Ali Abdullah Ahmed

Ali Abdullah Ahmed
BornAugust 1, 1979[1]
Ibb, Yemen
DiedJune 10, 2006(2006-06-10) (aged 26)
Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Cuba
Detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Other name(s) Salah Addin Ali Ahmed Al-Salami
ISN693
Charge(s)No charge (extrajudicial detention)
StatusDeath in custody

Ali Abdullah Ahmed, also known as Salah Ahmed al-Salami (Arabic: علي عبدالله احمد) (August 1, 1979 – June 10, 2006), was a citizen of Yemen who died whilst being held as an enemy combatant in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[2] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 693. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terror analysts estimated he was born in 1977, in Ibb, Yemen.

Ali Abdullah Ahmed died in custody on June 10, 2006. His death was announced by the Department of Defense as a suicide, on the same day that the deaths of two other detainees were said to be suicides. The three deaths on the same day received wide coverage in the media.[3]

His younger brother, Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, also known as Yasir al-Simli, was also held in Guantanamo, until 2009.[4] He was killed by a missile, launched from a drone, on March 2, 2017.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "JTF Guantanamo Detainee Profile" (PDF). Department of defense. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  3. ^ Josh White (2008-08-23). "Guards' Lapses Cited in Detainee Suicides: Probe Also Faults Lenient Policies At Guantanamo". The Washington Post. p. A01. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ^ Pardiss Kebriaei (2008-07-18). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 155 -- Petitioner's status report" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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