Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay

A total of 133 Saudi citizens have been held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps at its naval base in Cuba since January 2002. Most had been swept up in Afghanistan following the US invasion in the fall of 2001, and they were classified by the US government as enemy combatants.

In addition, a United States citizen, Yaser Esam Hamdi, who was born in Louisiana but moved as a child with his parents to Saudi Arabia, where he also had citizenship, was initially held there. As an American citizen, he was transferred to a military prison brig on the mainland of the United States. His challenge to his detention, without being informed of charges or brought to trial, was a case that reached the United States Supreme Court. In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004), the Supreme Court ruled that detainees who are U.S. citizens must have the rights of due process, and the ability to challenge their enemy combatant status before an impartial authority. After this decision, the government made a deal with Hamdi. After he agreed to renounce his US citizenship and observe travel restrictions, in October 2004 Hamdi was deported to Saudi Arabia. He has returned to his family.

Following the deaths of two Saudi citizens in custody on June 10, 2006 and another on May 30, 2007, which the Department of Defense claimed were due to suicides, the Saudi government put pressure on the United States to release its citizens. Nearly 100 were returned to Saudi Arabia from June 2006 through 2007.

As of today, eleven Saudi citizens are still held at the detention camp.^[1]

History

Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed al Bihani, a citizen from Saudi Arabia at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp

In January 2002, the United States completed the first phase of construction of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp at its naval base in Cuba. It was designed to hold enemy combatants captured in its war on terror - most taken during action in Afghanistan beginning in the fall of 2001. In total, the US has held 133 Saudi Arabian citizens at Guantanamo. The United States has held a total of 778 detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps at its naval base in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002. The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. As of January 2016, 93 detainees remain at Guantanamo.^[2]

Three Saudis: Yasser Talal Al Zahrani, Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Abdul Rahman al-Amri, died at Guantanamo in 2006 and 2007 during their detention.^[1] All were announced by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) as suicides.

The first two were among three men who died on June 10, 2006; the circumstances of their deaths have been strongly questioned by numerous sources, including the Saudi government and the men's families. Journalists and the Center for Policy and Research in its 2009 report have noted glaring inconsistencies in the NCIS report of 2008. Based on an account by four former guards at Guantanamo, Scott Horton suggested in 2010 that the men died as a result of torture and government agencies tried to cover this up.^[3]

Al-Amri died on May 30, 2007 as an apparent suicide, according to DOD.^[4]

As a result of these deaths, the Saudi government strongly pressured the United States to repatriate its citizens. It developed a reintegration program for former detainees and has worked with them on religious re-education, and reintegrating them into society by arranging for marriages and jobs. From June 2006 and December 2007, a total of 93 Saudi citizens were returned to the country.^[5] As of today, eleven Saudi citizens are still held at the detention camp.^[1]

