The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding approximately a dozen Bosnian citizens detained at Guantanamo Bay.[1]
A total of 778 detainees have been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002. The camp population peaked in 2004 to approximately 660. Only 19 new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of December 2023[update], 30 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.[2]
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65 | Omar Rajab Amin |
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535 | Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al Sawah |
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10001 | Bensayah Belkacem |
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10002 | Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar |
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10003 | Mohammed Nechle |
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10004 | Mustafa Ait Idr |
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10005 | Lakhdar Boumediene |
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10006 | Hadj Boudella |
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Detainee admits that he attended explosives training at Al Farouq training camp and went on to be a trainer on IED components at Tarnak Farms.
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Total of 790 detainees, according to the Guantanamo Docket[1]. |
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