Friday, November 04, 2005

Names of the Detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The Pentagon has declined to identify the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, most of whom were captured in Afghanistan during and after the 2001 war there. Below is the largest list of names made public thus far, encompassing: 434 men whose identities have appeared in media reports, on Arabic Web sites and in legal documents.
Some names came from family members of detainees who have sent letters home through the International Committee of the Red Cross. One hundred and seventeen people on the list have been sent back to their home countries for further detention or for release. They are marked with an "R." Several of those have been interviewed by reporters.

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