User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/So called "dirty thirty"

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The allegations against Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi say he was a member of the "dirty thirty". Many other captives face allegations that they were captured with thirty other Arabs, fleeing the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan that don't explicitly comment on their hygiene, or lack thereof.

Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts singled out thirty captives, apprehended together by Pakistani border guards, on December 15, 2001.

JTF-GTMO analysts assert that the group contained suspected al Qaeda members and suspected Osama bin Laden bodyguards.

Former staff members at Guantanamo report that the "dirty thirty" were subjected to more extreme interrogation methods, including being stripped to their underwear, and then left shackled in rooms with the air-conditioning turned to maximum, where they were bombarded with extremely loud music, and strobe lights, for sessions lasting up to fourteen hours.[1][2]


[edit] Press accounts

There are some press reports that refer to the "dirty thirty".

[edit] Possible candidates

isn name notes
26 Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi
  • The detainee was recognized as one of UBL’s bodyguards and a member of his “dirty thirty” and a fighter in Tora Bora Afghanistan.[3]
30 Ahmed Umar Abdullah al Hikimi
  • The detainee was in Tora Bora and left the region with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.[4]
  • The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.[4]
32 Faruq Ali Ahmed
  • The Detainee was captured by Pakistani Forces as part of an organized group of 30 Mujhedeen after the fall of Tora Bora.[5]
38 Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi
  • The detainee was captured by Pakistani authorities along with thirty other Arabs, a number of them suspected of being bodyguards for Usama Bin Laden.[6]
40 Abdel Qadir Hussein Al Mudhaffari
  • The detainee was identified in Tora Bora and left the region with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.[7]
  • The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.[7]
  1. ^ Neil A. Lewis. "Prisoner abuse detailed at U.S. camp", International Herald Tribune, Monday October 18, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. "One intelligence official said most of the intense interrogation was focused on detainees known as the "Dirty Thirty," believed to be the best potential sources of information." 
  2. ^ Julian Borger. "Ex-Guantánamo Bay workers claim prisoner abuse was widespread", The Guardian, Monday October 18, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. "Yesterday's report quoted an intelligence official as saying that much of the harshest interrogation was focused on a "dirty thirty" of detainees, thought to represent the best potential sources of intelligence on al-Qaida." 
  3. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 26 pages 11-. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  4. ^ a b OARDEC (6 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah (released September 2007) page 29. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
  5. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf), from Faruq Ali Ahmed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - page 19 - September 8, 2004
  6. ^ OARDEC (May 4, 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh page51-53. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  7. ^ a b OARDEC (20 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Husayn page 44. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.