Bismillah (Guantanamo detainee 658)

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Bismullah is a citizen of Afghanistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.[1]

According to the list of Guantanamo detainees the Department of Defense released on May 15, 2006 Bismullah was from Oruzgan Province.[1] They said he was born in 1952. His detainee ID number is 658.

[edit] Release

Bismillah was one of 18 detainees released on March 25, 2003.[2][3][4]

Bismillah says he was woken at 2am, and taken into custody because he couldn't answer GI's questions because he was hard of hearing.

The summary of evidence from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Administrative Review Board hearings of the detainees captured following the ambush at Lejay, Afghanistan revealed that GIs considered hearing loss a confirming factor that a detainee was an enemy fighter, who had been deafened by firing weapons.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  2. ^ Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Complain of A Year Long Torture by US Military, Global Policy Forum, March 26, 2003
  3. ^ Afghans reveal Guantanamo ordeal, BBC, March 25, 2003
  4. ^ How Bush kicked the (expletive) out of the Geneva Conventions, Globe and Mail, March 26, 2003


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