Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari

Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari is a Kuwaiti citizen who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2002.Al Kandari's Guantanamo detainee ID is 552.The US Department of Defense reports he was born on June 3, 1975 in Kuwait City.

As of December 11, 2009, Faiz Mohammed Ahmed al Kandari has been held at Guantanamo for seven years seven months. He has been charged with war crimes.

Identity

There is another Guantanamo captive named Al Kandari, Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari. Both men faced the allegationthat their names were found on a suspicious list.

Detention in Bagram

In the witness request he submitted to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari wrote about his interrogation in Bagrham .

Combatant Status Review

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:



Faiz Muhammed Ahmed Al Kandari initially planned to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal but changed his mind when the President of his Tribunal disallowed his request for witnesses.

Witness requests

The witnesses Faiz Muhammed Ahmed Al Kandari requested were his...
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