Names of the Detained in Guantanamo Bay



The Pentagon has declined to identify the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, most of whom were captured in Afghanistan during and after the 2001 war there. Below is the largest list of names made public thus far, encompassing: 367 men whose identities have appeared in media reports, on Arabic Web sites and in legal documents. Some names came from family members of detainees who have sent letters home through the International Committee of the Red Cross. Seventy-three people on the list have been sent back to their home countries for further detention or for release. They are marked with an "R." Several of those have been interviewed by reporters.

Many names came from two Web sites that monitor the status of Guantanamo detainees: the Arabic-language Alasra (www.alasra.org) and the Britain-based CagePrisoners (www.cageprisoners.com). Alasra lists 202 names and CagePrisoners about 330. The two sites, which advocate the release of the detainees, have published lists of names, photographs and documents provided by families. Alasra is registered to an unknown individual in Saudi Arabia, and CagePrisoners is registered to a group of Muslim computer programmers based in Britain. Sixty-two names came from an official publication of the Yemeni Defense Ministry in January, and the names of 58 Pakistanis were published by a Pakistani newspaper in October 2002. In that same month, al Qaeda supporters in  Afghanistan distributed a list naming "57 al Qaeda members" who were prisoners at Guatanamo.

How the Names Made the List

For two years, Washington Post research editor Margot Williams has been compiling the names and countries of origin of detainees from unofficial, public sources: news accounts, legal documents, interviews with attorneys and relatives, and information from detainee support sites on the Web. The Post is printing only names that it has verified from a single reputable source or multiple sources. Some names have been transliterated from Arabic or have alternative spellings.

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the list appears with three focal points:  name, nationality, and "R" if released.


Afghanistan

Name  Nationality  Released
Abasin, Said; Afghanistan R
Agha, Ismail Afghanistan R
Ali, Sahibzada Usman Afghanistan R
Aslam, Noor  Afghanistan R
Barak  Afghanistan R
Ehsannullah, Afghanistan R
Farooq, Muhammad Naim Afghanistan R
Fazil or Fadhil, Mullah Afghanistan
Ghulab, Sher Afghanistan R
Gul, Lall Afghanistan R
Gul, Nate Afghanistan R
Khairkhwa, Khairullah Afghanistan
Khan, Alif Afghanistan R
Khan, Aziz Afghanistan R
Khan, Haji Mohammed Afghanistan R
Khan, Juma Afghanistan
Khan, Merza Afghanistan R
Koochi, Naeem Afghanistan
Mazloom, Fazel Afghanistan
Mohammed Afghanistan R
Mohammed, Hajii Faiz Afghanistan R
Mohammed, Jan Afghanistan R
Mohammed, Wazir Afghanistan
Muhammad, Mirza Afghanistan
Naqibullah Afghanistan R
Osman, Haji Afghanistan R
Osman, Mohammad Afghanistan R
Rahman, Asadullah Afghanistan R
Raouf, Mullah Abdel Afghanistan
Razeq, Abdul Afghanistan R
Rehman, Abdul Afghanistan R
Rustam, Afghanistan
Sarajudim Afghanistan R
Shah, Rostum Afghanistan R
Shah, Sliman Afghanistan R
Shah, Sulaiman Afghanistan R
Shehzada, Mullah Afghanistan R
Sidiq, Mohammed Afghanistan R
Sidiq, Muhammad Afghanistan R
Tahir, Mohammad Afghanistan R
Ullah, Asad Afghanistan
Wali, Badshah Afghanistan R
Wazir, Mohammed Afghanistan R
Zaeef, Mohammed Afghanistan


Algeria

Name Nationality   Released

Abdullah, Abu Algeria
Ait Idir, Mustapha Algeria
Belkacem, Bensayah Algeria
Boumediene, Lakhdar Algeria
El Hadj, Boudella Algeria
Lahmar, Saber Algeria
Nechla, Mohamed Algeria
Zemiri, Ahcene Algeria

 
Australia
Name Nationality 

Habib, Mamdouh Australia
Hicks, David Australia
 
 

