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Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad (عبدالله تبارك أحمد) (Guantanamo detainee ID is 56) is a citizen of
Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
, who was held in
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detention in the
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s, in
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. The
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reports that Ahmad was born on December 12, 1955, in Casablanca,
Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
. Abdullah Tabarak was captured near the Pakistan-Afghan border in December 2001 and he was transferred to Morocco on July 1, 2003.


Allegations

Tabarak is alleged to have been one of Osama bin Laden's guards. He is alleged to have volunteered to have taken bin Laden's
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, in order to sacrifice himself, by diverting the attention of US authorities, allowing bin Laden to escape from
Tora Bora Tora Bora ( ps, توره بوړه, "Black Cave") is a cave complex, part of the Spin Ghar (White Mountains) mountain range of eastern Afghanistan. It is situated in the Pachir Aw Agam District of Nangarhar, approximately west of the Khyber P ...
.Captive helped trick US while bin Laden escaped
'' Sydney Morning Herald'', January 22, 2003


Access denied

The Red Cross reported that Tabarak was one of the detainees that they were not allowed access to.Camp X-ray memos tell of life in the cages
'' Sydney Morning Herald'', June 14, 2004
A memo from a meeting held on October 9, 2003, summarizing a meeting between General Geoffrey Miller and his staff and Vincent Cassard of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), acknowledged that camp authorities were not permitting the ICRC to have access to Ahmad, due to "military necessity".ICRC Meeting with MG Miller on 09 Oct 2003 (.pdf)
''
Department of Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to: Current departments of defence * Department of Defence (Australia) * Department of National Defence (Canada) * Department of Defence (Ireland) * Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
'', October 9, 2003


Release to Morocco

In August 2004, Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad was released from Guantanamo to Morocco police custody where he was then released four months later on bail.Judge releases 'Bin Laden guard'
''
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'', December 21, 2004
A trial without a case: Moroccan Ex-Guantanamo detainees' hearing postponed to March 7, '' Morocco Times'', February 23, 2005Guantanamo sends Moroccans home
''
BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
'', August 4, 2004
Security analysts puzzled over the release as camp commander General Geoffrey Miller on February 2, 2004, told the Red Cross that Tabarak was the sole remaining detainee they would not be allowed access to and the Moroccan authorities described him as the
emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...
of Guantanamo.


December 15, 2001 capture

Tabarak was captured on December 15, 2001, or December 16, 2001, together with approximately thirty other Arabs trying to cross the Afghan-Pakistan border. Tabarak was described as one of four "major prizes" among these Arab captives—a follower of Osama bin Laden, who had worked on his farm in Sudan, and followed him to
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...
. The other three men, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul,
Ibrahim al-Qosi Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi ( ar, إبراهيم أحمد محمود القوصي) (born July 1960) is a Sudanese militant and paymaster for al-Qaeda.Mohammed al-Qahtani Mohammed Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani ( ar, محمد ماني احمد القحطاني) (sometimes transliterated as al-Kahtani) (born November 19, 1975) is a Saudi citizen who was detained as an al-Qaeda operative for 20 years in the United States' ...
were all to face charges before
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s. Tabarak, on the other hand, was among the first captives to be repatriated. Historian
Andy Worthington Andy Worthington is a British historian, investigative journalist, and film director. He has published three books, two on Stonehenge and one on the war on terror, been published in numerous publications and directed documentary films. Artic ...
, author of ''
The Guantanamo Files The Guantánamo Bay files leak (also known as The Guantánamo Files, or colloquially, Gitmo Files) began on 24 April 2011, when WikiLeaks, along with '' The New York Times'', NPR and '' The Guardian'' and other independent news organizations, be ...
'', speculated as to whether Tabarak's early release was a tacit admission that Tabarak had played a more peripheral role than first imagined.


Role described during Salim Hamdan's Tribunal

On July 24, 2008, Michael St. Ours, a
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agent, testified during his interrogation of
Salim Ahmed Hamdan Salim Ahmed Hamdan () (born February 25, 1968) is a Yemeni man, captured during the invasion of Afghanistan, declared by the United States government to be an illegal enemy combatant and held as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to November ...
, an alleged
Osama bin Laden bodyguard American officials have reported that the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had numerous bodyguards. They reported that the detainees held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp included at least 30 of Bin Laden's bodyguards. How long Osama bin ...
and driver, that Hamdan revealed that Abdellah Tabarak had been in charge of Osama bin Laden's security detail. The ''
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'' reported that: According to Carol Rosenberg of the '' Miami Herald'' St Ours "looked stunned" when Hamdan's Defense Counsel asked him if he knew that Tabarak had been released without charge. Andrew Cohen, a legal affairs commentator for '' CBS News'', called the testimony that Tabarak had been released a "colossal embarrassment". He commented:


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Bush Era Ends With Guantánamo Trial Chief’s Torture Confession
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