he considered unlikely detainee accounts.
Al Odah v. United States
Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani was one of eleven detainees referenced in the July 2008 "Petitioners' Status Report" submitted by David J. Cynamon in the case Al Odah v. United States, representing the four remaining Kuwaiti prisoners held at Guantanamo. This litigation combined seven other detainees and challenged that none had been cleared for release despite factual returns being completed with redactions.
On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court invalidated the Military Commissions Act of 2006, restoring detainees' rights to appeal in civilian courts.
Repatriation
The Kuwait Times reported on May 12, 2007, that the United States had finalized agreements for the return of the last Kuwaiti detainees held at Guantanamo.