Abu Sufian bin Qumu

Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu
Born (1959-06-26) 26 June 1959 (age 65)[1]
Derna, Libya
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) 
  • Arabic: أبو سفيان إبراهيم أحمد حمودة بن قمو
  • Soufian bin Qamou
ISN557
Charge(s)No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
StatusRepatriated to Libyan custody; allegedly became a rebel commander in the Libyan civil war, allegedly founded a branch of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group

Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu (Arabic: أبو سفيان إبراهيم أحمد حمودة بن قمو, born 26 June 1959) is a citizen of Libya who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2] Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report he was born on 26 June 1959, in Derna, Libya.

Bin Qumu was transferred to Libya on 28 September 2007.[3] In 2011, he was the leader of a band of fighters in his hometown of Derna during the 2011 Libyan civil war.[4] After the war, he led the militant Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia's Derna branch.[5]

  1. ^ JTF GTMO Detainee Assessment Department of Defense. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2022
  2. ^ OARDEC (15 May 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through 15 May 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  3. ^ Margot Williams (3 November 2008). "Guantanamo Docket: Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Telegraph20110426HW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Zelin, Aaron Y. (21 September 2012). "Know Your Ansar al-Sharia". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2015.