Saudi citizens held in Guantanamo

release date	isn	name	notes
2007-12-29	5	Abdul Aziz Al Matrafi
2007-07-16	13	Fahed Nasser Mohamed	Reports being tortured in custody.[6] Reports being sold for a bounty.[6] Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7][8]
2007-02-20	25	Majeed Abdullah Al Joudi	Defense Department’s April 7, 2009 analysis of Guantanamo recidivists lists Joudi as a “confirmed” recidivist.[9]
2015-09-21	42	Abdul Rahman Shalabi	On hunger strike for more than five years. Reportedly suffering health problems caused by the hunger strike. Shalabi has been force fed for many years by means of strapping him forcefully into a restraint chair and pumping liquid nutrients through his nose into his stomach. Shalabi said after enduring this procedure for over four years, it causes him extreme pain and he feels as if he is treated like an animal.[10][11][11][12][13]
Held	49	Assem Matruq Mohammad Al Aasmi
2007-09-05	51	Majid Al Barayan
2007-07-15	53	Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Al Mahayawi
2006-12-13	55	Muhammed Yahia Mosin Al Zayla
2006-06-24	58	Musa Abed Al Wahab
2007-11-09	59	Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha
2007-07-15	62	Muhamad Naji Subhi Al Juhani	Described as having "no ties to militancy whatsoever".[8]
Held	63	Mohammed al-Qahtani	Allegedly tried to enter the United States to take part in the September 11 attacks as the 20th hijacker.[14] Tortured in Guantanamo.[14]
2006-05-18	64	Abdel Hadi Mohammed Badan Al Sebaii Sebaii	Allegedly built mosques in Bosnia.[15] Claims he was sold, for a bounty.
2007-07-15	66	Yahya Samil Al Suwaymil Al Sulami	Described as having "no ties to militancy whatsoever".[8]
2007-11-09	68	Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi
2003-05-14	71	Mish’al Muhammad Rashid Al-Shedocky	Released prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004. One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[16] In 2014, AQAP indicated in a three-part documentary about the group's former deputy leader Said Ali al-Shihri’s life and death that al-Shedocky was dead by having the phrase "May Allah accept him" posted next to his name. The phrase is reserved for jihadists who have been killed in battle. The group did not provide any details on al-Shedocky's death.[17]
2006-06-24	73	Yusif Khalil Abdallah Nur
2007-12-28	74	Mesh Arsad Al Rashid	Repatriated on December 2, 2007, with nine other men.[18]
2007-09-05	79	Fahed Al Harazi
2003-05-14	80	Fahd Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Shabani	Released prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004.
Died in custody	93	Yasser Talal Al Zahrani	US government withheld body parts needed for independent post mortem.[19][20]
2006-05-18	94	Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Al Sehli	Released May 19, 2006.[21]
2006-05-18	95	Abdul Rahman Ahmed Uthman
2006-06-24	96	Muhammad Surur Dakhilallah Al Utaybi
2006-05-18	105	Adnan Muhammed Ali Al Saigh	One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[22] Turned himself in to Saudi authorities July 2012[23] author of "The Fight over the Mountains" for Inspire magazine, Summer 2010 issue.[24]
2006-12-13	109	Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh
2007-09-05	112	Abdul Aziz Saad Al Khaldi
2007-11-09	114	Yussef Mohammed Mubarak Al Shihri	14 years old when captured. Killed in a shootout with Saudi security forces along the Saudi border with Yemen in October 2009.[25] When killed, Yousef al Shihri was dressed as a woman[25] Shihri's female garments concealed a suicide explosives belt[25]
2006-12-13	121	Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed	Released with thirteen other men on November 12, 2007.[26]
2007-07-15	122	Bijad Thif Allah Al Atabi	Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7] Present during the riot at Mazari Sharif.[8]
2003-05-14	125	Fawaz Abd Al Aziz Al Zahrani	Repatriated on May 15, 2003, and then convicted of leaving Saudi Arabia without getting prior permission.[27][28]
2007-09-05	126	Salam Abdullah Said
2003-05-14	127	Ibrahim Rushdan Brayk Al Shili	Released prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004.
2007-11-09	130	Faha Sultan
2006-06-24	132	Abdul Salam Gaithan Mureef Al Shehry	17 years old when captured.[29]
2007-07-15	154	Mazin Salih Musaid Al Awfi	Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7][8]
2005-07-19	155	Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Hubayshi	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2006/05/19	157	Saed Khatem Al Malki	Repatriated May 19, 2006.[21]
2007-02-20	158	Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi
2007-09-28	172	Ali Muhammed Nasir Mohammed
2007-02-20	176	Majid Aydha Muhammad Al Qurayshi
2006-05-18	177	Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli	Was a minor when captured. Reportedly killed in a shootout between the Yemeni Army and Houthi rebels in 2009[30]
2007-07-15	179	Abdul Rahman Owaid Mohammad Al Juaid	Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7] Described as having "no ties to militancy whatsoever".[8]
2005-11-04	181	Maji Afas Radhi Al Shimri	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-07-15	182	Bandar Ahmad Mubarak Al Jabri	Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7][8]
2006-06-24	184	Othman Ahmed Othman Al Omairah	Following his transfer, reportedly became an operational commander for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula[31]
