Taj Mohammed
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Administrative Review Board hearing
Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review BoardAdministrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".
They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat—or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.
Mohammed chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.c
Enemy Combatant election form
Taj Mohammed's Assisting Military Officer, reading from the Enemy Combatant election form, reported that they met on October 19, 2005, for forty minutes,where Taj Mohammed said he wanted to submit 31 letters to his Board. They met again on October 20, 2005 for 71 minutes.
His Assisting Military Officer described Taj Mohammed as "polite and cooperative throughout both interviews"
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
Press reports
According to the Associated PressAssociated Press
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the allegations against Nasir, in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
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was accused of being a member of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba -- The Army of the Pure.
Mohammed told his Tribunal: "I was a shepherd, and I never can even go out very much, and I was always with my goats on the mountain, These are all lies about me."
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.
Taj Mohammed
was one of thee former captives who had an article profiling him.
Taj Mohammed reported being sexually harassed during his interrogations.
He reported that guards desecrated the Koran.
According to his McClatchy interviewer Taj Mohammed tried to retaliate:
According to the McClatchy profile of him Taj Mohammed was radicalized in Guantanamo and said he beat less religious captives.
The article said his lawyers, Paul Rashkind, was taken aback when told of these assertions, and questioned whether the McClatchy interviewer may have been taken in by an impostor.
According to the McClatchy interviewer Taj Mohammed was mentored and given lessons in Arabic and the Koran by Yemeni captive Ali Abdullah Ahmed
Ali Abdullah Ahmed
Ali Abdullah Ahmed also known as Salah Ahmed al-Salami was a citizen of Yemen who died in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....
-- one of the three men camp authorities reported committed suicide on June 10, 2006.
According to the McClatchy interviewer Taj Mohammed spent nine months in Camp four in 2005, the camp where "compliant" captives were allowed to mingle with other captives. He was, however, demoted when he slapped a female doctor.
ABC News
ABC News
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reported on February 22, 2010, that Taj Mohammed was employed by the Agribusiness Development Team, an Provincial Reconstruction Team
Provincial reconstruction team
A Provincial Reconstruction Team is a unit introduced by the United States government, consisting of military officers, diplomats, and reconstruction subject matter experts, working to support reconstruction efforts in unstable states. PRTs were first established in Afghanistan in late 2001 or...
development project with participation from the US military.
He works as a translator. He is reported to be surprisingly fluent in both English and Spanish—learned in Guantanamo.
Namesakes
On January 16, 2010, the Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
was forced to publish the names of the 645 captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
The Parwan Detention Facility , also called the Bagram Theater Internment Facility, is a United States-run prison located next to Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan.It was formerly known as the Bagram Collection Point...
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One of the indiviuals on the list was named Taj Mohammed.