Bahrain
Name Nationality 

Al Blooshi, Salah Abdul Rasool Bahrain
Al Dossary, Juma Mohammed Bahrain
Al Khalifa, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim, Bahrain
Al Merbati, Isa, Bahrain
Al Naimi, Abdulla Majid Bahrain
Hajii , Adil Kamel Abdullah Bahrain
 
 

Belgium
Name Nationality 

Zemmouri, Moussa Belgium
 
 

Canada
Name Nationality Released

Khadr, Abdur Rahman Canada R
Khadr, Omar Canada
 

Denmark
Name Nationality 

Abderrahmane, Slimane Hadj Denmark R
 
 

Egyptian
Name Nationality 

Meshad, Sherif Egyptian
Rahman, Ahmed Abdel Egyptian
 
 

France
Name Nationality 

Benchellali, Mourad  France
Kanouni, Imad  France
Mustafa, Khaled ben France
Ridouane, Khalid France
Sassi, Nizar  France
Yadel, Brahim France
 
 

France/India?
Name 

Patel, Mustaq Ali France/India?
 

Iraq
Name Nationality 

Al Rawi, Bisher  Iraq
 

Jordan
Name Nationality

Al Asmar, Khalid Jordan
Al Banna, Jamil Jordan
Asnar, Khalid Jordan
Azzam, Hussein Jordan
Nabaytah, Hassan Jordan
 

Kuwait
Name Nationality 

Al Ajmi, Abdullah Saleh Ali Kuwait
Al Azmi, Saad Madai Saad Kuwait
Al Dihani, Mohammed Funaitel Kuwait
Al Kandari, Abdullah kamel bin Abdullah Kamal Kuwait
Al Kandari, Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Kuwait
Al Mutairi, Khalid Abdullah Mishal Kuwait
Al Mutairi, Nasser Nijer Naser Kuwait
Al Odah, Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Kuwait
Al Rabiah, Fwad Mahmoud Kuwait
Al Shammari, Abdulaziz SayerOwain Kuwait
Al Zamil, Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Kuwait
Amin, Omar Rajab Kuwait
 

Libya
Name Nationality 
Gherebi, Falen Libya
 
 
Maldives
Name Nationality 

Fauzee, Ibrahim Maldives
 
 

Mauritania
Name Nationality

Ould Slahi, Mouhamedou Mauritania
 

Morocco
Name Nationality 

Abdullah, Ahmad Morocco
Abdullah, Noorudeen Morocco
Abdulsalam, Reswan, Morocco
Al Ilmi, Muhammad Morocco
Al Shaqoori, Usamah Morocco
Al Shaqoori, Yunus Morocco
Ali, Abu Sana Morocco
Aouzar, Mohamed Morocco
Bajadiyah, Saeed Morocco
Binmoojan, Muhammad Morocco
Feroze, Muhammad Morocco
Ikassrien, Lahcen Morocco
Shaqroon, Ibrahim bin Morocco
Tabarak, Abdallah Morocco
 

Pakistan
Name Nationality Released

Abbas, Muhammad  Pakistan
Ahmad, Ali Pakistan R
Ahmad, Ejaz  Pakistan
Ahmed, Sarfaraz  Pakistan
Ali, Sarfraz  Pakistan
Ali, Syed Saim  Pakistan
Amin, Aminullah  Pakistan
Ansar, Muhammad,  Pakistan R
Anwar, Muhammad  Pakistan
Ashraf, Muhammad  Pakistan
Ayub, Haseeb  Pakistan
Dad, Fazal  Pakistan
Hanif, Muhammad  Pakistan
Iilyas, Muhammad  Pakistan
Iqbal, Faid or Faiq Pakistan R
Iqbal, Zafar  Pakistan
Irfan, Muhammad  Pakistan
Ishaq, Muhammad  Pakistan R
Jamaluddin, Muhammad Pakistan R
Jan, Aziaullah  Pakistan
Khan, Alef  Pakistan R
Khan, Aziz  Pakistan
Khan, Badshah  Pakistan
Khan, Ejaz Ahmad  Pakistan R
Khan, Hamood ullah  Pakistan
Khan, Issa Pakistan
Khan, Muhammad Ejaz  Pakistan
Khan, Muhammad Kashif Pakistan R
Khan, Tariq Aziz Pakistan R
Kifayatullah  Pakistan
Manzoor, Hafiz Liaqat  Pakistan R
Maula, Abdul Pakistan R
Mehmood, Majid  Pakistan R
Mehmood, Talli  Pakistan R
Muhammad, Ali  Pakistan
Muhammad, Shah Pakistan R
Naseer, Muneer bin  Pakistan
Nauman, Muhammad  Pakistan
Omar, Muhammad  Pakistan
Rafiq, Muhammad  Pakistan
Rahim, Abdul Pakistan
Raza, Abid  Pakistan
Raza, Muhammad Arshad  Pakistan
Razaq, Abdul/Abdur Pakistan R
Rehman, Abdul  Pakistan
Rehman, Hafiz Khalil ur  Pakistan
Rehman, Sajid-ur Pakistan R
Saeed, Hafiz Ehsan  Pakistan
Saeed, Muhammad  Pakistan
Safeesi, Abdul Sattar  Pakistan
Sagheer, Muhammad  Pakistan R
Salahuddin, Ghazi Pakistan R
Sattar, Abdul  Pakistan
Shah, Syed Zia Hussain  Pakistan
Sultan, Zahid  Pakistan
Tariq, Muhammad Pakistan
Tariq, Muhammad  Pakistan
Wali, Jehan/Jan Pakistan R
Zaman, Badar uz  Pakistan
Zaman, Qaisir Pakistan R
 
