List of Moroccan detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained

Conflict:	Moroccan Guantanamo detainees
Date:	January 11, 2002 – Present
Place:	Guantanamo Bay detention camps, Cuba

There have been approximately fifteen Moroccans detained in Guantanamo. The United States maintained over 750 captives in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] Different sources offer different estimates of the number of Moroccans who have been held.The US Department of Defense released what they called an official list of all the detainees who had been held in military custody in Guantanamo. It lists fifteen Moroccan detainees.

List of Moroccan Guantanamo detainees

	name	place of birth	date of birth	arrival date	transfer date	notes
			1955-12-12	2002-01-17	2003-07-01	The Washington Post reported that on February 2, 2004 General Geoffrey Miller told the Red Cross that Tabarak was the sole remaining detainee they would not be allowed access to. On July 24, 2008, during Salim Ahmed Hamdan's Guantanamo Military Commission, it was revealed that Hamdan had informed his interrogators that "Abdellah Tabarak" was the leader of Osama bin Laden bodyguards.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] Repatriated to Morocco in 2004.
		Targuist	1972-10-02	2002-02-08	2005-07-18	Originally identified as Reswan A. Abdesalam.^[5] His real identity was revealed through his fingerprints. Alleged to have ties to Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, a mastermind of the Madrid bombing. Extradited to stand trial in Spain on July 18, 2005. Acquitted on October 11, 2006.^[6]
		Settat	1978-09-28	2002-02-07	2006-02-07	Sentenced to three years for falsifying documents.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
		Selouane	1966-12-16	2002-01-21	2006-02-07
		Khouribga	1979-09-28	2002-01-20	2004-07-31	There is no record that a CSR Tribunal was convened for this captive.
150			May 5, 1968	2002-02-07	2008-04-30	Alleged to have been associated with Al Wafa, and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Alleged to have attended military training camps in Afghanistan.
		Casablanca	1981-02-14	2002-01-15	2006-10-11	Alleged to have attended a military training camp in Afghanistan.
		Safi	1968-04-05	2002-05-01	2015-09-16	Alleged to be associated with the Moroccan Islamic Fighting Group and Jama'at Al-Tablighi.^[10] Reported to have been repatriated on 12 October 2006,^[11] and again on 16 September 2015.^[12] Had a thirty-day protective order showing he was still in Guantanamo on 15 July 2008.^[13]
			1965-03-04	2002-02-08	2006-02-07	Claimed he was beaten into uttering false confessions.^[14]
			1965-03-04	2002-05-03	2021-07-19
			1973-12-31	2002-06-14	2004-07-31	Repatriated to Morocco in August 2004 with four other Moroccans.^[15] Released on parole, but subsequently re-arrested on November 11, 2005. Mizouz reported guards had urinated on the Koran.^[16] ^[17]
		Safi	1972-02-12	2002-05-01	2004-07-31
			1977-12-11	2002-05-05	2004-03-09
			1979-08-04	2002-05-03	2004-07-31	Repatriated to Morocco in August 2004 with four other Moroccans. Released on parole, but subsequently re-arrested on November 11, 2005.
		Tangier	1966-03-16	2002-06-14	2007-04-28	An investigator hired by Rashidi's lawyer was able to find pay stubs that proved Rashidi was working as a chef in London when American intelligence analysts alleged he was attending the al Farouq training camp, in Afghanistan.^[18]

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. News: Detainee on trial said boss left Guantanamo . . 2008-07-24 . 2008-07-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080802185733/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iS6CxsVETGqgSWUvA-G-K2QyVvnAD924K4SG0 . 2008-08-02.
3. News: U.S. had top al-Qaida guard, let him go free . . Carol Rosenberg . Carol Rosenberg . 2008-07-25 . 2008-07-25 . Chief among them was Casablanca-born Abdallah Tabarak, then 47, described by St. Ours as 'a hard individual,' and, thanks to Hamdan, 'the head bodyguard of all the bodyguards.' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080731070856/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008071963_gitmo25.html . 2008-07-31.
4. News: Ho Hum Hamdan . . Andrew Cohen . Andrew Cohen (legal analyst) . 2008-07-25 . 2008-07-25 . ...the only true news to have emerged so far from the trial is a colossal embarrassment to the government and has nothing to do with Hamdan. Evidently, Hamdan told his interrogators years ago that they had released from Gitmo (back to Morocco) a "hard guy" terror suspect named Abdellah Tabarak. Oops. Bet the Administration would rather have Tabarak on trial than Hamdan. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081204131630/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/25/opinion/courtwatch/main4292911.shtml . 2008-12-04.
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002473_pf.html 3 Guantanamo Detainees Freed
6. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/11/europe/EU_GEN_Spain_Guantanamo_Detainee.php Spanish court acquits Moroccan who was held at Guantanamo
7. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/11/morocco-sentences-three-former.php Morocco sentences three former Guantanamo detainees
8. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061111/D8LB35BO0.html Morocco Jails 3 Ex-Guantanamo Detainees
9. https://archive.today/20120809174454/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/06E7D0A5-5839-4BBA-B59B-7A0A2FDF8D72.htm Rabat jails ex-Guantanamo detainees
10. http://www.dod.mil/pub/foi/detainees/csrt_Mar05.pdf Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)
11. News: 10th Moroccan detainee transferred home from Guantanamo . . 2005-10-23 . 2008-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519220418/http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/ap/2006/10/23/africa/AF_GEN_Morocco_Guantanamo.php . 2011-05-19.
12. Web site: Guantánamo sends Moroccan prisoner home. Miami Herald.
13. Web site: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 64 -- PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR 30-DAY NOTICE OF REMOVAL OR TRANSFER . . Jan K. Kitchel . Jan K. Kitchel . 2008-07-15 . 2008-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309211105/http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/64/0.pdf . 2012-03-09.
14. Summarized transcripts (.pdf)
15. News: Morocco Dismantles Terror Network, Arrests 17. Fox News. November 20, 2005. 2008-03-01.
16. News: Al Qaeda Detainee's Mysterious Release: Moroccan Spoke Of Aiding Bin Laden During 2001 Escape. A01. Washington Post. Craig Whitlock. Craig Whitlock. January 30, 2006. 2008-03-03. Moroccan interrogators visited Tabarak and other Moroccan detainees at Guantanamo on two occasions and urged them to cooperate, according to his attorney and two fellow prisoners. 'They came to see us and brought us coffee and sandwiches,' said Mohammed Mazouz, one of the Moroccans who was later released with Tabarak. 'But the Americans, they would just abuse us.'.
17. News: The Americans urinated on the Qur'an and sexually abused us. Center for the study of Human Rights in the Americas. April 11, 2005. 2008-03-03.
18. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/14/factual_errors_cited_in_cases_against_detainees/ Factual errors cited in cases against detainees: Lawyers demand new trial system at Guantanamo

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