Bismillah (Guantanamo detainee 658)

:"To distinguish between the different individuals named Bismullah see the disambiguation page."Bismullah is a citizen of Afghanistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006]

According to the list of Guantanamo detainees the Department of Defense released on May 15 2006 Bismullah was from Oruzgan Province. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] They said he was born in 1952.His detainee ID number is 658.

Release

Bismillah was one of 18 detainees released on March 25 2003. [http://www.globalpolicy.org/wtc/analysis/2003/0326gua.htm Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Complain of A Year Long Torture by US Military] , "Global Policy Forum", March 26 2003] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2886245.stm Afghans reveal Guantanamo ordeal] , "BBC", March 25 2003] [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/backgrounder/iraqcrisis/pages/c_geneva.html How Bush kicked the (expletive) out of the Geneva Conventions] , "Globe and Mail", March 26 2003]

Bismillah says he was woken at 2am, and taken into custody because he couldn't answer GI's questions because he was hard of hearing.

The summary of evidence from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Administrative Review Board hearings of the detainees captured following the ambush at Lejay, Afghanistan revealed that GIs considered hearing loss a confirming factor that a detainee was an enemy fighter, who had been deafened by firing weapons.

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