 

Russia
Name Nationality Released

Akhmyarov, Rustam Russia R
Gumarov, Ravil Russia R
Ishmuradov, Timur Russia R
Khazhiyev, Shamil Russia R
Kudayev, Rasul Russia R
Mingazov, Ravil Russia
Odigov, Ruslan Russia R
Vakhitov, Aryat Russia R
 
 

Saudi Arabia
Name Nationality Released

Aamer, Shaker Abdur-Raheem Saudi Arabia
Al Anazi, Abdullah Saudi Arabia
Al Areeni, Khalid Saudi Arabia
Al Aseemi, Fahd Sultan Ubaid Saudi Arabia
Al Aushan, Abdul Aziz Sad, Saudi Arabia
Al Aushan, Salih bin Abdullah Saudi Arabia
Al Aushan, Salman Saudi Arabia
Al Badaah, Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman Saudi Arabia
Al Bahooth, Ziyad bin Salih bin Muhammad Saudi Arabia
Al Barakati, Khalid Saudi Arabia
Al Fawzan, Fahd Fawzan Saudi Arabia
Al Fifi, Jaber Saudi Arabia
Al Fouzan, Fahd Saudi Arabia
Al Ghamdi, Abdur Rahman Uthman Saudi Arabia
Al Ghamdi, Khalaf Awad Saudi Arabia
Al Ghamdi, Saeed Farhah Saudi Arabia
Al Ghamdi, Zaid Saudi Arabia
Al Ghanimi, Abdullah Muhammad Salih Saudi Arabia
Al Habardi, Mane Shaman Saudi Arabia
Al Harbi or Hahrbi, Mish Saudi Arabia
Al Harbi, Ibrahim Daifullah Saudi Arabia
Al Harbi, Tariq Saudi Arabia
Al Jowfi, Rashid Saudi Arabia
Al Juaid, Rami Sad Saudi Arabia
Al Judaan, Hamood Saudi Arabia
Al Juhani, Badr Saudi Arabia
Al Juhdali, Ziyad Saudi Arabia
Al Jutaili, Fahd bin Salih bin Sulaiman Saudi Arabia
Al Kaabi, Jamil Ali, Saudi Arabia
Al Khalafi or Khalaqi, Asim Saudi Arabia
Al Khalidi, Sulaiman Saudi Arabia
Al Khowlani, Idrees Saudi Arabia
Al Maaliki, Sad Saudi Arabia
Al Marrah, Khalid Saudi Arabia
Al Matrafi, Abdullah Saudi Arabia
Al Mosleh, Abdullah Hamid Saudi Arabia
Al Muraqi, Khalid bin Abdullah Saudi Arabia
Al Musa, Abdul Wahab Saudi Arabia
Al Nasir, Ibrahim Muhammad Saudi Arabia
Al Nukhailan, Naif Saudi Arabia
Al Nur, Anwar Hamdan Saudi Arabia
Al Nusairi, Adil Uqla Hasan Saudi Arabia
Al Omar, Wasm Awad Al Wasm Saudi Arabia
Al Omari, Musa bin Ali bin Saeed Saudi Arabia
Al Qaaid, Rashid Saudi Arabia
Al Qahtani, Abdullah Hamid al Muslih Saudi Arabia
Al Qahtani, Jaber Hasan Saudi Arabia
Al Qahtani, Mohamed Saudi Arabia
Al Qahtani, Sad Saudi Arabia
Al Qurashi, Muhammad Abdur-Rahman Abid Saudi Arabia
