Jabran Said Wazar Al Qahtani
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- There are over half a dozen Guantanamo detainees named al Qahtani, including the similarly named detainee 650:: Jabir Hasan Muhamed Al Qahtani.
Jabran Said bin Al Qahtani is a Saudi who is detained in Camp Delta, at the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. Al Qahtani's detainee ID number is 696.[1]
On November 7, 2005, the United States charged Jabran and four other detainees. The Bush administration intends to prosecute these detainees before a military commission. Qahtani, Sufyian Barhoumi, Binyam Ahmed Muhammad, and Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi face conspiracy to murder charges. Omar Khadr faces both murder and conspiracy to murder charges.
Al Qahtani, Barhoumi and Al Sharbi have been dubbed "The Faisalabad Three".[2] The three were captured together with a senior member of the al Qaeda leadership, Abu Zubaydah, in a safehouse in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The three are believed to have been members of Zubaydah's entourage. All three keep insisting they want to defend themselves.
[edit] References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense
- ^ A Dilemma for the Defenders, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2006
[edit] External links
- charge sheets (.pdf)
- Commissions Transcripts, Exhibits, and Allied Papers
- US military charges Omar Khadr with murder, CTV, November 7, 2005
- US charges five Guantanamo detainees with war crimes, China Daily, November 7, 2005
- Canadian held at Guantanamo charged with murder, CBC, November 7, 2005
- Five More Guantanamo Detainees Charged, The Guardian, November 7, 2005
- Supreme Court to hear challenge to military commissions, San Francisco Mercury, November 7, 2005