Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi Explained

Saad Madi Saad al Azmi
Birth Date:29 May 1979
Birth Place:Doha, Kuwait
Id Number:571
Alias: 
  • Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi
  • Saad Madai Saad Ha Wash Al-Azmi
  • Saad Madi Saad Al Azmi
Status:Repatriated

Saad Madi Saad al Azmi (born May 29, 1979) is a Kuwaiti citizen.[1] He was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantánamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, and later repatriated on November 4, 2005.Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analystsreport that al-Azmi was born on May 29, 1979, in Doha, Kuwait.

Repatriation

Al-Azmi and four other men were repatriated on November 4, 2005.[2] The five stood trial in a Kuwaiti court, and were acquitted.[3]

The Associated Press reported that the two main charges were that the detainees had helped fund Al Wafa, an Afghan charity with ties to al-Qaeda, and that they had fought alongside the Taliban.[4] Further, the prosecution argued that the detainees actions had endangered Kuwait's political standing and its relations with friendly nations.

The detainees'defense had argued that testimony secured in Guantanamo could not be used in Kuwaiti courts, because the detainees and interrogators hadn't signed them.[4] Further, they had argued, the allegations the USA had directed at them weren't violations of Kuwaiti law.

McClatchy interview

On June 15, 2008, the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Saad Madi al Azmi.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

McClatchy reported remarked that the account of himself he told was at odds with that he offered during his CSR Tribunal.[11] He told McClatchy reporters that he had never been to Afghanistan, and that he was captured in his hotel room in Pakistan by Pakistani police in August 2001. He said he was captured with Adel al Zamel, who the McClatchy reporters noted was captured in Peshawar in January 2002. He said he had traveled to Pakistan to import honey.

When he was arrested his visa had expired.[11] He thought he would soon be released over what was a minor indiscretion, but a Pakistani police officer demanded a bribe first, which he declined, resulting in a longer detention, which, unfortunately, overlapped al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001, making it economically worthwhile for the Pakistani police to turn him over the Americans.

Al Azmi told reporters he was beaten in both Kandahar detention facility and the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 . . OARDEC . OARDEC . 2006-05-15 .
  2. News: Kuwaitis released from Guantanamo . 2005-11-04 . . 2009-05-21.
  3. News: Kuwaiti court acquits ex-Guantanamo prisoners . 2006-05-22 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070313073606/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=vn20060522043620128C944859 . 2007-03-13 . dead.
  4. News: 5 Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Freed in Kuwait . 2006-05-22 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707173001/http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=5033 . 2011-07-07 . dead.
  5. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 6 . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714055929/http://services.mcclatchyinteractive.com/detainees?page=6 . July 14, 2011.
  6. News: U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 18, 2008 . 2008-06-18 . dead . https://archive.today/20080619010921/http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/611/story/491372.html . June 19, 2008.
  7. News: Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080615214204/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38771.html . June 15, 2008.
  8. News: Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 16, 2008 . 2008-06-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080619001329/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38776.html . June 19, 2008.
  9. News: Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 19, 2008 . 2008-06-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620122327/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38887.html . June 20, 2008.
  10. News: U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 16, 2008 . 2008-06-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620001639/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38775.html . June 20, 2008.
  11. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Saad Madi al Azmi . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920042929/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/61 . September 20, 2008. mirror

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