Ravil Gumarov is a Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to

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Gumarov was one of eight Russians held by the

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in the

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s, in

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. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 203. The

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reports Gumaraov was born on November 22, 1962, in Gushva, Russia He was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, then released. He was subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage. Gumarov, fellow Guantanamo detainee Timur Ishmuratov and Fanis Shaikhutdinov were convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline on May 9, 2006. Gumarov has been described as a failed businessman from Sverdlovsk who is alleged to have had military training in

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Defense Intelligence Agency claims he "returned to terrorism"

The

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asserted Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov had "returned to terrorism". The DIA reported:

Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov and
Timur Ravilich Ishmurat Timur Ishmuratov is a Russian citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Ishmuratov was one of eight Russians held by the United States in extrajudicial detention in the Guantan ...
were transferred to Russia in March 2004 and quickly released. Russian authorities arrested them in January 2005 for involvement in a gas line bombing. In May 2006 a Russian court convicted both, sentencing Gumarov to 13 years in prison and Ishmurat to 11 years.

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