Mish'al Muhammad Rashid Al-Shedocky
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Mish'al Muhammad Rashid Al-Shedocky is a citizen of Saudi Arabia
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 71.
According to official medical records published by the Department of Defense in March 2007, he arrived at Guantanamo on January 20, 2002.
According to analysis of flight manifests of planes that landed in Portugal
on their way to Guantanamo, his ID number was listed on a January 20, 2002 flight, and also listed on the flight manifest of a February 9, 2002.
His name was listed three times on the January 20, 2002, flight manifest.
On the February 9, 2002, flight manifest his ID was attached to Mehrabanb Fazrollah
, a Tajikistani captive.
He is named on a list of Saudi Arabia's most wanted terrorist suspects.
Al-Shedocky was one of the first Guantanamo captives to be repatriated.
According to The Saudi Repatriates Report
Al-Shedocky was one of five men repatriated on May 15 2003.
The New York Times reported that his repatriation, and that of four other Saudis repatriated at the same time, was part of a secret deal.
Saudi Arabia had been holding seven westerners, five of whom were United Kingdom
citizens. The story reported that the five Saudis' repatriation was in return for the repatriation of the UK citizens.
The other four Saudi men released when he was were:
Fahd Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Shabani, Fawaz Abd Al-Aziz Al-Zahrani, Ibrahim Rushdan Brayk Al-Shili and Ibrahim Umar Ali Al-Umar.
In 2009, following his placement on the Saudi most-wanted list, Evan Kohlmann
, of the NEFA Foundation, reported that in 2004 Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef announced in 2004 that Meshal was to be tried in the Saudi justice system.
Kohlmann, quoting cageprisoners.com reported that “he was held in Haer prison, near Riyadh, for a year before being transferred to a regional prison, so that he could be closer to his family.”
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab 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 71.
According to official medical records published by the Department of Defense in March 2007, he arrived at Guantanamo on January 20, 2002.
According to analysis of flight manifests of planes that landed in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
on their way to Guantanamo, his ID number was listed on a January 20, 2002 flight, and also listed on the flight manifest of a February 9, 2002.
His name was listed three times on the January 20, 2002, flight manifest.
On the February 9, 2002, flight manifest his ID was attached to Mehrabanb Fazrollah
Mehrabanb Fazrollah
Mehrabanb Fazrollah is a citizen of Tajikistan who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 77....
, a Tajikistani captive.
He is named on a list of Saudi Arabia's most wanted terrorist suspects.
Al-Shedocky was one of the first Guantanamo captives to be repatriated.
According to The Saudi Repatriates Report
The Saudi Repatriates Report
The Saudi Repatriates Report is a statistics analysis of the cases of 24 repatriated Saudi prisoners released from the Guantanamo Bay naval station since the first planeload of detainees arrived on 11 January 2003. They represent nearly half of the 53 Saudi nationals released from Guantanamo Bay in...
Al-Shedocky was one of five men repatriated on May 15 2003.
The New York Times reported that his repatriation, and that of four other Saudis repatriated at the same time, was part of a secret deal.
Saudi Arabia had been holding seven westerners, five of whom were United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
citizens. The story reported that the five Saudis' repatriation was in return for the repatriation of the UK citizens.
The other four Saudi men released when he was were:
Fahd Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Shabani, Fawaz Abd Al-Aziz Al-Zahrani, Ibrahim Rushdan Brayk Al-Shili and Ibrahim Umar Ali Al-Umar.
In 2009, following his placement on the Saudi most-wanted list, Evan Kohlmann
Evan Kohlmann
Evan F. Kohlmann is an American terrorism consultant who has worked for the FBI and other governmental organizations.He is a contributor to the Counterterrorism Blog, a senior investigator with The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, and a terrorism analyst for NBC News.-Early life and...
, of the NEFA Foundation, reported that in 2004 Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef announced in 2004 that Meshal was to be tried in the Saudi justice system.
Kohlmann, quoting cageprisoners.com reported that “he was held in Haer prison, near Riyadh, for a year before being transferred to a regional prison, so that he could be closer to his family.”