At the age of sixteen, he was captured along with his older cousin as part of a large group of 120 soldiers near Kunduz, and transferred to Shiberghan prison for six weeks, before being flown to Guantanamo on January 16, 2002.[3]
On June 15, 2005, human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith identified al-Shihri as one of a dozen teenage boys held in the adult portion of the prison.[4] According to Smith, al-Shihri was 13 years old when captured. Smith observed that official US documents referred to this dozen minors solely by their initials, because US law prohibits identifying minors. Official documents referred to Al Shihri as "YAS".
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal, listing the allegations that led to his detainment. His memo accused him of the following:[6]
a. The detainee was a member of the Taliban.
The detainee is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who traveled to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan in April 2001 to fight with the Taliban.
Detainee stayed at a Taliban safe house operated by a Taliban commander who was seen in the presence of the Taliban Minister of Defense.
Detainee's brother is known al Qaeda operative.
Detainee considers Americans his enemy and will fight against them until he dies.
b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.
Detainee met with the Taliban and said he was an Arab and wanted to fight.
Detainee received training with grenades and Kalishnikov.
Detainee spent five months at the front lines transporting food, ammunition, and burying the dead.
Administrative Review Board
Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.[7]
Second annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Yusef M Modaray's second annual Administrative Review Board, on October 12, 2006.[8] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
Repatriation
On November 25, 2008, the Department of Defense published a list of when captives left Guantanamo.[9] According to that list he was repatriated to Saudi custody on November 9, 2007, with thirteen other men. The records published from the captives' annual Administrative Reviews show his repatriation was not the outcome of the formal internal review procedures.[10][11][12] The records show his detention was not reviewed in 2007.
At least ten other men in his release group were not repatriated through the formal review procedure.[10][11][12]
Peter Taylor writing for the BBC News called the Saudis repatriated on November 9, 2007, with al-Shihri, "batch 10".[13] He wrote that the BBC's research had found this batch to be a problematic cohort, and that four other men from this batch were named on the Saudi most wanted list.
Allegations of family connections with other suspected terrorists
After another former Saudi captive, Sa'id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri, appeared in internet videos that threatened further attacks, an article in the Saudi Gazette reported that he had a brother-in-law, named "Yusuf al-Shihri", who was also a former Guantanamo captive.[14] Said Ali Al Shihri married Yussef Al Shiri's sister after their repatriation from Guantanamo.[15] Yussef's sister had two previous husbands. In a child custody dispute her first husband sought custody claiming the sister was a takfiri. He claimed her second husband had also been a militant, and that he was killed in a shootout with security officials in 2004.
During his CSR Tribunal, the allegations stated Yussef Mohammed Mubarak al-Shihri was captured with his cousin, in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan.[6]
After his death, the Saudi Gazette reported that two of his brothers, Faisal and Mustafa, and a cousin, Abdul Ghani Al-Shehri were imprisoned in at the Hai’er Prison on suspicion of terrorism.[5]
Named on Saudi Arabia's most wanted list
Yusuf al-Shihri, his brother-in-law Said al-Shihri, and a sixteen-year-old cousin, Abdullah al-Shihri, were named on a Saudi most wanted list on February 3, 2009.[16]
Reported the death of Fahd Al Jutayli
The Yemen Post reported on September 27 that Othman Al-Ghamedi and Yousuf al-Shahri had 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.[17]
Killed
Al Shihri, Raed al-Harbi, and a third man were killed at a border crossing while trying to enter Saudi Arabia from Yemen.[18][19][20][21] The Associated Press reports the men were in possession of suicide belts when discovered. Al Shihri and al-Harbi were disguised in women's clothes when discovered. The three resisted arrest and one Saudi soldier was killed and another wounded. The third man, who was not in disguise, survived the firefight. His interrogation led to the capture of six Yemeni accomplices.
Saudi security officials reported on the arrest of 113 suspects in March 2010.[22] The arrest of 101 of those individuals were reported to have started with the interrogation of al-Shiri's surviving companion.
^ Peter Taylor (2010-01-13). . BBC News. Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Mr Obama's dilemma is dramatically illustrated by a BBC investigation into what happened to the 14 detainees of Batch 10, who were flown home to Saudi Arabia just over two years ago.
^ Abdullah Al-Oraifij (2009-01-26). . Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ Na’eem Al-Hakeem (2009-08-02). . Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
^ Mshari Al-Zaydi (2009-02-06). . Asharq Alawsat. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
^ . Yemen Post. 2009-09-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Othman Al-Ghamedi and Yousuf Al-Shahri, who are also on the most wanted list, called their families asking them to inform the Al-Jatili's family of the death of their fellow, according to the paper.
^ Donna Abu-Nasr (2009-10-18). "Militants killed in Saudi shootout were local". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2009-10-23.
^ Turki Al-Saheil (2009-10-20). . Asharq Alawsat. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.
