List of Bosnian detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained

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.

Bosnian detainees in Guantanamo

	Name	Status	Notes
65		Transferred	Joint citizen of Kuwait and Bosnia.^[2] Testified he arrived in Bosnia after the civil war was over, as an aid worker. Testified he fell in love with a Bosnian woman, and took Bosnian citizenship. Testified he paid the official fee for becoming a citizen, but he believed the citizenship clerk had added him to the list of foreign fighters who had aided Bosnia during the civil war, so he could pocket the fee. The official fee for new citizens was waived for veterans.
535		Released	Allegedly attended a bomb-making course.^[3] Allegedly served on the front lines in Afghanistan. Acknowledges he had lived for a time in Bosnia, unclear if he was a citizen. He denied engaging in hostilities in Bosnia.^[4] Acknowledges providing military training in Afghanistan, but said that it was all prior to 9-11, so none of it was in violation of US laws. There is no record that he has been released—or that an Administrative Review Boards convened to conduct his annual review in 2005 or 2006.^[5] ^[6]
10001		Transferred	Originally charged, tried and acquitted of plotting to bomb the US embassy in Sarajevo, based on signals intelligence.^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] Apprehended and subjected to extraordinary rendition and held in extrajudicial detention by the USA after his acquittal.
10002		Transferred	Suspected of plotting to bomb the US embassy in Sarajevo.^[11] Told his Tribunal that his interrogators refused to interrogate him over the alleged Embassy bombing plot.^[12] ^[13]
10003		Transferred	Allegedly has ties to the Algerian Islamic Group.^[14] Suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the US embassy in Sarajevo.
10004		Transferred
10005		Transferred
10006		Transferred

See also

• Algerian Six

External links

• News: Six years from home – Guantánamo detainees from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amnesty International. 18 January 2008. 2008-01-18. 2008-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20080122031116/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/six-years-home-guantanamo-detainees-bosnia-and-herzegovina-20080118. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. OARDEC. OARDEC. United States Department of Defense. May 15, 2006. 2007-09-29.
2. http://wid.ap.org/documents/detainees/omarrajabamin.pdf documents (.pdf)
3. Web site: Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Sawah, Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed . 25 August 2004 . 59–60 . OARDEC . OARDEC . . 2008-01-19 . 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. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080227125318/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000500-000599.pdf#59 . 27 February 2008.
4. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_44_2922-3064.pdf#82 Summarized transcripts (.pdf)
5. Web site: Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One . OARDEC . OARDEC . . August 9, 2007 . 2007-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071026130459/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf . October 26, 2007.
6. Web site: Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two . OARDEC . OARDEC . . July 17, 2007 . 2007-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071026130524/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_2_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf . October 26, 2007.
7. https://www.theguardian.com/waronterror/story/0,1361,565648,00.html Man linked to Bin Laden arrested in Bosnia
8. http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=hen&s=o&o=archive/bcr2/bcr2_20011207_2_eng.txt Bosnia: Algerian Trial Jeopardised
9. https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,655717,00.html Terrorist material found in Sarajevo charity raid
10. http://www.nci.org/02/06f/16-02.htm The Next Wave: Dirty-bomb, car-bomb, boat-bomb, bomb plots—meet the new al-Qaeda men, less polished than the 9/11 crew, but any less lethal?
11. Web site: 75–76. Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal Lahmar, Sabir Mahfouz. September 23, 2004. Department of Defense. Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants. Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants. 2007-08-19. 2017-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170131162434/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_13_22245-22523.pdf#75. dead.
12. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_7_0741-0887.pdf#16 Summarized transcripts (.pdf)
13. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_13_22245-22523.pdf#115 Summarized transcript (.pdf)
14. http://wid.ap.org/documents/detainees/nechle.pdf#32 Allegations from the "Summary of Evidence" (.pdf)