Dirty thirty (Guantanamo)

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A group of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Dirty Thirty were believed to be the "best potential sources of information" and consequently the chief focus of the harshest methods of interrogation.^[1]

Many of these captives were alleged to be Osama bin Laden bodyguards, or associates of Osama bin Laden.

isn	name	notes
26	Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi	Alleged Osama bin Laden bodyguard.[2]
30	Ahmed Umar Abdullah al Hikimi	The detainee's name along with other personal property informations was found on a list recovered during raids against al Qaida associated safe houses.[3]
32	Faruq Ali Ahmed	The Detainee was captured by Pakistani Forces as part of an organized group of 30 Mujhedeen after the fall of Tora Bora.[4]
34	Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed Al Yafi	The detainee's name was found on a list of 324 Arabic names, aliases and nationalities recovered from a safe house connected with suspected al Qaida in Pakistan.[5]
38	Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi	Allegedly captured with Osama bin Laden bodyguards.[6]
39	Ali Hamza Ahmed Suleiman Al Bahlul	Described as "a major prize".[7] Alleged to have helped prepare a propaganda video about the USS Cole bombing. One of the first captives to face charges before a Guantanamo military commission.
40	Abdel Qadir Hussein Al Mudhaffari	The detainee was a security guard for Usama Bin Laden.[8]
53	Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Al Mahayawi	Alleged Osama bin Laden bodyguard.[9]
54	Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi	Described as "a major prize".[7] One of the first captives to face charges before a Guantanamo military commission.
56	Abdullah Tabarak Ahmad	Described as a follower of Osama Bin Laden, who had worked for him in Sudan, and followed him to Afghanistan.[7] Repatriated to Morocco in 2004.
59	Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha
62	Muhamad Naji Subhi Al Juhani	The detainee's name was found on a chart listing the names of captured Mujahedin. The information was found on a hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida operative.[10]
63	Mohamed Mani Ahmad al-Kahtani	Described as "a major prize".[7] The Department of Defense acknowledged they subjected him to "extended interrogation techniques", because he had tried to enter the USA in August 2001, and was suspected of being one of the dozen 20th hijackers. Those techniques included: Almost two months of sleep deprivation, where three shifts of interrogators kept him under interrogation 18 to 20 hours per day; Forced nudity; Force-feeding, forced uses of enemas, while under shackles, forced use of stimulants, and other drugs; Sexual humiliation; One of the successes asserted by DoD spokesmen was that al Qahtani identified thirty Osama bin Laden bodyguards during his extended interrogation. Al Qahtani has since recanted every denunciation he made under what he described as "torture". Faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission in February 2008.
68	Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi

[edit] References

1. ^ New York TimesSources describe Guantanamo prisoner abuse, October 17, 2004
2. ^ OARDEC (date redacted). Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 26 pages 11-. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. “The detainee was recognized as one of UBL’s bodyguards and a member of his “dirty thirty” and a fighter in Tora Bora Afghanistan.”
3. ^ OARDEC (6 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah (released September 2007) page 29. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-28. “The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.”
4. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf), from Faruq Ali Ahmed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - page 19 - September 8, 2004
5. ^ OARDEC (19 May 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yafi, Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed pages 56-58. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-13. “The detainee fled Afghanistan in early December 2001. He joined a group of thirty-one Arabs guided by three guides to the Afghan/Pakistani border. He was arrested by Pakistani border guards.”
6. ^ OARDEC (May 4, 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh page 51-53. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. “The detainee was captured by Pakistani authorities along with thirty other Arabs, a number of them suspected of being bodyguards for Usama Bin Laden.”
7. ^ ^{a b c d} Andy Worthington (October 2007). The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. Pluto Press, pages 40-41. ISBN 0745326658. “Four of them -- Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, Ibrahim al-Qosi, Abdullah Tabarak and Mohammed al-Qahtani -- were regarded as major prizes, although it was apparent none of them had held leadership positions in al-Qaeda.” 
8. ^ OARDEC (20 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Husayn page 44. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. “The detainee was captured while trying to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan on 15 December 2001, with 30 other suspected al Qaida members.”
9. ^ OARDEC (23 June 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mahayawi, Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih pages 74-75. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. “The detainee was arrested as part of a group referred to as the "Dirty 30." Many of those captured were either Usama bin Laden bodyguards or had direct association with Usama bin Laden.”
10. ^ OARDEC (17 August 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Juhani, Muhammed pages 25-26. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-01-19. “In December 2001, the detainee was arrested with a group of thirty men at the Pakistan border.”