Batch 10

Batch 10 denotes the tenth contingent of former Saudi detainees who were sent back to Saudi Arabia on November 9, 2007. Out of the fourteen individuals repatriated, five were subsequently identified among the 85 most-wanted suspected terrorists by Saudi officials as of February 3, 2009. A prominent member of this group, Said Ali al-Shihri, advanced to become the deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Journalist Peter Taylor, reporting for the BBC, highlighted that this group posed considerable difficulties for rehabilitation programs. Five individuals—Mohammed al-Awfi, Said al-Shihri, Yussef al-Shihri, Murtadha Ali Saeed Magram, and Turki Meshawi Zayid al-Assiri—fled to Yemen and resumed involvement in militant activities. In a 2009 video, Said al-Shihri and Mohammed al-Awfi appeared, with Said assuming a commanding position within Al Qaeda’s Yemen faction. Yussef al-Shihri was killed during a firefight after reportedly trying to enter Saudi Arabia disguised in a burkha and carrying a suicide vest. Magram and al-Assiri have not been apprehended.

The remaining nine repatriated detainees included: Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn, Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha, Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi, Faha Sultan, Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif, Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Al Nukhaylan, Abdullah Abd Al Mu'in Al Wafti, Hani Saiid Mohammad Al Khalif, and Jabir Hasan Muhamed Al Qahtani.