British captives in Guantanamo

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding nine British captives in Guantanamo.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
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=May 15 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29] An additional nine captives were citizens of other nations who had been granted permanent residency status.A total of 778 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11 2002The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new captives, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of August 2008 the camp population stand at approximately 255.

All the British citizens have been repatriated.

All the British residents, except Binyam Mohammed have been repatriated. Binyam Mohammed faces charges before a Guantanamo military commission.

British captives acknowledged by the DoD

*Alleged to have been an al Qaeda recruiter. [http://wid.ap.org/documents/detainees/moazzambegg.pdf#22 Moazzam Begg's dossier (.pdf)] from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, September 15 2004, pages 22-23, hosted by the Associated Press]
*In a decision challenged by his Personal Representative, Moazzam Begg's Tribunal's President ruled that evidence that he had been classified as a Geneva Convention prisoner of war was "not relevant" because the Combatant Status Review Tribunals were not authorized to consider whether captives qualified for Geneva Convention "lawful combatant" status, merely whether they met the Bush administration's definition of an "enemy combatant".
*Begg's Personal Representative concluded his Tribunal: "...denied this detainee adequate due process as outlined in the order of the convening authority." [http://wid.ap.org/documents/detainees/moazzambegg.pdf#121 Personal Representative "Comments on Tribunal Result" (.pdf)] from Moazzam Begg's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, November 17 2004, page 121, hosted by the Associated Press]
*Moazzam Begg wrote a book about his detention, entitled "Enemy Combatant (book)".cite news
author=Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
title=Review of "Enemy Combatant"
url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article353182.ece
publisher=The Independent
date=24 March 2006
accessdate=February 23
accessyear=2007]
* Wrote a book: "Enemy Combatant" following his repatriation.
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*Allegedly trained at an Afghan training camp. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf#453 Summary of Evidence (.pdf)] prepared for Martin Mubanga's "Combatant Status Review Tribunals" - September 23 2004 - pages 254-255.]
*Allegedly scouted the offices of 33 jewish groups, in New York City, with an eye finding their weaknessess to attack. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_53_3870-3959.pdf#1 Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] , from Martin Mubanga's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - pages 1-4]

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