Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad
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Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad is a citizen of Morocco, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] Ahmad's Guantanamo detainee ID is 56. The Department of Defense reports that Ahmad was born on December 12, 1955, in Casablanca, Morocco.
Tabarak is alleged to have been one of Osama bin Laden's guards.[2] He is alleged to have volunteered to have taken bin Laden's satellite phone, in order to sacrifice himself, by diverting the attention of US authorities, allowing bin Laden to escape from Tora Bora.
The Red Cross reported that Tabarak was one of the detainees that they were not allowed access to.[3]
A memo from a meeting held on October 9, 2003 summarizing a meeting between General Geoffrey Miller and his staff and Vincent Cassard of the ICRC, acknowledged that camp authorities were not permitting the ICRC to have access to Ahmad, due to "military necessity".[4]
A story published in the Washington Post on January 29, 2006 reported that Tabarak's release was mysterious,[5] It reported that on February 2, 2004 General Geoffrey Miller told the Red Cross that Tabarak was the sole remaining detainee they would not be allowed access to. It reported that Moroccan authorities described Tabarak as the emir of Guantanamo.
Tabarak was repatriated to Moroccan custody.[6][7]
The BBC reported, on December 20, 2004, that Tabarak and his four fellow Moroccans were brought up on charges before a Moroccan court.[8] The five are accused of belonging to a criminal gang and for failing to report criminal plans to the state.[9] Tabarak was released on bail.
[edit] References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ Captive helped trick US while bin Laden escaped, Sydney Morning Herald, January 22, 2003
- ^ Camp X-ray memos tell of life in the cages, Sydney Morning Herald, June 14, 2004
- ^ ICRC Meeting with MG Miller on 09 Oct 2003 (.pdf), Department of Defense, October 9, 2003
- ^ Al Qaeda Detainee's Mysterious Release: Moroccan Spoke Of Aiding Bin Laden During 2001 Escape', Washington Post, January 29, 2006
- ^ A trial without a case: Moroccan Ex-Guantanamo detainees' hearing postponed to March 7, Morocco Times, February 23, 2005
- ^ Guantanamo sends Moroccans home, BBC, August 4, 2004
- ^ 'Bin Laden guard' back on trial, BBC, December 20, 2004
- ^ Judge releases 'Bin Laden guard', BBC, December 21, 2004
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