Pakistani captives in Guantanamo

Pakistani captives in Guantanamo

According to the United States Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistan captives in Guantanamo prior to May 15 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2006-05-15
quote=
] The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11 2002.In the summer of 2004, following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the Department of Defense stopped transferring men and boys to Guantanamo.On September 6 2006 United States President George W. Bush announced the transfer of 14 high value detainees to Guantanamo, including several additional Pakistanis.

On September 7 2008Pakistan's "Daily Times"quoted Hussain Haqqani,
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, statingthat only five Pakistanis remained in captivity in Guantanamo:
Ume Amaar Al Balochi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Muhammad Ahmed, Ghulam Rabbani and Saifullah. [cite news
url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008


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