Al Rabeesh, Yusuf Saudi Arabia
Al Sabeei, Abdul Hadi Muhammad Saudi Arabia
Al Sabeei, Abdullah Saudi Arabia
Al Sabeei, Muhammad Jayid Saudi Arabia
Al Sayegh, Adnan Muhammad Ali Saudi Arabia
Al Shabani, Fahd Abdullah Saudi Arabia
Al Shahrani, Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman Saudi Arabia
Al Shaibani, Bandar Saudi Arabia
Al Shammari, Majid Afas Radi Al Tumi Saudi Arabia
Al Shammari, Zain Saudi Arabia
Al Shamri, Anwar Hamdan al Noor Saudi Arabia
Al Shareef, Fahd Umar Saudi Arabia
Al Shareef, Sultan Saudi Arabia
Al Sharikh, Abdul Hadi Saudi Arabia
Al Sharikh, Abdur Razaq Saudi Arabia
Al Shehri, Abdus Salam Ghaithan Saudi Arabia
Al Shehri, Saeed Ali Jabir ale Khuthaim Saudi Arabia
Al Shehri, Salim Saudi Arabia
Al Shehri, Yusuf Muhammad Saudi Arabia
Al Umar, Ibrahim bin Umar Saudi Arabia
Al Unzi, Abdullah Thani Faris Al Sulami Saudi Arabia
Al Unzi, Khalid Saudi Arabia
Al Unzi, Rakan Saudi Arabia
Al Unzi, Sultan Sari Saail Saudi Arabia
Al Utaibi, Bajad bin Daifillah Saudi Arabia
Al Utaibi, Bandar Saudi Arabia
Al Utaibi, Muhammad Suroor Saudi Arabia
Al Utaibi, Naif Fahd Al Aseemi Saudi Arabia
Al Zahrani, Khalid Saudi Arabia
Al Zahrani, Sad Ibrahim Ramzi al-Jundubi Saudi Arabia
Al Zahrani, Yasser Talal Saudi Arabia
Aseeri, Turki Mashawi Zayid Ale Jabali Saudi Arabia
Bukhari, Abdul Hakeem Saudi Arabia
Fouzan, Fahed Saudi Arabia
Ghazi, Fahd Abdullah Ahmad Saudi Arabia
Hamza, Abu Saudi Arabia
Joaid, Abdul Rahman Saudi Arabia
Muqaddam, Murtada Saudi Arabia
Noor, Yusuf Khaleel Saudi Arabia
Saud, Abu Saudi Arabia
 
 

Spain
Name Nationality Released

Ahmed, Hamed Abderrahman, Spain R
 
 

Sudan
Name Nationality Released

Ahmad, Rashid Hasan Sudan R
Al Haj, Sami Sudan
Al Qosi, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Sudan
Babikir, Muhammad al Ghazali  Sudan R
 
 

Sweden
Name Nationality

Ghezali, Mehdi Muhammed Sweden
 
 

Tajikistan
Name Nationality 

Nabiyev, Yusuf Tajikistan
Sharofov, Rukmiddin Tajikistan
Vohidov, Muqim Tajikistan
 
 

Tunisia
Name Nationality

Hkimi, Adel Tunisia
Lagah, Lofti Ben Suihi Tunisia
Mamrouk, Adel Ben Hamida Tunisia
Nasri, Riadh Mohammad Tunisia
Ridha, Yazidi Tunisia
Sassi, Mohammed Ben Sala  Tunisia
 
 

