Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi
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Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for
Othman Ahmed Othman Al Omairah
Administrative Review Board,
on 20 September 2005.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
His memo was three pages long.
Guantanamo record
There is no record thatOthman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi chose to attend either his Combatant Status Review Tribunal or his Administrative Review Board hearing.
Transfer to Saudi Arabia
On June 25, 2006 14 men were transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia.A Saudi identified as
Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi was identified as one of the released men.
Named on a Saudi "most wanted" list
On February 3, 2009 the Saudi government published a list of 85 "most wanted" suspected terrorists, that included an individual identified as "Othman Al-Ghamdi".This list contained ten other former Guantanamo captives.
Half of the eleven former captives listed on most wanted list were also from among the eleven men repatriated on November 9, 2007—in spite of their annual reviews recommending continued detention.
The Saudi Gazette
Saudi Gazette
Saudi Gazette is the leading English language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. and is currently available both in print and online.As of July 1, 2011, Dr Omar S. Elmershedi is the Saudi Gazette Editor-in-Chief.Managing Editor: Shams Ahsan...
reported he "is believed to have traveled to a neighboring country" with his brother-in-law, fellow "most wanted" suspect and fellow former Guantanamo captive, Adnan Al-Sayegh, leaving behind his wife and son.
Reported the death of Fahd Al Jutayli
The Yemen Post reported on September 27 that Othman Al-Ghamedi and Yousuf Al-Shahri hadhad contacted their families requesting that they pass on news to the family of Fahd Saleh Sulaiman Al-Jatili that he had died during a military action by Yemeni security officials.
Reported to have appeared in a militant video
On May 28, 2010, Thomas Joscelyn, writing in The Long War Journal, reported that former Guantanamo captive "Othman Ahmed al Ghamdi" had recently appeared in a video entitled, "America and the Final Trap".Joscelyn reported that the tape was released by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and that Othman had confirmed that three of the group's leaders had been killed in an air strike in December 2009. Joscelyn reported that the tape described Othman as one of the group's commanders.