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Abdul Rahman Ma'ath Thafir al Amri
Born

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Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Died May 31, 2007(2007-05-31) (aged 34)
Guantanamo
Other names

Rahman Ma'adha Dhafir al Hilala al Umari
Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir (al Umari) al Amri

Abd al Rahman Maadha Dhafir al Hilala al Umari

Abdul Rahman Ma'ath Thafir al Amri (Template:Language with name and transliteration‎) (April 17, 1973 in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia — May 30, 2007) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1]

Press reports identified Al Amri as a Saudi that the DoD reported had committed suicide on May 30, 2007.[2][3][4]

Hunger striker

The Associated Press reported that Al Amri had participated in several hunger strikes.[5] According to AP Al Amri weighed 150 pounds when he was transferred to Guantanamo, and his weight dropped to 90 pounds during the 2005 hunger strike.[6] They reported that another Guantanamo captive had reported that al Amri had been participating in a hunger strike as recently as March 2007. He had been force-fed with a nasal tube.[7]

Reported to have died May 30, 2007

The US Southern Command asserted that a Saudi captive had committed suicide on May 30, 2007.[8][9][10] Initially the DoD withheld his identity.

Early on May 31, 2007 Saudi authorities identified the dead man as Abdul Rahman Maadha al-Amry.[11]

Al Amri's autopsy report stated that the "male civilian detainee" was "found hanging by his neck in his cell with a ligature made of braided strips of bed sheet. By report, similar fabric bound his hands loosely behind him."[12]

The Associated Press reported, at noon May 31, 2007, that Al-Amry has been identified as one of the "high-value detainees", held in Camp 5.[2][3]

The Miami Herald, citing sources with inside knowledge of the case, reports that the dead man was Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Al Amri.[4] Their report identified Al Amri as one of the Guantanamo captives who was never allowed to meet with an attorney. The report quotes Al Amri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, where he pointed out that if he had truly been a jihadist dedicated to killing Americans he could have done so when he was receiving military training in Saudi Arabia from American advisors. The article also quoted Al Amri's denial that he had been involved in making a video about the USS Cole bombing.

Other newspaper reports commented on the timing of the death, pointing out that it was almost a year after the three deaths of June 10, 2006, and that both incidents followed a new commandant being assigned to JTF-GTMO, and both incidents occurred shortly before the convening of a military commission.[13][14][15][16]

Press reports

Department of Defense documents released in September 2007 revealed that al Amri had warned camp authorities in 2002 that conditions at the camp were driving captives to the brink of suicide.[17]

See also

References

  1. list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 "U.S.: Dead Detainee Was of High Value". Central Florida News. Thursday, May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927194411/http://www.cfnews13.com/News/International/2007/5/31/u.s._dead_detainee_was_of_high_value.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "U.S.: Guantanamo Suicide Was "High-Value" Inmate". Stratfor. May 31, 2007. http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?selected=Situation%20Reports&sitrep=1&id=289508. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Carol Rosenberg (May 31, 2007). "Dead Gitmo captive was Saudi military veteran". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/124352.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.  [dead link]
  5. Ben Fox (May 31, 2007). "Apparent Gitmo Suicide Was Saudi Veteran". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/31/AR2007053100294.html?hpid=moreheadlines. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  6. JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: ISNs 186-251" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/ISN_186-ISN_251.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  mirror
  7. "Guantanamo 'suicide' inmate named". BBC News. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6710505.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-01. 
  8. Michael Sung (May 31, 2007). "Guantanamo detainee dead in suspected suicide". The Jurist. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/05/guantanamo-detainee-dead-in-suspected.php. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  9. "Gitmo Detainee Apparently Kills Himself". Associated Press. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070531/D8PF8FHG0.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  10. "Detainee Death at Guantanamo Bay" (PDF). The Wire (JTF-GTMO). June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20071203002304/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/WirePDF/issue14v8.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-27. 
  11. Michael Melia (May 31, 2007). "Saudi Arabian Guantanamo detainee dies in apparent suicide". San Diego Union Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070531-0735-guantanamo-suicide.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  12. Jeffrey Kaye (March 1, 2012). "Recently Released Autopsy Reports Heighten Guantanamo "Suicides" Mystery". Truthout.org. http://www.truth-out.org/recently-released-autopsy-reports-heighten-guantanamo-suicides-mystery/1330542864. Retrieved 2012-03-04. 
  13. Michael Melia (May 31, 2007). "U.S.: Dead Detainee Was of High Value". Casper Star Tribune. http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/05/31/ap/international/d8pfdrkg0.txt. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  14. "Saudi Arabian Guantanamo detainee dies in apparent suicide". Boston Herald. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929091501/http://news.bostonherald.com/international/americas/view.bg?articleid=1004009&format=text. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  15. Jane Sutton (May 30, 2007). "Guantanamo detainee dies of apparent suicide". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. http://www.thestar.com/News/article/219618. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
  16. "Gitmo detainee apparently kills himself". Miami Herald. May 30, 2007. http://www.miamiherald.com/915/story/123710.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.  [dead link]
  17. "AP NewsBreak: Saudi warned before suicide that some at Guantanamo 'would rather die'". International Herald Tribune. September 19, 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/20/news/CB-GEN-Guantanamo-Suicide.php. Retrieved 2007-10-08. 

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