List of Moroccan detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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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. 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
| isn | name | place of birth | date of birth | arrival date | transfer date | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad | Casablanca | 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. Repatriated to Morocco in 2004. |
| 72 | Lahcen Ikassrien | Targuist | 1972-10-02 | 2002-02-08 | 2005-07-18 | Originally identified as Reswan A. Abdesalam. 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. |
| 75 | Najib Mohammad Lahassimi | Settat | 1978-09-28 | 2002-02-07 | 2006-02-07 | Sentenced to three years for falsifying documents. |
| 123 | Muhammad Hussein Ali Hassan | Selouane | 1966-12-16 | 2002-01-21 | 2006-02-07 | |
| 133 | Mohamed Ibrahim Awzar | Khouribga | 1979-09-28 | 2002-01-20 | 2004-07-31 | There is no record that a CSR Tribunal was convened for this captive. |
| 150 | Said Boujaadia | Casablanca | 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. |
| 160 | Muhammad Ben Moujan | Casablanca | 1981-02-14 | 2002-01-15 | 2006-10-11 | Alleged to have attended a military training camp in Afghanistan. |
| 197 | Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri | 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. Reported to have been repatriated on 12 October 2006, and again on 16 September 2015. Had a thirty-day protective order showing he was still in Guantanamo on 15 July 2008. |
| 237 | Mohammed Souleimani Laalami | Casablanca | 1965-03-04 | 2002-02-08 | 2006-02-07 | Claimed he was beaten into uttering false confessions. |
| 244 | Abdul Latif Nasir | Casablanca | 1965-03-04 | 2002-05-03 | 2021-07-19 | |
| 294 | Mohammed Mizouz | Casablanca | 1973-12-31 | 2002-06-14 | 2004-07-31 | Repatriated to Morocco in August 2004 with four other Moroccans. Released on parole, but subsequently re-arrested on November 11, 2005. Mizouz reported guards had urinated on the Koran. |
| 499 | Radwan Al Shakouri | Safi | 1972-02-12 | 2002-05-01 | 2004-07-31 | |
| 534 | Tarek Dergoul | Mile End, UK | 1977-12-11 | 2002-05-05 | 2004-03-09 | |
| 587 | Ibrahim Bin Shakaran | Casablanca | 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. |
| 590 | Ahmed Rashidi | 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. |