^ Abdullah Al Oraifiji (2009-10-22). . Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18.
^ Timothy McDonald (2010-03-25). "Arrests won't deter Al Qaeda in Arabian peninsula". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
February 21, 2023
yussef, shihri, yussef, mohammed, mubarak, shihri, 1985, 2009, citizen, saudi, arabia, held, extrajudicial, detention, united, states, guantanamo, detention, camps, cuba, born, september, 1985, riyadh, saudi, arabia, born, 1985, september, 1985, riyadh, saudi,. Yussef Mohammed Mubarak al Shihri 1985 2009 was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States s Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba 2 He was born on September 8 1985 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia Yussef al ShihriBorn 1985 09 08 September 8 1985 1 Riyadh Saudi ArabiaArrestedFall 2001KunduzReleasedNovember 25 2007Saudi ArabiaDiedOctober 18 2009 2009 10 18 aged 24 Jizan Saudi ArabiaCitizenshipSaudi ArabiaDetained at GuantanamoOther name s Yusef M ModarayISN114Charge s No charge held in extrajudicial detention StatusRepatriatedAt the age of sixteen he was captured along with his older cousin as part of a large group of 120 soldiers near Kunduz and transferred to Shiberghan prison for six weeks before being flown to Guantanamo on January 16 2002 3 On June 15 2005 human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith identified al Shihri as one of a dozen teenage boys held in the adult portion of the prison 4 According to Smith al Shihri was 13 years old when captured Smith observed that official US documents referred to this dozen minors solely by their initials because US law prohibits identifying minors Official documents referred to Al Shihri as YAS An October 2009 article in the Saudi Gazette asserts his older brother Saad Muhammad Al Shehri took him to Afghanistan after he finished intermediate school 5 Yussef Al Shehri passed through the Saudi militant rehabilitation program following his repatriation from Guantanamo He was named on Saudi Arabia s list of most wanted terrorist suspects on February 3 2009 He was killed in a shootout with Saudi police while apparently preparing to commit a suicide attack wearing an explosive belt on October 18 2009 citation needed Contents 1 Combatant Status Review 1 1 Administrative Review Board 1 2 Second annual Administrative Review Board 2 Repatriation 3 Allegations of family connections with other suspected terrorists 4 Named on Saudi Arabia s most wanted list 5 Reported the death of Fahd Al Jutayli 6 Killed 7 See also 8 ReferencesCombatant Status Review EditMain article Combatant Status Review Tribunal A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal listing the allegations that led to his detainment His memo accused him of the following 6 a The detainee was a member of the Taliban The detainee is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who traveled to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan in April 2001 to fight with the Taliban Detainee stayed at a Taliban safe house operated by a Taliban commander who was seen in the presence of the Taliban Minister of Defense Detainee s brother is known al Qaeda operative Detainee considers Americans his enemy and will fight against them until he dies b The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners Detainee met with the Taliban and said he was an Arab and wanted to fight Detainee received training with grenades and Kalishnikov Detainee spent five months at the front lines transporting food ammunition and burying the dead Administrative Review Board Edit Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them enemy combatants were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention 7 Second annual Administrative Review Board Edit A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Yusef M Modaray s second annual Administrative Review Board on October 12 2006 8 The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention Repatriation EditOn November 25 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when captives left Guantanamo 9 According to that list he was repatriated to Saudi custody on November 9 2007 with thirteen other men The records published from the captives annual Administrative Reviews show his repatriation was not the outcome of the formal internal review procedures 10 11 12 The records show his detention was not reviewed in 2007 At least ten other men in his release group were not repatriated through the formal review procedure 10 11 12 Peter Taylor writing for the BBC News called the Saudis repatriated on November 9 2007 with al Shihri batch 10 13 He wrote that the BBC s research had found this batch to be a problematic cohort and that four other men from this batch were named on the Saudi most wanted list Allegations of family connections with other suspected terrorists EditAfter another former Saudi captive Sa id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri appeared in internet videos that threatened further attacks an article in the Saudi Gazette reported that he had a brother in law named Yusuf al Shihri who was also a former Guantanamo captive 14 Said Ali Al Shihri married Yussef Al Shiri s sister after their repatriation from Guantanamo 15 Yussef s sister had two previous husbands In a child custody dispute her first husband sought custody claiming the sister was a takfiri He claimed her second husband had also been a militant and that he was killed in a shootout with security officials in 2004 During his CSR Tribunal the allegations stated Yussef