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Bismillah (Guantanamo ID 658)
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Bismullah is a citizen of Afghanistan
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 658.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
analysts estimate he was born in 1952, in Oruzgan, Afghanistan.
Bismillah says he was woken at 2am, and taken into custody because he couldn't answer GI's questions because he was hard of hearing.
He and the other seventeen men he was repatriated with were released from Afghan custody on March 26, 2003.
Marc Kaufmann, of the Washington Post interviewed some of the seventeen other men he was repatriated with.
He reported they had each been issued a set of American style clothes, American running shoes, an American gym bag, and their medical records.
He reported that the men had to rely on charity to get home.
He reported that some of the men described brutal treatment and Koran desecration.
The summary of evidence from the Combatant Status Review Tribunal
s and Administrative Review Board
hearings of the captives captured following the ambush at Lejay, Afghanistan
revealed that GIs considered hearing loss a confirming factor that a captive was an enemy fighter, who had been deafened by firing weapons.
Bismillah was stated to be 67 inches tall. His weight was recorded 8 times between June 14, 2002 and March 21, 2003. His records state between December 15 and December 19 he lost 22 pounds.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 658.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...
analysts estimate he was born in 1952, in Oruzgan, Afghanistan.
Release
Bismillah was one of 18 detainees released on March 25, 2003.Bismillah says he was woken at 2am, and taken into custody because he couldn't answer GI's questions because he was hard of hearing.
He and the other seventeen men he was repatriated with were released from Afghan custody on March 26, 2003.
Marc Kaufmann, of the Washington Post interviewed some of the seventeen other men he was repatriated with.
He reported they had each been issued a set of American style clothes, American running shoes, an American gym bag, and their medical records.
He reported that the men had to rely on charity to get home.
He reported that some of the men described brutal treatment and Koran desecration.
The summary of evidence from the Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
s and Administrative Review Board
Administrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearings of the captives captured following the ambush at Lejay, Afghanistan
Lejay, Afghanistan
Lejay, Afghanistan is a small village where an ambush of an American convoy took place on February 10, 2003.The Americans rounded up dozens of prisoners. By one account, the Americans rounded up 70 Afghans. Another account said they rounded up 40 Afghans. The Americans selected some of the men...
revealed that GIs considered hearing loss a confirming factor that a captive was an enemy fighter, who had been deafened by firing weapons.
Medical records
On 16 March 2007 the Department of Defense published height and weight records for the captives.Bismillah was stated to be 67 inches tall. His weight was recorded 8 times between June 14, 2002 and March 21, 2003. His records state between December 15 and December 19 he lost 22 pounds.