2007-11-09	185	Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri	Allegedly fled from the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan. One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[32]
2007-02-20	186	Rashed Awad Khalaf Balkhair	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-11-09	187	Murtadha Al Said Makram	One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[33]
2006-12-13	188	Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi	One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[16]
2006-06-24	191	Saleh Ali Jaid Al Khathami
2006-12-13	192	Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh	Repatriated on December 14, 2006.[27][34] Following Repatriation, reportedly became al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula's chief theologian and ideologue, responsible for justifying terrorism on religious grounds[35]
2016-01-11	195	Mohammad Al Rahman Al Shumrani
2007-09-05	196	Musa Ali Said Al Said Al Amari
Died in custody	199	Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Al Amri
Held	200	Said Muhammad Husayn Qahtani
2007-07-15	204	Said Ibrahim Ramzi Al Zahrani
2006-12-13	206	Abdullah Muahammed Abdel Aziz
2005-07-19	207	Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabiri	Suffered serious brain damage in Guantanamo. Alleged serious beatings in Guantanamo.
2007-07-15	214	Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash
2007-11-09	215	Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif
2007-12-28	216	Jamil Ali Al Kabi	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-09-05	218	Fahd Muhammed Abdullah Al Fouzan
2006-12-13	226	Anwar Al Nurr	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-07-15	230	Humud Dakhil Humud Sa'id Al-Jad'an	Claims he was sold for a bounty. Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7][8] Listed in the DoD’s April 2009 recidivism analysis as a “suspected” recidivist.[36]
2007-09-05	231	Abdulhadi Abdallah Ibrahim al Sharakh	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Included in the DoD’s April 2009 analysis as a “suspected” recidivist due to his September 2008 arrest “for association with terrorist members” and “supporting terrorism.”[37]
2007-07-15	234	Khalid Mohammed Al Zaharni	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7][8]
2015-10-30	239	Shaker Aamer	Alleges abuse.[38] Mental health at risk.
Held	240	Abdullah Yahia Yousf Al Shabli
2007-12-28	243	Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi
2006-12-13	245	Al Silm Haji Hajjaj Awwad Al Hajjaji
2005-07-19	248	Saleh Abdall Al Oshan	Determined not to be have been an enemy combatant.
2007-11-09	258	Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Ibrahim	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-07-15	261	Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dosari	Allegedly delivered a fiery speech in Buffalo NY that was attended by members of the Lackawanna Six.[39] Says he has been tortured, and has made over a dozen suicide attempts. Joint citizen of both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
2007-11-09	262	Abdullah Abd Al Mu'in Al Wafti	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2006-06-24	264	Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah
2006-06-24	265	Tariqe Shallah Hassan Al Harbi
2006-06-24	266	Abdallah Muhammad Salih Al Ghanimi
2007-12-28	268	Abdul Rahman Nashi Badi Al Hataybi
2006-06-24	271	Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir
2007-12-28	272	Zaid Binsallah Mohammed Il Bhawith	Repatriated on December 2, 2007, with nine other men.[18]
2006-12-13	273	Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir
2007-09-05	274	Bader Al Bakri Al Samiri
2006-12-13	286	Ziad Said Farg Jahdari	Repatriated on December 14, 2006.[27][34]
2005-09-30	287	Sami Abdul Aziz Salim Allaithy	Alleges a guard jumped on his spine putting him in a wheel chair.[40] Determined not to have been an enemy combatant.[41][42]
2006-05-18	308	Adil Uqla Hassan Al Nusayri	Claims he was captured by the Taliban, who sold him to bounty hunters, who in turn sold him to the Americans. Repatriated on December 14, 2006.[27][34]
2007-09-05	318	Rami Bin Said Al Taibi
2006-05-18	319	Mohammed Jayed Sebai	Repatriated together with fourteen other men on May 19, 2006.[27]
2007-09-05	322	Khalid Hassan Husayn Al Barakat
2010-o9-16	331	Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Al Shurfa
2007-07-15	332	Abdullah Al Tayabi	Repatriated on July 16, 2007 with fifteen other men.[7][8]
2007-11-09	333	Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi	After transfer from Guantanamo Bay, became a leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)[43] One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[43] He surrendered to Saudi authorities that same month.[44]
2009-06-12	335	Kahlid Saad Mohammed	Allegedly injured by the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan, 2001, while distributing humanitarian aid to refugees.
2006-12-13	336	Majed Hamad Al Frih	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2006-06-24	337	Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna
2006-06-24	338	Wasim aka Wasm Awwad Omar Al-Wasm	His habeas corpus was "administrative closed" on January 31, 2007.[45]
2006-05-18	339	Khalid Abdallah Abdel Rahman Al Morghi
2006-12-13	340	Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey	Claims that a head injury left him with mental problems.
2006-12-13	341	Said Ali Al Farha	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-09-05	342	Mohammed Mubarek Salah Al Qurbi
2006-05-18	343	Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan
2006-06-24	344	Rashid Abdul Mosleh Qayed
