Ahmed al-Darbi
| Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 9, 1975 Ta'if, Saudi Arabia |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| Alternate name | Abdul Aziz al-Janoubi |
| ISN | 768 |
| Charge(s) | Five war crimes, including terrorism, attacking civilians and hazarding a vessel |
| Status | Pleaded guilty |
Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi (Arabic: احمد محمد هزاع آل الدربي) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who has been held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba since August 2002. Al-Darbi was born on January 9, 1975, in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia. He was arrested in Azerbaijan in June 2002, renditioned by United States forces to Afghanistan, where he was held at Bagram Air Force Base, and then transferred to Guantanamo in August that year.
In February 2014 Al-Darbi pleaded guilty to terrorism charges before a military commission in relation to the October 2002 attack on the Limburg, a French oil tanker off Yemen. By the time of the attack, al-Darbi was already detained at Guantanamo but was later charged with being a principal in planning the attack. He is the sixth detainee to plead guilty to charges, in part to establish a sentence and date for leaving Guantanamo.
The brother-in-law of Khalid al-Mihdhar, who participated in the 9/11 attacks in the United States, specifically that on the Pentagon, al-Darbi was captured in Azerbaijan and arrested in June 2002.
He was renditioned by United States forces into Afghanistan. There he was held in the Bagram Collection Point, while it was still under control of Alpha Company of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. They were reported to have beat their captives, allegedly resulting in the deaths of two prisoners on December 4, 2001 and December 10, 2001. Al-Darbi later identified Damien M. Corsetti, a soldier nicknamed "the King of Torture" by his fellow GIs, as one of his abusers. In May 2006 Department of Defense spokesmen said that al-Darbi would not be allowed to testify at Corsetti's court martial for the deaths of detainees under his control.
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