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Guantanamo Detainee List 11-21-11 Detainees Held* at Guantanamo Bay 1 of 5 as of November 2011 Name Country of Origin This list includes 175 names: 171 men are still held at Guantanamo; 4 others have been transferred to other countries but not yet identified by the US government. The men are listed alphabetically by last name. These first 11 men have been ordered released by federal courts following habeas corpus hearings, but they are still being held. 1 Yusef Abbas China 2 Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif Yemen 3 Hajiakbar Abdulghupur China 4 Said Muhammed Salih Hatim Yemen 5 Saidullah Khalik China 6 Ravil Mingazov Russia 7 Ahmed Mohamed China 8 Hussein Salem Mohammed Yemen 9 Abdul Razak China 10 Mohamedou Ould Salahi Mauritania 11 Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman Yemen Some of the remaining men may have been cleared for release by the U.S. government, but that information is not public. 12 Shaker Aamer Saudi Arabia 13 Mahmoud Abd al Aziz Abd al Mujahid Yemen 14 Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd al Fusal Abd al Sattar United Arab Emirates 15 Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab Yemen 16 Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman Algeria 17 Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev Tajikistan 18 Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr Libya 19 Mohammed Rajab Sadiq Abu Ghanim Yemen 20 Abdul Rabbani Abd al Rahim Abu Rahman Pakistan 21 Omar Said Salem Adayn Yemen 22 Haroon al Afghani Afghanistan 23 Muhammad Rahim al Afghani Afghanistan 24 Ahmed Adnan Ahjam Syria 25 Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad Yemen 26 Abdul Rahman Ahmed Yemen 27 Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed Yemen 28 Abu Bakr Ibn Ali Muhhammad Alahdal Yemen 29 Abd al Aziz Ali Pakistan 30 Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi Yemen 31 Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane Algeria 32 Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah al Ansi Yemen 33 Jalal Salam Awad Awad Yemen 34 Waqas Mohammed Ali Awad Yemen 35 Fouzi Khalid Abdullah al Awda Kuwait 36 Saad Masir Mukbl Al Azani Yemen 37 Ahamed Abdel Aziz Mauritania *Sources: New York Times database (http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held) and Center for Constitutional Rights (http://www.ccrjustice.org/GTMOscorecard). Detainees Held* at Guantanamo Bay 2 of 5 as of November 2011 38 Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada Yemen 39 Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul Yemen 40 Ismael Ali Farag al Bakush Libya 41 Shawki Awad Balzuhair Yemen 42 Sufyian Barhoumi Algeria 43 Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh al Bedani Saudi Arabia 44 Ahmed Bin Saleh Bel Bacha Algeria 45 Bensayah Belkacem Algeria 46 Ghaleb Nassar al Bihani Yemen 47 Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed al Bihani Saudi Arabia 48 Ramzi Bin al Shibh Yemen 49 Lotfi Bin Ali Tunisia 50 Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef Yemen 51 Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash Saudi Arabia 52 Walid Bin Attash Yemen 53 Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Hamdoun Yemen 54 Muhhammad Said Bin Salem Yemen 55 Adil Said al Haj Obeid al Busayss Yemen 56 Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir Yemen 57 Ahmed Muhammed Haza al Darbi Saudi Arabia 58 Khalid Mohammed Salih al Dhuby Yemen 59 Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab Syria 60 Gouled Hassan Dourad Somalia 61 Mohammed Ahmad Said al Edah Yemen 62 Abd al Hadi Omar Mahmoud Faraj Syria 63 Mullah Mohammad Fazl Afghanistan 64 Abdul Ghani Afghanistan 65 Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi Yemen 66 Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby Libya 67 Khi Ali Gul Afghanistan 68 Salem Ahmed Hadi Yemen 69 Nabil Hadjarab Algeria 70 Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel Yemen 71 Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Hakim Yemen 72 Riduan Isamuddin Hambali Indonesia 73 Ali Sher Hamidullah Uzbekistan 74 Hamidullah Afghanistan 75 Mohammed Abdullah al Hamiri Yemen 76 Emad Abdalla Hassan Yemen 77 Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi Saudi Arabia 78 Ahmed Umar Abdullah al Hikimi Yemen 79 Abdul al Salam al Hilal Yemen 80 Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif Yemen *Sources: New York Times database (http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held) and Center for Constitutional Rights (http://www.ccrjustice.org/GTMOscorecard). Detainees Held* at Guantanamo Bay 3 of 5 as of November 2011 81 Adel Bin Ahmed Bin Ibrahim Hkiml Tunisia 82 Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris Sudan 83 Abd al Hadi al Iraqi Iraq 84 Yasin Qasem Muhammad Ismail Yemen 85 Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem Jarabh Yemen 86 Mohammed