2006-05-18	346	Said Bezan Ashek Shayban
2007-09-05	368	Amran Baqur Mohammed Hawsawi	Was injured during the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan, 2001.
2007-07-15	370	Abd Al Hizani
2007-11-09	372	Sa Id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri	Was the #2 in al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula[25] Reportedly responsible for the attack on Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009[25]*May have been involved in al-Qieda’s attack on the American embassy in Sanaa in September 2008[25] One of 11 former Guantanamo detainees listed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list in February 2009[25] Killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2013.[46]
2007-12-28	436	Nayif Fahd Mutliq Al Usaymi
2007-02-20	437	Faizal Saha Al Nasir
2007-11-09	438	Hani Saiid Mohammad Al Khalif
2007-12-28	439	Khalid Malu Shia Al Ghatani	Was a minor when captured.
Held	440	Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir	Explained that the allegations arose from a false confession beaten out of them by General Dostum's forces. The Center for Constitutional Rights filed an emergency injunction in an attempt to ease what they described as the brutality of the force-feedings imposed upon hunger strikers.[47]
2007-09-05	493	Abdul Hakim Bukhary	Passed straight from detention in a Taliban prison to detention in an American prison. A Saudi named Abdel-Hakee Abdel-Karim Ameen Bukhari was repatriated on September 16, 2007.[48]
2006-05-18	501	Nawwaf Fahd Humood Al-Otaibi	Repatriated together with fourteen other men on May 19, 2006.[27]
2006-05-18	505	Khalid Rashd Ali Al Muri	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Repatriated together with fourteen other men on May 19, 2006.[27]
2006-12-13	507	Sultan Sari Sayel Al Anazi	Claimed he was sold for a bounty.
2006-12-13	513	Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlanpp
2007-09-05	514	Abdallah Faris Al Unazi Thani	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-07-15	516	Ghanim Abdul Rahman Al Harbi	Repatriated to Saudi custody, with fifteen other men, on July 16, 2007.[7][8]
2007-02-20	536	Mohamed Abdullah Al Harbi	Released with thirteen other men on November 12, 2007.[26]
Held	553	Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh Al Bedani
2007-12-28	565	Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa
Held	566	Mansoor Muhammed Ali Qattaa
2007-7-16	570	Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim Al Qurashi
Held	572	Slah Muhamed Salih Al Zabe
2003-05-14	585	Ibrahim Umar Ali Al Umar	Released prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004.
Died in custody	588	Mana Shaman Allabardi Al Tabi	Seventeen years old when captured. Was on a hunger strike for over nine months, before his death was reported on June 10, 2006.
2007-09-05	647	Zaban Thaaher Zaban Al Shamaree	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
2007-11-09	650	Jabir Hasan Muhamed Al Qahtani
2006-05-18	652	Abdullah Hamid Al Qahtani	Repatriated together with fourteen other men on May 19, 2006.[27]
2006-05-18	664	Rashid Awad Rashid Al Uwaydah	Repatriated together with fourteen other men on May 19, 2006.[27]
2009-06-12	669	Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair	Repatriated on June 12, 2009 with two other men.[49]
Held	682	Ghassan Abdallah Ghazi Al Shirbi	Faces charges before a military commission.[50]
2009-06-12	687	Abdalaziz Kareem Salim Al Noofayaee	Repatriated on June 12, 2009 with two other men.[49]
Held	696	Jabran Said Wazar Al Qahtani	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Faces charges before a military commission.[51]
2014-11-22	713	Muhammed Murdi Issa Al Zahrani	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Held	768	Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi	Testified for the court martial of Damien Corsetti, one of the soldiers accused of a role in the Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal where two captives were beaten to death.[52][53]
Held	893	Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed Al Bihani	There is no record this captive participated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Held	1456	Hassan Mohammed Salih Bin Attash	Human rights groups report he was kept in "the dark prison".[54][55][56][57] Was a minor when captured.[58] Human rights groups suggest he was captured just because his older brother was a member of al Qaeda.

Saudi rehabilitation

A July 26, 2007 article from Asharq Alawsat described the Care Rehabilitation Center repatriated detainees are held in until they are finally released.^[59] According to the article the detainees received special meals, had access to satellite TV, and were able to get day passes.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the facility on November 2, 2008, and spoke with several former Guantanamo detainees.^{[60][61][62][63]}

Defection

The Saudi Arabian government has published four Saudi lists of "most wanted" suspected terrorists. On February 3, 2009, the Saudi Arabian government published a list of 85 suspected terrorists. Unlike the previous three lists, the most recent list was reported to name eleven former Guantanamo captives.

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• Saudi captives Guantanamo detainee assessment briefs
• "Detainee Transfer Announced". Department of Defense. July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
• Raid Qusti (July 17, 2007). "More Gitmo Detainees Come Home". Arab News. Retrieved July 17, 2007.