Mahr Rafat Al Quwari Explained

Mahr Rafat Al Quwari
Birth Date:1965 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Detained At:Guantánamo
Id Number:US9WE-000519DP
Status:Transferred
Children:Two children
Religion:Sunni Islam

Mahr Rafat Al Quwari or Mahrar Rafat Al Quwari (born 18 February 1965) is a Palestinian who was detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to being accused of alliance to al-Qaeda. According to the United States Department of Defense, he was in charge of bookkeeping for supply and logistics operations of the al-Qaeda fighters in the Tora Bora mountains.[1] According to another source, he and other Arabs were kidnapped and detained by Afghan armed men for one month then he was turned over to US troops and rendered to Bagram and eventually to Guantanamo.[2] He was cleared for release in 2007 but never got out,[2] instead, he was transferred to Hungary in 2009.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Guantánamo Docket. The New York Times. 18 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Smart Phones: How to Protect Your Information and Identity. 9 October 2014. 17 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017111523/http://freedetainees.org/maher-rafat-al-quwari/. dead.