There have been approximately fifteen Moroccans detained in Guantanamo. The United States maintained over 750 captives in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Different sources offer different estimates of the number of Moroccans who have been held. The US Department of Defense released what they called an official list of all the detainees who had been held in military custody in Guantanamo. It lists fifteen Moroccan detainees.
List of Moroccan Guantanamo detainees isn name placeofbirth dateofbirth arrivaldate transferdate notes 56 Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad Casablanca 1955-12-12 2002-01-17 2003-07-01 The Washington Post reported that on February 2, 2004 General Geoffrey Miller told the Red Cross that Tabarak was the sole remaining detainee they would not be allowed access to. On July 24, 2008, during Salim Ahmed Hamdan's Guantanamo Military Commission, it was revealed that Hamdan had informed his interrogators that "Abdellah Tabarak" was the leader of Osama bin Laden bodyguards. Repatriated to Morocco in 2004. 72 Lahcen Ikassrien Targuist 1972-10-02 2002-02-08 2005-07-18 Originally identified as Reswan A. Abdesalam.3 Guantanamo Detainees Freed, Washington Post, July 3, 2005 His real identity was revealed through his fingerprints. Alleged to have ties to Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, a mastermind of the Madrid bombing. Extradited to stand trial in Spain on July 18, 2005. Acquitted on October 11, 2006. Spanish court acquits Moroccan who was held at Guantanamo, International Herald Tribune, October 11, 2006 75 Najib Mohammad Lahassimi Settat 1978-09-28 2002-02-07 2006-02-07 Sentenced to three years for falsifying documents.Morocco sentences three former Guantanamo detainees , The Jurist, November 12, 2006Morocco Jails 3 Ex-Guantanamo Detainees, Associated Press, November 10, 2006, Al Jazeera, November 12, 2006 123 Muhammad Hussein Ali Hassan Selouane 1966-12-16 2002-01-21 2006-02-07 133 Mohamed Ibrahim Awzar Khouribga 1979-09-28 2002-01-20 2004-07-31 There is no record that a CSR Tribunal was convened for this captive. 150 Said Boujaadia Casablanca May 5, 1968 2002-02-07 2008-04-30 Alleged to have been associated with Al Wafa, and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Alleged to have attended military training camps in Afghanistan. 160 Muhammad Ben Moujan Casablanca 1981-02-14 2002-01-15 2006-10-11 Alleged to have attended a military training camp in Afghanistan. 197 Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri Safi 1968-04-05 2002-05-01 2015-09-16 Alleged to be associated with the Moroccan Islamic Fighting Group and Jama'at Al-Tablighi.Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - November 16, 2004 - page 69 Reported to have been repatriated on 12 October 2006, and again on 16 September 2015. Had a thirty-day protective order showing he was still in Guantanamo on 15 July 2008. 237 Mohammed Souleimani Laalami Casablanca 1965-03-04 2002-02-08 2006-02-07 Claimed he was beaten into uttering false confessions.[ Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Mohammed Souleimani Laalami's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 72-74 244 Abdul Latif Nasir Casablanca 1965-03-04 2002-05-03 2021-07-19 294 Mohammed Mizouz Casablanca 1973-12-31 2002-06-14 2004-07-31 Repatriated to Morocco in August 2004 with four other Moroccans. Released on parole, but subsequently re-arrested on November 11, 2005. Mizouz reported guards had urinated on the Koran. 499 Radwan Al Shakouri Safi 1972-02-12 2002-05-01 2004-07-31 534 Tarek Dergoul Mile End, UK 1977-12-11 2002-05-05 2004-03-09 587 Ibrahim Bin Shakaran Casablanca 1979-08-04 2002-05-03 2004-07-31 Repatriated to Morocco in August 2004 with four other Moroccans. Released on parole, but subsequently re-arrested on November 11, 2005. 590 Ahmed Rashidi Tangier 1966-03-16 2002-06-14 2007-04-28 An investigator hired by Rashidi's lawyer was able to find pay stubs that proved Rashidi was working as a chef in London when American intelligence analysts alleged he was attending the al Farouq training camp, in Afghanistan.Factual errors cited in cases against detainees: Lawyers demand new trial system at Guantanamo, Boston Globe, July 14, 2006
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