Mauritanians held in Guantanamo

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The number of Mauritanians held in Guantanamo Bay detainment camps is a matter of dispute. The United States released what they called a full list of all the detainees who have been held in military custody in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] But there are a number of individuals who there is reason to believe were detained in Guantanamo who are missing from this list.

Main article: Guantanamo detainees missing from the official list

Amnesty International reports that a teenager from Mauretania, Mohammed Al Amin, was captured and detained in Bagram and Guantanamo. The names of the Mauretanians the USA acknowledges holding are Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz and Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad.

WTOP reports that one of the Mauretanians held in Guantanamo was handed over to the USA by former leader Maaouya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya.^[2]

[edit] Missing records

[edit] Known Guantanamo captives from Mauritia

isn	name	page numbers	notes
706	Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad	CSRT allegations 72 CSRT transcript 91 habeas documents 80-101 ARB 1 allegations 6-7 ARB 1 transcript 75-76	Did not attend either his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, or his first Administrative Review Board hearing. A Mauritiation captive named "Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Mohamed" was repatriated on Friday September 28, 2007.[3]
757	Ahmed Abdel Aziz
760	Mohamedou Ould Slahi

[edit] References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ Mauritania Leader Aims to Avoid Oil Curse, WTOP, April 23, 2006 - mirror
3. ^ "Guantanamo Bay inmate handed over to Mauritanian govt", Afriquenligne, September 28, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.