Mohammed Nasim (Guantanamo captive 849)

Mohammed Nasim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Mohammed Nasim's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 849. American intelligence analysts report that Mohammed Nasim was born in 1980, in Megan, Afghanistan.

Mohammed Nasim was captured in Afghanistan in October 2002 and transferred to Afghanistan on October 11, 2006.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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 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.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohammed Nasam's Combatant Status Review Tribunal on 8 November 2004. The memo listed the following allegations:

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Nasim chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohammed Nasim's annual Administrative Review Board on 5 August 2005.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

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Nasim chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.

Enemy Combatant Election Form

Mohammed Nasim's Assisting Military Officer met with him, on August 16, 2005, for 65 minutes. His Assisting Military Officer described him as being polite and cooperative throughout the interview.

Board recommendations

In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official. The Board determined he "continues to be a threat". The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized his transfer on 5 November 2005.

McClatchy interview

On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on InterViews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed

Nassim told his McClatchy interviewer that he had been a brick-maker and day laborer, before he became a policeman for the Hamid Karzai administration. He said becoming a policeman had triggered the false denunciation that got him sent him first to Bagram and then to Guantanamo.

Nassim described being tortured in custody. He said during his week in Afghan custody he had his toenails torn out. He said he was suspended from his wrists chained to the ceiling in Bagram, with only his toes making contact with the floor.

According to the McClatchy report his former boss in the Police service, and a senior tribal elder who knew him, both confirmed Nassim's account of being framed.

BBC interview

The BBC published a story based on an interview with Mohammed on Jun 24 2009. Mohammed described being left a mental and physical wreck by his stay in US captivity. He described being hooked up to "an electic machine", without explanation, and fearing that he was going to be electrocuted.

Mohammed's account of his capture differed from the one drafted by OARDEC. He said he was arrested during a night-time surprise raid on his home.

Mohammed described brutal beating while in US custody. The BBC repeated Mohmmed's description of the diet at Guantanamo -- "dry bread, boiled beans, carrots and spinach." This account is at odds with the DoD's description of the captives' menu.

The article described Mohammed's children crying because they were terrified by any mention of Guantanamo or Bagram.

See also

• Bagram torture and prisoner abuse

External link

• Mohammed Nassim McClatchy - video