- Mohammed Yusif Yaqub
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Mohammed Yusif Yaqub (?-May 7, 2004) was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.
Claim that Mohammed Yusif Yaqub "returned to the battlefield"
On May 14, 2007 Commander Jeffrey Gordon claimed that there had been thirty former captives who returned to the battlefield. Mohammed Yusif Yaqub was one of the six men he explicitly named.[1]
Reuters quoted Gordon about Mohammed Yusif Yaqub:[1]
". . . assumed control of Taliban operations in Southern Afghanistan after his release from Guantanamo, died fighting U.S. forces on May 7, 2004."
References
- ^ a b David Morgan (May 14, 2007). "U.S. divulges new details on released Gitmo inmates". Reuters. http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-05-15T100333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-298215-1.xml&archived=False. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
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Tortured Abu Zubaydah · Mohamedou Ould Slahi · Mohammed al-Qahtani · Khalid Sheikh Mohammed · Abdul Jabar · Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri · Binyam Mohamed
Forced disappearances Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi · Abdu Ali al Haji Sharqawi · Muhammed al-Darbi · Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman · Yassir al-Jazeeri · Tariq Mahmood · Hassan Ghul · Musaad Aruchi · Hiwa Abdul Rahman RashulReports and legislation Related media Categories:- Afghan extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
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