Dirty thirty (Guantanamo Bay Naval Base)

A group of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Dirty Thirty were believed to be the "best potential sources of information" and consequently the chief focus of the harshest methods of interrogation.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Many of these captives were alleged to be Osama bin Laden bodyguards, or associates of Osama bin Laden.

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26Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi
  • Alleged Osama bin Laden bodyguard.[8]
30Ahmed Umar Abdullah al Hikimi
  • The detainee's name along with other personal property information was found on a list recovered during raids against al Qaida associated safe houses.[9]
32Faruq Ali Ahmed
  • The Detainee was captured by Pakistani Forces as part of an organized group of 30 Mujhedeen after the fall of Tora Bora.[10]
34Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed Al Yafi
  • The detainee's name was found on a list of 324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from a safe house connected with suspected al Qaida in Pakistan.[11]
38Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi
  • Allegedly captured with Osama bin Laden bodyguards.[12]
39Ali Hamza Ahmed Suleiman Al Bahlul
40Abdel Qadir Hussein Al Mudhaffari
  • The detainee was a security guard for Usama Bin Laden.[14]
53Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Al Mahayawi
  • Alleged Osama bin Laden bodyguard.[15]
54Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi
56Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad
  • Described as a follower of Osama Bin Laden, who had worked for him in Sudan, and followed him to Afghanistan.[13]
  • Repatriated to Morocco in 2004.
59Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha
62Muhamad Naji Subhi Al Juhani
  • The detainee's name was found on a chart listing the names of captured Mujahedin. The information was found on a hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida operative.[16]
63Mohammed al Qahtani
  • Described as "a major prize".[13]
  • The Department of Defense acknowledged they subjected him to extended interrogation techniques, because he had tried to enter the USA in August 2001, and was suspected of being one of the dozen 20th hijackers. Many other sources described the treatment as torture. Those techniques included:
    • Almost two months of sleep deprivation, where three shifts of interrogators kept him under interrogation 18 to 20 hours per day;
    • Forced nudity;
    • Force-feeding, forced uses of enemas, while under shackles, forced use of stimulants, and other drugs;
    • Sexual humiliation;
  • One of the successes asserted by DoD spokesmen was that al Qahtani identified thirty Osama bin Laden bodyguards during his extended interrogation. Al Qahtani has since recanted every denunciation he made under what he described as torture.
  • Originally faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission in February 2008 but all charges were dropped in May 2008.
68Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi

References
  1. Andy Worthington (2010-04-23). "Judge Rules Yemeni's Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-04-24. The group of approximately 30 men with whom Uthman was seized have long been referred to by the government as the "Dirty Thirty," and portrayed, as in Uthman's case, as bodyguards for bin Laden.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Sources describe Guantanamo prisoner abuse". San Diego Union Tribune. 2004-10-17. Archived from the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2010-04-24. One intelligence official said most of the intense interrogation was focused on detainees known as the "dirty thirty," believed to be the best potential sources of information.
  3. Julian Borger (2004-10-18). "Ex-Guantánamo Bay workers claim prisoner abuse was widespread". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2010-04-24. Yesterday's report quoted an intelligence official as saying that much of the harshest interrogation was focused on a "dirty thirty" of detainees, thought to represent the best potential sources of intelligence on al-Qaida.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "Barack Obama storms the Guantánamo Bay torture chamber". The Telegraph. 2008-12-06. Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2010-04-24. The remaining detainees include 14 high-value captives, plus members of the so-called Dirty Thirty, who include bodyguards of Osama bin Laden caught fleeing to Pakistan in 2001.
  5. ""Dirty thirty" bore the brunt of the harsh interrogation". Gainesville Sun. 2004-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  6. "Abuse of Guantanamo detainees is alleged by some who worked there". Lakeland Ledger. 2004-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  7. "Workers corroborate tales of harsh treatment". Wilmington Star-News. 2004-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  8. OARDEC (date redacted). "Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 26" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 11-. Retrieved 2008-01-09. The detainee was recognized as one of UBL’s bodyguards and a member of his “dirty thirty” and a fighter in Tora Bora Afghanistan. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. OARDEC (6 October 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah (released September 2007)" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-28. The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.
  10. Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf), from Faruq Ali Ahmed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - page 19 - September 8, 2004
  11. OARDEC (19 May 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yafi, Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 56–58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-13. The detainee fled Afghanistan in early December 2001. He joined a group of thirty-one Arabs guided by three guides to the Afghan/Pakistani border. He was arrested by Pakistani border guards.
  12. OARDEC (May 4, 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 51–53. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-09. The detainee was captured by Pakistani authorities along with thirty other Arabs, a number of them suspected of being bodyguards for Usama Bin Laden.
  13. Andy Worthington (October 2007). The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. Pluto Press. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0745326641. Four of them -- Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, Ibrahim al-Qosi, Abdullah Tabarak and Mohammed al-Qahtani -- were regarded as major prizes, although it was apparent none of them had held leadership positions in al-Qaeda.
  14. OARDEC (20 October 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Husayn" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-03. The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.
  15. OARDEC (23 June 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mahayawi, Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 74–75. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-24. The detainee was arrested as part of a group referred to as the "Dirty 30." Many of those captured were either Usama bin Laden bodyguards or had direct association with Usama bin Laden.
  16. OARDEC (17 August 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Juhani, Muhammed" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-19. In December 2001, the detainee was arrested with a group of thirty men at the Pakistan border.
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