Only 4 Pakistanis remain in Guantanamo

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: Of the 248 detainess currently imprisoned at Guantanamo, only four are Pakistanis, a Brookings Institution study has shown.

They are: Majid Khan (No 10020), Saifullah Paracha (No 1094), Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbain (No 1460) and Muhammad Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani (No 1461). The study said, “As of December 16,2008, the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba held 248 detainees. This figure represents only a fraction of the 779 detainees who have passed through the facility since it opened in 2002. Since 2004, when the Pentagon set up a review system to evaluate the 558 detainees remaining at the base, 330 detainees have been transferred or released.”

The study took the view that in contrast to the government’s allegations, the analysis of detainee statements shows little evidence of a concentration of the most dangerous detainees resulting from the dwindling of the Guantánamo population.

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* Saifullah Paracha is very ill with heart problems in Guantanamo. He needs heart surgery which he will not have at Guantanamo. His son, Uzair was sentenced to 30 years in a federal prison here in the US. See their profiles for details. Please take the actions listed there, especially for Saifullah.

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