Sharqawi Abdu Ali al-Hajj official Guantanamo portrait, showing him wearing the white uniform issued to compliant captives.
Born
(1974-05-26) May 26, 1974 (age 49)[1][2] Taiz, Yemen
Arrested
February 2002 Karachi, Pakistan
Detained at
CIA's black sites Guantanamo
ISN
1457
Status
Still held in Guantanamo
Sharqawi Abdu Ali al-Hajj (born May 26, 1974 in Taiz, Yemen), also known as Riyadh the Facilitator, is a Yemeni alleged Al-Qaeda associate who is currently being held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[3] He is accused of being a 'senior al-Qaida facilitator who swore an oath of allegiance to and personally recruited bodyguards for Osama Bin Laden.[4]
Al-Hajj arrived at the Guantanamo detention camps on 20 September 2004, and has been held there for 19 years, 7 months and 24 days.[5][6]
^"JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment". Department of Defense. Retrieved 21 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
^"Guantanamo Detainee Assessment" (PDF). Department of Defense. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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