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List of Bosnian detainees at Guantanamo Bay

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The United States Department of Defense confirms detaining roughly twelve Bosnian nationals held at Guantanamo Bay.

Since its establishment on January 11, 2002, the Guantanamo Bay detention camps located in Cuba have housed a total of 778 detainees. The detainee count reached its highest point in 2004, numbering about 660 individuals. Following the decision by the United States Supreme Court in Rasul v. Bush, only 19 additional detainees—classified as "high value"—have been brought to the facility.

Bosnian detainees at Guantanamo

ISN Name Status Notes
65 Omar Rajab Amin
Transferred
  • Holds dual citizenship of Kuwait and Bosnia.
  • Entered Bosnia after the civil war working as a humanitarian aid provider.
  • Obtained Bosnian nationality, reportedly due to an administrative error connecting him to foreign combatants from the wartime period, which exempted him from paying the citizenship fee.
535 Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al Sawah
Released
  • Alleged involvement in bomb-making training and participation on the Afghan battlefront.
  • Resided in Bosnia; his citizenship status remains uncertain.
  • Asserted that his military training took place prior to September 11 and denied breaching U.S. legal statutes.
  • As of 2007, no documentation exists regarding his release or annual review hearings.
10001 Bensayah Belkacem
Transferred
  • Faced charges and was acquitted for an alleged conspiracy to attack the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo based on signals intelligence data.
  • Experienced extraordinary rendition and detention without judicial process following his acquittal.
10002 Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar
Transferred
  • Accused of plotting an attack on the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo.
  • Reportedly, interrogators declined to question him about this alleged plan during his tribunal proceedings.
10003 Mohammed Nechle
Transferred
  • Alleged association with the Algerian Islamic Group.
  • Suspected of involvement in a conspiracy targeting the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo.
10004 Mustafa Ait Idr
Transferred
10005 Lakhdar Boumediene
Transferred
10006 Hadj Boudella
Transferred

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