According to the
9-11 Commission Report, Abu Bara al Yemeni was a citizen of
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
who was slated to participate in
al Qaeda
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's attacks on the
United States
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on
September 11, 2001.
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Abu Bara al Yemeni did not end up participating in the 9-11 attacks because he was not able to get a visa to travel to the United States.
In April 2011, the whistleblower organization
WikiLeaks
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published formerly secret
Joint Task Force Guantanamo detainee assessments.
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The assessment for
Abd al-Rahman Abdu Abu Aghayth Sulayman listed his stay in a
Kandahar guesthouse
Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the ca ...
operated by
Abu Suhaib al Taize
According to the 9-11 Commission Report, Abu Bara al Yemeni was a citizen of Yemen who was slated to participate in al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Abu Bara al Yemeni did not end up participating in the 9-11 a ...
, as a justification for his detention.
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The assessment said Abu Suhaib al Taize was an alias for
Abu Bara al-Taizi
According to the 9-11 Commission Report, Abu Bara al Yemeni was a citizen of Yemen who was slated to participate in al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Abu Bara al Yemeni did not end up participating in the 9-11 a ...
, whose real name was
Zuhail Abdo Anam Said al Sharabi
The United States has held a total of 115 Yemeni citizens at Guantanamo Bay, forty-two of whom have since been transferred out of the facility. Only Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia had a greater number of their citizens held in the Guantanamo Bay dete ...
.
References
Living people
Yemeni al-Qaeda members
Year of birth missing (living people)
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