Iraqi captives in Guantanamo

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The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding eight Iraqi captive in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo.^[1] A total of 778 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002 The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new captives, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2008 the camp population stand at approximately 285.

[edit] Iraqi captives acknowledged by the DoD

isn	name	page numbers	notes
111	Ali Abdul Motalib Awayd Hassan Al Tayeea	CSRT transcript 46-60 ARB transcript 134	Guards nicknamed him "Pimp Daddy".[2] Bragged about leveling false allegations.[3]
433	Jawad Jabber Sadkhan	CSRT transcript 91-98 ARB transcript 136 2nd ARB transcript 35-56	Allegedly recruited Taliban fighters.[4] Allegedly both the Taliban's Director of Intelligence for Mazari Sharif, and the Taliban's director of interrogation for Mazari Sharif.[5]
435	Hassan Abdul Said	CSRT allegations 98 ARB allegations 31-33 ARB decision 52-59	There is no record this captive participated ih his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Allegedly spied for Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress.[6] The allegation that he spied on Saddam Hussein's chemical weapon program for the Iraqi National Congress was considered an indication of his "commitment to terrorism".[7] Allegedly raped a Red Cross worker in Northern Iraq.[7] Allegedly was captured with five kilograms of heroin.[7] Reportedly turned himself in to American forces.[7] Allegedly "...demonstrated a detailed knowledge of the identification cards carried by Saddam Hussein's suicide squad and how to differentiate between the suicide squad and most Iraqis."[7] Transfer authorized on January 11, 2006.[8][9]
563	Sohab Masud Mohammed		There is no record that a Combatant Status Review Tribunal reviewed this captive's status.
648	Haydar Jabbar Hafez Al Tamini		There is no record that a Combatant Status Review Tribunal reviewed this captive's status.
653	Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al Karim	CSRT transcript 1-15 ARB transcript 1-22	Allegedly trained at an Afghan military camp.[10] Allegedly a chemical weapons expert, a bomb expert, a 3rd degree black belt in Taek Kwon Do, who had prior knowledge of the attacks of 9-11.[11] Imprisoned by the Taliban for two years because they believed he was an American spy.
758	Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely	CSRT allegations 65 CSRT transcript 59-69 ARB transcripts 166 2nd ARB transcript 64-71	Allegedly trained at an Afghan military camp.[12] Allegedly assassinated three targets on the order of Osama bin Laden.[13] Claims all his reports of ties to senior members of the Taliban and al Qaeda were lies.[14] Another Iraqi refugee reported Al Naely was reduced to begging, and was addicted to drugs.[14]
906	Bisher Amin Khalil Al Rawi	CSRT allegations 44 CSRT transcript 16-42	Refugee with residency permission in the United Kingdom. Stopped by airport security for carrying a battery charger.[15] Capture in Gambia followed a denunciation by British intelligence, who had employed his as an informant against Abu Qatada.[16][17] Released on April 3, 2007.[18]

[edit] References

1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
2. ^ It's Hard Out Here for an Iraqi: The story of "Pimp Daddy," an Iraqi detainee at Guantánamo, The Weekly Standard, March 27, 2006
3. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Ali Abdul Motalib Awayd Hassan Al Tayeea's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 46-69
4. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Jawad Jabber Sadkhan's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 91-98
5. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Jawad Jabber Sadkhan's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 136
6. ^ OARDEC (25 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Abdul Said, Hassan page98. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} OARDEC (10 November 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Abdul Said, Hassan pages 31-32. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
8. ^ OARDEC (January 11, 2006). Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 435 page 52. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
9. ^ OARDEC (December 6, 2005). Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 435 pages 53-59. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
10. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al Karim's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 1-15
11. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al Karim's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 1
12. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - October 25, 2004 - page 65
13. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 59-69
14. ^ ^{a b} Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 166
15. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from page 18 of Jamil al-Banna's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
16. ^ Britain will ask U.S. to hand over Guantanamo detainee, Duluth News Tribune, March 27, 2006
17. ^ Courted as Spies, Held as Combatants: British Residents Enlisted by MI5 After Sept. 11 Languish at Guantanamo, Washington Post, April 2, 2006
18. ^ Kim Sengupta. "Freedom bitter-sweet, best friend still at Guantanamo", New Zealand Herald, Tuesday April 3, 2007.