Timur Ravilich Ishmurat

Timur Ishmuratov is a Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to terrorism. [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/03/FBC50158-46A9-4921-80DB-195B1FE720B8.html Former Guantanamo Bay detainee arrested in Moscow] , "Radio Free Europe", March 9 2006]

Ishmuratov was one of eight Russians held by the United States in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. He was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, released, and subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage in Russia.

Ishmuratov, fellow Guantanamo detainee Ravil Gumarov and Fanis Shaikhutdinov were convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline on May 9 2006. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/08/news/briefs.php 3 terrorism suspects convicted in bombing] , "International Herald Tribune", May 9 2006]

Defense Intelligence Agency claims he "returned to terrorism"

The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Timur Ravilich Ishmurat had "returned to terrorism".cite news
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080613Returntothefightfactsheet.pdf
title=Fact Sheet: Former GTMO Detainee Terrorism Trends
publisher=Defense Intelligence Agency
author=
date=2008-06-13
accessdate=2008-07-26
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenselink.mil%2Fnews%2Fd20080613Returntothefightfactsheet.pdf&date=2008-07-26 mirror] ] The DIA reported:quotation
Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov and Timur Ravilich Ishmurat were transferred to Russia in March 2004 and quickly released. Russian authorities arrested them in January 2005 for involvement in a gas line bombing. In May 2006 a Russian court convicted both, sentencing Gumarov to 13 years in prison and Ishmurat to 11 years.

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