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The USA has held a number of captive at Guantanamo named Bismullah, or reasonable equivalent:

isn name arrival departure
ISN 639 Bismillah (Guantanamo captive 639) 2002-06-16 2003-03-23
  • born in Pirwan Siagird, Afghanistan, in 1968[1]
  • A third prisoner, Bismillah, of central Uruzgan province, claimed he was mistakenly arrested because he is hard of hearing.[2]
  • "At 2am at night Americans came to our house and asked me to show them where the Taliban are. Since I am deaf, I couldn't understand what they said so they arrested me.[2] It took them more than a year to realise I am innocent."
  • ""[3]
ISN 658 Bismillah (Guantanamo captive 658) 2002-06-12 2004-03-14 born in Oruzgan, Afghanistan, in 1952
ISN 960 Haji Bismaullah (Guantanamo captive 960) 2003-05-09 2004-09-18

born in Baghran, Afghanistan

ISN 968 Bismullah (Guantanamo captive 968) 2009-01-17 q

born in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, in 1979

  1. ^ OARDEC. "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15.
  2. ^ a b "Terror prisoners' "brutal treatment"". e-ariani. 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2005. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Afghans reveal Guantanamo ordeal". BBC News. 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-18. A fourth man, Bismillah, said he was arrested as an al-Qaeda suspect because he was deaf and could not understand the Americans' questions.