Turkey
Name Nationality Released

Bayifkan, Lutfi  Turkey
Celik, Abdullah Turkey
Celikgogus, Yuksel Turkey R
Eksi, Mustafa Turkey
Kurnaz, Murat Turkey
Mert, Nuri Turkey R
Sen, Ibrahim Turkey
Sen, Mesut Turkey
Uyar, Salih Turkey
Uzel, Turgut Turkey
 
 

Uganda
Name Nationality

Abdullah, Jamal, Uganda
 
 

United Kingdom
Name Nationality Released

Abbasi, Feroz, United Kingdom
Ahmed, Ruhal United Kingdom R
Al-Harith, Jamal Udeen United Kingdom R
Begg, Moazzam United Kingdom
Belmar, Richard United Kingdom
Dergoul, Tarek United Kingdom R
Iqbal, Asif United Kingdom R
Mubanga, Martin United Kingdom
Rasul, Shafiq United Kingdom R
 

United States
Name Nationality 

Hamdi, Yasir Esam United States
 

Unknown
Arbaish, Khalid bin Suleiman Unknown
Deghayes, Omar Unknown
Maimoundi, Hassan Unknown
Yemen
Name      Nationality     Released

Abdulraheem, Othman Yemen
Al Adahi, Mohamed Yemen
Al Asadi, Mohamed Ahmed Yemen
Al Askari, Mohsin Ali Yemen
Al Assani, Fahmi Salem Yemen
Al Azraq, Majid Hamoud Yemen
Al Baasi, Mohsin Abdullah Yemen
Al Bahlul, Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman Yemen
Al Baidhani, Abdulkhaliq Yemen
Al Darbi, Ahmed, Yemen
Al Dhabbi, Khalid Mohamed Saleh Yemen
Al Dhabi, Salah Mohamed Saleh Yemen
Al Dini, Omar Saeed Yemen
Al Ghaith, Abdurahman ba Yemen
Al Habashi, Raafat Yemen
Al Haimi, Basheer Al Marwali, Yemen
Al Haj, Sarqawi Yemen
Al Hamd, Adel Saleh, Yemen
Al Hassan, Sameer Naji Yemen
Al Kazimi, Ali Nasser, Yemen
Al Kouri, Farouq Ahmed, Yemen
Al Madhoni, Musaab Yemen
Al Matari, Fahd Al Haimi, Yemen
Al Muhajiri, Abdulmajeed, Yemen
Al Mujahid, Mahmoud Abdulaziz Yemen
Al Qadasi, Khalid Massah Yemen
Al Rabahi, Abdullah Ameen, Yemen
Al Rahabi, Abdulmalik Abdulwahhab, Yemen
Al Raimi, Ali Yahya Mahdi Yemen
Al Raimi, Ismail Ali Yemen
Al Salami, Ali Abdullah, Yemen
Al Salami, Saleh Abdullah Yemen
Al Samh, Adil Abu, Yemen
Al Sarim, Saeed Ahmed Yemen
Al Shamiri, Mustafa Yemen
Al Siblie, Abdullah Yahya Yousuf, Yemen
Al Suwaidi, Abdulaziz, Yemen
Al Towlaqi, Fahmi, Yemen
Al Warifi, Mukhtaar Yemen
Al Yafii, Al Khadir Abdullah, Yemen
Al Zuhairi, Ahmed Zaid, Yemen
Amro, Jalal Salem bin Yemen
Anaam, Suhail Abdo Yemen
Aqeel, Sulaiman bin Yemen
Batarfi, Ayman Saeed Yemen
Ghanem, Mohamed Ragab Abu Yemen
Hamada, Mohamed Yemen
Hamdan, Salim Ahmed Yemen
Hamdoon, Zahir Omar bin Yemen
Hatem, Saeed Yemen
Khasraf, Mohamed Nasser Yahya Abdullah Yemen
Mujarrad, Talal Ahmed Mohamed Yemen
Murshid, Ayoub Yemen
Omar, Othman Ali Yemen
Qaid, Yaseen Yemen
Qassim, Khalid Ahmed Yemen
Quraish, Nasr Abdullah Yemen
Rashid, Hani Saleh Yemen
Salman, Mohamed bin Yemen
Shaalan, Hani Abdo Muslih Yemen
Utain, Riyad Yemen
Wazeer, Abdullah ba Yemen

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