Mohammed Sadiq (detainee)

For other people named Mohammed Sadiq, see Mohammed Sadiq (disambiguation).

Mohammed Sadiq
Born	1913
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	349
Status	Repatriated on October 28, 2002

Mohammed Sadiq is an elderly citizen of Afghanistan who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 349. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1913. Sadiq arrived at Guantanamo on May 2, 2002.^[2]

Sadiq was Guantanamo's oldest prisoner. 88 years old Sadiq was transferred to the camp on May 5, 2002, and was repatriated, on October 28, 2002.^[3][4][5][5]

Press reports

Sadiq was interviewed in 2002, shortly after his repatriation. He has said he was captured in Paktia Province, and that the detainees "...were kept like animals,"^[3][4] Neither Sadiq, or Mohammed Hagi Fiz another elderly Afghan released at the same time as he was, said they were tortured.

Weight records

The Department of Defense published talbes of the detainees' heights and weights on 16 March 2002.^[2][6]

See also

• Haji Faiz Mohammed - another elderly prisoner held at Guantanamo
• Nasrat Khan - another elderly prisoner held at Guantanamo

References

1. ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b} JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: ISNs 323-494". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/ISN_323-ISN_494.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  mirror
3. ^ ^{a b} Paul Harris, Burhan Wazir (Sunday November 3, 2002). "Distant voices tell of life for Britons caged in Camp Delta: Letters to families reveal hunger strikes and suicides in US jail for terror suspects". The Observer. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,,825196,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-03.  mirror
4. ^ ^{a b} "Afghans Describe Life Inside Gitmo". CBS News. 2002-10-29. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/02/attack/main531326.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-03.  mirror
5. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
6. ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  mirror

External links

• The Guantánamo Files: AlterNet interviews Andy Worthington Andy Worthington
• Guantánamo Bay files: Children and senile old men among detainees The Guardian, April 25, 2011

Persondata
Name	Mohammed Sadiq
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1913
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death