Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al Karim

Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al Karim is a citizen of Iraq who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] Al Karim's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 653.

Arkan Mohammad Ghafil al Karim was transferred to Iraq on January 17, 2009.[2]

Prisoner of the Taliban

Al Karim was one of nine former Taliban prisoners the Associated Press pointed out had gone from Taliban custody to American custody.[3]

Further information: American prisoners who were also Taliban prisoners

References

  1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  2. ^ "Arkan Mohammad Ghafil al Karim - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/653-arkan-mohammad-ghafil-al-karim. 
  3. ^ Paul Haven (June 30, 2007). "From Taliban jail to Gitmo – hard-luck prisoners tell of unending ordeal". San Diego Union Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070630-0908-guantanamo-alwaysaprisoner.html. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 

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