Ibrahim Bin Shakaran

Ibrahim Bin Shakaran
Born (1979-08-04) August 4, 1979 (age 45)
Casablanca, Morocco
DiedApril 2, 2014
Syria
CitizenshipMorocco
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) Brahim Benchekroun
ISN587
Charge(s)No charge, extrajudicial detention
StatusDied in fighting

Ibrahim Bin Shakaran (August 4, 1979 – April 2, 2014) was a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 587.

Ibrahim Bin Shakaran was repatriated to Moroccan custody on July 31, 2004, on the eve of the first Combatant Status Review Tribunals.[2] The three other men were Mohammed Ibrahim Awzar, Mohammed Mizouz, and Radwan al Shakouri. The four were all charged by Moroccan authorities; then released on bail. The BBC reports a fifth man, Abdellah Tabarak was repatriated with the four others.[3]

He was reported to have led an anti-Assad group, in Syria, named Sham al Islam, which was staffed mainly by fellow Moroccans.[4] He was reported to have died, fighting in Syria, in 2014.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DoDList2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ OARDEC (October 9, 2008). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  3. ^ "Guantanamo sends Moroccans home". BBC. August 2, 2004. Archived from the original on May 29, 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lwj2014-04-04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Bill Roggio "Former Guantanamo detainee killed while leading jihadist group in Syria" Long War Journal April 4, 2014. "Bin Shakaran, who is also known as Abu Ahmad al Maghribi, Abu Ahmad al Muhajir, and Brahim Benchekroune, was "martyred, Insha'Allah, in battles for Hilltop # 45 in Latakia," according to Kavkaz Center, a propaganda arm of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate."