Ibrahim Bin Shakaran

Ibrahim Bin Shakaran is a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 587.

Ibrahim Bin Shakaran was repatriated to Moroccan custody on July 31, 2004, on the eve of the first Combatant Status Review Tribunals.^[2] The three other men were Mohammed Ibrahim Awzar, Mohammed Mizouz, and Radwan al Shakouri. The four were all charged by Moroccan authorities; then released on bail. The BBC reports a fifth man, Abdellah Tabarak was repatriated with the four others.^[3]

Association with Mana Shaman Allabardi Al Tabi

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Mana Shaman Allabardi Al Tabi's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 18 July 2005 stated^[4]:

One of the individuals the detainee was arrested with was named Ibrahim Bin Shakaran. Ibrahim Bin Shakran trained at the al Farouk training camp and fought on the Taliban front lines.

Moroccan arrest

According to Fox News "Brahim Benchekroun" and Mohammed Mazouz, and fifteen other Moroccans who were not former Guantanamo captives, were rounded up on November 11, 2005.^[5]

Defense Intelligence Agency claims he "returned to terrorism"

The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Ibrahim Bin Shakaran had "returned to terrorism".^[6] The DIA reported:

• that in September 2007 he was convicted in a Moroccan court for recruiting fighters for Al Qaida in Iraq in 2005;
• that he was working to create an al Qaida in the Lands of the Maghreb;
• that he was coordinating "sleeper cells" to go for training and return to Morocco.

References

1. ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-15. 
2. ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
3. ^ "Guantanamo sends Moroccans home". BBC. 2004-08-02. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F3528324.stm&date=2009-05-26. 
4. ^ OARDEC (18 July 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Tabi, Mana Shaman Allabardi". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 55–56. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000495-000594.pdf#55. Retrieved 2007-11-06. 
5. ^ "Morocco Dismantles Terror Network, Arrests 17". Fox News. November 20, 2005. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176173,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-01. 
6. ^ "Fact Sheet: Former GTMO Detainee Terrorism Trends" (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. 2008-06-13. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080613Returntothefightfactsheet.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-26.  mirror