Guantanamo Bay Detainee Held For 13 YEARS - Is Case of Mistaken Identity: DoD

NEWS DEC 2 2015, 5:35 AM ET
Guantanamo Bay Detainee Is Case of Mistaken Identity: DoD
by F. BRINLEY BRUTON
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A militant who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been held without charge at Guantanamo Bay for 13 years was largely the victim of mistaken identity, according to U.S. defense officials.

Mustafa Abd-al-Qawi Abd-al-Aziz al-Shamiri was captured in 2002 and believed to be an al Qaeda facilitator or courier, and trainer, the Department of Defense said in a document submitted Tuesday as part of a periodic review of his detention.

"We now judge that these activities were carried out by other known extremists" with similar names or aliases, the profile of the Yemeni detainee dated Sept. 25 added.

"He HAS EXPRESSED NO PLANS FOR THE FUTURE APART FROM A DESIRE TO GET MARRIED"

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