Crescent International
An updated list of Guantanamo Bay detainees' list has been released by the Pentagon but it does not include the name of Aamer Shakir, the British detainee. Instead, the US has provided a second list of detainees who will not be released. They will also not be charged with any offence but since the US considers itself above the law, it claims it can do what it likes.
Washington DC, Crescent-online
November 18, 2013, 14:43 DST
Three years after a Freedom of Information request was made to the US government, the Pentagon released the full list of current detainees in Guantanamo Bay earlier this year. The list has just been updated by the Associated Press and includes the names of 164 prisoners. Those that died in detention or were released are not on the list.
The list breaks down detainees by name and home country. Of the 164 detainees, the largest number, 88 are from Yemen followed by Afghanistan (17), Saudi Arabia (12) and Algeria, Pakistan and Tunisia (5 each). Four detainees are from Libya while there are three each from China (Uighurs) and Syria. Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritania, Sudan and Morocco have two each.
There is one detainee each from a large number of countries but what is surprising is that Aamer Shakir, the British detainee is not on the list. He is still held in Guantanamo Bay.
Misspelling of several names is evident from the Pentagon list indicating lack of knowledge of those tasked with compiling even such basic data as names.
The Pentagon also released a list of 48 “indefinite detainees.” These detainees will not be released, ever. They will also not be charged with any offence or presented in any court, not even a kangaroo court. The US considers itself above the law.
The “indefinite detainees’” list contains prisoners’ internment serial number (ISN), names and nationalities.
Two of the mentioned “indefinite detainees” have died since the list was released, one of them allegedly of suicide and the other of a heart attack. The names of the two deceased prisoners are marked with an asterisk and the notation “deceased” on the second list.
List of remaining Guantanamo detainees
List of ‘indefinite detainees’
ISN 004, Abdul Haq Wasiq (Afghanistan)
ISN 006, Mullah Norullah Noori (Afghanistan)
ISN 007, Mullah Mohammed Fazl (Afghanistan)
ISN 027, Uthman Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman (Yemen)
ISN 028, Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi (Yemen)
ISN 029, Mohammed al-Ansi (Yemen)
ISN 031, Mahmud Abd Al Aziz Al Mujahid (Yemen)
ISN037, Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab al Rahabi (Yemen)
ISN041, Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmed (Yemen)
ISN042, Abd al Rahman Shalbi Isa Uwaydah (Saudi Arabia)
ISN044, Muhammed Rajab Sadiq Abu Ghanim (Yemen)
ISN045, Ali Ahmad al-Rahizi (Yemen)
ISN128, Ghaleb Nassar al Bihani (Yemen)
ISN131, Salem Ahmad Hadi Bin Kanad (Yemen)
ISN195, Mohammed al-Shimrani (Saudi Arabia)
ISN232, Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad al Odah (Kuwait)
ISN235, Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem Jarabh (Yemen)
ISN242, Khalid Ahmed Qasim (Yemen)
ISN244, Abdul Latif Nasir (Morocco)
ISN324, Mashur Abdullah Muqbil Ahmed al-Sabri (Yemen)
ISN434, Mustafa Abd al-Qawi Abd al-Aziz al-Shamiri (Yemen)
ISN441, Abdul Rahman Ahmed (Yemen)
ISN508, Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammad Rabei’i (Yemen)
ISN522, Yassim Qasim Mohammed Ismail Qasim (Yemen)
ISN552, Faez Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari (Kuwait)
ISN560, Haji WaH Muhammed (Afghanistan)
ISN576, Zahar Omar Hamis bin Hamdoun (Yemen)
ISN579, Khairullah Said Wali Khairkhwa (Afghanistan)
ISN695, Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar (Libya)
ISN708, Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush (Libya)
ISN713, Mohammed al Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
ISN782, Awal Gul (Afghanistan) * deceased
ISN832, Mohammad Nabi Omari (Afghanistan)
ISN836, Ayub Murshid Ali Salih (Yemen)
ISN837, Bashir Nasir Ali al-Marwalah (Yemen)
ISN838, Shawqi Awad Balzuhair (Yemen)
ISN839, Musab Omar Ali al-Mudwani (Yemen)
ISN840, Hail Aziz Ahmed al-Maythali (Yemen)
ISN841, Said Salih Said Nashir (Yemen)
ISN975, Karim Bostan (Afghanistan)
ISN1017, Omar Mohammed Ali al-Rammah (Yemen)
ISN1045, Mohammed Kamin (Afghanistan)
ISN1119, Ahmid al Razak (Afghanistan)
ISN1463, Abd al-Salam al-Hilah (Yemen)
ISN10023, Guleed Hassan Ahmed (Somalia)
ISN10025, Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu (Kenya)
ISN10028, Inayatullah (Afghanistan)* deceased
ISN10029, Muhammad Rahim (Afghanistan)
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