Kamin Afghanistan 87 Faiz Mohammed Ahmed al Kandari Kuwait 88 Bostan Karim Afghanistan 89 Kamalludin Kasimbekov Uzbekistan 90 Sanad Yislam al Kazimi Yemen 91 Omar Ahmed Khadr Canada 92 Khirullah Said Wali Khairkhwa Afghanistan 93 Asim Thahit Abdullah al Khalaqi Yemen 94 Majid Khan Pakistan 95 Shawali Khan Afghanistan 96 Muhammed Ali Hussein Khnenah Yemen 97 Mohammed Nasir Yahya Khusruf Yemen 98 Abu Faraj al Libbi Libya 99 Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep Lillie Malaysia 100 Musab Omar Ali al Madoonee Yemen 101 Abdul Malik Kenya 102 Bashir Nasir Ali al Marwalah Yemen 103 Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad Masud Yemen 104 Hail Aziz Ahmad al Maythal Yemen 105 Haji Wali Mohammed Afghanistan 106 Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Pakistan 107 Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel Yemen 108 Abdel Qadir Hussein al Mudhaffari Yemen 109 Abd al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad Yemen 110 Noor Uthman Muhammed Sudan 111 Sulaiman Awath Sulaiman Bin Ageel al Nahdi Yemen 112 Said Salih Said Nashir Yemen 113 Abd al Rahim al Nashiri Saudi Arabia 114 Abdul Latif Nasir Morocco 115 Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir Yemen 116 Mullah Norullah Noori Afghanistan 117 Obaidullah Afghanistan 118 Mohammad Nabi Omari Afghanistan 119 Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy Tunisia 120 Saifullah Paracha Pakistan 121 Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman al Qadasi Yemen 122 Ahmed Abdul Qader Yemen 123 Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris Yemen *Sources: New York Times database (http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held) and Center for Constitutional Rights (http://www.ccrjustice.org/GTMOscorecard). Detainees Held* at Guantanamo Bay 4 of 5 as of November 2011 124 Jabran Said Wazar al Qahtani Saudi Arabia 125 Mohammed al Qahtani Saudi Arabia 126 Said Muhammad Husyan Qahtani Saudi Arabia 127 Khaled Qasim Yemen 128 Mansoor Muhammed Ali Qattaa Saudi Arabia 129 Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi Sudan 130 Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim al Qurashi Yemen 131 Mahrar Rafat al Quwari Palestinian Territories 132 Abdul Rahman Umir Al Qyati Yemen 133 Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani Pakistan 134 Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed Rabeii Yemen 135 Ali Ahmad Muhammad al Rahizi Yemen 136 Ali Yahya Mahdi al Raimi Yemen 137 Omar Mohammed Ali al Rammah Yemen 138 Mashur Abdallah Muqbil Ahmed al Sabri Yemen 139 Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman Yemen 140 Mohammed Ahmed Salam Yemen 141 Abdul al Saleh Yemen 142 Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh Yemen 143 Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser Yemen 144 Mohammed Ali Salem al Zarnuki Yemen 145 Abdul al Razzaq Muhammad Salih Yemen 146 Fahmi Salem Said al Sani Yemen 147 Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al Sawah Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina 148 Mutij Sadiz Ahmad Sayab Algeria 149 Ali Husein Shaaban Syria 150 Abdullah Yahia Yousf al Shabli Saudi Arabia 151 Abdul Rahman Shalabi Saudi Arabia 152 Mustafa Abdul Qawi Abdul Aziz al Shamyri Yemen 153 Zuhail Abdo Anam Said al Sharabi Yemen 154 Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi Saudi Arabia 155 Abdu Ali al Haji Sharqawi Yemen 156 Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri Morocco 157 Mohammad al Rahman al Shumrani Saudi Arabia 158 Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti Tunisia 159 Mohammed Mustafa Sohail Afghanistan 160 Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ali al Suadi Yemen 161 Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghityh Sulayman Yemen 162 Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman Yemen 163 Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan Palestinian Territories 164 Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan al Wady Yemen 165 Muktar Yahya Najee al Warafi Yemen 166 Abdul Haq Wasiq Afghanistan *Sources: New York Times database (http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held) and Center for Constitutional Rights (http://www.ccrjustice.org/GTMOscorecard). Detainees Held* at Guantanamo Bay 5 of 5 as of November 2011 167 al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed al Yafi Yemen 168 Ridah Bin Saleh al Yazidi Tunisia 169 Slah Muhamed Salih al Zabe Saudi Arabia 170 Abdul Zahir Afghanistan 171 Mohommod Zahir Afghanistan 172 Muhammed Murdi Issa al Zahrani Saudi Arabia 173 Walid Said Bin Said Zaid Yemen 174 Mohd Farik Bin Amin Zubair Malaysia 175 Abu Zubaydah Palestinian Territories *Sources: New York Times database (http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/held) and Center for Constitutional Rights (http://www.ccrjustice.org/GTMOscorecard)..
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