User:Geo Swan/gitmo/Algerian Six
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The Algerian six were six Algerians, living in Bosnia, who fell under suspicion of plotting to bomb the American Embassy.
The Algerians were arrested, tried, acquited, in Bosnian courts. Nevertheless they were subsequently captured by American security officials and transported to detention in Camp Delta in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Five of the six were naturalized Bosnian citizens:
- Boudella al Hajj, an Iman and manager of Bosnian orphanages.
[edit] Testimony of Boudella al Hajj at his Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Al Hajj testified before his Combatant Status Review Tribunal on October 18, 2004. The summary of the testimony of Al Hajj, and the three witnesses he called, the three other Algerians he knew personally, consumed 25 pages.
Al Hajj, and his fellow Algerians, assured the Tribunal officers that they had no idea the allegations
a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida:
- The detainee was arrested with XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, a known al Qaida associate, for International Terrorism by the Bosnian-Herzegovina authorities.
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX had phone conversations with Abu Zubayday, a senior aide to Usama Bin Laden, who was in charge of screening recruits for al Qaida training camps in Afghanistan.
- The detainee and others acted as an organizaed terrorist group and they were in contact with known al Qaida member, Abu Zubaydah.
- Detainee was arrested by Bosnian authorities in connection with a planned attack on the American embassy.
- Detainee is a member of the Mujahadin network. Also, detainee is likely a member of Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, a militant organization.
- Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, a militant organization.
- Armed Islamic Group of Algeria is on the list of sympathizers and helpers of Usama Bin Laden's al Qaida.
