List of Iraqi detainees at Guantanamo Bay

There were initially 16 Iraqi detainees in Guantanamo.[1]

In 2005, nine Iraqi citizens were held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2] Eight of them have been repatriated, four as late as 2009.[3] 40 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.[4][5][6] Among them Abdul Hadi al Iraqi is the last Iraqi citizen in Guantanamo.

isnnamearrival
date
departure
date
notes
111Ali Abdul Motalib Awayd Hassan Al Tayeea2002-05-032009-01-17
  • Guards nicknamed him "Pimp Daddy".[7]
433Jawad Jabber Sadkhan2002-05-032009-06-10
435Hassan Abdul Said2002-05-052009-01-17
563Sohab Masud Mohammed2002-05-052004-03-31
648Haydar Jabbar Hafez Al Tamini2004-03-31
653Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al Karim2002-06-082009-01-17
758Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely2002-08-052009-01-17
906Bisher Amin Khalil Al Rawi2003-02-072007-03-30
  • Refugee with residency permission in the United Kingdom.
  • Capture in Gambia followed a denunciation by British intelligence, who had employed his as an informant against Abu Qatada.[8][9]
  • Released on April 3, 2007.[10]
10025Abdul Hadi al Iraqi2007-04-27
  • Previously held in CIA custody

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" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  2. "Citizens of Iraq - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times.
  3. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Qassim Abdul-Zahra (2009-02-09). "4 ex-Gitmo prisoners transferred to Iraqi custody". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-02-09.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Gerstein, Josh (May 29, 2020). "Judge mulls bringing Guantanamo prisoner to U.S." Politico. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  5. Pilkington, Ed (May 2, 2018). "Guantánamo prisoner released in surprise move by Trump administration". The Guardian. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  6. Savage, Charlie (May 2, 2018). "U.S. Transfers First Guantánamo Detainee Under Trump, Who Vowed to Fill It". New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  7. It's Hard Out Here for an Iraqi: The story of "Pimp Daddy," an Iraqi detainee at Guantánamo, The Weekly Standard, March 27, 2006
  8. Britain will ask U.S. to hand over Guantanamo detainee, Duluth News Tribune, March 27, 2006
  9. Courted as Spies, Held as Combatants: British Residents Enlisted by MI5 After Sept. 11 Languish at Guantanamo, Washington Post, April 2, 2006
  10. Kim Sengupta (April 3, 2007). "Freedom bitter-sweet, best friend still at Guantanamo". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved March 31, 2007.
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