The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding six Bahraini detainees in Guantanamo.
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 detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush.
Bahraini detainees in Guantanamo isn name status notes 52 Isa Ali Abdulla Almurbati TransferredAllegedly a follower of Abu Sayyef.documents (.pdf) from Issa Ali Abdullah Al Murbati's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Allegedly was told that if he went to war and fought the Jihad, he would have a 15,000 Dinar debt forgiven. 60 Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi Transferred Alleged to have fought on the front lines.[ Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 55-76 Allegedly disruptive and aggressive while in detention.Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi Administrative Review Board - pages 53-54 - January 28, 2005 Claimed he traveled to Afghanistan because he was moved by the plight of the refugees.[ Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 30 Released.Free, at last! , Gulf Daily News, November 5, 2005Three Bahraini Guantanamo detainees return home , WFOR, November 5, 2005 159 Abdulla Majid Al Naimi TransferredAlleged to have traveled to Afghanistan to fight.Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abdulla Majid Al Naimi's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - September 2, 2004 - page 215 227 Salah Abdul Rasul Ali Abdul Rahman Al Balushi TransferredPress observed his second ARB.Bahrain Bay detainee 'poses no danger' , Gulf Daily News, July 2, 2006 Justification for detention unclear. 246 Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa Transferred Accused of traveling to Afghanistan.Summarized transcripts (.pdf) , from Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 1-2 261 Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary TransferredAllegedly delivered a fiery speech in Buffalo NY that was attended by members of the Lackawanna Six.FBI reports suicide try by suspect at Gitmo: Man tied to recruiting of 'Lackawanna Six', Buffalo News, November 7, 2005 Says he has been tortured, and has made over a dozen suicide attempts. Repatriated to Saudi custody, with fifteen other men, on July 16, 2007.
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