Mohammed Mubarak al Shihri was captured with his cousin in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan 6 After his death the Saudi Gazette reported that two of his brothers Faisal and Mustafa and a cousin Abdul Ghani Al Shehri were imprisoned in at the Hai er Prison on suspicion of terrorism 5 Named on Saudi Arabia s most wanted list EditYusuf al Shihri his brother in law Said al Shihri and a sixteen year old cousin Abdullah al Shihri were named on a Saudi most wanted list on February 3 2009 16 Reported the death of Fahd Al Jutayli EditThe Yemen Post reported on September 27 that Othman Al Ghamedi and Yousuf al Shahri had 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 17 Killed EditAl Shihri Raed al Harbi and a third man were killed at a border crossing while trying to enter Saudi Arabia from Yemen 18 19 20 21 The Associated Press reports the men were in possession of suicide belts when discovered Al Shihri and al Harbi were disguised in women s clothes when discovered The three resisted arrest and one Saudi soldier was killed and another wounded The third man who was not in disguise survived the firefight His interrogation led to the capture of six Yemeni accomplices Saudi security officials reported on the arrest of 113 suspects in March 2010 22 The arrest of 101 of those individuals were reported to have started with the interrogation of al Shiri s surviving companion See also EditMinors detained in the War on Terror Al Joudi v BushReferences Edit https int nyt com data documenttools 82653 isn 114 yussef mohammed mubarak al shihri jtf a58be23f58b79e43 full pdf bare URL PDF List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay Cuba from January 2002 through May 15 2006 PDF United States Department of Defense Archived from the original PDF on September 30 2007 Retrieved May 15 2006 Amnesty International Youth among first detainees at Guantanamo Archived October 6 2008 at the Wayback Machine February 23 2007 Clive Stafford Smith June 15 2005 Kids of Guantanamo Reprieve via Cageprisoners Archived from the original on 2008 10 06 Retrieved August 6 2009 a b Al Qaeda lied about funds seeks recruitment of foreigners in Kingdom Saudi Gazette October 23 2009 Archived from the original on 2012 02 18 a b OARDEC 25 September 2004 Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal Al Shihri Yussef Mohammed Mubarak PDF United States Department of Defense pp 27 28 Archived from the original PDF on 4 December 2007 Retrieved 2007 11 08 Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials March 6 2007 Archived from the original on February 28 2010 Retrieved November 12 2010 OARDEC 12 October 2006 Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Modaray Yusef M PDF United States Department of Defense pp 86 88 Archived from the original PDF on 4 December 2007 Retrieved 2007 11 23 OARDEC 2008 10 09 Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released transferred or deceased PDF Department of Defense Archived from the original PDF on 2008 12 20 Retrieved 2008 12 28 a b OARDEC July 17 2007 Index to Transfer and Release Decision for Guantanamo Detainees PDF United States Department of Defense Archived from the original PDF on December 3 2007 Retrieved 2007 09 29 a b OARDEC August 10 2007 Index of Transfer and Release Decision for Guantanamo Detainees from ARB Round Two PDF United States Department of Defense Archived from the original PDF on February 27 2008 Retrieved 2007 09 29 a b Index to Summaries of Detention Release Factors for Administrative Review Boards Round 3 Held at Guantanamo PDF United States Department of Defense 2009 01 09 Archived from the original PDF on 2009 01 25 Retrieved 2009 01 22 Peter Taylor 2010 01 13 Yemen al Qaeda link to Guantanamo Bay prison BBC News Archived from the original on 2010 01 16 Mr Obama s dilemma is dramatically illustrated by a BBC investigation into what happened to the 14 detainees of Batch 10 who were flown home to Saudi Arabia just over two years ago Abdullah Al Oraifij 2009 01 26 Shihri s father damns him for returning to Al Qaeda Saudi Gazette Archived from the original on 2009 01 31 Retrieved 2008 09 28 Na eem Al Hakeem 2009 08 02 Man wants son back from takfeeri mother Saudi Gazette Archived from the original on 2011 03 04 Retrieved 2009 08 02 Mshari Al Zaydi 2009 02 06 A Clear Generation Gap in Saudi Most Wanted List Asharq Alawsat Archived from the original on 2011 07 07 Retrieved 2009 02 06 Saudi Wanted Suspects Killed in Yemen Fighting Yemen Post 2009 09 27 Archived from the original on 2011 07 24 Othman Al Ghamedi and Yousuf Al Shahri who are also on the most wanted list called their families asking them to inform the Al Jatili s family of the death of their fellow according to the paper Donna Abu Nasr 2009 10 18 Militants killed in Saudi shootout were local Associated Press Archived from the original on 2009 10 23 Caryla Murphy 2009 10 19 Saudi concern rises over Al Qaeda activity in Yemen Christian Science Monitor Archived from the original on 2009 10 22 Turki Al Saheil 2009 10 20 Truck Used in Jizan Clash Rented Out of Jeddah Asharq Alawsat Archived from the original on 2011 09 29 Abdullah Al Oraifiji 2009 10 22 Jizan 3rd man a Saudi with very close ties to Al Qaeda Saudi Gazette Archived from the original on 2012 02 18 Timothy McDonald 2010 03 25 Arrests won t deter Al Qaeda in Arabian peninsula Australian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 2010 03 29 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yussef al Shihri amp oldid 1137233424, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
